[ANN][ICO] Authorship - Making the Internet More Free and Accessible For Authors

[802529er]

The bottom of their e-mails say 11015 York Road, Cockeysville MD 21030 USA

However, google maps says that is a place called Precision Tune Auto Care....
https://www.google.com/maps/place/11015+York+Rd,+Cockeysville,+MD+21030/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c81279781138df:0x418d7f10fb767a74?sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwja8NDB56zWAhVM6YMKHUImCaIQ8gEIJTAA

So here we have a man named Petre from Romania (he confirmed this a few pages back) who lied about his name and is promoting a company that lists an address that really belongs to an auto-repair shop. Then he changes his story multiple times about what is going on/when people will receive their payments, finally sending out an e-mail claiming that anyone who hasn't been paid is a cheater and that he will be taking a week off.

This whole thing screams SCAM louder and louder the deeper you look into it.

The founder (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nolan-warfield-aa064713/) indeed owns a car repair company (https://www.facebook.com/PrecisionTuneAutoCareHuntValley/)

Both he and Peter are involved in a more or less legit marketing platform for authors (http://SeriousReading.com).

I checked this before I got involved, and it only raised minor red flags, could have still been legit.

What they did with the fake-bounty program however... will reflect on their other businesses, as well.

I bet that a bunch of people who this guy scammed will now to go to that facebook page and link this thread to accusing the owner of being a fraudster. He clearly did not think this through and might have ruined another one of his businesses in the process of scamming everyone here.

I can’t wait for them to get back and have destroyed not one but multi company’s Hahahahahaha

[sandler425]

for the members who got their ATS bounty, including the investors.

Dont look down on the ones that didnt receive,

because of this scamming. Dont expect the ATS will go for 0.15 cent

let alone be listed on exchange site


now we can make legal complaint against Authorship.com

They did nothing illegal. They didn't steal from you, no one made you promote their bounty. Theres no legal complaint to be made, you cant sue someone for not giving you something for free.

They are based in the US.  In the US it is completely illegal for a company to promise something for a sweepstakes/bounty campaign and then simply refuse to pay it.  It's also illegal to guarantee the price of something like ATS will "definitely be 15 cents" but nobody is complaining about that.

Get off your fucking high horse because you have no goddamn clue about the law.  What Authorship.com has done here is COMPLETELY illegal and complaints/lawsuits will be filed accordingly.

[802529er]

Authorship.com has removed their phone number from their website.

Does anybody have it? Can you post it here?

1-844-776-3500. Internet archival sites save the day again, haha

THE FACT THE REMOVED IT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE RECEIVING COMPLAINTS AND ARE TRYING TO HIDE FROM THE PUBLIC, FACE THIS MESS YOUVE MADE.

There so close to running off with investors money, they basically taking a two week holiday WITH INVESTORS MONEY

[nickslikk]

I really hope that ATS goes to the exchangers very soon. Then all of the whiners can sell of their coins below $0.15 while others and myself buy at dirt cheap prices.

[Sotaborn]

I signed up once and shared my link on Reddit and haven't received any tokens..

My withdrawal was even confirmed via email..

[vanphummo]

AUTHORSHIP is Scam

8158 people sent a fake number
45 days withdraw ?
Thousand  people waitting recive ATS token but  they has officially ended.

This is peterauthorship post on forum
[/quote]
We'll pay everyone (even if they submitted the withdrawal form or not). Only rule: not more than 3 registrations from the same IP.
[/quote]

FUCK  peterauthorship
FUCK AUTHORSHIP

I will report AUTHORSHIP scam
Because they not fair-play.
They promised but they did not do it.
They had scam everyone and me

[BitTrader1000]

for the members who got their ATS bounty, including the investors.

Dont look down on the ones that didnt receive,

because of this scamming. Dont expect the ATS will go for 0.15 cent

let alone be listed on exchange site


now we can make legal complaint against Authorship.com

They did nothing illegal. They didn't steal from you, no one made you promote their bounty. Theres no legal complaint to be made, you cant sue someone for not giving you something for free.

They are based in the US.  In the US it is completely illegal for a company to promise something for a sweepstakes/bounty campaign and then simply refuse to pay it.  It's also illegal to guarantee the price of something like ATS will "definitely be 15 cents" but nobody is complaining about that.

Get off your fucking high horse because you have no goddamn clue about the law.  What Authorship.com has done here is COMPLETELY illegal and complaints/lawsuits will be filed accordingly.

This was by definition not a sweepstakes and "bounty campaigns" are not regulated by the FTC. Good luck with your lawsuits, buddy.

[criptobear]

I registered one time only and i received nothing, never saw so much incompetence, this is shady, good i did not invest in this terrible dev team!!!!

[BitTrader1000]

I really hope that ATS goes to the exchangers very soon. Then all of the whiners can sell of their coins below $0.15 while others and myself buy at dirt cheap prices.

That's what im hoping for

[DutchFinity]

I really hope that ATS goes to the exchangers very soon. Then all of the whiners can sell of their coins below $0.15 while others and myself buy at dirt cheap prices.

It's your money and you can do with it what you want. After this affaire I see many better promising options to invest in.

[WrittenEmotion]

CAN CONFIRM: I CHEATED AND GOT ALL MY TOKENS. THANKS PETER FOR LETTING ME PERSUADE YOU INTO PAYING CHEATERS (ME). COULDNT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOUR INCOMPETENCE.
CAN CONFIRM: I CHEATED AND GOT ALL MY TOKENS. THANKS PETER FOR LETTING ME PERSUADE YOU INTO PAYING CHEATERS (ME). COULDNT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOUR INCOMPETENCE.
CAN CONFIRM: I CHEATED AND GOT ALL MY TOKENS. THANKS PETER FOR LETTING ME PERSUADE YOU INTO PAYING CHEATERS (ME). COULDNT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOUR INCOMPETENCE.

[jjcp1984]

I was misled and they did not send anything, and I did not register for any three ip my referral link ...

bounty.authorship.com/ref/A8591076

[nickslikk]

for the members who got their ATS bounty, including the investors.

Dont look down on the ones that didnt receive,

because of this scamming. Dont expect the ATS will go for 0.15 cent

let alone be listed on exchange site


now we can make legal complaint against Authorship.com

They did nothing illegal. They didn't steal from you, no one made you promote their bounty. Theres no legal complaint to be made, you cant sue someone for not giving you something for free.

They are based in the US.  In the US it is completely illegal for a company to promise something for a sweepstakes/bounty campaign and then simply refuse to pay it.  It's also illegal to guarantee the price of something like ATS will "definitely be 15 cents" but nobody is complaining about that.

Get off your fucking high horse because you have no goddamn clue about the law.  What Authorship.com has done here is COMPLETELY illegal and complaints/lawsuits will be filed accordingly.

This was by definition not a sweepstakes and "bounty campaigns" are not regulated by the FTC. Good luck with your lawsuits, buddy.

They never gave a guarantee price of $0.15, but rather than a recommended price of $0.15. A big difference.

[rafalski]

https://web.archive.org/web/20170830000948/http://authorship.com/about-us/

Please, anyone in Us, visit them at this workshop and say thank you from users

[sandler425]

for the members who got their ATS bounty, including the investors.

Dont look down on the ones that didnt receive,

because of this scamming. Dont expect the ATS will go for 0.15 cent

let alone be listed on exchange site


now we can make legal complaint against Authorship.com

They did nothing illegal. They didn't steal from you, no one made you promote their bounty. Theres no legal complaint to be made, you cant sue someone for not giving you something for free.

They are based in the US.  In the US it is completely illegal for a company to promise something for a sweepstakes/bounty campaign and then simply refuse to pay it.  It's also illegal to guarantee the price of something like ATS will "definitely be 15 cents" but nobody is complaining about that.

Get off your fucking high horse because you have no goddamn clue about the law.  What Authorship.com has done here is COMPLETELY illegal and complaints/lawsuits will be filed accordingly.

This was by definition not a sweepstakes and "bounty campaigns" are not regulated by the FTC. Good luck with your lawsuits, buddy.

They never gave a guarantee price of $0.15, but rather than a recommended price of $0.15. A big difference.

No, they originally recommended $0.15 to start.  But then they emailed everyone in their campaign that they guarantee it will be 15 cents.  That's where they fucked up.

[maxinamum]

Battle between people who received and non received tokens?
Please. This is serious problem. You get tokens, ok, but we didn't.
If you can't say or do anything to help us, just be quiet.
Still waiting for my 10k tokens. Huge number, huge marketing expense and time consuming.

[sandler425]

https://web.archive.org/web/20170830000948/http://authorship.com/about-us/

Please, anyone in Us, visit them at this workshop and say thank you from users

I live about an hour from there.  I'm considering it..

[sommii]

https://web.archive.org/web/20170830000948/http://authorship.com/about-us/

Please, anyone in Us, visit them at this workshop and say thank you from users

You mean: beat a shit out of them?

[vanalli]

LOL at people who think they're going to be filing lawsuits to get their $10. You guys are still in school, right?

[kkent]

for the members who got their ATS bounty, including the investors.

Dont look down on the ones that didnt receive,

because of this scamming. Dont expect the ATS will go for 0.15 cent

let alone be listed on exchange site


now we can make legal complaint against Authorship.com

They did nothing illegal. They didn't steal from you, no one made you promote their bounty. Theres no legal complaint to be made, you cant sue someone for not giving you something for free.

They are based in the US.  In the US it is completely illegal for a company to promise something for a sweepstakes/bounty campaign and then simply refuse to pay it.  It's also illegal to guarantee the price of something like ATS will "definitely be 15 cents" but nobody is complaining about that.

Get off your fucking high horse because you have no goddamn clue about the law.  What Authorship.com has done here is COMPLETELY illegal and complaints/lawsuits will be filed accordingly.

This was by definition not a sweepstakes and "bounty campaigns" are not regulated by the FTC. Good luck with your lawsuits, buddy.

Maryland contract law allows for contract formation when there is a valid offer and acceptance (including through part performance in certain circumstances). The issue here is not of a sweepstakes nature or FTC regulations. The issue is that Authorship advertised that they would provide people with a good (ATS tokens) in exchange for a service (promotion of the ICO). Petre and the Authorship team later decided that they didn't want to pay out and simply declared the whole event over. Unfortunately for them, they had already sent out e-mails confirming that some people had completed the advertising service and were going to be paid a certain amount of ATS. To be clear, I am not referring to the e-mails that were received along the way, but rather the withdrawal confirmation e-mails that they sent out after people filled out the form on Sept 14.

Anyone who matches that specific description would potentially have a valid lawsuit against them. No scammer would have a valid lawsuit because Authorship disclosed up front that they would have a zero tolerance policy for fraudulent referrals. Petre and Authorship might have really gotten themselves in some legal troubles though with the decision to not pay out to the people who they had already sent the confirmation e-mails to.