I met Chris Woods over the summer of 2008 thanks to an introduction by a mutual contact. He told me his growing furniture company, Carducci, needed some short term capital as he was expecting a large shipment. He seemed credible enough and dropped many names and brought magazine articles with pictures of him from his days as a horse jockey in his native Australia. I sent him a wire for $50,000 the next day.
A few days later when I asked him for my money back as agreed, he said he needed more funds to complete his shipment. When I told him that I was not interested and that I wanted my money back, he went crazy. He told me that this money was for a horse race in Hong Kong and that he had a horse that was supposed to race soon.in addition, he had paid the other jockeys to lose the race and needed more money to pay them.
This was supposedly a horse that had never raced before and had 20-1 odds. I told him I was not interested in any illegal activities and that I wanted my money back. He has yet to return my money back to me despite a promissory note that he sent me.
Chris Woods lives in expensive Beverly Hills hotels, and frequents exclusive bars and restaurants in hotels in that area. He has the stature of a jockey and a heavy Australian accent. However, he drives a cheap rental car and upon closer examination, one can quickly surmise he is a broke con man. I was the fool who thought otherwise. One would do well to stay away from him and run the other way upon the mention of fixed horse racing.
If you need any further information, please contact me as I do not want other people to go through my experience.
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