AboutRichard Aberdeen Expertise Author and songwriter; owner of Freedom Tracks Records, Nashville, Tennessee. Published three books available online at www.RichardAberdeen.com Can answer questions regarding the difference between Christianity and the historical Jesus and the differences between Christianity and what the Bible actually says. Extensive background in the Bible and biblical historical cultures. Lifetime student of history, biography and general sciences. Major sources of study include Encyclopedia Britannica, the Bible, Will Durant and many different world and American historians.
Experience Hands on experience helping the homeless. Have done extensive research on Human and Civil Rights, major historical figures relating to such and how Human Rights relate to the modern American experience. Author of 3 books and over 75 released songs.
Organizations The Aberdeen Foundation www.AberdeenFoundation.org Freedom Tracks Records www.FreedomTracks.com Tennessee Songwriters Association www.tnsai.com
Publications Published Songs: www.FreedomTracks.com/songinfo.html
Published Books: www.RichardAberdeen.com
Currently writer for www.examiner.com
Education/Credentials Self-educated; Extensive studies in Bible, ancient history, American history, general sciences and related studies; main sources include Encyclopedia Britannica, Will Durant and many different world and American historians. Information available at: www.RichardAberdeen.com
Question QUESTION: I invested 500 dollars in an online business called Ad surf daily and the attorney general claimed it was a ponzi scheme and took all the money from them with no explanation to me. this was 2 years ago I can't get answers from them after calling and emailing. I get such a run around by giving me a number to call and that person says no and I should call this number and so on. I have no money for a lawyer. What can I do? Thank you.
ANSWER: If you invested a small amount of money, then I recommend that you chock it up to a learning experience that quick easy money being made on the interenet, although it has been done, does not happen very often for most people. If you invested a large amount of money, then you might consider first earning enough money and then going after them with an attorney, that is, if they have any tangible assets. I don't recommend suing people in court, as the civil law game typically results most of the time, in the courts, lawyers and judges making a good living while both plantiffs and defendants make little and often lose a lot more than they ever collect, even when they "win" their case.
As a word of caution from my own experience, there are legitimate ways to earn income on the internet, but legitimate methods typically require a great deal of time and effort on your part, the same as any other business. I myself own a profitable internet-based company, which required up to 120 hrs per week for several years to establish, including several years of face to face sales on the ground in the greater Los Angeles area. Only after several years of face face sales was I able to slowly gravitate towards becoming profitable with an internet-based buisness; I no longer sell face to face, but reaching that point was a long slow process involving working 2-3 times as many hours as I would as a regular employee for another company.
There is a vast difference between earning income legitimately and earning "easy" money based on some supposedly tried and true simplistic scheme. Most legitimate income one earns from their own business efforts requires as much or more effort on their part, than it does working for somebody else as an employee. I have two brothers who own a moving and storage company and after being in business over 30 years, even though they no longer lift furniture, they still work up to 15 hrs per day 6-7 days per week.
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QUESTION: What???? I did not ask about Internet business. I asked about the attorney general ceasing the money from a business that he had no business interfering in the first place. I have the right to waste my money on something if I want, but not give it to the attorney general. Thanks
Dan
Answer I am sorry that perhaps I misunderstood your question. I understood your question to mean that you were looking for recourse to get your money back. If you believe that the Attorney General has wrongly witheld money that rightly should go to you, then you can also take legal action against his office, but I don't recommend it, as it will likely cost you far more than you would ever get and, you would not likely win.
There are many things in life that are not fair. I had a person deliberately defraud me and even though courts ruled in my favor, the same courts would not allow me to legally attach is income after wining my case against him, even though he was clearly wrong and I was clearly not wrong. He claimed the bank account I attached actually belonged to his son and the courts sided with him, even though I had a clear paper trail documenting otherwise; the judge in my case, seemed to just want to get it off his docket without properly reviewing my documentation. This among other reasons, is why I don't recommend civil action in the United States; it is generally not worth the effort; lawyers, judges and civil courts form a sort of "civil law club" that is highly profitable to them at the expense of us the taxpaying citizens.
Other than civil action, I don't believe anybody knows how to force a state attorney's office to pony up what they may legally owe you. You can always threaten legal action without actually filing a lawsuit, which may work, but probably won't.
