- Report: #1442608
Complaint Review: TJ Hawkins - Bellevue Washington
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Linh Nguyen -
University Place, Washington, United States
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TJ Hawkins
10708 Main Street Room 520 Bellevue, 98004 Washington, United States
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631-371-3161
Web:
www.rvprco.com
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TJ Hawkins RVPRCO Professional Scam Artist Bellevue Washington
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I don't know how to start this, and I'm not entirely sure how I ended up in this position. I just know that I left my incredibly stable job in Higher Education for an opportunity to spend more time with my son as I am a single mother, and yet here I am, 3 months later without pay. TJ (Timothy Ray Hawkins Jr.) convinced me of a better opportunity in the branding business, only to find out that it has all been a scam. All of it. I never got paid for working for his company and he never intended to pay me. He hired me to cover his tracks.
He started his profession as a scam artist since 2003 in New York, then moved to London, then LA and now he's in Washington, continuing on his fake branding management firm. He hires people to do his work and watches as his scheme unfolds. He convinces people he's a professional business man by pretending he's a godly man. Every meeting, he would bow his head and point to the sky to thank the Lord. He acts like he cares deeply for you and your world, all to get what he wants out of you. He told me it was a start up company in Seattle and so I never did any research on his name. I can't believe that I now in a position where I have to consider moving in with a family member to keep up with my bills...
I started working for RVPRCO (rvprco.com) on February 15th, 2018; signed an employee contract and gave TJ all of my personal information. Immediately, I started on a project called the Food Rave (thefoodrave.com). I worked on it day and night, 7 days a week. He told me I needed to find investors and get as many ticket sales as possible. Unfortunately with all the efforts and working with Sivaraj our hired web designer, we had to cancel the event due to the lack of tickets sold to the community. At least that was what TJ told me. I know this was a lie now. This event was created for him to make money. I contacted a few people that purchased tickets for the event and they never received their refund. He never intended to refund anyone.
Once we ended The Food Rave project, I was told I needed to bring new clients in for brand management services. He stated he would be in London for two weeks and would not be in contact so I started going out to the community to meet people and offer my services (meetups, appts, referrals). At the same time, I kept asking HR, Finance, the Executive Assistants, when I was going to get paid because my bills were in the red. At this point, this was 2 and a half months in. No one would respond to me. They completely vanished, come to find out they were all made up people. It is all him.
I went to the police department. I gave them everything. I'm not sure what's next...
Please be careful. Not everyone is who they seem to be. I never thought he would do this to me. I'm a single mom who works in education.
3 Updates & Rebuttals
Linh
University Place,Washington,
United States
Timothy Ray Hawkins Jr.
#2Author of original report
Wed, May 23, 2018
First, RVPRCO did not terminate me. I made a decision to quit because after working for about 3 months without pay, I was in a bad situation financially. Mind you, I have many of many recordings (with permission of course) of TJ Hawkins stating he would pay me personally since the company was withholding my paychecks. I looked this up and it is illegal to withhold pay from any employee.
And, I am approaching this situation legally. I have contacted everyone that TJ Hawkins have scammed since working with RVPRCO and they are with me in this matter. He is a professional scam artist. I hope during our hearing Simon, Melissa, Rhonda, Julie, Tonye and whomever he made up, actually shows up because the truth is, it is all him.
Eva
Tacoma,Washington,
United States
Scam - Never Got Refunded!!!!
#3Consumer Comment
Wed, May 23, 2018
As a foodie, and as someone who is constantly searching for food events in my area, I was excited when I heard about the Food Rave on my local news channel. Instantly I bought tickets, even though the details about the food I would be making/ eating was vague and the cost of the tickets was high, I purchased 2 tickets despite not having heard of this company and not knowing anything about past events they've hosted. And then I got 2-3 emails about the event being postponed, locations changed, and then it was eventually cancelled and that I would be refunded. It's now May and I have received ZERO REFUND and no one is answering any of my emails despite having emailed a hundred million times. I don't know what kind of scam this is or who is responsible, but I do know that the Food Rave never happened. I'm in the process of reaching out to the hotels who were housing the events, so they can get me in touch with the owners of the Food Rave. If you or anyone you know bought tickets to this event, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME so we can get a settlement together!! This is absurd!
Business and Legal Affairs
Los Angeles,California,
United States
Linh Thi Kieu Nguyen
#4UPDATE Employee
Mon, May 21, 2018
We would like to thank Linh Nguyen, for writing this report, as she has placed all this information into a form online for people to read and for the fact that the company allows individuals to say what every they want True or False. If Linh Nguyen would like to approach matters legally, then RVPRCO will indulge the matter as we followed our contract with Linh Nguyen and its agreement. This clearly shows the unprofessional nature that Linh Nguyen has took, regarding this matter, in addition violating her signed agreement. In conclusion, Linh Nguyen was terminated. The details of this matter she is aware of. RVPRCO has parted ways with Linh Nguyen. RVPRCO Business and Legal Affairs
