Joe is a pathological liar, a deceiving and f* up individual. I met him through Shanna L. Not sure if they are still friends. He acted like my friend and at first was really nice and helped me out a bunch. Probably using all the other people's money that he scammed along the way. He sold my car in San diego. Later I was looking into buying a Lexus and ship it to hawaii. He claimed he would be able to find one at the auction for cheaper and I could ship it using his hook up. So he asked for a 3500$ deposit. He said he could only take cash because he didn't want the irs to know how much he makes. He used his friends account so I had to go to the navy exchange in hawaii to deposit the cash. The amount was for a deposit for the car. He sent me photos of the car a couple weeks later and said he found one. He offered to tint the windows and do some other painting so he asked for another 2400. 1k for shipping the car and the rest to fix it up. I had my reservations but I deposited it. I was planning to visit sandiego and when I got there I continuously asked Joe to see the car he supposedly bought. He came up with every excuse in the book. First he said the car was at his friends shop in temecula. Then I asked to see it, he said his friend was out of town, then he said it was on transport to the shipyard. Then a day later he said he was waiting on the title from the dmv so he couldn't ship it yet. Then he said it was back at his friends shop. Everytime I asked to go drive up to see it, he gave me more excuses of why I couldnt.
Eventually I left town and asked for the address for my sister to go for me and he still gave me more excuses. Then said he couldn't ship because there was another 1200$ in unpaid parking tickets at the dmv in the state of where it was bought. He was trying to get me to give him more cash, that sparked serious suspicion so I told him that I wouldn't pay it and I want my money back. I also Continously asked for real time photos of the car and he sent me some photo he probably found online that was bad quality and different from the first photos he sent from me at the auction. The 2nd photos had window tint when he casked for cash to do the tint for me. That was a red flag also.
So he said he had to find someone to buy the car. That made me furious because I had to wait even longer. I kept saying I'll find a buyer and I'll ask my friends car dealership to buy it. He kept telling me no, that he'll take care of it. Another couple of weeks went by he said he had a buyer and the money never went through which made me wait even longer. At this point he had 6k of my money. He kept promising that he would payment back and to trust him. He was a big talker and used everything he did for me as a friend to try to convince me that he wasn't trying to do me wrong. I was fed up. I threatened him for lawsuits and all kinds of stuff. Sometimes he would be defensive and curse at me and say things like, tell your lawyer to contact mine then. After that, I threatened to post about everything about him on Instagram and Facebook, on every social media outlet I had so all our mutual friends would know how scandalous and shady he was.
That scared him and he finally started paying me back but in weird increments like 300, 2000, 500, 1500, or 200 at a time. It was always cash or a cash deposit in my account. It was over 3 months of headache and frustrated everyday. I bothered him every day about it until I got my money back. Thank God I did but he only started paying me back because he was afraid I would post it on ig and ruin his reputation. I want everyone to know this happened to me so that it doesn't happen to them also. Beware of this Man! He will be friend you and treat you out, do favors for you and seem like a great friend until you trust him then take advantage of you and steal your money!!
RobertoSnow
California,#2General Comment
Sat, November 19, 2016
This is the same scam he has pulled off on several others. You can find other reports on this website of him. The scam he pulled on you is almost exactly the same as he had done to others. Between me and other people who have reported him he has also written multiple fake check, written up fake documents, handed out fake collateral and more. I could write a series of novels on his scams alone. If he sends you a photo that he supposedly took,
I have found most online through goodle image search. They are not his. He is not where he says he is when he is "busy." His blaming you like you are harrassing him is part of the scam and will and has esculated to death threats against people he has scammed which is why he is still getting away with the scams. Chances are the money you are being paid with...are being taken from another one of his scam victems. He HAS done this in the past. He also continuously changes his contact information. Do you have his?