Every day, someone is the victim of a scam that was mostly committed using the internet. The victims will challenge what’s happened to them, only to be asked to provide evidence. This can involve forwarding documents either by e-mail, or by printing them out and faxing them. The problem is that the scam artist is asked to do the same, and it’s too easy to alter the contents of a document between forwarding or printing a document out. This can turn into a cat-and-mouse game of “his word against theirs”. But what if you could get around all of that? In my pursuit against these scammers, I used screen recording software to let the viewer watch as I log into my e-mail, pull up the document in question, and show that it says what I claim it says. Posting the video online also helped me gather up comments by a few other people who were scammed by the same company, which will also help in my case. Know that as the methods of criminals evolve, so do the tools a victim can use to protect themselves! There’s always a way!
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blackrosedrivemusic says:
January 21, 2012 at 6:12 am (UTC 0)
ur an amaizing lawyer there! im in a band and i got a call today from the president of FBM lol you saved me from paying 400! lol thanks a lot bro! when he calls me im gonna make him shove a dick in his ass!
ShawnMicSkills says:
January 21, 2012 at 7:05 am (UTC 0)
@richieblac I got the exact same cover letter, haha. Trust me man I feel your position.
richieblac says:
January 21, 2012 at 7:13 am (UTC 0)
@ShawnMicSkills I feel the same. At first it was about the money, but after I got a copy of the letter & evidence they sent to my bank, my attitude changed. I didn’t even talk about that in this video – what they said in their cover letter. Basically they said, “He knew he was going to get billed in 3 months, then he does THIS, after we helped his band book shows etc. etc.” — they never did ANY of that? And they play this whole “he’s the bad guy” thing? No way. Not happening. Not to me.
ShawnMicSkills says:
January 21, 2012 at 7:17 am (UTC 0)
@richieblac Haha, well played man. Well, best of luck to you. Perhaps I’ll follow up with my bank, as well. Honestly it’s not even about the money at this point, it’s a matter of principle. I don’t want these scam artists to win. Of course, even if I get the $399.99 back, I’m still out 200 something bucks for the cost of CD duplication, printing my “one sheets”, and the mailing costs to send everything to LA. Such is life, I guess.
richieblac says:
January 21, 2012 at 7:26 am (UTC 0)
@richieblac By the way, I already called the bank and told a nice girl about the situation, how their process of printing evidence out and faxing it is unreliable, and how I made a video instead. Poor girl was scared out of her mind and she set me up for a conference call with some woman named “Tori” in the next day or two.
richieblac says:
January 21, 2012 at 8:21 am (UTC 0)
@ShawnMicSkills I’m at this point right now, where the bank went in Fast Break’s favor. But it was lazy and incompetent on the bank’s part. If you look up discussions on people filing fraud claims with their banks, the bank doing a lousy “investigation” has happened plenty of times. Quite a few people have stayed on it and climbed up the chain of command with their bank until they got their money back. And that was just by complaning. Here I’ve got demonstrable proof. I’m optimistic.
ShawnMicSkills says:
January 21, 2012 at 9:04 am (UTC 0)
@richieblac If you don’t mind me asking, were you successful in getting your money back? After my bank decided in Fast Break’s favor (due to all of the fake evidence they provided… of course I was never asked to provide any of *my* evidence), I just threw my hands up on the whole thing. Hopefully you had/have better luck in that respect.
richieblac says:
January 21, 2012 at 9:53 am (UTC 0)
@ShawnMicSkills I messaged you a download link for this video. Feel free to duplicate this video and spread it where you see fit! Let’s take these scumbags down for good!!!!!
ShawnMicSkills says:
January 21, 2012 at 10:51 am (UTC 0)
I was also scammed by this company. I’m actually the guy you’re talking about who followed up on the fake website submissions. They pulled the same shit with me when I tried to press fraud charges through my bank (Wachovia). A doctored contract, a fake e-mail supposedly written by me, etc. Thank you for posting this. More people need to know the truth about Fast Break Music.