151 replies to this topic

[Atariman]

Duke 4ever, on Wed Mar 21, 2007 5:15 AM, said:

That guy was just as unreliable as Buy-Rite games (remember that site?)

*shudder* that was one shady business...

[yuppicide]

Someone should make a homebrew called "Castration: The Steve McFadden game" and the proceeds from the limited edition game will goto benefit people who have been ripped off.

black dog, on Thu Jan 11, 2007 6:04 PM, said:

jboypacman, on Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:12 PM, said:

What is done to guys like this here on AtariAge?

I believe castration is the appropriate punishment here at AA for that kind of offense.

[Atari Charles]

yuppicide, on Tue Apr 10, 2007 8:53 AM, said:

Someone should make a homebrew called "Castration: The Steve McFadden game" and the proceeds from the limited edition game will goto benefit people who have been ripped off.

Well, I think someone could hack Hangman, but Steve can lose something else more precious than just his arms, legs, or head. Somehow we should be able to incorporate Jason Philis into this game. Or maybe Jason could have a Christmas game named after him called, "The Nut-Cracker: Jason Philis gets Cracked"

Edited by Atari Charles, Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:20 PM.

[PingvinBlueJeans]

Just giving a heads up to everyone...'Juan Dixon' aka 'Psycho Penguin' (real name Steve McFadden) returned to Digital Press today after a long absence and immediately returned to his old scamming tricks. I know that he has been banned here, but keep an eye out, as he has been known to return to sites that he has been banned from.

DO NOT trade with:
Steve McFadden
938 Alexandria Place
Greenacres, FL 33463

DO NOT send this person anything - money or games. He is a notorious scammer who has been at it for years and has scammed people out of thousands of dollars. How he is still around I have no idea.

[Albert]

PingvinBlueJeans, on Sun Jul 29, 2007 2:25 AM, said:

Just giving a heads up to everyone...'Juan Dixon' aka 'Psycho Penguin' (real name Steve McFadden) returned to Digital Press today after a long absence and immediately returned to his old scamming tricks. I know that he has been banned here, but keep an eye out, as he has been known to return to sites that he has been banned from.

Thanks for the heads up.

..Al

[Defender II]

Don't worry if it isn't his real address, he has to check it to get the cash or items. It will give the USPS and cops a place to look for him even if it isn't his.

Thanks, for the heads-up on this shameless scoundrel, but don't sit there licking your wounds complaining,
TAKE ACTION!

It IS mail fraud, which is a FEDERAL OFFENSE. Everyone who has lost any money or
game from him get copies of all correspondence and file a complaint at the US Post office of your choice.
If just a few of you go file a complaint everyone wins. The more complaints, the faster the USPS will move.
For additional action send copies to the State Attorney General of FL & NJ as appropriate for the rip-off artist of your acquaintance.

Please forward these comments to the DP or any other forums you think wise, maybe we can stop anyones else from being scammed by them.

~~NationalGameDepot, on Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:55 PM, said:

Mr Mcfadden goes by Psycho Penguin on those sites

edman87k5, on Sun Jan 14, 2007 10:01 PM, said:

his address is an apartment.
Anyone in Wellington, FL want to pay him a visit on behalf of everyone that has been ripped off?

PingvinBlueJeans, on Sun Jul 29, 2007 1:25 AM, said:

'Juan Dixon' aka 'Psycho Penguin' (real name Steve McFadden) DO NOT trade with:
Steve McFadden
938 Alexandria Place
Greenacres, FL 33463

Atari Charles, on Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:51 PM, said:

And here is his mailing address for those of you here who also got ripped off in one way or another by: gamerthegreek A.K.A. atari70s A.K.A Jason Philis:
Jason Philis
265 Pascack Road
Washington twp NJ 07676
U.S.A.

Edited by Defender II, Sat Aug 4, 2007 1:07 AM.

[edman87k5]

He is using several different addresses! Must be friends or relatives helping him out with his scams.

[Dr. Morbis]

I don't know if this'll be any help, but if anyone is trying to track this McFadden guy down, here's some more info:

website: http://mdterp4life.livejournal.com/
MSN Messenger: mcfa4834@bellsouth.net
Yahoo Messenger: mcfaddenvg
AIM Address: JaunDixonFor3

And he lists his occupation as pharmacy technician in Greenacres, FL.

[Zereox]

Do not trade with:

jerryallenrulz

Mutiple sell threads( 7 in 10 mins) + Bad description + No pics + Over Price + PM's PPL to buy his stuff.

[PingvinBlueJeans]

DO NOT do any business with David Pendergast aka "Hounder", who has just been caught running a scam for the second time...this time using the alias "King Neptune".

There is a thread about it at DP:
http://www.digitpres...ad.php?t=108416

There was also this thread here at AA about six months back, which was likely the beginnings of a scam that never took shape:
http://www.atariage....howtopic=105363

Al has banned him, but always be on the lookout.

[ninermaniac]

Thanks PBJ. As always. A plethera of information.

[~~NationalGameDepot]

I am the one who figured this out over at NintendoAGE.com. I am one of the admins there. Check http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/messagevi...amp;STARTPAGE=1 for more info and all the most up to date details. He has been caught scamming all over the internet so please protect your users.
~~NGD

[PingvinBlueJeans]

ninermaniac, on Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:22 PM, said:

Thanks PBJ. As always. A plethera of information.

Indeed...there are links to several threads at NintendoAge about this guy in the DP thread I linked above. He has several personal and online aliases and multiple eBay accounts. This guy is a serious scammer.

[ninermaniac]

PingvinBlueJeans, on Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:43 PM, said:

ninermaniac, on Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:22 PM, said:

Thanks PBJ. As always. A plethera of information.

Indeed...there are links to several threads at NintendoAge about this guy in the DP thread I linked above. He has several personal and online aliases and multiple eBay accounts. This guy is a serious scammer.

I'll keep my eye out!

Edited by ninermaniac, Fri Nov 9, 2007 11:54 PM.

[PkK]

edman87k5, on Mon Aug 6, 2007 6:55 AM, said:

He is using several different addresses! Must be friends or relatives helping him out with his scams.

Scammers tend to use other peoples addresses (preferably appartments in big houses, so it's less likely people know each other) and hang out near there at the time the postman usually shows up. Pretending to be the person living there they make the postman hand them the mail.

Philipp

[Winthawk]

Haha, is he still at it? I got the "I'm trying to forget that period of my life" deal when I called him on it before trading with him on another forum. He's trash. Avoid at all costs.

By the way, I have no qualms about posting his address - if you live near him it might be worth it to pay him a visit and slap him around:

Steve McFadden
1400 Village Blvd
Apt 1125
West Palm Beach FL 33409

That's the one he gave me, anyways, about a year ago.

Edited by Winthawk, Tue Apr 8, 2008 2:12 PM.

[FireTiger]

PkK, on Sun Feb 10, 2008 5:54 PM, said:

edman87k5, on Mon Aug 6, 2007 6:55 AM, said:

He is using several different addresses! Must be friends or relatives helping him out with his scams.

Scammers tend to use other peoples addresses (preferably appartments in big houses, so it's less likely people know each other) and hang out near there at the time the postman usually shows up. Pretending to be the person living there they make the postman hand them the mail.

Philipp

If we could report that postman that postman would get into BIG HUGE trouble.

[Rik]

Dont worry guys,Karma will take care of those losers

[Albert]

I received word from Atari Charles that Jason Philis (gamerthegreek, atari70s) finally did contact him and that Jason paid Charles what he owed him. Charles asked me to remove Jason's addresses from this thread, which I have done.

..Al

[OldSchoolMinty]

This steve mcfadden name I've heard before on digitpress about a year ago. I even saw a picture of him, he looks like the type of person whos too big of a pussy to steal in real life so he does online.

Everyone who didn't get stuff from him can call his county police department, open up a case for aggregated theft. Then get all the people together he scammed to file on the same case #. He'll see 6 months in jail no bs........ but you have to gather 5-10 people he scammed.

Edited by OldSchoolMinty, Tue Mar 3, 2009 10:49 AM.

[Stan]

Do you think it might be wise to keep an ongoing list of names at the start of this thread?

[4Ks]

~~NationalGameDepot, on Thu Jan 11, 2007 6:55 PM, said:

Hey
Glad this is making its way around to other forums now. I am an Admin/Mod on a few NES sites, NintendoAGE, NESforums.com, and NESworld.com. Mr Mcfadden goes by Psycho Penguin on those sites and is being "watched" to ensure he doesn't rip anyone off. Keep up the good work.
~~NGD

Psycho Penguin? There's a guy called Psycho Penguin on GameFAQs.com

[save2600]

Got a new guy to add to the list:

Ed, who goes by 'Palemoon' on Amiga.org and is the owner of 'Digital Orb Studios'. E-mail addy is admin@digitalorb.com. Totally unreliable. Lies, makes promises and never follows through. Is currently trying to rip me off out of $300. A PayPal claim has been filed since he refuses to give me back my money on a purchase that was never delivered. I'll update after the dust has settled, but I feel the guy is now purposely being a douche (not sure anything he's told me is the truth and even if it was, I should have my money by now) by not communicating at all.

-update-

After filing a claim, the guy refused to communicate. Promised he would refund on a certain day and he didn't. Waited another 2 days for him to make good on his promise before filing the claim. The day AFTER his deadline for communicating through PayPal, I was refunded my money. Have yet to see it on my online credit card statement, but it should be all good. Guy purposely made me wait, just to be an ass. This is the kind of guy he is.

Edited by save2600, Tue Apr 27, 2010 3:59 PM.

[save2600]

Stan, on Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:25 AM, said:

Do you think it might be wise to keep an ongoing list of names at the start of this thread?

Yes, peoples names and screen names should be easily searchable.

[save2600]

For those that deal in arcade equipment, I have another scammer to add to the list. This guys name is Patrick Curtin. E-mail patrick.pinball.curtin@gmail.com. User patrick.curtin on eBay. I wish I would have looked at the feedback he's left for others before selling him my pinball machine. Claims that peoples machines needs hundreds of dollars of repair and now he's even attacking people that sold him a $6 tie. lol


...just an update: after I sent a service guy out twice to look at and "repair" his machine, this loser filed a 'claim' against me. eBay and PayPal have since sided with me and no action was taken. Of course it took a few weeks, where my PayPal account was tied up, but justice finally did prevail.

Edited by save2600, Wed May 19, 2010 12:32 PM.