MacHaffie just posted this urgent appeal for a loan of money until the RV or PPs come along (I hear next Tuesday).
Friday, August 9, 2013
URGENT MESSAGE THAT REQUIRES AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE.
I am in need of financial assistance in dealing with a very personal situation that demands an immediate response. I understand that most of you are not able to respond, so there is no need to email me if you are not in the position to do so. If there is someone that can help until the PP deliveries arrive or the Dinar RV'S, please email me for the details at
jimbo15642@safe-mail.net. Please, no phone calls, just an email and I will contact you as this is a very personal matter. Thanks and God Bless.
Jim Lucot
Posted by John MacHaffie at 12:23 PM
This isn't the first time he's asked for money and John-Boy posted a copy.
Monday, June 17, 2013
Randy Phillips needs help
Subject: Randy Phillips
Hi all, Most of you are familiar with Randy's situation in caring for his son, so I wont address it now. Randy called me around 1:30 PM today and told me the Real Estate Agency would be placing his house on the open market tomorrow. The cash sale price will be less than half of what the house is appraised at, and they expect it to be purchased as soon as it is listed. If someone buys the house, Randy will have only 7 days to relocate. This means that Randy would lose his son, by having to turn his care over to the state. This young man would find it very difficult to survive under these conditions, let alone what it would do to Randy himself. If there is someone out there, who can find a way for Randy to get around this situation until the Programs are delivered and the Dinar RV's, Please call Randy asap at 301-745-3231. Thanks and God Bless.
Jim Lucot
Posted by John MacHaffie at 4:48 PM
Jim would do better raising money if his story stayed straight. A few years earlier he was trying to raise money based on the fact his friend Randy had already lost his house. As it is, he's so sloppy even true believers realize he's lying (but not apparently MacHaffie)
Jan 10, 2009 As most of you know, my very special friend Randy Phillips has cared for his brain damaged son for 27 years. Last March we tried to save Randy from losing his home with the help of a few generous friends in our group. One special person from Illinois, who asked not to be identified, sent Randy $2,000 to pay a local attorney, who turned out to be incompetent and Randy lost his home. He was fortunate to be able to move in with his Mom next door but it was difficult for young Randy to become accustomed to foreign surroundings. Soon after moving in with his mother Lorraine, she became ill and was hospitalized with pneumonia. On August 29, 2008 Lorainne sufferred a major stroke and has been hospitalized for the last four months. When she had the stroke, Randy rushed her to the local hospital within 15 minutes, only to have her wait over 3 hours for a CAT scan. The reason for the wait? The Doctor said they were too busy. Lorraine started to impr ove and was moved to another floor where someone gave her a Coke to drink, even though she was not permitted any food or drink by mouth. As a result of this negligence the Coke went into her lungs causing pneumonia from bacteria that developed from the sugars and acid. She spent the next 5 weeks recuperating from the ordeal while developing a pressure wound (bed sore) on the rectum which grew to the size of a dinner plate and went into the bone. In addition to this, she had a medical device on both of her legs and feet which caused burns on both of her legs and feet because it was not removed for weeks.This developed into dry gangrene because the "wound" Doctor failed to treat it properly. As a result of this neglect and incompetence her right leg has to be amputated just below the knee. Lorraine has a "breathing tube" and has been fed through IV's during her hospitalization. Randy has replaced all of the previous Doctors as I suggested and is working with the "new" Doctor to build up Lorraine's strength in order to proceed with the operation. He could not believe how they could let someone lay in bed and do nothing including starving the patient. I have gone over all of the legal ramifications with Randy that has to be done after the fact concerning his Mom's lack of care in this particular institution. Because Randy spends 2-5 hours with his Mom in the hospital and young Randy requires 24 hours care, it is almost impossible for him to survive financially. Please don't suggest any local or Government Agencies for assistance to Ran dy, I've already covered these with Randy months ago. What I would like to do for Randy and Lorraine is to purchase some Thirty Dollar Units in order for Randy to buy back his house and then if we get a little more help maybe Lorraine's as well. If we can raise enough for 20 units ($30 X 20 =$600)($12,500 X 20 =$250,000)(Total $1200 needed for both) Or we could go for 10 units + 6 people referred by them ($27,500 X 10 =$275,000)($480 X 2 =$960) Bottom line needed to do this for Randy & his Mom is $960 or $1200. I have talked to Randy about doing this and he would be most grateful for anything we can do for them. I will record all donations and forward everything to Randy so he can thank everyone personally. Please send to my Pay Pal or Alert Pay account
jimbo15642@comcast.net. My SolidTrust Pay Username is jim007. Thank s and God Bless .
Jim Lucot
P.S. Randy needs some help until the TDU pays out in February so please send donations to Randy Phillips 1021 Rose Hill Avenue Hagerstown, Md. 21740 three zero one - seven four five - three two three one
This was from a Jewell Robbins forum, a scammer I've run across on various forums over the years, who it appears used to shill for Jim and Jim for her. If you haven't heard about this amazingly persistent lady (who kept her scam going, come what may including her own death), here's a good summary.
Thousands file claims on Jessamine woman's estate for alleged Spindletop royalties
Published: June 21, 2013
By Greg Kocher Herald-Leader
NICHOLASVILLE — The alleged unpaid royalties from a Texas oil strike that Jewell Robbins could not produce during her lifetime are now sought by thousands of people after her death.Since Robbins' death Sept. 20 at age 80 after a long illness, deputies in the Jessamine Circuit Court Clerk's office estimate that thousands of people have filed claims against her estate. Clerk Doug Fain counted eight boxes and wire trays stuffed with claims mailed from all over the country and Canada.
"I've never seen anything like it," Fain said.Those filing claims seek a return on the $25 or $100 or thousands of dollars they invested with Robbins in the hope of receiving undistributed oil royalties.
"A lot of money has gone through Jewell's fingers in this deal," investor Dan Monahan of Mason, Ohio, told District Judge Janet Booth during a May 30 hearing in Nicholasville.
In 2003, 2006 and 2008, Robbins got in trouble with the state attorney general and state regulators for selling unregistered securities and for not being registered to sell securities. The state Department of Financial Institutions said Robbins sold shares in baseless lawsuits that attempted to claim unpaid royalties from the 1901 Spindletop oil strike near Beaumont, Texas. Spindletop was one of the richest oil deposits on Earth and yielded billions of dollars' worth of crude oil since production began. In 2009, Robbins was sentenced to five years of unsupervised probation for violating securities laws related to the sale of shares in litigation associated with Spindletop.
Monahan would not say how much he invested with Robbins, but he claimed that there are 11,300 people who invested with her. During its investigation some years ago, the state Department of Financial Institutions counted nearly 10,000 people who had invested with Robbins since 1985. No one knows how much money was invested through her and her associates. However, a state investigator looking into Robbins' bank records wrote in a 2007 affidavit that she found more than $2.5 million in three accounts. All the deposits were made payable to and were endorsed by Robbins.
In addition, during six months between April and October 2005, after Robbins had voluntarily assured state authorities that neither she nor anyone associated with her would solicit or accept money for Spindletop securities, "slightly less than" $500,000 had been deposited in an account, the investigator found. On June 16, 2006, Robbins signed a voluntary, permanent injunction that barred her from selling any securities, including partial interest in litigation or judgments. In 2008, Robbins served about 110 days of a 120-day sentence for contempt of court after Franklin Circuit Court Judge Thomas Wingate ruled that she had violated the 2006 injunction and a May 2007 order to refrain from selling securities. (Wingate doubted out loud that there were any undistributed royalties, calling it "an urban myth.")
The remaining days of the Franklin County sentence were suspended when a Fayette County grand jury indicted Robbins on four felony charges. Three of those charges were dismissed when she pleaded guilty in 2009. Fayette Circuit Judge James Ishmael Jr. didn't mince words about the sale of shares when he sentenced Robbins to five years of unsupervised probation. "I think it was a bunch of bull and I think Mrs. Robbins knows it was bull," Ishmael said. But in an interview after that 2009 sentencing, Robbins said: "You don't put 30 years of your life into something ... if you believe it's bull." Apparently many investors filing claims share that conviction.
Jessamine District Judge Janet Booth set a June 13 deadline for people to file claims against Robbins' estate in court. (That date was the end of a six-month period for creditors to file claims. Under Kentucky probate law, creditors of estates have six months to file claims, and any claims not filed within the six-month period are not enforceable. So anyone who filed a claim after June 13 is excluded from receiving any distributions from the estate.) Booth, in keeping with the wishes outlined in Robbins' last will and testament, appointed Angela Carter of Lexington, a daughter of Robbins, and Robert Mercer, a friend of Robbins, as co-administrators of the estate. In a codicil to her will, Robbins expressed the desire that Mercer, a Perry County native, be appointed a special administrator who would continue the search for undistributed oil money. Mercer described his role this way: "I am the person that is trying to put all the puzzle together and get the money into the probate court." Asked whether there is money to collect, Mercer said, "I don't know. Time will tell. ... I have two very competent law firms that are working on it. I leave it to the attorneys. I only hire good people and let them do their job."
An inventory of personal property and real estate owned by Robbins totaled only $1,525. It included two one-acre lots in her native Estill County, a rabbit-fur coat, an antique sewing machine and various furniture, clothes, shoes and purses.In his separate inventory of the estate, Mercer wrote that Robbins, at the time of her death, held in her name contracts for the rightful heirs of the Spindletop fortune. "Each estate in one form or another holds outright interests in real property, oil leases or mineral rights, the payment of which has never been satisfied," the inventory says. It also says that the estimated value of the unclaimed funds "may range from a few thousands of dollars to billions."
During a May 30 hearing in Jessamine District Court, daughter Angela Carter said all the "sales and assignments," or contracts for fractional shares, that her mother sold over the years are in a storage unit that has 39 filing cabinets and boxes stacked to the ceiling. The information also is stored on compact discs. Monahan, the Ohio investor, also alleged that before she died, Robbins was negotiating a settlement agreement with a bank or oil company "for monies due to the estate under contract." Monahan claims in a petition that Robbins "indicated that this settlement was for millions upon millions & millions of dollars. She further stated that the payment would be paid directly to an offshore limited-liability (foreign company) located in the Cayman Islands."
Financial accounts in that Caribbean island nation are protected by bank-secrecy laws. But Mercer told Judge Booth under oath that he had not seen any such agreement. Mercer also told the judge under oath that he had no knowledge of any offshore accounts in the Cayman Islands. "It's very unlikely that Jewell would have anything like that," Mercer said in a later interview. "She didn't have a passport, and she wouldn't fly if you put her in a plane. She wouldn't fly in a plane, period." Carter also dismissed the Cayman Islands story, saying during the court hearing that "there are all kinds of rumors" about her mother's activities. Before the hearing ended, Monahan said he and the thousands of other investors only want to know what's happening with the estate. "I'd like to make it clear to Mrs. Carter and Mr. Mercer, we are not the enemy. We believed in Jewell. We gave her our money," Monahan said. "All we were looking for is communication back of how things develop."
Judge Booth said during the hearing that Carter and Mercer are required to periodically report to the court. During that same hearing, Monahan said the Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions is investigating allegations that Robbins' daughters continue to sell shares. Kelly May, spokeswoman for the department, confirmed this week that there is an open investigation into the continued sale of shares, but she could not discuss details.
A variation on the old Drake inheritance scam.
Oscar Hartzell
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oscar Hartzell (1876–1943) was an American con man who convinced many people in North America to join him in a fraudulent lawsuit against the British government. The original idea did not originate with him, but rather was a continuation of a previous scam.
Hartzell was a farmer's son from Madison County, Iowa who worked as a farmer and a deputy sheriff. According to Hartzell, in 1915 he met a couple of con artists who promised to turn his mother's $6000 into $6 million by giving him a share of the held fortune of Sir Francis Drake. When Hartzell realized the deal was a confidence game, he decided to use it to his own advantage.
In 1919, Hartzell contacted many Iowans who had the surname Drake. He claimed that he was a distant relative and had discovered that the estate of Sir Francis Drake had never been paid to his heirs, that it had gathered interest for the last 300 years, and that it was now worth $100 billion. Hartzell invited all these families to invest in his campaign to sue the British government for the money and assured them that everyone would make $500 for every dollar they invested. The inheritance would include the whole city of Plymouth in England.
Tens of thousands of Americans sponsored him—sometimes with all the money they had. Hartzell later expanded his con to people without the surname Drake and outside of Iowa.
Around 1924, Hartzell proceeded to move to London to live in an opulent lifestyle. He told the families who had invested in the "campaign" that he was negotiating with the British government and needed even more money for expenses. His agents in the Midwest—some of whom believed in the scheme themselves—collected the money.
On August 9, 1922, the British Home Office informed the American embassy that there was no unclaimed Sir Francis Drake estate. Hartzell explained that the estate was not unclaimed because it belonged to Drexel Drake (a nonexistent colonel) and therefore to Hartzell.
Unfortunately, Hartzell had not broken any British law, so British police could not arrest him. The FBI investigated and announced that Drake's wife had duly inherited his estate in 1597. That information did not stop the donations. When Ed Smith, Iowa Secretary of State, tried to convince the state legislature to act, the public and Hartzell's supporters protested, saying that they could donate to whomever they wanted; the legislature did nothing.
After the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and during the Great Depression, Hartzell's followers seemed to become even more desperate and sent him even more money.
On October 11, 1930, John Maynard Keynes was arguing in an article for deficit spending to alleviate the Depression and mentioned that Queen Elizabeth had invested Drake's loot—which Drake had given to the crown—for the benefit of the country. Hartzell seized this as a proof of his claims and his agents in the USA spread copies of the article to his followers.
Eventually United States Postal Service inspector John Sparks, with help from the British police, seized some of the Hartzell's agents and forced them to reveal the scam. At the same time, Scotland Yard arrested some of Hartzell's British associates. Britain deported Hartzell to USA and he was sent to Iowa for trial in 1933.
Hartzell was tried in Sioux City, Iowa in 1933. His followers sent him total of $68,000 for his defence. He was convicted of fraud in 1934, sentenced to ten years in prison and sent to Leavenworth Penitentiary. By that time, he had run his scam for over 15 years. Even after his sentence, some of his agents collected more donations—$500,000 for the next year.
Hartzell died in a prison hospital in 1943. Many of his victims—approximately 70,000–100,000 people—believed in him to the end of their own lives.
