As you recall, we kept getting emails from a Diego Norte who we later discovered was actually James Brausch. The emails, which were sent to us “editorials” kept coming even when we unsubscribed. Pretty innocuous stuff, but it was consistent and repeated behavior and you couldn’t reply to the emails and ask to be removed: the address was basically a black hole.
Here’s one of the emails:
From: noreply@diegonorte.com
Subject: Article Submission
Date: December 23, 2008 12:43:02 AM EST
To: tips@crunchgear.comHi john,
I have attached an article submission for Crunch Gear.
Feel free to use it in Crunch Gear or any other publication online or offline.
Thanks in advance for your consideration.
Here’s the article:
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Motivate Yourself
Many people work in a job they dislike for one reason or another. So, as an alternative way to support themselves they try becoming their own boss. Home based and Internet based business are becoming the new way to work. However, if someone isn’t self motivated it can be difficult to stay focused on the work need to be done to make their business work. This can be a set back and even the downfall of their business.
How hard is it for you to get motivated and stay motivated about work?
Well here are some tips on how to make getting and staying motivated about work.
1. Plan your day – it can be difficult to be motivated when you see the clock slowly making its way from hour to hour, making it seem like eternity until 5 pm. So plan activities into your day, like the tasks you need to achieve. Also make time to stretch your legs or enjoy a drink. You will be amazed how quickly the day goes by and the things you will achieve.
Great, right? Well, it seems Brausch has decided to stretch his legs and make a drink and post a complaint on me at the same location that he got nailed.
John Biggs is involved in a lot of scams and is a known spammer. He almost ripped me off for almost $2, 000 but I saw through his scam.
Now he continues to harass me by email and won’t remove me from his spam lists. He spams under multiple names including Charles Masterson, Rick Neumann and Robert Phillips. When confronted with his spam, he denies it and blames others.
Stay far away from this spammer and scammer if you value your money or a clean inbox.
This was after repeated requests to be removed (note this email was received on the 23rd, ten days after I posted the DoD post.)
My request is that we bomb that complaint with lots of truth about my person including, but not limited to, saying that I enjoy mastication, that I am a practitioner of the dark tonsorial arts, and that my wife and I enjoy filangie-to-filangie contact. Go nuts. If I’m going to get a complaint, I want it to be a good one. Also, please call me Charles Masterson from now on.
James: Feel free to drop me a line apologizing for spamming and you no longer have to be a douche on the second or first page of your Google results and you can go back to being some guy who offers Timothy-Ferris-esque advice to rubes. john @ crunchgear.com
UPDATE – So the guys below, DiegoNorte and Martin are the same guy or at least on the same IP which goes back to SwiftCo in Washington state:
Diego Norte
diegonorte.com
private@diegonorte.com
204.15.X.X9
Martin
whatsoyoucanbashme@noneofyourdamnbiz.com
204.15.X.X9
UPDATE – more!!
SaltLakeChiropractor.com
greg@molis.com
204.15.X.X9
Not In Utah
notinutah@not.com
204.15.X.X9
I’m closing comments because whatever Ponzi scheme these guys are running it’s clear they’re crazy as all get out.
Dude. That’s like the guy who stole your wallet telling the cops that you just ate a baby seal after using it as a punching bag.
John, PLEASE do not walk away from this.
You are dealing with one very crafty individual who has a strange set of rationalizations for how he lives his life. He does not deserve a free ticket.
You should keep in mind that he has alienated quite a few people, and those people are on your side.
Be strong and resolute about this. You are a GREAT writer by the way.
John you may not be aware that James is known for “not forgetting.” You might translate that to “not forgiving.” Regardless of any concession you make (even though you have no reason to make any!), I would not trust all would be undone.
Be wise, and stand your ground. Otherwise, you will have a sea of nasty attacks floating around and lingering out there (possibly for years), and no basis to explain it (ie, this incident, and this blog post).
He seems like such a magical character like Sauron. Does he have an all-seeing eye?
It’s probably more like a paranoid, ever-darting eye. The kind that makes you want to be in someone else’s company.
You have to wonder if his (publicly admitted) previous life as a homeless meth addict has left some after-effects in his psyche. If so, logic and ethics may just be words in the dictionary.
you know what, the best place on the internet to get things done properly:
/b/
John I know i guy that can take care of your little problem for cheap lol
The other “pseudonymns” falsely attributed to John on that bogus complaint post are actually real people that James Brausch seems to maintain a grudge against. These are people who have publicly questioned him in the past (for good reasons). That’s pretty strong evidence that James Brausch is personally involved in the response here. It also shows what he is capable of.
The best (and ONLY) way to effectively deal with James Brausch is to dish back what he dishes out, in equal or greater proportion. In fact, notching it up is the only practical response that will make any difference.
John, et al.:
I’ve exposed Brausch’s forum comment spamming tactics (with evidence) here:
http://entrepreneurs.about.com/b/2008/06/25/james-d-brausch-glyphius-and-shilling.htm
Brausch is apparently trying to bury all the bad SEO with a Wikipedia entry about himself now. Time to add a “Controversy” or “Criticism” section to it.
Wikipedia expressly forbids such hype. They have a way where people can flag an entry for review and it should be pretty obvious to the Wikipedia editors at that point that there is some spin going on there. In fact they will add a notation that the claims are in question.
As usual, Brausch is now obviously directing a boatload of spam in an attempt to conceal the truth about how he operates.
To say he is sly and relentless is an understatement.
Why do you think James Brausch would file that complaint? If you understand that James Brausch has a Tim Ferris (well, 4 hour work week) mentality, you should realize he wouldn’t be likely to take the time to make that post.
Maybe he did, but I doubt it.
It was probably someone who was trying to make a point. That most of the complaints posted in your last douche post were bogus.
Furthermore, if he didn’t want your posts in the top 10 for his name, he’d simply bump you out.
Anonymous to the rescue!
are there any 1337 hackers that can somehow track IP addresses or info like that related to his site domains and aliases? maybe send him a horrible virus that will wipe out his “business”? legality issues aside, it would be sweet, sweet justice.
Scott Allen’s “evidence” is very funny.
It consists of three people mentioning glyphius in comments on his blog and then three people mentioning james brausch months later.
Never mind that james sold glyphius the year before and had no incentive to send shills anywhere. The paranoid don’t want to be confused by any facts or anything like that.
Scott also admits that the comments were not spam. They were good comments that were responsive to his post.
He thinks that’s the most “devious” part of the spam. It’s so devious that it’s not spam at all.
ROTFFLOL
Is he serious? Was that just a joke like John Biggs who admitted that he was just kidding?
This entire discussion is crazy. Looneys like Scott Allen and John Biggs should be put in institutions where they can get help.
The rest of you encouraging their paranoid fantasies aren’t helping them at all.
Are you James or Stephen?
You can attempt to discredit Bill or Scott all you want, but there are plenty of others who have had the same experience.
Pretty egotistical to say you can “bump him out” by the way. That’s the bully in you, isn’t it?
Expect it to all backfire.
The unwanted comments that James directs to blogs ARE spam. They are “drive by spam.” It’s just like garbage dumped on the property of others. It serves you James, not them.
Here’s a classic of example of how James has dumped on a blog and how they feel about it:
http://www.howtocorp.com/cgi-bin/webbbs_config.pl/noframes/read/57439
Is Stephen Dean basically James Brausch’s Renfield? You have to wonder if Stephen freqently uses the phrase “Yes, Master” when James summons him up from the dungeon. The way Stephen thinks and talks you’d think James Brausch was also a ventriloquist. Too bad their act sucks.
I got an email from Meryl Emenanjor with a link to http://www.diegonorte.com/apply/?s=694020
obviously when you go to the site the look and feel is low budget and a scam.
i forgot to add it was an reply for a craigslist ad in Raleigh for admin assitant
Looks like the work of James Brausch (aka Diego Norte) once again. “Administrative Assistant” actually means low pay/no pay spammer “job.” That’s as bogus as it gets.
If anyone else gets one of these spams please take the time to post a complaint at complaintsboard.com and ripoffreport.com. You will want to list both his real name (James Brausch) as well as his fake name (Diego Norte) in the subject. It would be helpful also if you would submit a complaint with the Salt Lake City Utah Better Business Bureau web site as well.
Maybe eventually we can get the authorities in the United States as well as wherever he is currently operating to take action against James Brausch.
You are ridiculous Tanya.
Don’t you think the “authorities” can easily break through your scam and defamation attempts and see very clearly the true identies of the people you are attempting to link?
If that aren’t capable, then John Biggs/James Brausch should be very afraid of false prosecution simply because people post stupid and false allegations on the Internet. Everyone should be very afraid if the law enforcement system really is that broken.
Stupidity and false allegations on the Internet have been here as long as the Internet has existed (and in other media before that). An allegation is just that. It’s a rumor. When false (as these are), it is defamation and those defamed can take action in a court of law if they so decide.
You can’t get authorities to act on your defamation. If you could, then others could make up stuff about you and get the authorities to arrest you. Would you like to live in that world?
What exactly is not correct here? That this James Brausch has directed people to post “job” ads on Craigs List or that people are spamming forums with his site links? There seems to be a lot of commentary (even on other sites) that indicates there is truth to this. Also, your insulting previous posters doesn’t make anyone else think much of your comment either. There is nothing ridiculous about someone not liking spam. Do you like spam? I don’t.
Nothing is correct here. I am not James Brausch. We aren’t even the same race. I’m asian. He’s white. I bought a business from him in February 2008. He is bound not to comment on our transaction in his non-compete agreement. He is also bound not to engage in any Internet business in 2009. I see no evidence that he has violated his agreement in either way.
I don’t spam. He never spammed. I have his entire business system. I should know. There isn’t a single activity we engage in at Diego Norte that has anything to do with spamming via email, blogs, craigslist or anywhere else.
This is all a fantasy. We use Craigslist only for hiring people. We never spam it. We follow all Craigslist rules and have never even sold anything via Craigslist. The only thing we have ever done with Craigslist is to post job openings as they occur.
We don’t spam blogs either. Nobody who has spammed this blog with this fantasy stuff is associated in any way with Diego Norte. If we ever found a contractor, employee or vendor engaging in this kind on nonsense from either side of the aisle, we would fire them instantly.
I don’t like spam any more than the next guy. All of our opt-in lists are CANSPAM compliant. Every single person on them has opted in and confirmed. Every single email has an unsubscribe link at the end. Subject lines are always accurate.
I have no idea why John Biggs lied and posted a partial email from us that cut off the unsubscribe link. His made up controversy is selling us a lot of products, but I don’t think that is why he is making up this stuff.
There are no UFOs either. Big foot isn’t real.
We’re just a company selling useful products. Some were purchased from James Brausch. Many others are selling other products that were purchased directly from James Brausch or from us when we cleaned out the product line after purchasing the business.
For example, we no longer sell Artemis Pro or the Info Product Creation course. Yes; their sales pages look like ours. Yes. We used to sell them. We sold the exclusive rights to those products to other companies who now sell them as their own product.
There is no conspiracy to spam, scam or anything else. It’s just a fantasy made up by John Biggs and others to pass their time in an entertaining way.
Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet.
I’m sorry I didn’t address this sooner. I found out about this mess yesterday while reading John Biggs threats to James Brausch and his family on James Brausch’s blog.
I still hesitate to post here and pretend this thread even deserves a response.
I don’t condone John Biggs threats, defamation or me or James Brausch or anything else he has posted. I also don’t condone the posts of others who have defamed John Biggs in return. This entire post and comment thread is an example of the very worst in humanity.
I won’t be making any further statement on this matter. Feel free to make up as many conspiracy stories as you wish about Diego Norte. We enjoy all of the new customers it brings us. They quickly learn that these fantasies are just that. We don’t do business the way indicated in this thread. We never have. We never will.
-Diego Norte
Well said Diego. Thank you for the breath of fresh air in this pile of cow dung that John Biggs created.
I do NOT believe you. Your rambling comment does NOT add up. And adding the fake comment from Martin really shows who you are.
John Biggs certainly had no reason to lie about receiving all those spams. He had a REASON to tell the actual truth though: like others out there, he was sick of the “Diego Norte” spam. He NEVER asked to receive these spams. You claimed he didn’t “include” the unsubscribe link. First of all, I don’t believe there even was one. Second of all, you have NO LEGAL RIGHT sending unsolicited spam even if you include a so-called “unsubscribe” link. (Read the federal law and see for yourself. It is VERY clear about this.)
You signed your name “Diego Norte.” That is certainly NOT your real name. (And I’m also NOT convinced you aren’t really James in the first place.) James has publicly stated on his blog that he MADE UP the name “Diego Norte” himself. If you believe what you do is honorable, why would you even use an assumed identity?
Secondly, why does the “Diego Norte” web site WHOIS information list James Brausch’s address in Utah? Is it because HE still pulls all the strings? My guess would be yes.
I wonder what “useful products” you are even selling? Is it the mailing lists of all the people who responded to “work at home” ads on places like Craig’s list? (I wonder what those people would think if they knew their personal information was being sold that way. And don’t try to say they would all be delighted about it, because that would hardly be believable.)
If you are not really James Brausch, why are you so devoted to defending his activities? It’s all really quite unbelievable.
Has he ever gotten chiropractic services from chiropractor Dr. Greg Molis in Salt Lake City Utah? Just wondering. I read that Greg Molis is the father of James Brausch’s wife, Kristi Brausch. But I could be wrong. Probably not though.
I can confirm that. The so-called “Dr.” Greg Molis is just another alias for James Brausch/Diego Norte. You can see his real picture here:
http://www.saltlakechiropractor.com/
He even looks like a scam artist and a tweaker in that picture.
He pretends to be a doctor in Salt Lake City which is a crime. Everyone needs to inform the better business bureau, the AMA and the attorney general in Utah. The address where he pretends to practice medicine in on that site so he could be arrested today.
People are probably being killed by this pretend “Doctor” James Brausch/Greg Molis/Diego Norte.
If you don’t take action and report him now, then you are an accomplice to helping him hurt more people!
You can follow these blogs to see that James Brausch does not have a Utah address as Bill claims:
http://www.brausch.com
http://www.jamesbrausch.com
http://www.kristibrausch.com
There are enough pictures and video that I would say those sites are NOT a hoax. And that is definitely NOT Utah in those pictures and video.
The whois information for diegonorte.com lists a Utah address. The whois information for jamesbrausch.com lists an Oregon address.
If the above blogs are all elaborate hoaxes to make people believe that james brausch is in Costa Rica (which I doubt) then you still can’t link james brausch to diegonorte.com from that whois information. Those pictures might be somewhere in Oregon in the summer-time. You are insane if you think they are from Utah though.
How did james brausch and family get all of those beach pictures and tropical jungle pictures in Utah? I’ve been all over Utah and never seen an ocean beach or a jungle.
Does he fly to Oregon every week to take pictures with his family just to fly back to Utah to run diegonorte.com and get his mail? Or does he make those weekly trips between Costa Rica and Utah?
Me thinks you are grasping for a hold on reality Bill! And methinks the rocks are pretty loose where you are reaching.
Me thinks a more rational explanation is that Diego Norte is run from Utah and James and family use an Oregon forwarding address to Costa Rica as both claim.
Of course, he might live on the moon and diego norte might be a martian. What do I know?
Of course James Brausch (that’s you, right…or are you a fiend or family member?) may not be in Utah at this exact moment. No surprise there. You do have a suitcase, don’t you? You like to spend that income you make from not having to pay full boat to people who post your links on forums right?
If one believes anything Brausch says, he may be in Nicaragua right now. Of course, he has a computer and a blog, so he can work from another location obviously.
Regarding your addresses James, the Utah address for Diego Norte is the exact same one you’ve personally used for years. And you’ve also publicly taken orders at the Oregon forwarding address. Both are yours of course, and it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure that out.
Keep those denials rolling! Oh, and what about that previous comment you made saying you wouldn’t be back to make more excuses here? Seems you can’t resist climbing aboard that denial train, huh? All aboard the reality express!
He sure gets around.
So you’re saying that Diego Norte/James Brausch/Dr. Molis and who knows how many other people are all the same person?
And then you’re saying that this one person constantly jets between Oregon, Utah, Nicaragua and Costa Rica just to check their mail and take pictures that confuse their location?
And you’re saying that the various blogs and sites of the multiple people who obviously look different, have backgrounds in pictures that obviously look like different places, have different writing styles and have personal blogs that mention their activities in different places with different people are all just a hoax to try to cover up that they are all the same person jetting around the world checking mailboxes?
And you’re saying that anyone who doubts your theory needs to get aboard the “reality express?”
Is that what you’re saying?
What if someone posted a picture of each of the people who are being alleged to be the same person with each holding a newspaper with the same date showing and a background of something from the state or country where they reside?
Maybe Dr. Molis could stand beside the salt lake holding the Salt Lake newspaper. And James Brausch could stand on the beach in Costa Rica wearing a swimming suit and holding the local Costa Rica newspaper. And Diego Norte could hold the Heber newspaper and stand in front of Heber City hall.
Would that convince you that they weren’t the same person? Or would you just say that he started early in the morning in one country and flew to all of the other places and put on the appropriate disguise in time to get all of the pictures?
In an earlier thread you were saying that James Brausch and Michel Fortin were the same person because they wrote a book together. Someone else responded that they had heard one of them interviewing another.
What if all of the people who are alleged to be this James Brausch all got on the phone on a conference call together? Would that convince you? Or would you just say that this guy is uber-rich and could pay a lot of impersonators to pretend to be each of his various personalities?
Or maybe we could get their birth certificates and fly all of their mothers to the same place to testify under oath that they gave birth to each of their respective sons. There are only about 20 mothers involved at this point of about 20 different men who are claimed to all be the same person. It could be done.
Of course even Barack Obama had to deal with you conspiracy theorists claiming he wasn’t a citizen even after he posted his birth certificate and had various relatives who witnessed his birth testify that he was born in Hawaii. Maybe that wouldn’t work either.
You conspiracy theorists crack me up. You can’t prove that jfk wasn’t shot by ten dimensional mice from andromeda. But you can prove that these individuals who are being claimed to be the same person are actually very different people who don’t look a thing alike and don’t even live in the same state or even the same country.
What’s next? Did this Dr. Brausch/James Molis/Greg Norte character kill JFK too?
The burden of proof is on the person making the extraordinary claims. None of us can prove that these various people aren’t the same person. None of us have that burden. You are the one with the extraordinary claim that someone puts on various disguises and jets around the world making up blog entries, taking pictures and checking mail.
It’s your claim. Where is your evidence? Even the wildest claims about big foot and the lockness monster have pictures or some kind of evidence to back up their extraordinary claims. They don’t have good solid evidence… but you don’t seem to have any evidence at all.
Is this the same guy?
http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/charlotte-babb-c147206.html
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