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So who are the Bottom 10 scamdicappers in the business?
MIKE WARREN SPORTS, BALTIMORE, MD. --- Look up "scamdicapper" in the dictionary and you'll find Mike Warren's picture. He's the badest of the bad, the most disrespected and disreputable sports handicapper of them all. He also couldn't pick a winner if his life depended on it. He recently scammed an elderly Korean War veteran in Buffalo out of big bucks by making bogus claims about his touting ability. Before that, Warren was fined by the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs for deceptive advertising practices, according to the New York Post. Warren also bilked people when he ran the now-bankrupt "Psychic Hotline," a telephone service that charged callers to speak to fortune tellers. Mike Warren isn't even honest about his real name, which is actually Michael Warren Lasky. AGAINST THE SPREAD (ATS) CONSULTANTS, BALTIMORE, MD. --- This outfit is the second-worst tout service in America, almost as bad as Mike Warren Sports. And guess who runs ATS? Robert Lasky, nephew of Mike (Warren) Lasky. The complaints about ATS have been numerous, including allegations of credit card fraud, sneaky telemarketing scams and phone pager bait-and-switch scams and the bilking of a set of Iowa twins out of nearly $200,000. JIM HURLEY'S NETWORK, JERICHO, N.Y. --- The third worst tout service out there. And, to no one's surprise, it's also run by a Lasky, in this case Brian Lasky, brother of Mike (Warren) Lasky. "Jim Hurley" is Brian's alias and it's no wonder he uses one. The "Network" is a typical Lasky con operation that's more interested in (and talented at) ripping off customers than picking winners. But then again, scamdicapping is the family business if you're the Lasky family. Brian also employs some of the rudest clerks in the business. STU FEINER(Your Source), FARMINGDALE, N.Y. --- After the Lasky Boys, Stu Feiner is the biggest scamdicapper around. Sometimes called Mr Lisp because of his Speech problems. He too has been fined by the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs for deceptive advertising practices, according to the New York Post. He also has the distinction of having run the most annoying scamdicapper commercials ever seen on television: his shouting about his touting made one want to shoot the TV screen. HBO did a special last year on how STU FEINER ripped a guy off for $60,000 thru credit cards and Western Union. KEVIN DUFFY(aka THE LIVING LEGEND), FARMINGDALE, N.Y. --- What is it about the scamdicapping business that makes it run in families? Kevin has earned the nickname COFFEE CAKES because of his terrible ACNE problem, but what is Worse than his looks are his outrageous claims to HIT 85% of his picks. But just like Stu, Kevin makes outrageous claims about what little handicapping success he has. That's why Duffy has also been fined by the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs for deceptive advertising practices, according to the New York Post. What specifically did Duffy do to earn the fines? The same thing Mike Warren and Stu Feiner did: he ran newspaper ads which contained phony claims about his success in picking winners. JACK PRICE, LOS ANGELES, CALIF. --- Next on our list of the Bottom 10 is Jack Price. This guy looks like a Walking GORILLA. A former Price employee told the RGT Wager Watchdog that Price's picks are often made by flipping a coin. Price, whose real name is Mark Meghrouni, also used to run Paradise Casino, an offshore sports book in Curacao that went out of business. Last year, Price pled guilty in Federal Court to money laundering and tax evasion charges, paid millions of dollars in fines and back taxes and had a house and car confiscated, according to the Associated Press. In addition, Price was sued by former NFL players John Brodie and Deacon Jones for fraudulent use of the football players' names in connection with a Price tout service. DAN PASTORINI, HOUSTON, TEX.--Yes, it's the former Houston Oilers quarterback, running his own tout service. Last fall, Pastorini had to run an apology in USA Today, saying he does not use "inside" sources from the NFL to make picks for his tout service. The NFL had sued Pastorini after he made such claims in an earlier USA Today ad. ED HOROWITZ, NEW YORK, N.Y. --- This guy calls himself "The Professor." According to a story in Sports Illustrated, he is a former cocaine addict who was once arrested in New York on gambling charges. That's certainly someone you'd want to trust with your money, no? JOHNNY DEMARCO, ATLANTA, GA. --- The real name of this scamdicapper is John L. Edens. According to a story in Sports Illustrated, he told people who called his free 800 line to call his for-a-charge 900 line for picks, and if the picks lose, there is no charge. That's a lie, however, because once a 900 number is called, the charge is automatic. He once claimed to have gotten inside info from a college basketball coach, but the coach denied speaking to him. He also claimed his tout service was top-rated by a monitoring service, but declined to reveal he was associated with the monitoring service. OTHER Scamerable Mentions: JOE WIZ from NY The DUKE from Baltimore MD Dr Ron Bash Jimmy the Fixer Mike Wynn's M&K Sports Mike Anthony Wayne Root Jim Feist Kelso Sturgeon Nick Patrick Brian Mac Chuck Franklin Feel free to add yours
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Great list, and I agree with all on there.
I would add Brandon Lang and Rob(his customers)OUT House. How can you take seriously anyone who rates games in monopoly money like these two and especially OUTHouse with his 5 million star and up lock games of the millenium? Loser Lawrence also gets honorable mention, and I won't comment on Big Al out of respect to your saying you have won thousands with his 5*s(although in another post you stated you were fading him at least in the short term). |
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Forgot to add Lenwood, Wizard, Jag, and Good Heart who do nothing but steal our plays and other sites plays and sell them in their consensus
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While generally speaking especially if you include his 5*'s, his plays over time are respectable, he loses all credibility in my book by the lies, half-truths and selected time frames he uses to spin his record. Sadly, unless you deep which I have attempted to do in the Northcoast Comp. Forum, many believe what he has to say, which in essence projects himself or Commuity Line to be a lot better than it is, which for my money is mediocrity. In addition, as has been pointed out, he has a zillion different clubs, newsletters, etc., meaning that he can always refer to something which has been winning. Just last year for example he instituted two sets of late phone services for the NFL-the late phones and then Phil's private plays;I mean really what kind of utter nonsense is this-to say that his own plays might differ from those which are given out to his customers? This is kind of like telling a friend that the best restaurant in town is Steakhouse A, but meanwhile you yourself eat at Steakhouse B. What really ticks me off about Phil Steele is that if a game wins and is is given out in more than one of the clubs, he counts it multiple times as a winner;if it loses, it only counts once. The same with totals-they count if they win and are not mentioned if they lose. Sorry for the rant-all of these things came to mine as I was writing this. I think I will also post in the NC Comp.Line Thread. |
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as a service myself, i have seen almost all of the scams and bs some of these guys spew. i use the 5 star system personally. one star is my everyday play, 1 to 3 plays depending on the day of week ie; saturday, sunday or a tourny day. once a week we do a 2 star game. the 3-5 stars are for divisional, conf and top games of the year. we do post our own plays on forums each day o keep our name out there.
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http://www.usasportsmonitor.net/subs...e.asp?cID=1965
this is the link to our page on usasports monitor |
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