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    Oooooooooh! What if they`re watching this? This is freaking me the **** out!
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    HAHAHAHAHAHAHA this read was far better than the movie on tv right now, and a great insight for the general public to see what goes on behind the sceens.

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    OMG! I almost had John Ross out of my memory. What a wild and crazy trip that was!
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    David Fermani- Hey, I remember all that stuff! And yeah, I was one of the guys who initially fell for his [crap]



    Sigh...the way some people spend their time

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    :der: WOW! Just... WOW!



    I had the "Sybil" thought as I read that, too. More likely he was using Autopia to build credibility to defraud local investors. If he was just having fun he would have just gone away. Probably got so upset because his lies were compromising his ability to establish his stature in the industry.



    Great movie plot: A con gets busted by moderators of a website he used to set up the con and loses everything. I see it like "Fight Club" where you have no idea the 20 people are really all the same person until it all unravells.

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    Like reading a History book to me..
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    How could I ever forget my buddy John Ross?



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    :jaw: This thread is pulling all the old timers out of the woodwork!





    (Brilliant move, Mr. Fermani!)
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    Quote Originally Posted by BradE
    How could I ever forget my buddy John Ross?



    Good times.




    Good times for sure!!!





    Oh yeah.... I remember hearing about some of this stuff on the down low. I don`t recall having any interaction with ol J.V. He was too over-the-top enthusiastic for me.



    It`s crazy stuff like this that made Autopia super exciting for me. The lunatic, psychopathic nutcase personalities are so much more interesting than a shiny car thread.



    David, thanks for opening the crypt so we can all see inside. It`s "people" like John Ross that make detailing communities so great, especially when they are Travis Bickle-like kooks!

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    Holy crap! As a moderator of two different forums, I know how it can be chasing IPs and off the wall posters. I have NEVER seen anything like that. The level that he/they pushed it to is unbelievable. Kudos to the team for handling it as well as you did. I would have probably let the ban hammer fly like old school Donkey Kong after dealing with all of that.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Overboost
    I would have probably let the ban hammer fly like old school Donkey Kong after dealing with all of that.
    hahahahaha, one of the best lines I`ve heard in a very long time.



    I have to ask, did Steph ever send a picture ????
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    I just read through all of those threads, and WOW. That blew my mind.



    Just the sheer amount of time he went through to create the accounts, send the messages, etc.



    I had some funny thoughts on how to deal with it in a menacing fashion, but I like how David B approached it.



    Thanks for the bumpage and publicizing Fermani!

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    Creepy!!!!

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    I can still see Stephanie Ross` avatar in my mind.... Just a picture of someone pulling a blanket up over their face. Kind of like someone sitting in bed and then pulling the blanket up to hide. She made mention of it a few times and it was the only thing she ever posted of herself.



    I think there were more posts about John Ross that didn`t make the list. I seem to remember us finding the sites where he stole the recipes that Stephanie would "create" as well as where he got some of the pictures of cars that he posted. His lies fell apart pretty quick once we got wise to him.



    WOW!! I think the whole mod crew from back in the day has chimed in on this thread so far. lol Brad, Bill... Great to see you again! You too Bret! You never know what happens to people online. Someone you spent a lot of time with on a forum could get hit by a bus and you`d never know what happened other than they stopped posting. Good to see you guys are still alive and kicking! :xyxthumbs (wow... even the smiley codes are the same. lol)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jngrbrdman
    You never know what happens to people online. Someone you spent a lot of time with on a forum could get hit by a bus and you`d never know what happened other than they stopped posting. Good to see you guys are still alive and kicking! :xyxthumbs (wow... even the smiley codes are the same. lol)


    Glad to have you, too! I plan to stick around but I can never guarantee I won`t get hit by a bus. I`ve actually had one too many close calls in recent years. :nervous: :chuckle:



    But yes, Autopia is my online home, long before Facebook, Twitter, any of those. It rocks and it`s my favorite website bar none!
    Treat it like it`s the only one in the world.

 

 
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