Are you betting on the games? Johnny DeMarco exposed

9Mar/066

Are you betting on the games? Johnny DeMarco exposed

We've been getting some phone calls at the office on one of our lines from Johnny Demarco - not this guy - at first it is a recorded call with some high energy guy saying that Johnny DeMarco predicted last weeks game perfectly blah blah blah. Well, it's annoying.

The way this guy does it is he has a bunch of screeners who answer the calls after the recorded message (if you press 0) and then they ask you "are you betting on the games" and you say something like "I've been know to place bets occasionally, what do you guys have to offer" and then they say - please hold because you look like a potential sucker.

Well John L. Edens of Atlanta, GA aka Johnny DeMarco - email is john@johnedens.com - Here are all your forum posts on bettorsworld.com one of your haunts
An article I've found exposes the scam (mirror):

Atlanta's John L. Edens alias Johnny DeMarco, the Babe Ruth of 900 sales pitchers, will make you wish Alexander Graham Bell had never been born. According to published ads and taped phone calls, Edens:

Got on his 800 line and told listeners to call his 900 line for $25, "and if the game loses, there'll be no charge." That, of course, is a lie. Once a call is made on a 900 line, the charge is automatic.

Told customers of one of his phone services that his special guest-selector that day was "a former six-time NBA basketball All-Star who wishes to remain anonymous due to security matters." The anonymous "All-Star" then got on the line and offered his inside information on "three big plays, tonight."

Told his customers on another occasion, "Sporting Illustrated magazine calls the Handicapping Hotline the Number One value in sports." Remarkably, there is no Sporting Illustrated.

Wrote in a print ad, which appeared in the schedule of games he sent out to customers in early 1991, that his service was rated "the very best available by the Interstate Sports Commission, the nation's only legitimate monitoring service." The ad failed to mention that the ISC is owned by a company with which, DeMarco acknowledges, he is "affiliated."

Got on his 800 line in March 1989 and said he had spoken with then N.C. State coach Jim Valvano and had "key" information on the Final Four. Valvano says he has never spoken to DeMarco.

Some other links
http://forums.therx.com/showthread.php?p=1171734
If you've had experience with this scourge on society, I'd love to hear from you!

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TOmmy

I met this guy before and also heard his pitch.
He is not a bad guy. Its amazing that you can not please everyone and the people that lost or tried to get out of their bill bitched and called him a scam artist.
I am so sick of pussies looking for everyone to bail them out but when it doesnt go their way, everyone else is a scammer.
just pay the $25 fee or whatever it is and move on.
I havent spoken to him in 5 years, and i dont care if you think I am a friend of his or his friend...I am not. but he is a nice guy. get a life people.

anom

yes i just paid these guys 120 bucks and they suck

U.A.

These sons of bitches called my number again today with that fucking high energy Johnny DeMarco messege. I picked up this time because unlike the other times, where my caller ID showed a fake non working 417-778-0900 for their number, now it's showing "Payphone 1-520-385-9970". I answer and I get an ear full of this rabmling cock sucker who calls himself Johnny DeMarco and sounds like Steve Ballmer in that old Microsoft commercial, talking about betting on games. And of course like the number before, this "1-520-385-9970" is invalid when you call it right back. These bastards make a fake non working phone number display on your caller ID so that you cannot call them back. This time I did press "0" as promted and got connected with one of their agents. I told the agent who picked up that he's a fucking spammer and to fuck off! All he could do was hang up. Pieces of shit!

anonymous

These folks are the finest scam artists imaginable. They call you up guaranteeing you a parlay winner, however they only give you one game. They want you to send your money to them before they give you the game. You have all the risk--they have your money. I have recently turned them into the FBI and the Better Business Bureau. It will sooner or later catch up with them. The funny thing, they couldn't handicap themselves out of a wet paper sack. They are terrible.

U.A.

These same scums bags have been calling my phone almost daily with that stupid high energy Johnny DeMarco messege. My caller ID shows phone number 417-778-0900. But when you call this number back, it's out of service. These bastards hide their tracks so that you cannot call them back by making a fake phone number show on your caller ID. If I knew where their main office is where they operate I'd bomb the place.

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	Got on his 800 line and told listeners to call his 900 line for $25, "and if the game loses, there'll be no charge." That, of course, is a lie. Once a call is made on a 900 line, the charge is automatic.
	Told customers of one of his phone services that his special guest-selector that day was "a former six-time NBA basketball All-Star who wishes to remain anonymous due to security matters." The anonymous "All-Star" then got on the line and offered his inside information on "three big plays, tonight."
	Told his customers on another occasion, "Sporting Illustrated magazine calls the Handicapping Hotline the Number One value in sports." Remarkably, there is no Sporting Illustrated.
	Wrote in a print ad, which appeared in the schedule of games he sent out to customers in early 1991, that his service was rated "the very best available by the Interstate Sports Commission, the nation's only legitimate monitoring service." The ad failed to mention that the ISC is owned by a company with which, DeMarco acknowledges, he is "affiliated."
	Got on his 800 line in March 1989 and said he had spoken with then N.C. State coach Jim Valvano and had "key" information on the Final Four. Valvano says he has never spoken to DeMarco.