Kevin
Van Nuys,#2Consumer Comment
Mon, August 21, 2006
Hello Lisa; It's been some time since I posted my information on Lucky Day with Rip-Off and I'm glad to see the time I took to post helped keep someone else, like yourself, from traveling into dangerous waters. There are many good people in the world, but there are also those who are not so good. In a world of 6 billion people, all at different levels of learning and experience, everyone with their own troubles and hopes for redemtion out of their difficulties, it's only all too easy to get caught up by the moment and get caught in the trappings of spiders who take on human form. When I noticed nothing had been posted on Lucky Day with Rip-off, it seemed only sensible to take a little time and share what I knew, just in case someone else needed a kind and guiding hand to steer them clear from trouble. If you were the only person my post helped, then it was well worth the time it took to write it all, but maybe there were others who read too prior to your post, but simply did not take the time to say thanks. Thanks for taking the time.
Lisa
Blue Springs,#3Consumer Comment
Mon, August 21, 2006
Kevin, Its nice to know that there are people out there who think of others. You did not fall for a scam, but was willing to take your time to post your experience so no one would be ripped off . Had you not posted my husband may have also fallen victim to this lotto. I stopped him immediately and told him I had to check out the rip-off report first and luckly I found your report. That Guy who wrote you had nothing intellegent to add nor did he help anyone with his comments. He seems to have a lot of time on his hands. I rely on the rip-off report and consumers like you who post, to keep me informed of crooks and cons. thank you
Kevin
Van Nuys,#4Consumer Suggestion
Sat, April 23, 2005
Thank you for your response. You mention 409. You talk like a law enforcement agent. Is this correct? Also, as you can see, I didn't fall for the scam, but knew there might be people that might fall for it and since so many come to Ripoff, I thought I'd post the information so others might find it. As for the other deal I invested into. we did check the company in advance, like so many others had done and the company had done its due diligence to properly register with the government agencies. A lot of professional business people, including attorneys and government people had invested into this company's product. So our you saying that we all are idiots. Frankly, in all my years of living and dealing with the business world, I've never seen anything this sophisticated an operation that scammed so many people. I presently suffer from a disability that keeps me from being able to work and held my hand out for help with the kiosk venture simply because I was looking for a way to make some kind of income. I've yet to receive any help from SSI or SDI which we are pursuing at this time. So I was not being an "idiot" as you put it. Many bright, good people got deceived by this one and I thought I had seen them all by this time in my life. Anyway, thank for responding. For the more innocent ones, I'm hoping this post will help them out. I never had any intention of sending these people in the Netherlands any money, but others might have, as seen in the Fraud Watch website. If you are interested, look under "Pantheon" in the Ripoff Search Engine and you'll see what's going on nationally with the other deal I got into.
Kevin
Van Nuys,#5Consumer Suggestion
Sat, April 23, 2005
Thank you for your response. You mention 409. You talk like a law enforcement agent. Is this correct? Also, as you can see, I didn't fall for the scam, but knew there might be people that might fall for it and since so many come to Ripoff, I thought I'd post the information so others might find it. As for the other deal I invested into. we did check the company in advance, like so many others had done and the company had done its due diligence to properly register with the government agencies. A lot of professional business people, including attorneys and government people had invested into this company's product. So our you saying that we all are idiots. Frankly, in all my years of living and dealing with the business world, I've never seen anything this sophisticated an operation that scammed so many people. I presently suffer from a disability that keeps me from being able to work and held my hand out for help with the kiosk venture simply because I was looking for a way to make some kind of income. I've yet to receive any help from SSI or SDI which we are pursuing at this time. So I was not being an "idiot" as you put it. Many bright, good people got deceived by this one and I thought I had seen them all by this time in my life. Anyway, thank for responding. For the more innocent ones, I'm hoping this post will help them out. I never had any intention of sending these people in the Netherlands any money, but others might have, as seen in the Fraud Watch website. If you are interested, look under "Pantheon" in the Ripoff Search Engine and you'll see what's going on nationally with the other deal I got into.
Kevin
Van Nuys,#6Consumer Suggestion
Sat, April 23, 2005
Thank you for your response. You mention 409. You talk like a law enforcement agent. Is this correct? Also, as you can see, I didn't fall for the scam, but knew there might be people that might fall for it and since so many come to Ripoff, I thought I'd post the information so others might find it. As for the other deal I invested into. we did check the company in advance, like so many others had done and the company had done its due diligence to properly register with the government agencies. A lot of professional business people, including attorneys and government people had invested into this company's product. So our you saying that we all are idiots. Frankly, in all my years of living and dealing with the business world, I've never seen anything this sophisticated an operation that scammed so many people. I presently suffer from a disability that keeps me from being able to work and held my hand out for help with the kiosk venture simply because I was looking for a way to make some kind of income. I've yet to receive any help from SSI or SDI which we are pursuing at this time. So I was not being an "idiot" as you put it. Many bright, good people got deceived by this one and I thought I had seen them all by this time in my life. Anyway, thank for responding. For the more innocent ones, I'm hoping this post will help them out. I never had any intention of sending these people in the Netherlands any money, but others might have, as seen in the Fraud Watch website. If you are interested, look under "Pantheon" in the Ripoff Search Engine and you'll see what's going on nationally with the other deal I got into.
Kevin
Van Nuys,#7Consumer Suggestion
Sat, April 23, 2005
Thank you for your response. You mention 409. You talk like a law enforcement agent. Is this correct? Also, as you can see, I didn't fall for the scam, but knew there might be people that might fall for it and since so many come to Ripoff, I thought I'd post the information so others might find it. As for the other deal I invested into. we did check the company in advance, like so many others had done and the company had done its due diligence to properly register with the government agencies. A lot of professional business people, including attorneys and government people had invested into this company's product. So our you saying that we all are idiots. Frankly, in all my years of living and dealing with the business world, I've never seen anything this sophisticated an operation that scammed so many people. I presently suffer from a disability that keeps me from being able to work and held my hand out for help with the kiosk venture simply because I was looking for a way to make some kind of income. I've yet to receive any help from SSI or SDI which we are pursuing at this time. So I was not being an "idiot" as you put it. Many bright, good people got deceived by this one and I thought I had seen them all by this time in my life. Anyway, thank for responding. For the more innocent ones, I'm hoping this post will help them out. I never had any intention of sending these people in the Netherlands any money, but others might have, as seen in the Fraud Watch website. If you are interested, look under "Pantheon" in the Ripoff Search Engine and you'll see what's going on nationally with the other deal I got into.
Jason
Simpsonville,#8Consumer Comment
Sat, April 23, 2005
I haven't been contacted by Lucky Day so far as I know. I came across the report by viewing all new reports and it caught my attention. Same way that I see your reply back. Were Lucky Day or anyone else running a 419 or Nigerian scam to attempt to contact me via e-mail, I would never see it because it would be automatically /dev/nulled by spam filtration.
Kevin
Van Nuys,#9Author of original report
Sat, April 23, 2005
Hi Jason, Thanks for the rebuttle. I'm curious, how did you happen to find this post on Lucky Day? Were you contacted by them recently? Were you trying to see if they had been reported on Ripoff? Your views are well appreciated.
Jason
Simpsonville,#10Consumer Suggestion
Fri, April 22, 2005
This isn't any kind of new scheme... It's been around for years, it's the old Nigerian scam aka Had you proceeded and sent the money to them, you would have found that within a few weeks they would need some more money for something else, then again, then again... You would have finally recieved your prize at approximately the same time that pigs learned to fly. The real problem here is not with the Nigerians or whoever it may be, but with you. You seem to fall for every get-rich-quick scheme out there. They're all scams. Whoever this paralegal that said it was harmless so long as they didn't ask for money is none too bright. They should have known immediately that this was a scam and told you, although thankfully they did have the good sense to tell you not to send them any money.