BEWARE OF TIMESHARE AND VACATION SCAMS::

BEWARE OF TIMESHARE AND VACATION SCAMS:

If someone wants you to go to a presentation about a timeshare or something similar, they are probably going to try to use high pressure sales tactics and make the deal sound too good to be true! One specific company that called me was called: "Nextgen Vacations". They said if I went to their presentation, they'd give me Two airline tickets to anywhere in the US I wanted to go, including Alaska and Hawaii. They would also pay for any hotel I wanted to stay at, even if it were a 5 star hotel.
I asked a few more questions, just to waste their time. Then, I set up an appointment and a time to to go to their presentation. However, I had no intention of going to something like this! I did that to waste Two seats at the presentation, that means, Two other people wouldn't be able to go and the people running the scam would be disappointed by having those Two empty seats and Two less people to scam!
They said they would call me the next day, about an hour or two before I was supposed to show up for the presentation, I said, ok, that's fine. But, I blocked their number, so they couldn't call me again!
I have heard from some people who say they had a good experience with Nextgen Vacations. I don't know any details of their experiences. But, they said it is a legit company and not a scam. They also said Nextgen did give them Two plane tickets and paid for their hotel. However, I don't recommend trusting anybody or any company like that. You would be taking a big risk. Imagine going to the airport, expecting to sign in and pick up your e-ticket to go from Detroit to LA for vacation. But, the tickets don't exist! The people at the airport don't know anything about your plane tickets either. You've been planning and looking forward to your vacation for Ten months now, only to find out at the last minute that it was a scam and the company didn't really buy you any plane tickets! Now you signed up for a scammer! The company stole your money and wasted your time! It does happen!
Keep in mind, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is!
If a company calls you randomly, especially if you are on the "National Do Not Call List" (DNC), and they want to sell you something, that should raise a red flag! It's probably not going to anything good. If YOU DIDN'T CALL THEM, but, they randomly called you, don't give them your personal information!
Nobody is going to give you something 100% free! Even if they did, you have to pay the tax, shipping fee, the companys processing fee, food, rental car and everything else. Yes, they may pay for your plane ticket and hotel, but, everything else is on you!
Years ago, I talked to someone about Amway
(AKA: SCAMWAY). I thought it sounded good at first, so, I scheduled a time to meet someone in a public place, I did not give them my home address! I talked to this guy about how I could make money without going to work. Sounds great right? Well, he was trying to pressure me into signing up. I would have had to pay a lot of money, buy a few books, videos and CDs to learn all about the company and how to use their high pressure sales tactics to get my friends and relatives to sign up under me. Then to get them to recruit their friends. Then, I'd have to keep going to their meetings, signing more people up, spending more money, etc!
After that, I realized, that guy was really trying to make it sound good, he was really motivated, trying to get me excited about the company and trying very hard to make me make a decision to sign the dotted line really quickly, immediately, without giving me any time to think about it! I also realized things like Amway are just too good to be true! They are going to use high pressure sales tactics and expect people to sign up impulsively.
Another time, I was in a bar, just hanging out. Some guy came over and started talking to me. I hung out with him for a while. Then, another guy came and started talking to us. This dude started talking about a company he works for and wanted us to sign up. I could smell a scam right away! It sounded similar to Amway and, again, it was way too to be true.
I told the scammer, "I fogot something. I have to go to my car and get it. I'll be back in a minute."
I grabbed the other guy by the arm as I was walking away and very quietly told him to follow me. I need to talk to you alone outside! It is really important!"
He followed me out the door. But, the other guy came out to.
We walked a few feet away from the scammer an I said, "This is a scam. He is trying to confuse us with some things he is saying. He is trying to pressure us into signing up for something stupid. He will expect us to sign up today and not think about it and the whole thing sounds bad! It is a scam! If you know what's good, you will follow me and just start running as far away from here as possible! If no, you go back and talk to that jackass and let him steal your money. I know we've only known eachother for an hour or so, but you have to trust me here and start running as far away from this place as possible, before he talks you into signing up for something stupid!
If you stay here, I'm leaving and our friendship is over!
I will not be able to stop that guy from scamming you!"
He went back and talked to the scammer. I ran as far away from that place as possible!

My revenge!

I have gotten revenge on a lot of people.
Most notably, Two former Teachers. One from 4th grade and the other from 7th grade. I thought for years about what I was going to do to those stupid Teachers. Finally, when I got my driver's license and I was able to go do things on my own and nobody would know what I was doing, I went on a recon mission. I found these Teacher's addresses and phone numbers in the phone book. Then I headed out to gain all the information I could get on the Teachers that I hated.
I drove past their houses, thinking I could come back and toilet paper them or something.
Unfortunately, booth houses were in neighborhoods where the houses were really close together and there were a lot of houses around and there was a lot of light!   I think one of them or one of their neighbors had a dog running around outside. So, vandalizing their houses, slashing their car tires, dumping poison on their grass, breaking the windows on their houses and cars and other things like that, which I was considering doing, those were no longer options. ☹️
I spent the next month planning.
I considered Everything you could possibly think of, hiding in the woods a half mile away and "Sniping them off" when they walked out the door, just like a military sniper. I thought about getting other people involved and having them do my dirty work. That was too risky. Why would you tell someone that you are going to harm another person or seek revenge on somebody! I didn't want any witnesses!
This was before we had the Internet. So, I went to the book store and got a few books about REVENGE.
I did some research and talked to some friends. I didn't tell anyone what I was up to, I didn't tell anyone that I was planning my revenge. But, I just casually asked what they've done to seek revenge. Some people had some good stories.
Ultimately, I ended up going back to the bookstore. I got a newspaper, which is the only thing I bought. The newspaper wasn't important, I just needed something to put order forms in from magazines.
I looked at ALL the magazines and took the order forms out of every magazine I could find. I stuck the order forms inside the newspaper. Then, I paid for the newspaper and left.
I had order forms from every magazine you can think of, from Sesame Street to Play Boy and everything in between! I had Newsweek, Time, Detroit Free Press, New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Penthouse, Playboy, Playgirl, medical magazines, Army Times, High Times,
Homosexual magazines, religious magazines, etc, etc, etc!
I probably had order forms from over 50 different magazines.
Now, I was ready for phase one of my plan.
I spent a long time filling out order forms in these Teacher's names!
I sent all those order forms, I didn't stop there, every time I found another magazine, at home, school, at someone else's house, in the store, anywhere, I grabbed the order forms out of it and filled them out in these Teacher's names! That was so much fun!
Phase 2, kicking them when their down.
Then, I called the local newspapers for my home town of: Grand Ledge, MI and the surrounding cities of: Lansing, Charlotte, Portland, Mulliken, Westphalia and a few other cities within a 35 mile radius. I put adds in all of those newspapers saying that their houses were for sale! I also said they had some really nice cars for sale at very ridiculously low prices. I put some other adds in the paper with their names on them to. I also put in the adds: "Please call between: 9:00-11:00 PM!"
On to phase 3 of my revenge. Adding insult to injury!
Late at night, I drove past both houses. I blasted my radio, spun my tires, screamed obcenities out the window, blew a really loud whistle, threw firecrackers, launched bottle rockets at their houses, threw glass bottles in their driveway, threw trash in their yard and made sure, I ruined their night of sleep! I also made a mess in their yards and put broken glass on their driveways!
Phase 4, The final assault.
I called them at all hours of the day and night. Sometimes I called them at home and sometimes at work.
I called the school office and said I need to talk to Mr Johnson and Mrs Smith (Not their real names).
The school secretary would usually say, "They are teaching their class now, can I take a message?"
I said, "It's urgent!"
They called the Teacher to the office to take the call.
When the Teacher picked up the phone, I have an evil, psychotic laugh and hung up!
Then, I called in the middle of the night and in the evening and on the weekend, when I knew they'd be home. I'd usually just hang up. But, one time I called and said to them both, "I know where you live! I know where you work! I know what your car looks like! You usually park in the same spot at work! To leave at the same time for work every day! I've been watching you! I hate you! I'm going to get you!!!! You're a stupid, worthless piece of shit!"
Both of them sounded really scared now!
Both of their responses were about the same.
In a really scared sounding voice, they said, "Who is this? Why are you harassing me!"
I said, "I'm your worse nightmare! Someone you should of never *?&$#@ with!" You've pissed off the wrong person! Because I hate you now and I'm going to get you!" Have a nice day!" Then I laughed some more and hung up!
That's probably the only time I ever said anything to them on the phone. The rest of the time, I either just gave them an evil laugh or just hung up the phone.
Keep in mind, this was before caller ID existed.
For a few years after I finished my revenge, I still continued to send them more magazines anytime I found one that I hadn't sent them yet! That was just for a little extra fun.
Keep in mind, these were the worst People I have ever met in my life and they were psychotic, mean to students and other people in general and sorry ass excuses for human beings! They really should be sitting in prison for the rest of their lives!

(BTW: I didn't smash their mailboxes or spray paint their houses. Those are pictures of someone else's revenge!)

Absolute Collections SCAM!

I just talked to a Lawyer about a call my sister received. about me owing money for a payday loan. IT IS A SCAM!!!
Things didn't even sound right with this anyway. First of all, I don't recall getting any payday loan or anything over the phone for a long time, especially not after filing bankruptcy.
Nobody has ever contacted me about any payday loan or anything from 2013. That sounded suspicious.
Then they told me on the phone that I used Mike Arndt as one of my references. That is a big red flag there! Believe me, if I ever do get a loan, Mike Arndt is the absolute last person I'd even consider using as reference! He doesn't like me very well and I am not a big fan of him! I don't trust him and I know he wouldn't give me a good reference anyway!
The other reference they said I used is someone I don't even  know at all!
All they told me over the phone was that the name of their company was: "Absolute". OK, Absolute what? They said they are a collection agency. Another thing that sounded suspicious about this was they told me on the phone that They were going to sue me. Then the lady I talked to told me, "Good luck in court!"
Why is someone going to tell the person they are going to sue: "Good luck in court?"
Things just didn't sound right at all, so, I did some research online about the company. I didn't find much information about them online. But, I did see one or two websites that said it was a scam. One other site that just said it was a collection agency and a website for an Attorney who fights this collection agency all the time. It said, "If Absolute Collections is calling and harassing you, call me, I can help."
So, I called the Attorney, he confirmed my suspicion that it was a scam. He told me to report them to the Florida Attorney General.
The Attorney didn't charge me anything and all it took was a 5 minute phone call.
I am going to report them to the Attorney General, police, Better Business Bureau, Ripoffreport.com, Yellopages.com, Google and any place else I can think of.

Scam baiting. A horrifying experience!

Today I got bored and looked up some phone numbers of known scammers. I wanted to call some of them and waste their time and harass them, just like they do to us whenever they call somebody. Only they take things a little further and try to rip people off! They want to sell you some service or product that you don't need or they will claim to be the IRS and con you into paying them (the fake IRS agents) money for overdue taxes that you don't owe. They will tell you that you'll be arrested if you don't pay.
There are a lot of people out there that try to do us all a favor by calling these scammers and wasting their time. The longer these people stay on the phone with these scammers, the less time they have to call other people and rip them off. It also gets the scammer really frustrated if you waste too much of their time. This increases the chances of the scammer getting frustrated with the job and quitting. When people call and waste a scammers time, it is called: "SCAM BAITING".
A lot of people don't support scam baiting, because, it just gives the scammer more experience in dealing with difficult people and doing their job. However,  it is a lot of fun!
I looked up a scammers number on Google and called them. On the first call, I got one guy and told him I had a problem with my computer and needed his help to fix it.
He immediately told me to F off!
I said, "What the hell jackass! I am calling because I have a virus on my computer and it sent me a pop up message saying to call this number so you can fix it! This is Microsoft Tech support isn't it?" He immediately hung up on me!
So I called back about a minute later. I got the same guy this time.
I said, "Why did you hang up dude, I need your help getting rid of a virus." I was nice about it.
He cursed me out some more and got really mad. Then he hung up again!
So I called back a third time. I finally got a different person on the phone. I told him I had a virus and needed his help. He asked a few questions about the virus and he was nice about it.
So, I gave him a fake name. I didn't want this scammer to know my real name. I said I was John Simons.
He said  "Ok, turn on your computer."
I told him I had my computer on, but, I didn't really have it turned on. Then I tried to act like the dumbest person in the world who didn't know anything about computers at all. (For the record, I am not a computer genius. But, I do have some basic knowledge about them and I've taken a basic computer class.)
He told me to do a few things to give him remote access to my computer. I told him I didn't understand and asked him to repeat the instructions. He did repeat the instructions. Then he hung up. I was on the phone with him For about 20 minutes.
I called back and got the same guy. I talked to him about my fake computer virus for a few minutes, then he told me he was in Las Vegas. I said , "No you are not! You are in India and you are a scammer!"
Now, the guy started laughing!
I told him that I don't have a virus, I was just wasting his time!
He hung up again. So, I called him back. Now he said I am making him mad.
I didn't really have a virus , I was just doing this to waste his time anyway.
This was when things got really scary for me!
I was really lucky I did not have my computer turned on at all right now. Because now this scammer tried to hack into my ISP!
First of all Mr Scammer said, "David, why are you wasting my time?"
I thought, "How the hell does he know my real name?" I asked him, "How did you know my name is David?" He said it was a lucky guess.
I said, "Do you know my last name?"
He told me to tell him a last name randomly and he would tell me if I gave him my real name.
I said, "Smith."
He said, "No."
"Jones"
"No."
"Williams."
"No."
"Thomson."
"No."
"Arndt."
"Yes."
I thought, "Oh shit, he has caller ID and it works in India. He can get my name and number all the way over there. No big deal."
At least, that's what I thought at that moment!
He proceeded to say, "David Arndt Jr.
XXXX Signal Hill Rd. Orlando, FL. 32922.
Phone number: (407)XXX-XXXX.
ISP: 12345678900000
Email address: XXXXXXX@yahoo.com.
Your bank is Sun Trust in Orlando, FL.
You make $35,000/yr.
As soon as you turn your computer on, I'm going to get into your internet connection and on your computer and drain your bank account!"
I thought, "Holy shit! All that information is my OLD info! Luckily, the only two things that are still valid are my full name and phone number! The rest of it was valid a few years ago! Since then, I've moved to a different city, closed that bank account and went to a different bank, I no longer use that old email address, I have a different ISP and, even back then , a few years ago, I was not making  $35,000. But, I got really lucky that he did not have my current information! He must of looked my name up on the internet!"
I am not going to call that number again! However, proceed with caution if you want to scam bait this number!
It is a fake computer tech support company.
The number is:
1-877-786-2227.

Next-gen vacations scam. Beware!

Do me and everybody else in the world a favor and please call this number: 1-888-321-3840. Next-gen vacations. There in Kissimmee, FL. They called me to schedule an apt for tomorrow  afternoon to go to a seminar and promise me two free airline tickets anywhere in the US! It's obviously a damn scam! To hell with them ass holes! Yes, I did schedule a time to go to their seminar with my GF. But, hell no, I AIN'T GOING! I did that just to waste their time! I also wasted about 10 minutes on the phone with them to!
Now, they want to call me tomorrow before my appointment. But, I am going to block their number!
This is too good to be true! They will not give anybody 2 free plane tickets on any airline they want to any destination in the US to use anytime within the next year and let you stay at any hotel you want in the US at their expense (Including a 5 Star hotel), all at their expense!
But, please, everybody, call them and bomb these jackasses with calls! Also, schedule fake appointments like I did! Then block the number so they can't call you! Then you call them again! Call them often to!
Again, that is:
888-321-3840.

Their address: 5000 Ave of the Stars.
                            Kissimmee, FL. 34746.

How to pull a good prank.

How to pull a good prank:

1. Select a good victim. Make sure it is a person who can take a joke. Some people are just stupid
ass holes who have

no sense of humor. These people just can’t take a 
Joke, these people might try to sue or even kill 
somebody just for a joke!

2. Think of a good prank. Use common sense and make sure it is something safe and harmless for 

everyone

involved. You don’t want to injure yourself or the other person just by 
pulling a joke. Make sure 

what you are

doing is legal. People do occasionally end up in 

jail because they pulled a prank and did 

something illegal!

Don’t get too carried away with the joke and 

scare somebody into thinking that you are

injured in some way.

(I knew a guy who pretended he was 

choking while he was eating. Someone gave 

him the

Heimlich maneuver. It didn’t work. So 

someone called 911. Then the prankster

started laughing and said it

was a joke! Then the police and ambulance 

showed up. That guy had a lot of explaining

to do and the police

were not very happy with him! For that 

reason, I will not fake a medical emergency

for a prank.)

3. Decide if or not you want an accomplice. It is

usually best to work alone and not tell anyone 
else about your

pranks. Because, the other person might have a 

big mouth and tell the intended victim what you 

are doing. Then the joke won’t work or you might just get someone else 
with your joke. 

4.  Make sure you have all the supplies you need 

when you need them.

5.   Plan things out ahead of time. Know when andwhere you want to do
 this. It is best to set things 
up when your 

victim is not around. How much money are you 

going to spend on the prank. Do you want anyone to help you with it. 

6. Make sure the joke you are going to pull is safe and appropriate for the 
place you are at and it 
will not cause any

problems for you or anyone else. For example: At work, you don’t want to make a big mess or 
damage any company equipment.

(In the Army, I pulled a few jokes. I Googled April Fools jokes and found a 
bunch of good ones. 
However, there

was one I didn’t do while I was in Iraq, because it would have scared everybody too much. That wasputting a balloon on the back of the tire of a 
vehicle. When someone backs the vehicle up, the balloon pops and makes a

loud bang. The person driving will usually think 
they have a flat tire. But, since I was in a war zonepeople reacted

differently when they heard something go bang. Itwould have scared everybody pretty badly and 
somebody might have even started shooting at 
anything that moved!)

7. Set thins up Quietly and discretely. Make sure 
your victim is not around. If you are pranking a 
coworker, the best time to do this is on their day 
off, then you can be sure they will not see you and hopefully no one else will tell them who the 
prankster is either.

8. If you don’t want the victim to find out that you are the one pulling the 
joke, don’t be the one 
laughing the loudest.

Don’t let them see you watching them all day and don’t act like you are just waiting for something tohappen.

Otherwise, that will show the victim that you are probably the one who didit. If you are too excited and laughing too much, you might just have to 
walk away and laugh somewhere else. If they 
can’t see you laugh, they can’t use it against you.

9. Be prepared for retaliation! If the victim ever 
figures out it was you who pulled the prank, they are going to get you! Be
ready for them to prank you!

A few good pranks to get you started:

1. Prank calls. (Dial a random number and say: 
“Hello, is your refrigerator running? Well, you 
better go catch it!)

Don’t do this one, unless you can block caller ID!

2. Tape a balloon to the back of someones tire. 
When they back up and run over the tire, it will 
pop and the driver will think they have a flat tire.

(As I mentioned before, don’t do this if you are 
in the military and in a combat zone. Also, don’t do it to someone who 
has PTSD. This could trigger flashbacks and other PTSD symptoms.)

3. Tie all the chairs together under the tables in
the office. People won’t be able to pull out the 
chairs.

4. Get a glow in the dark, neon necklace. Make 
sure the necklace is glowing and form it into a 
circle. Put the necklace around a black, Helium 
filled balloon. Release the balloon into the air late at night down town in a big city where you are 
sure a lot of people will see it. A bunch of people will call in to the airport 
to report a UFO sighting! Make sure you don’t get caught doing this, 
because you could get arrested for it!

5. Ding Dong Ditch. Go up to a house, ring the doorbell or just knock on the door and either hide in 
the bushes

and watch them answer the door or just run 
away. 

6. Rearrange all the letters on the keyboard of 
their computer. If the victim doesn’t know how to type without

looking at the keys, this will really mess them up!

7. Tell the victim to look for something that really doesn’t even exist. In the 
Army, we sent new 
Privates to “grease muffler bearings on the 
trucks”. Mufflers don’t have bearings! But they 
still spent a long time attempting to grease them!

8. Call someplace that delivers pizza. Order 
several pizzas and have them delivered to your 
victim. Make sure you order nothing but 
Anchovies on the pizzas!

9. Call the number: 867-5309. When someone answers, ask if you can speak to JENNY. (Remember the song from the 1980s? If not, you can look it up on YouTube.)

Use the old classics: Fake rat, Rubber cockroach,

fake vomit, woopie cushion, etc.