Sorry to hear about this, hope you catch the guy.:2 cents:

So much fraud lately with content guys, not just with this guy but so many stories of people going around selling content they don't even own rights to. So buyer beware, make sure you know who you are dealing with.

thats a lot to be scammed for! sucks!

I mean, I know i'm more or less ignorant when it comes to the content side of the business, so I apologize in advance for my question. But when so much money is literally on the line, why don't people use escrow services? I mean isn't paying a couple hundred extra for piece of mind that the seller will deliver worth it?

I just read this thread today for the first time and this is indeed a crazy situation. Sorry to hear you got burned for so much money, Loryn! I have never even heard about this CJ guy or Pink Video and I hear about almost everything going on here in Florida.

I know this isn't about me but I can't help but shake my head that a company would go and wire tens of thousands of dollars for exclusive content (presumably) to some completely unknown entity here in Florida when a 20 year veteran like myself who specializes in exclusive content production and participates in the board, who works with many of the top companies in the biz and also attends many trade shows every year in person is ready willing and able to do this kind of work and be held accountable for it. Anyway, hope you get some satisfaction and hopefully your money back!

PINK VIDEO operates under a bunch of different fake names. They have been sending us several emails using the same exact Google email address but signing it with multiple names. Their phone service is Google voice and the address they list is a mail drop, despite them stating the location is an office with multiple employees.

Aadrian Parker
PINK VIDEO USA
www.PINKVIDEO.us
[email protected]
[email protected]

CJ Andersen (real name is Christopher Alexande Corniffe)
XTC Media Group Inc.
http://www.clips4sale.com/store/13819
http://www.clips4sale.com/store/12976
Work Office - 954.769.0771

DWWE Inc.
2269 South University Dr.
Suite# 455
Plantation, Florida, 33324

And they use the following bank:
BB&T
450 North Pine Island Rd.
Plantation, FL, 33324

Sorry for your loss Loryn. Clearly this guy is a fraud, as he also usesClips4sale and Craigslist to troll for unsuspecting victims as well to help extend his fraud. Hope he gets caught soon.

Oh man, sorry to hear this. He will be one of the last to die in 2012 and I'm sure it will be painful and pathetic for him. :( If i were them i would have spent that cash on HD content from AFSC.

Bump for Loryn.... hope you're close to getting this scam artist!

that's good news ;)

Bump for Loryn, did you guys ever get your money back?

Loryn, for a very nominal fee plus expenses I'll gladly fly down and kick his door in and get your money back for you.

:D

Having a fairly quiet summer here otherwise. All the best to you as always. Be well.

Looks like he deleted his account..

Well, that speaks volumes. Guarantee all the money is long gone.

Don't know if it's the same guy, the guy quoted was arrested on traffic matters.

http://www.clerk-17th-flcourts.org

Humm... All of this is sort of fishy.
I mean, first I would not enter any agreement for 40K without a signed production agreement and notarized.

I also would have traveled and have meet the person personally, checked out the studios and the scene and make sure that the company, the persons and the production was on the up and up.

Third, I would have insisted that there was a completion insurance or bond bought.

just my :2 cents:

the twitter is gone thats another sign of a scammer

Damn this guy CHRIS CORNIFFE aka CJ ANDERSON is a real winner. He trolls Craigslist looking for talent to exploit and do who knows what with, and he steals from people like Loryn.

Sorry to hear about that Loryn, hope you get that money back at some point


WOW
he is a regular... browardclerk.org

I feel for you, but agree with this guy.

I'll bet he was offering you a deal that you couldn't resist.

This is my experience of selling content.

If the price is right a lot of buyers will send money up front to anyone.

Screw the prices most established people want to produce the content, there are people who will send money anywhere to anyone without going into the identity of the seller. Because the price was right.

If you've been on the boards for long you will of seen the scams.

Not saying that's what happened here, but a seller linking to a clip on C4S, mail drop and no name?????

The Internet is a scammers paradise.

Deal with me and you will enjoy your freshly bought content minutes after payment.

bump for the warning thread.

We buy over $1M worth of content a year. We never pay upfront, you send us the material and we pay you within 48 hrs.

I'm completely mystified why you would do this, with so many warning signs but I do hope you manage to fuck him and get your money back.

Unfortunately sometimes we need to do something stupid to realize all the red flags were there for a reason.

When I first started selling online I was pretty ignorant to all the red flags from credit card fraud. Now if any red flags go off I just say fuck you and void the transaction :)

I've had some run-ins with this guy. He posts a lot of Craigslist junk looking for videographers, but seems to fail to mention that it's for porn. I take no issue with porn, I've shot it before. However, I do take issue with his shadiness, his rudeness, and how he seems to expect videographers to find their own talent, shoot IN THEIR OWN HOMES, and then hand over the content for $100-250. Give me a break.

I looked him up to see if anyone else had dealt with his BS and saw this thread. I have some info, so if anyone has been ripped off by them and doesn't have any contact info, let me know.

Also, I noticed they don't seem to have a website. Their email is a gmail account. I'm a freelancer and even I know that looks shady as shit.

U use to buy most of your content from me :)

That doesn't make your content sound very good :)

He is still at it, see his ad below
 

Cruising craigslist out here in Inland Empire, southern California, and guess whose ad pops up? See this link: http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/tfr/2763405390.html Maybe you should make arrangements to meet him. Good luck.

Hi loryn that supersucks!!! U mind me adding all their info to my blacklist i always for exposing scammers.

He might be very cautious of meeting someone in person.

Maybe someone posing as a hot girl.

"Only looking for amateur or pro-am who know how to hold a camera properly."

Jesus, I hope a "pro-am" would know how to "hold a camera" properly. They are aware of fucking tripods, right?

This guy wanted people to:

- shoot content ONLY in their homes
- find the actresses themselves
- submit the content to them
- expect to be paid between $100-250 (which in my experience, just means $100, they never offer to compensate their max value or even close)

What a con artist.

I pointed him to this thread and the arrest record posted above.

He said he never scammed "that guy" (Loryn?) but claimed to be aware of "him," and "laughed," saying the arrest record wasn't him, but another CEO. How does that make it any better? There's a felon on your payroll, running your business.

He then told me he would be "alerting people in his company of me." What's there to tell?

"This guy thinks we're scammers and refuses to work for us!"

What a bunch of simps.

Thanks for the heads up!
 

Thanks for the headsup. :) Bump 'cause CJ is still at large and just tried to scam me as well. If I get any good information out of him I'll post it here. He's telling me I need to find talent, find a location, shoot video & stills all for $100 a day. Thanks for the laugh dude! LOOOOOOOL

i am sorry to hear that here is another bump for you hope you get your money back

This company puts ads on Craigslist looking for content producers. I have a lot of videographer friends here in town who've contacted them, but something in their correspondence must scream scam because they've all asked me about it being some sort of scam.

Edit: I see someone above me posting the details. This is definitely the same company and scam.

Same name (didn't read whole thread, sorry if already posted)...

http://i50.tinypic.com/id6h08.png

I wonder what he did with the $40k? :Oh crap :disgust

ADG

that blows for real