I to was ripped off by Tom Menas. He also bragged about his professional football background at Kansas and with the Toronto Argonaughts. Mr. Menas stated he had contacts and could find me investors. He ripped me off for $20, 000 in supposed payments and legal fees. I located him off another web site that helps locate investors for other wishing to start their own business; he was listed as an investor, when in fact he was not.
When contacted he stated that it was mistake and that he is not an investor. However, He stated that he had investors and for a fee, he could arrange the funding. Over the course of time, he stated that he had 7 investors that would help, including companies that wanted to be involved. When asked to provide information and to names and phone numbers to verify he refused. Later, when asked to prepare an offer he stated that he needed more money in order to prepare and send the offer forward. He held our offer for ransom.
He also stated that he needed more money to help pay his mortgage, because he had used part of his mortgage payment to pay legal fees to his attorney on my behalf. Also, we asked to him provide references on some projects he had already done, all he provided was the supposed names of projects and the amount of the project, he refused to provide names and number to verify his involvement.
He stated that he has been involved in obtaining funding for motion pictures, as usual the names of the films and studios are either non-existent or the movies were never produced. He showed up at several meetings dressed like he was ready for a vacation, and on two instances had no idea in what state the cities were located, after being told several times.
When I refused to pay him more money, he stopped taking may calls.
I highly recommend that people stay away from Mr. Menas.
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