Is Adam Dicker a criminal? You decide.

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This story starts with DNF; a barren wasteland that once was a leading forum within the domain industry. While the forum itself played a huge role in propagating the myth that is Adam Dicker, the story really begins with DNF College in the summer of 2011.

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Updates / Reports
These are in no particular order.

• Report by headsupp (Resolved)
  • Relevant Videos
  • Reply to Adam
  • Update: Resolved
  
  
• Report by LannyB (Unresolved)
  • Response
    • Follow-up Questions
  
  
• Report by domainesque (Unresolved)
  • Update: Unresolved
  • Report Details
  • Update: Waiting on Refund
  
  
• Report of Shane Cultra's friends (Unresolved)
  • Update: Unpaid
  
  
• Report by Jeff Markus (Dissatisfied)
  
  
• Report by simmplex (Resolved)
  • Refunded
  
  
• Report by Blenja_Man (Pending)
  • Voucher
  • Update: Work in Progress
  
  
• Report by RandysDomains (Resolved)
  • Resolved
  
  
• Report by swamismith (Unresolved)
  
  
• Report by Charlie (Unresolved)
  • Cover-up
  • Update: Unresolved
  
  
• Report by Jaqpot (Unresolved)
  
  
• Report by anon22339 (Unresolved)
  • Details
  
  
• Report by Joseph Peterson (Resolved)
  • Update: Unpaid after 8 days
  • Update: Paid
  
  
• Report by Frank Schilling (Resolved)
  • Update: Paid
  
  
• Report by Lonewolf5503 (Paypal Dispute)
  • Update: Website not delivered and no longer accessible
  • Update: Lonewolf5503 wins PayPal dispute
  
  
• Report by GermanRaven (Unresolved)
  • Update: Full story
  
  
• Report by ClaudeDauman (Unresolved)
  
  
• Report by bobsranch (Unresolved)
  • Details
  • Update: Legal Letter Received
  
  
• Report by Newby888 (Unresolved)
  
  
• Report by dougasd (Unresolved)

From what I understand, Adam still owes north of $33,000 to previous customers and business partners. As I receive more information, I will update this figure.

 

[Keith]

are you sure?

Of course the poster is not sure...unless he/she reads minds....

 

[DomainGist]

And as with this thread, nobody said a word until one person spoke out for attention.

There has been a lot of evidence of habitual lying presented which have changed a lot of peoples perceptions of Adam Dicker. Not just related to those who feel that they have been denied money or ripped off, but also questionable claims about past success, the amount of traffic he gets to his website, and using stock images of fake people to present the perception that he has a team.

And it wasn't just one person, like even Michael Cyger stated in his chat transcript there'd be many complaints. It was numerous people from the very beginning, many people from the facebook group, and several employees, Shane didn't find one person before starting this, he simply provided the platform from which they could feel brave enough to share their experiences about somebody who intimidated them.

Adam Dicker has been shown to be a deeply dishonest individual, this thread has been in the public interest. If it helps even just one person being ripped off or strung along then it would have been worth it.

That just two or three posters are currently succeeding in steering the agenda now suggests that rather than invest money in righting his wrongs, Adam Dicker may be investing in shills. It would be difficult to believe that webinvestments and frank-germany are not shills. The quality of their work is shoddy though, no wonder people weren't happy with the quality of their outsourced nichewebsites.com purchases.

 

[HeyNow]

Nobody said a word for loads of time but everyone jumped on the wagon quick in hopes of getting noticed after the initial accusations.

That's not true. I know at least one person who has been harping on the TDNAM Godaddy scandal for 7 years. Only now you have been listening, and others with more egregious wounds are coming forth. It's been out there, you just haven't been hearing it.

 

[Keith]

There has been a lot of evidence of habitual lying presented which have changed a lot of peoples perceptions of Adam Dicker. Not just related to those who feel that they have been denied money or ripped off, but also questionable claims about past success, the amount of traffic he gets to his website, and using stock images of fake people to present the perception that he has a team.

And it wasn't just one person, like even Michael Cyger stated in his chat transcript. It was numerous people from the very beginning, many people from the facebook group, and several employees.

Adam Dicker has been shown to be a deeply dishonest individual, this thread has been in the public interest.

I'm not saying this guy is a saint. I'm saying the focus is all wrong. It's like going after a small time drug dealer instead of focusing on the kingpin. The registrars are crooked as hell and no 70 page threads are centered around that!

 

[DomainGist]

I'm not saying this guy is a saint. I'm saying the focus is all wrong. It's like going after a small time drug dealer instead of focusing on the kingpin. The registrars are crooked as hell and no 70 page threads are centered around that!

Really? I participated in a thread on here very recently in which many posters relayed their stories about NetworkSolutions and advised people not to use them and to transfer out. Plenty of discussion about their questionable practices on the web.

 

[Jeff Markus]

It doesn't matter what you guys do to try and get this back on track. Adam has hired enough fiverrs to make sure this thread goes side ways. Even when a good reasonable post like Pugdomains happens you can see instantly how its side tracked again.

 

[domainesque]

I asked you to PM me with details 5 pages ago.

@umask077

Blog will be updated. Still gathering information about people who are owed money.

Sorry for some reason I didn't see that.

 

[DomainGist]

It doesn't matter what you guys do to try and get this back on track. Adam has hired enough fiverrs to make sure this thread goes side ways. Even when a good reasonable post like Pugdomains happens you can see instantly how its side tracked again.

If Shane Bellone has any more bombs to drop then he needs to do it now.

Although even if he doesn't, this thread will still prove valuable as a warning to others in the future.

 

[Keith]

Really? I participated in a thread on here very recently in which many posters relayed their stories about NetworkSolutions and advised people not to use them and to transfer out. Plenty of discussion about their questionable practices on the web.

Where is that? It's gone because people are afraid to take on a giant but they suddenly get couragious when a little guy is the target.

 

[DomainGist]

Where is that? It's gone because people are afraid to take on a giant but they suddenly get couragious when a little guy is the target.

Scammed by Network Solutions?

17 pages, and not gone anywhere.

 

[campout]

The registrars are crooked as hell and no 70 page threads are centered around that!

Well then go start one -- seriously! But I for one think this thread has been a big net positive.

Plus, it's even further necessary given the near silence by so many of the "leading lights" in the industry.

You can go back to threads from 3+ years ago and read people like @HeyNow raising serious questions about Dicker, and always there is a chorus of people trying to put down the concerns, just as there is even today in this thread.

You can go on Domain Sherpa's comments section and witness Cyger himself trying to shut up people raising serious doubts about Adam's business.

It is astonishing that after all this, people still think we need to lighten up / look away. Embarrassing. All those blogs should be embarrassed.

 

[SirDrago]

If Shane Bellone has any more bombs to drop then he needs to do it now.

Although even if he doesn't, this thread will still prove valuable as a warning to others in the future.

@Shane Bellone
Give it to me... I'll drop the bomb to get this back on track right now.

 

[DomainGist]

Where is that? It's gone because people are afraid to take on a giant but they suddenly get couragious when a little guy is the target.

So after years of Adam Dicker claiming to have 7 and 8 figure domain sales, a dozen businesses each earning $50k+ each per month, one even earning $150k+ per month, and claiming (falsely) to outright own a website getting 80 million hits a month (which even at a conservative CPM of $5 would be a $4.8m a year business and one of the top 150 sites in the world), you are defending him as the 'little guy'.

That's precisely the point my friend, he is a 'little guy', his victims only wish they knew that before they handed over their money after he'd tell them that he could make them rich, in the mistaken belief that he was an industry giant who promised 'industry contacts', rather than a fraud who was making his living selling domain appraisals for $149 a pop. If they'd known he was a 'little guy', the wouldn't have thrown their money at them. Get it now?

 

[S-B]

@Shane Bellone
Give it to me... I'll drop the bomb to get this back on track right now.

Some people are waiting to get paid. Let's see if he follows through. After all, that's my concern.

 

[DomainGist]

Some people are waiting to get paid. Let's see if he follows through. After all, that's my concern.

He is stringing this out as long as he can intentionally so he can try and spin this around to suit his agenda, he is a self-proclaimed master of the dark art of spin after all, this thread is 7 days old and he is buying himself time to recruit shills, two are here already and more will come. Sir Drago and Jeff Markus can see it.

I could process 50 refunds in an hour. How long does he need? He's had long enough. If you do have a bomb to drop, by the way, makes no sense to drop it on a Friday.... more impact on a Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday, weekend is much quieter.

 

[S-B]

He is stringing this out as long as he can intentionally so he can try and spin this around to suit his agenda, he is a self-proclaimed master of the dark art of spin after all, this thread is 7 days old and he is buying himself time to recruit shills, two are here already and more will come. Sir Drago and Jeff Markus can see it.

I could process 50 refunds in an hour. How long does he need? He's had long enough. If you do have a bomb to drop, by the way, makes no sense to drop it on a Friday.... more impact on a Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday, weekend is much quieter.

He made commitments. If he doesn't follow through more will be written.

Let's see if the man can live up to his word.

 

[Gregr]

Adam Dicker is the domain illuminati...

Anyone that doesn't get their money back and run and opts in for yet another mini site is not being smart! In a week this thread will be gone and with that any chance you have of ever getting paid.

This thread has almost ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND VIEWS and not a mention of whats going on on domaining

Not a single blogger picking this up!

OnlineDomain and DomainGang even these guys that will scrap anything about domain news just to get back on the domaining first page. No mention!

Domain Shane, Real Shane? Nothing

TheDomains? Nothing just another sun day

DomainSherpa? Business as usual...

Just some headlines like 3 letter Domain Name in Auction on Sedo reserve met at $200 and the usual babble from FragFactor...

Shane if you are not tied up in Adams basement you should post everything you know. This thread will be gone I can assure you of that and with that Adam will be back at things before you know it.

I found out about this on Domain Name Wire, the best domain blog out there. He has two articles on this.

 

[DomainGist]

NEWS:

Adam Dicker has shut down his WebCorp LLC business and the domain now leads to a Sedo parking page.

http://www.webcorp.ca/

 

[Jeff Markus]

Ya and today Ron Jackson posts about a domain conference 6 months from now in Europe...

No one has covered this since it came out. NOT A SINGLE BLOGGER

THAT SHOULD CONCERN EVERYONE

 

[equity78]

He is stringing this out as long as he can intentionally so he can try and spin this around to suit his agenda, he is a self-proclaimed master of the dark art of spin after all, this thread is 7 days old and he is buying himself time to recruit shills, two are here already and more will come. Sir Drago and Jeff Markus can see it.

I could process 50 refunds in an hour. How long does he need? He's had long enough. If you do have a bomb to drop, by the way, makes no sense to drop it on a Friday.... more impact on a Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday, weekend is much quieter.

Just to clear a few things up, WebInvestments, Frank-Germany and Keith are not fiverrs or anything like that, they have been members long before this thread started. None of them share an IP with Adam Dicker.

Thursday is the busiest day for Namepros for anybody wondering.

 

[DomainGist]

NEWS:

I can confirm that the poster frank-germany is an associate of Rick Wedzinga, who is a friend of Adam Dicker and was involved in WebCorp LLC. They are friends on facebook.



He is also connected with Adam Dicker....



Which I think means we may have to consider this to be a threat:

and soon Santa Claas will come with xmas presents

Unfortunately hard evidence that WebInvestments is also associated with the pair continues to elude me, but he is Dutch and Rick Wedzinga runs a large Dutch domainers community, so I'm sure we can put 2+2 together.

 

[frank-germany]

Just to clear a few things up, WebInvestments, Frank-Germany and Keith are not fiverrs or anything like that, they have been members long before this thread started. None of them share an IP with Adam Dicker.

Thursday is the busiest day for Namepros for anybody wondering.

thank you.
who of these guys would have believed me,
if I'd told them?

 

[frank-germany]

NEWS:

I can confirm that the poster frank-germany is an associate of Rick Wedzinga, who is a friend of Adam Dicker and was involved in WebCorp LLC. They are friends on facebook.

that is true
confirmed

and I am friend with jeff g.
a victim

 

[equity78]

thank you.
who of these guys would have believed me,
if I'd told them?

Well now Frank you have to say if what Pug Domains said is true ?

 

[SirDrago]

NEWS:

I can confirm that the poster frank-germany is an associate of Rick Wedzinga, who is a friend of Adam Dicker and was involved in WebCorp LLC. They are friends on facebook.

He is also connected with Adam Dicker....