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| MidwestBoyInLA |
 Aug 2 2006, 11:00 PM
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 Bottoms up!  Group: RCT*Mart Founder Posts: 5,063 Joined: 25-June 04 From: Palm Springs, CA Member No.: 3  |
I just wanted to let our RCT*Mart Affiliates know of a member who has signed up here who is claiming to be Chris Sawyer. He posted in our Disney forums soliciting members to help him on an RCT3 Disney Expansion project, claiming to have contacts at Disney Imagineering backing him. (And yet, suspiciously needing members from here to help him with custom scenery, rides, and scenarios.) He also claimed to be in talks with Atari (though Frontier was the game's developer) and was waiting to hear back from them on their approval of the project. As most of you may know, or can at least understand, you don't start a project if you don't have the green-light (and the money) from the developer or distributor. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
I pulled the topic until I could verify his idenity as Chris Sawyer, and after several PMs (in which I requested ways to verify his identity and the legitimacy of his project - least among them the name and contact information of his publicist) he has refused to provide any means to identify him and has now resorted to threatening me if I don't reinstate his accounts and posts here. Of course he has not provided any means by which to verify his identity and continues to provide more information (unintentionally) that proves he is NOT Chris Sawyer (like a Chicago IP address, yahoo email address, lack of knowledge of how the industry really works, etc.). Given my experience in the entertainment industry, and publicity in particular, I am convinced this imposter is simply that... and not a very good one, either. I just want other RCT sites to be aware of any members who may have signed up on their forums (username variations of "c_sawyer" and "chris_sawyer") and that he may attempt to solicit your staff and/or members to participate in his supposed project. It sounds nice on the surface, but I'm certain that this is an imposter and wanted to warn the rest of you. Let me know if you have any questions about this or need any assistance in weeding this imposter out. |
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MidwestBoyInLA Community Alert Aug 2 2006, 11:00 PM
lucas92 I just saw this member last night and it isn't... Aug 3 2006, 06:17 AM MidwestBoyInLA If he's posting on other sites and is trying t... Aug 3 2006, 08:49 AM wolfman Sounds like someone I was told to keep an eye on a... Aug 3 2006, 09:45 AM devilman Chris likely would never do that, if anything memb... Aug 3 2006, 10:42 AM ride_exchanger Ill be on the lookout for him in the forums I mode... Aug 3 2006, 02:31 PM MightyMom Sad some have to do this for attention! :bana... Aug 4 2006, 08:00 AM Leonardofury Judging by the current legal battle going on over ... Aug 4 2006, 08:56 AM wolfman Regardless, I think that the only real viable way ... Aug 4 2006, 01:01 PM Jay2645 Heh heh, I almost fell for his little con. Luckily... Aug 4 2006, 10:29 PM devilman Its sad that people have such little to do in thei... Aug 5 2006, 12:52 PM Leonardofury Links for Chris Sawyer related contacts are here Aug 6 2006, 02:20 AM Canis Minor Quite undoubtedly devilman. 'tis a shame that ... Oct 15 2006, 05:47 PM
wolfman
Quite undoubtedly devilman. 'tis a shame that... Oct 15 2006, 08:22 PM Canis Minor I wasn't exactly refering to devilman, that pa... Oct 16 2006, 05:06 PM  |
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