I read Scott Ramsey's rebuttal to the complaint against him for using PJ Pro Services with Chris and Jessica Thompson. Let me include an excerpt from his plea to the world to believe his innocence: "Therefore I am not responsible for returning any monies to the person who wrote this report. Nor did I do any business with this person at all. If it is who I think it is. I tried to help her get as much information as possible and tried to refer her to another entity to help her get services that PJ Pro Services did not help her with. That's like getting a referral fee from a bank for sending business their way and next week when they have gone out of business and taken your friends money with them, your friend expects you to refund what was in their account!!!
I have had no affiliation with this company or any persons associated with this business since finding out that there business transactions were less than honest and were not successfully providing services to customers."
Guess what? What he coyly failed to mention was that the "other" entity he referred me too was also a scammer. Scott put Russell Hearld on the phone once I realized Chris was scamming me. Russell Hearld of the The Hearld Group stated that Chris had also scammed him in previous business dealings. Russell stated he had a legitimate business (which I verified), provided more fake references and stated (with Scott on the phone via conference call) that for $3,500 he would assist me in obtaining financing. For an additional $20,000 he would also help me with my business incorporation. With hindsight, I acted in desperation and stupidity in handing over yet more money to another business associate of Scott Ramsey's. But I lost time with my business plans due to Chris and Scott's trickery, and I was not thinking logically. Additionally, Scott runs a good game acting as if he is innocent. At the time, I believed him until Russell ripped me off. I only gave Russell $3,500 and refused the corporation services until he delivered on the first service, thank God.
Scott sent me, via Russell's request, an application for funding services from an established business based in Phoenix, Arizona, named Premier Capital Group. I filled it out, had my signature notarized, paid my funds and waited. He promised me that the $3,500 fee would go to Premier Capital Group to expedite my application and that I would have the funds I requested within 10 days. After I paid my money, both Scott and Russell gave me running reports of the loan process. The loan completion went from 10 days to 2 weeks to 3 weeks. At the end of the third week, I called Premier Capital Group and asked to speak to the owner, leaving a voicemail asking for the status of my loan. The owner, Bryan Prehoda, called me back and stated simply "I believe you have been scammed." Bryan stated neither he nor his employees ever saw an application from me, nor do they accept upfront fees for work performed. He knew Scott and he knew of Russell as brokers who referred business to his agency.
Bryan called Russell Hearld and asked him point blank if I were his client and why did the client believe there was an application at their business for funding. Guess what? Russell was busted! He stammered out that no, there was an application for funding at ANOTHER organization. Bryan let me know that he would serve as my witness when I take legal proceedings. I called Russell, let him no the gig was up and demanded my money back. True to form of a true scammer, he lied even after getting caught. He said that even though the application I filled out was for Premier Capital Group, he actually went to another business to get funding for me. But that he would refund my money and then continue working diligently for me. I told him no thanks, just give me my money back that he stole along with Scott.
Now I realized that two different "entities" that Scott referred to me have stolen from me. This is not a coincidence. Like me, Scott is either extremely unlucky or the most gullible fool on earth next to me. Or he is a scammer. Which is what the police departments of Woodstock, Georgia and Irvine, CA said. They are both performing investigations. If it takes ten years, I will get my $10,000 back from these scammers. I'm not going away. Everyone, beware of Scott Ramsey, Russell Hearld and Chris and Jessica Thompson. Do not do busienss with them. One more thing, I noticed in Scott's "plea" that he stated he only referred two people to PJ Pro Services. This is news to me. The liar told me that he and Chris Thompson had dozens of clients they were successfully working with together. Additionally, Scott is still working with Russell with other clients they are scamming now. For someone wants to claim they are innocent, why is he still doing business with crooks?
Four weeks later, I am taking Scott, Russell and Chris to court. The hearings will be in January. I don't care if it takes ten years. I will pursue this until I recover my funds. If I can't get them in small claims court, I'll get them in Superior Court with my attorney or Federal Court since this scam happened across state lines. As embarrassing as this is for me, I'm not too embarrassed to help someone else avoid this catastrophe. My attorney has let me know he will work with me if the small claims attempt is not successful through their evasion of service. Chris keeps moving and Russell has provided so many fake addresses I've hired a private detective to hunt them down. So far, I think Scott's address is legitimate for service. I'll keep you updated. If anyone knows the addresses of Chris Thompson, Scott Ramsey and Russell Hearld, please let me know as soon as possible.
In short, Scott Ramsey is not innocent. Don't believe the hype!
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