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Old 05-24-2013, 09:13 AM   #4951
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111 East Church St. was their old address, before they moved to 4310 Metropolitan Circle.

Now they moved back to their previous address at 230 E. Patrick St., which was their address before moving to Church St.

Are they violating the terms of service of their registration?
They've violated just about every law of God and man, so what's one more?
All domain registrars require contact info be kept up to date, or the domain could be cancelled. I'm pretty sure it's part of ICANN regulations.

You're welcome, PA, for us giving you this heads up. Anytime...
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Old 05-24-2013, 07:06 PM   #4952
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A contact confirmed that PA has moved back to their old office at 230 E. Patrick St., across from the post office. They are certainly coming down in the world.

Also, the contact provided a link to the Ripoff Report which involves yet another PA scam, this time on Craigslist:
http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/PUBLIS...ryland-1027957

How low can you sink, PA?
If this is true, then someone should contact the police. At best, this is a state felony fraud charge. At worst, it is A federal interstate money laundering charge.

IANAL, but the internet information I could find suggests that writing a bad check for over $500 is a felony.

On the other hand, there have been thieves that have taken corporate information and printed checks on corporate accounts to glean money. This could be one of those situations and PA should contact the police to protect themselves from those guys.
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Old 05-24-2013, 08:22 PM   #4953
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. . . PA should contact the police to protect themselves from those guys.
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Old 05-24-2013, 08:35 PM   #4954
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Since people still fall for the "pigeon drop" and the, "Oh, dear! Your money/jewelry/item-of-value is cursed! Give it to me for cleansing!" scams, I shouldn't be surprised, but criminy! Even the FTC posted a warning about overpayment scams back in 2004 and they're not the quickest bunnies off the block (apologies) about producing scam warnings.
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/12/checkoverpayment.shtm

I'm still not seeing the PA involvement. Other than putting PA in the title, the reporting party doesn't make any connection to them in the body of the report. Or am I missing something? *still confused*
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Old 05-24-2013, 08:52 PM   #4955
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I'm still not seeing the PA involvement. Other than putting PA in the title, the reporting party doesn't make any connection to them in the body of the report. Or am I missing something? *still confused*
Me too, Fluff. For all the off-the-wall crap PA pulls, I doubt something so easily caught by an auditor would be their first choice for laundering money. They've proven themselves too wily over the past 14 years to be so clumsy now. I guess I'm not convinced.
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Old 05-24-2013, 09:12 PM   #4956
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This is not the only charge against them for issuing bad checks. Willem has fallen on hard times, it seems.
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Fingers crossed. The self-publishing explosion is having some fallout, maybe?
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So, someone in Danbury, CT thinks that PA (in whatever-address-they're-at-this-week, MD) mailed them a check and then asked them to send the overage to some lady in GA for an overpayment scam? They don't think that someone running a scam would be likely to either use a stolen check or a fake? Looks like an overpayment scammer used a legitimate company (unlike PA. *cough*) in Darien, CT earlier in the year. Who knew CT was such a hotbed of crime?

PA is scammy, scummy and downright evil (in my opinion), but they haven't shown themselves to be (quite) that stupid.

ETA: I'm with Allen. I hope the person went to the police and didn't just rely on a posting to the RipOff Report.
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Remember when PA posted a picture of a PA check on-line, complete with bank routing information clearly shown?

Sounds like someone took that photo and used it for their own nefarious purposes.
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Uh, yeah. While I don't agree with all of their tactics, it seems pretty clear they do take pains to stay out of trouble with the law. It's the kind of stunt that could put them out of business, which is why I don't see them doing this.
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Aren't they paying their lawyer enough to fill out legal papers correctly?
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Remember when PA posted a picture of a PA check on-line, complete with bank routing information clearly shown?

Sounds like someone took that photo and used it for their own nefarious purposes.
That makes a lot more sense than PA committing a blatant criminal fraud that would be likely to attract criminal charges.
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