Complaint Review: 'UNIVERSAL INVESTMENTS' LANCE ZEIDMAN ELY OROZZO - FORT LAUDERDALE Florida

I am the original individual who was scammed by Lance. I am not trying to be funny, but I have to wonder how you got to this website simply by googling yourself...what key words did you use? Jamie Marlett and 'scam' or something of the like? What were you looking for...did you suspect something was up? Maybe you knew what Lance was up to, maybe you didn't. Didn't you find something fishy about this guy who kept moving around, and was having people send him money when he didn't even have an office? I'm really trying to believe that you were just an innocent bystander...but it's really hard to do. Besides being concerned about your name being used, can you shed some light on this situation? It sounds like you really believe he did scam people-if not why would you even care if your name is associated with his? If he's legit, it wouldn't even matter. For other readers: Anyway...as for me, I have forgiven Lance and moved on. My life is really good now...I study Kabbalah and Kabbalah teaches that if something is taken from you, that it was never really yours to begin with. Who knows...I could have used that $5,000 for a trip and been in a plane crash or Lord knows what else. I believe a higher power is looking ot for me...and I have made that money back many times over. There is something in the Universe called KARMA and Lance and whoever else helped him will get what's coming to them. It's sad, but true. Actually Lance has gotten what's coming to him-from my investigations I've learned that he's been fired from a company called Centale and is now out of work. So how is that karma for you? I really have to feel sorry for him because that $5,000 is long gone and he has nothing to even show for it. So all the best to you, Lance and all the best to you Jamie-I forgive you both. Just don't do it again to some other innocent person-that's all I would ask!

While doing a google search I find that I am being associated with an individual upon whom I have not seen in nearly 9 years. I worked for Mr. Lance Zeidman for a scant 35 days in 1998. I have not worked, nor have had contact, neither have I seen this man in these many years but find in this report, that someone is using my name. As in all things, I indeed protest the usage of my name to be associated with this report.As I am requesting that it be removed as quickly as possible, I understand that you will not according to your own agenda, however it is my sincere request that you do so. Thank you Jamie

Poor Lance... I almost feel sorry for him... it's so funny seeing the SCAMMER become the SCAMEE (if that's even a word). Life is so good... Lance is so pathetic. It's so funny to see that what goes around comes around! Have a nice life, Lance!

I was really starting to think that I was going crazy, but here is another claim against Lance the crook. I knew that I couldn't be the only victim out there-Lance just uses different aliases...just as I said!!! I want Mr. Lance Mark Zeidman and his dirty, rotten father Robert M. Zeidman who obviously condones what his son does, to know that I will not give up until I get my $5,000 back! And by the way, I know all about how deeds were transferred from Robert to Lance in Putnam county, Florida. I have written the attorney general and the county clerk there...I am going to take action now that there is an accurate account of where they are. I am going to sue you Lance for every cent you own for the mental agony you have put me through. Not only that. but I am going a different route as well. Very bad things are going to happen to you, Lance. LAST CHANCE: Email me at [email protected] to arrange how to send me the money. $5,000-and I'll forget all about the interest and other charges I have incurred. LAST CHANCE, Lance...or don't be surprised when someone shows up at your door!!!

Well-I've done something I should have done a long time ago. I contacted Lance the crook's parents and informed them very nicely of how their darling little boy stole from me. They are still living in Lance's old home town in New York. I'm sure he's been lying to them and telling them of how successful he's doing in Florida. Also, I've found out after contacting the IRS that they can't touch Lance for not paying taxes because Florida doesn't have state income tax. In other states you would have to pay taxes on any money made-whether made legally or illegally. So, I guess that's why Lance decided to go to Florida and run this scam-because he knew that he'd get away with it. Also, I've discovered that Lance bought some property in Florida AFTER he scammed me-hmmm...I wonder how? Also, guess how much money you need to put down to buy a model home in the area (under the rent-to-buy agreement)-$5,000! So, I guess my money has helped out Lance a lot. I hope that Lance's parents are decent people who will appeal to their son to DO THE RIGHT THING and RETURN MY MONEY! Lance-how can you sleep at night knowing what you did? Aren't you afraid of bad karma? Well, Lance-I hope that you and your family never enjoy a restful night's sleep in that home because my family has done nothing but SUFFER since you stole from us. And, Lance-I will NEVER give up on this-I will hunt you down until the day you die!!!!

I see that Lance has come out from whatever rock he has been hiding under for the last three years-living it up with money he has stolen from innocent people. He says that I blame eveyone out there but myself-but yes, I do blame myself. The first clue that this was a bogus company should have been when they answered the phone'Hello' but did I catch on-NO. Lance says the fact that no-one has taken action against him is proof that he is innocent, but he knows very well-as it says on this website, these agencies very rarely do anything unless the person extorts a huge amount of money, as Lance Zeidman-the ugly thief-was counting on. I would also like to make the following points and questions to Lance Zeidman-the con artist from hell. 1. How can you operate a 'company' without a licence. According to the Commodities and Exchange Commission, you did not have the authority to take funds from people with the purpose of investing. So, even if you really did lose the money in the market-which we know you didn't-the transaction was illegal to start with. 2. You say that I misunderstood your name. Did I also misunderstand what I saw on the documents that you faxed to me? T-H-O-M-P-S-O-N doesn't look anything like Z-E-I-D-M-A-N! Why are you such a liar? 3. You say that you moved offices because of hurricane Floyd? Well, that hurricane was in mid-September, '99-I didn't send you the money until late October-so why take money if you didn't have an office (I thought I heard traffic in the background-a cell phone, huh?) 4. Even in the event of a hurricane, do companies just up and leave without informing their clients-a phone call, a letter-something? Is this something legit companies do, or would you even know? Whayever happened to the so-called million dollar clients you had-wouldn't they be wondering where you were-if they ever existed? 5. Why do you keep moving around if you're not hiding? Addresses in Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Miami, Tamarac-even Ravenna, Ohio. What's up with that? 6. Why when I called you to check on my money, did you say, "Hey, Lori-what's up. Yeah, everthing's going great!" If I was losing money, why didn't you say so. You say that I was advised of the risks-well, do you remember saying that you wouldn't let anything happen? That you were such an expert, that you knew to pull the money out before it was lost? You know what Lance, I'm not even going to let you ruin my life anymore. I know that everything that I have, that I worked for-I didn't have to steal it. But, I will not let you get away with it. Now that you have made contact, you've actually made my life a little easier. I will be contacting the Attorney General regarding suing you-for everything you own. So you and your stupid wife and ugly little brats can kiss the house, the car and everything else good-bye. Furthermore, I will be writing the IRS as many times as it takes to get you audited-have fun! So many bad things are going to happen to you, Lance Mark Zeidman, that it's not funny. You seemed so irate-never thought that I would find out your real name did you? I wonder how many other people are out there having reported this bogus Lance Thompson to the authorities. Do an engine search and a dozen Lance Thompson in Florida come up-probably why you chose that name, huh? And as for your ad in Entreprenuer-you try to make it sound like just because they're a reputable magazine, then you must be legit-anyone knows that anyone can go and place an ad-nobody checks you out-so don't even give me that bull. Anyway-got to go. Life is so good. I can sleep at night knowing what a good person I am-I've never stolen a thing in my life-unlike Lance Mark Zeidman who the only way he could get a thing in life was not to work for it but to SWINDLE, STEAL, LIE, CHEAT and everything else. How can you live with yourself? P.S.-I'm working on finding out where you work-if you work and are not still out there stealing-should be easy enough eventually. i can't wait to tell your boss all about you. If you want to come to some sort of a resolution, you know how to reach me or respond below. If you have the guts, that is.

Mr. Lance Zeidman-you are a liar and you know it. You DID defraud me, and you know it! 1. I DO NOT have a hearing problem-I was told your last name was Thompson, and THOMPSON was spelled out to me by 'Jamie Marlett' or whatever her bogus name was-so don't make me to sound like I'm stupid or ignorant-because I AM NOT! 2. According to various agencies in Florida, you do not even have a licence to conduct business in foreign exchane, futures, options or any type of business in the U.S.-so you DID take my money under false pretences-AND YOU KNOW IT! 3.I sopke to you quite frequently, and AT NO POINT did you tell me that I was losing money. 4. Would a legitimate company up and chane their phone number just like that? Why would you-unless you were trying to hide from someone. Anyway, Mr. Lance Zeidman-the liar and crook-it doesn't matter that you stole from me-you know why? Because God HATES ugly people like you and LOVES honest people like me. I'm not so desperate to get money that I have to STEAL from unsuspecting people. The only reason that you are angry is that I have discovered your true, ugly identity-something you thought would never happen. And I plan to hunt you down until I do find you and sue you for every penny that you own. You will be sorry. If you would like some resolution before things get really bad, you can email me at [email protected]. Even if you just apologize-that would suffice. Just don't make me out to be a nutcase or a liar-because we BOTH know what happened.

In all fairness I believe that this accusations of unfair practice, respectfully has been listed unjustly long enough. I am not just another individual that claims no responsiblity, however, in all due respect you have to note that this is nothing more than a hostile frustrated upset individual who bottom line lost an investment. I have responded with a aprox. 10 page letter to the BBB in retort to the very same. You need to review what huge contradictions there are in her letter to comprehend that there is no way to win with a client like this. She says" I replied to an ad in Entrepreneur Magazine that read $75,000 return on only $5,000 in three weeks and called the 1-800 number." That did happen the yr. before in the Japanese YEN and P.S. it moved in way less than 3 wks and that is documented and that is what was only a portion of the info that sold her on this investment on the EURO. She says" The person-Ely Orozzo-I spoke to was very friendly and professional, which suckered me in." This in itself could not be more dumb.We were friendly? professional? not pushy or aggressive and mean? ...The hell you say!And this friendly professional service is what "suckered you in" Well I guess there truly is no way to win in customer service. Further she writes "Anyway, she faxed me all kinds of information on the company, and had me fill out this questionaire about myself, which they said had to be approved before they would let me invest (to give me the sense that they were doing me a favor)." ok first we faxed her all kinds of info enough for her to make a rational logical intelligent based desicion and if not based on investigating before you invest then what? You'd think that we provided her to this point with unprofessional high pressure sales tactics without informative info. Finally the info required from you that we require is for legal purposes to make certain of your risk tollerance and so forth not to appear to be doing her a favor. She further continues stating "After I was approved me put me onto the biggest con artist in the world, a scum bag who told me his name was Lance Thompson. I later found out from the Entrepreneur people that his real name was Lance Zeidman." Ok there are not to many Lance's nor do I have reason to hide my last name especially since I realize that it in itself is illegal. You may have heard from beruda, Thompson, but, I assure you if that were true everyone would have said the same thing about me having changed my name-and do you think I would do that and jeopordize a investment owned company for a mere $5000? Come now people. Isnt it possible that I said Zeidman and that you just heard Thompson because its a more well known name that Zeidman? Then she said "He sounded very professional and nice, used all the right terminology and to make a long story short, I got suckered in and sent this dirt-bag $5,000." Again a victom of my own professionalism apparently I should have sounded unprofessional and dumb! Finally she writes, "Did I get $75,000 after my three weeks were up? No, what I git was a disconnected phone line-Lance and Ely had disappeared with the money." No one ran with your money, other than the market you lost it too and No, what you purchased was a investment let me say that again, investment does not mean guarentee. If anyone ever did guarentee any speculative investment to be guarenteed you should run away or have that in writing! Further more this investment was a 'OPTION' specified date ,specified time, specified item. The item the Euro, the price $5000, date 35day time frame or over four weeks. She was made fully aware of the risks involved and the risk vs. reward for her was greater, at least if she made money, but in the end she lost money and that is what she is truly sour about not me the company or practices. There had been no further complaints but undoubtly compliments from investers that gained and those that dont know ...its an investment there are ups downs and for every person losing there is someone making and if everyone was assured a guarentee it would be a CD or something Finally, if everyone would be making and no one would be losing,is that realistic?! Then she says "I reported Lance Zeidman to numerous agencies, including the Better Business Bureau in Altamonte Springs, Florida. I also reported this incident to the Bank I wired the money to-First Union Bank in Daytona Beach, Florida. This Bank told me that they couldn't help me as I was not a Bank customer. End of conversation-they didn't care or want to hear that one of their customers had used an account there to rip off an innocent person." Highly unlikely- now First Union Bank is to blame ,everyone but her.And the agencies were more than satisfied from the second side to the story ,just wanting to make sure that we were not in fact ripping her like a scam company. She then said "Numerous letters to Entrepreneur have also not been answered-although after many phone calls one very nice lady told me who had placed the ad. That was all she was allowed to tell me, she said-and her bosses were most unhelpful. Needless to say, I won't be buying their magazine again. I trusted that they were a reputable magazine-maybe not." Now the privacy act, or company policy of a national world reknown magazine is to blame and not reputable" The she explains "Anyway, this Lance Zeidman guy has tried this stunt on many people. He obviously knows a lot about investments. He runs ads in different magazines and newspapers-he really likes to use USA Today. He uses different names-one of which is 'Andy Garcia'. The authorities have told me this much, but so far no one has touched him, and he's still out there pulling these scams. I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THE HELL THATS ABOUT. If I use the name Andy Garcia is that to say that's my name or who I sell too? Im lost. I have no 'beef' with Miss Hamiliton other than the fact that stop the unappropriate blame game I have treated her with nothing more than the utmost professionalism, and the company was closed adminisratively slow movement in the market and the building roof collapsed after Hurricaine Floyd. P.s. Ely was a secratary nothing more so this writeup is unjust to her I havnt had contact with her for more than 3 yrs. Hope she is doing ok. I have been contacted enough about this already and dont need to reopen it to bias media so I am not hiding running or other in fact just the opposite- I just stated this for there was no fair comment from the accused party. Thank you for allowing my side acknowledged. Universal Investments