XL Forum member Hogpreacher, aka Spidermania, aka PotBellyPig, aka warrabit, aka FTWx2, aka 3DogNight, has been permanently banned from The XL Forum.

He is a con artist that is using multiple user names to solicite donations for an imaginary friend that he says he is building a Sportster for.

Please see this thread: http://xlforum.net/vbportal/forums/showthread.php?threadid=45369

Be VERY leary of anyone asking you to donate them parts for their Sportster.

It sucks that the Internet has people like this but it does and we need to look out for each other. If you notice any thread on The XL Forum where someone is asking for donation part please report it so that the Admininstrators and Moderators can verify that it is not someone trying to rip people off.

Glad you found him out, what a shame that this crap happens.

It did sound a little weird, thanks Bert for being on top of things.

And that he poses as a preacher none the less!!!

Thanks DOC for catching this.

Hmm, he messed up in the P&R forum and gave himself away to us a couple days ago, but this is a WHOLE different level, good catch guys :(.

Glad someone caught this.
I was ready to send stuff.
BTW- If anyone feels like they have to give something away just let me know and I will take it.
Just kidding.

Thanks for the alert.

Good job guys, I think Pquirk was the first to catch this suspicious character in the P&R forum a couple of days ago. But kudos to you Bert for keeping this a clean place :clap :smoke

I have been know to give lots of stuff away on this and other forums.I have some stuff yet to get rid of so thanks on the info. Good to know gar/ garbiker

WOW good eyes, Bert.

Thanks Doc and Bert. I noticed a couple postings from him but nothing about building a bike. Just mundane stuff. Good catch.

i have sent parts to members for free i am glad he wasn't one of them

It is a Shame !!!

But like was said before, It shows that we have some generous people on board as well !!

What a great Place !!!!!

This kind of sucks. I hope that he just didn't create multiple aliases to help his cause. Do we really know if he was ripping people off? I mean his other posts were quite normal. Thanks Bert and others.

Glad we have mods who are on the ball and noticed his shenanigans. Ugghhh, it's a shame when stuff like this happens.

I've sent parts to people as well... but usually only the people that I've seen around the list for awhile. Great catch! Hopefully he doesn't sign up with another user name though.

I hope that he just didn't create multiple aliases to help his cause. Do we really know if he was ripping people off?

Yes. PotBellyPig is one of his alias and was only made to bump his original post and to make members here think that his cause was nobel.

I do not know if his "friend" is real or not or if she has a real need.

Ask yourself this....would you, or any other honest and reasonable person, create multiple user names to come on here and tell themselves that they are gonna send themselves free parts???

A criminal will always slip up, what a douche bag.:doh


Kudos to a great site:banana good job!!!!!! Keep banning those Nightboy types.

He actually is chaplain for a medical center, but I think he is schizo (sorry to all the none scumbag schizo's on the forum:smoke ). And if any of ya'll want to donate parts, ya can send em to me!!!:p

Thanks Bert.


Tim

Thanks Bert. I have the package ready to go, but couldn't send it today 'cause of the holiday. Oh well, back to the swap zone with my handlebars!

P.S. So I'm the only idiot to fall for this. (Spidermaina was an alias) Oh well!

Thanks pquirk, doc, Bert and the rest of the people who un-covered this POS. It's @$$holes like that, that make it difficult for honest people to make trades/sales on here. Way to go guys!

Bert, from your point of view, I'm sorry that you have to be leery of your own forum members. Getting a scammer like this is as bad as a club having a rat in the house, but at least they get to prospect people first to try and weed the rats out; you don't have that luxury. Most bikers I know go by the rule that a man's word is his bond, and to have one of your own break that bond so easily is disheartening.

However, from my point of view, I'm glad to see that you, John and our moderators are on top of matters; it's good to know that we've got such stand-up people as yourselves keeping watch on things around here. Tell everyone on your command staff that I appreciate what they do.

Damn. Sleezy preachers are a dime a dozen, but an XLForum con artist? :doh What's the world coming to? Makes me wonder about some of the rest of you... http://homepage.mac.com/dagruber/.Pictures/sly.gif

I guess he wasnt wearing his foil beanie......you cant hide from the mind rays. Dude should be ashamed of himself but I guess people like that are missing things like moral character and a conscience.

He actually is chaplain for a medical center, but I think he is schizo (sorry to all the none scumbag schizo's on the forum:smoke ).

That just makes it more pathetic. Thanks, Doc and Bert. :geek:geek:geek

That's pathetic, coming on here trying to earn everyones trust 'cause he's all holy.

Good job finding him out.

John

Man i could see if the dude is broke and need a few parts and asks for help like i went down need bars and a peg but this one wants to put a whole wheel up with a bs story.My lids off to you for the bust.In a few clubs both your arms would of been broken for a stunt like that.Plus they would take your bike just to make you feel it good.

That's pathetic, coming on here trying to earn everyones trust 'cause he's all holy.

He knows it works, people have been doing it for thousands of years and it seems to work :smoke

OK, I feel better for the Baptists now.:clap

Can't recall what thread but hogpreacher claimed to be a Baptist minister, then in P&R he came across as the Anti-Baptist.

I know lots of folks here don't like Preachers or Christians, but don't lump Hogpreacher in with us.

He knows it works, people have been doing it for thousands of years and it seems to work :smoke

Yeah, your right. Was probably a tell tale sign though..........if you look at Hogpreachers avitar real good the dog looks like he's being held against his will. :laugh :laugh ..........animals are an excellent judge of character.
John

Wow. Good catch guys. What an a$$ hole

Thanks for catchings this.

I just gave a boat load of old Ironhead parts away too. I had to go back and check who it was to. Thank goodness it was not him.

Sucks that some people will take advantage of the good.

Great catch. Thanks to all involved.

I've been looking around but didn't see it.

Dang..the internet was so trustworthy up until now.

Yea big thanks for Doc staying persistant on watching this guy.

Thanks Doc and Bert. I noticed a couple postings from him but nothing about building a bike. Just mundane stuff. Good catch.
He's been playing with multiple personalties before using them to debate P&R stuff. Even though we knew about his multiple IDs he never hurt anything before. I wonder now if he was testing the place to see if we'd catch on. He must have figured we weren't on to him so it was time to try the big con out. Doc's had the bad feeling about him and kept his eye on the guy for while now, good eye Doc!!!

At least he wished himself a happy nwe year...
http://xlforum.net/vbportal/forums/showthread.php?t=44674


Gazza

Maybe his forum name should have been Cybil! It seems this guys has multiple personalities, maybe they were all fighting with each other over there in the P&R section.:laugh

Hooty

Maybe his forum name should have been Cybil! It seems this guys has multiple personalities, maybe they were all fighting with each other over there in the P&R section.:laugh

Hooty

:laugh :laugh No kiddin!

Maybe his forum name should have been Cybil! It seems this guys has multiple personalities, maybe they were all fighting with each other over there in the P&R section.:laugh

Hooty
Funny you said that, it's exactly how he outted himself over there. Posted as Spidermania but signed it ~Webb~ . His Spidermania persona was an anti-organized religion type. What a Dumbass :laugh .

Funny you said that, it's exactly how he outted himself over there. Posted as Spidermania but signed it ~Webb~ . His Spidermania persona was an anti-organized religion type. What a Dumbass :laugh .

Lord knows.(pun intended) You noticed it. You jump all over a typo quick..:banana

Funny you said that, it's exactly how he outted himself over there. Posted as Spidermania but signed it ~Webb~ . His Spidermania persona was an anti-organized religion type. What a Dumbass :laugh .
Funny some of you caught that. I noticed that he deleted his slip up at some point. Here's the thread pquirk is talking about with the deleted post (#6) undeleted...

http://xlforum.net/vbportal/forums/showthread.php?t=45367

Gazza

It was late in the evening as three guys sat at a table in the corner hunched over their drinks

They were talking excitedly amongst themselves, which was rare as they normally sat sullen faced and morose bitching about how life had treated them badly. The guy talking the most was outlining his new plan...

"Listen Man it's so simple..." "We pretend we're helping out a poor sick Friend by building them a bike, then we get these stupid ass's from this Forum to send us bits to help build it..."

You could tell he was pleased with his plan and as the night progressed they realised they were about to make it big.

"Damn Dude, we could hit on every forum, get them all to send bits and we'll make bikes outta them for free..."










They all sat watching the "Leader" working away at the PC, laughing as they downed their beers.

As soon as they got the first reply they knew they had hit gold dust

"Here it goes man our first FREE bike is on it's way...."





The euphoria was short lived... There on the Screen was the Voice of the Forum...

The message was long, but in truth it only meant one thing...









"Back of Buddy we know who you are..."












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Nice, I help when I can. Sent a tire to a brother recently. SOmetimes you just got to go with it. Don't let this bother you. Good catch.

I knew he was bogus from the minute I saw his avatar. I'm always leery of mullets.

What a fag...

There's Always One!!! :frownthre

I gave my old set of Bassani Pro Street pipes to a member here ( didn't want to sell to him that which was broken ). I had them welded ( where they had cracked ) and had a new set of thunder boltz made..... I kept the original boltz. I felt real good about this....giving to a forum member......Nope, they did not go to this guy......Now, if I'd went to all that trouble for a scammer...... I believe I'd be a bit ticked off......well you know what I mean .....it would have taken all the fun out of giving something away. Thanks for the good work catching this guy!

I'm not above sending things to friends for free. The key word is FRIENDS. I'm always leary of jerks that come out beggin' from the git go/

I'm not above sending things to friends for free. The key word is FRIENDS. I'm always leary of jerks that come out beggin' from the git go/me too the whole thread just didnt seem right!:frownthre so i never paid it much attention.

I knew he was bogus from the minute I saw his avatar. I'm always leery of mullets.

Mullets are cool :geek But this dude is just a real shithead.

p.s. Thanks admins and mods!

He came back with the name of chaplain and that was taken care of pronto
:tour

we can find his real address!!!! Time for the 1st Xlforum ass-kicking of 2007!:gun :boxing :headb :spank Sorry Mr. Jimi I meant this as a joke but I know how a joke can get serious REAL quick especially online forums where its all in print.

Add my Thanks also Moderator.

Thanks to Bert, Doc, and all the other mods for running a nice ship here... :D

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This thread makes me laugh out loud, and shake my head in shame at the same time. Thanks to pquirk and the mods who were paying attention and keeping us informed.

What I don't get is how or why someone can devote that kind of time and effort to such an elaborate ruse.
I barley have time to get on and check the forum as much as I'd like anymore.
Much less my Alter Ego too.

What a pain-in-the-ass-loser... Thanks for kicking him out!

The guy was a jerk, but his idea was sound. What if we got a few Forum guys together to build a bike, and donate to a good cause? Or Raffle it, and donate the money? I would suggest the Shriners Childrens Hospital.

good job guys:clap

wish I had known you were all so generous when I was looking for trans gears and shafts for the 4 speed when I needed them. better than the rip off merchant who 'worked on my bike'

I think it was either Krokus or Quiet Riot (damn, showing my age) who said, "Mom Momma We're All Crazy Now":laugh

Sorry, it's real early and i'm running on very little sleep!

Hooty

I think it was either Krokus or Quiet Riot (damn, showing my age) who said, "Mom Momma We're All Crazy Now":laugh


Hooty

Actually it was Slade (I think Quiet Riot remade a bunch of their songs).....and you think your showing your age !!!!

I was searching another site and came across him asking for another hand-out.

Sorry to say, but you posted an achey-breaky linky.

I was searching another site and came across him asking for another hand-out.

Are you serious?!?!? What site?

Man... internet beggars... his avatar should be a little tin cup.

http://www.ibiza-hotels.com/medieval/beggar.JPG

Are you serious?!?!? What site?

Man... internet beggars... his avatar should be a little tin cup.


I am sorry if I shouldn't be posting a link to another site.
He is on
sportster.org
Click on swap and check for parts wanted.

Have any of you guys that frequent that site warned the people there ??

Have any of you guys that frequent that site warned the people there ??

I sent them an e-mail when I found out as well as checking craigslist in Nebraska.

Bert, you're the guardian angel....

Just makes me want to not give anything to anybody......except a piece of my mind. That's free.....

Truthfully, it's really sad that someone would take advantage of the graciousness of other people....especially under the auspices of being a man of god..... As they say...Karma is a bitch.