I have one to add to the list:
Vegas Lobby – Joshua Saada and Joel (I can’t remember his last name).
Joshua called me a kajillion times, gave me references and promised me a one for one deal on my investment in deposits.
After one month of working on me and having checked out this ‘references’ , I gave it a go. I wired 5K to him. He did one mailing and resulted into three deposits all originating from Los Angeles… (which happens to be where their offices are located)
After that, I suggested a different creative. That’s went the phone tag started. They never answered and only returned calls when I made serious threats.
They kept the money and ran. Apparently Saada was jailed a few weeks after I went public with the ripoff for some unrelated felony.
I got a hold of Joel, and he promised me to run the campaigns, but he never kept his word.