Wearology
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Art Asylum Boston / Jason Zenga scammer is BACK!, by Wearology on May 8, 2012 3:04:47 GMT 1, The checks and balances of the forum worked great in this instance.
Deltaone contacted a few forum members including me about potential purchases / trades and in each case something was a bit off with their communications with us. The forum became suspicious publicly asked about them and Silky was made aware of the situation and now they are forever banned. Good job forumites on cracking the case of grounding "Delataone" sccooby snacks for all
The checks and balances of the forum worked great in this instance.
Deltaone contacted a few forum members including me about potential purchases / trades and in each case something was a bit off with their communications with us. The forum became suspicious publicly asked about them and Silky was made aware of the situation and now they are forever banned. Good job forumites on cracking the case of grounding "Delataone" sccooby snacks for all
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Shoeless
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Art Asylum Boston / Jason Zenga scammer is BACK!, by Shoeless on May 8, 2012 3:38:05 GMT 1, Very interesting to say the least.
Would you mind posting or pming me the edition number of the Parla you've bought?!
Quick story of my interaction with him last June:
Posted a WTB thread for the Parla. Received pm from him. We exchanged emails back and forth for a couple weeks. He included pics of WTL and 184th St. both framed. Also included pics of COAs with edition numbers. I wanted them unframed and he preferred to ship framed at no extra fee. This seemed a bit shady to me. In the end, I backed out of the deal. Just didn't feel right.
At the time, I hadn't been collecting for as long as many other members so I had no idea of his past.
I still have all the emails from him, including all pics of prints/framing/coas and even a contact phone number he had given me to finalize our deal.
Not sure what the story is now. Should we consider possible fakes circulating?! I surely hope not.
As I said, if you wouldn't mind, post the ed. # or pm me. Id be curious to know if they are the same from a year ago.
Best wishes on this working out for you.
Very interesting to say the least.
Would you mind posting or pming me the edition number of the Parla you've bought?!
Quick story of my interaction with him last June:
Posted a WTB thread for the Parla. Received pm from him. We exchanged emails back and forth for a couple weeks. He included pics of WTL and 184th St. both framed. Also included pics of COAs with edition numbers. I wanted them unframed and he preferred to ship framed at no extra fee. This seemed a bit shady to me. In the end, I backed out of the deal. Just didn't feel right.
At the time, I hadn't been collecting for as long as many other members so I had no idea of his past.
I still have all the emails from him, including all pics of prints/framing/coas and even a contact phone number he had given me to finalize our deal.
Not sure what the story is now. Should we consider possible fakes circulating?! I surely hope not.
As I said, if you wouldn't mind, post the ed. # or pm me. Id be curious to know if they are the same from a year ago.
Best wishes on this working out for you.
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Phear Loathing
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Art Asylum Boston / Jason Zenga scammer is BACK!, by Phear Loathing on May 8, 2012 5:58:34 GMT 1, Shit I almost bought a parka from him but backed out as he seemed a bit off.
Shit I almost bought a parka from him but backed out as he seemed a bit off.
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pelle
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Art Asylum Boston / Jason Zenga scammer is BACK!, by pelle on May 8, 2012 7:26:12 GMT 1, The forum became suspicious publicly asked about them and Silky was made aware of the situation and now they are forever banned.
"Forever" meaning until he changes his IP address. So let's not get too comfortable here.
The forum became suspicious publicly asked about them and Silky was made aware of the situation and now they are forever banned. "Forever" meaning until he changes his IP address. So let's not get too comfortable here. |
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volvic
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Art Asylum Boston / Jason Zenga scammer is BACK!, by volvic on May 8, 2012 9:56:49 GMT 1, cant believe piece is shit is still roaming around...nice one on warning others.
cant believe piece is shit is still roaming around...nice one on warning others.
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Philpenn
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Art Asylum Boston / Jason Zenga scammer is BACK!, by Philpenn on May 8, 2012 13:00:31 GMT 1, Can't wait for the day I get to read about this jit-bag getting busted.
Can't wait for the day I get to read about this jit-bag getting busted.
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Art Asylum Boston / Jason Zenga scammer is BACK!, by Deleted on May 8, 2012 14:05:44 GMT 1, Okay, so he's been outted, at least for the moment. But riddle me this: what do I have in my possession that cost me 1.5k (yup, yup, yup, that's what i bank transferred to the guy, stupid me)? I have the COA for the print in question, numbers matching. I have the bill of sale from Elms Lesters. As I said, the name and address on the bill belong to Jason Zenga, eventhough he tried to ink the info out. I think maybe he did that so when he put the print up for sale with photos, no one would see the name and go, uh oh! If that's the case, then maybe I didn't get ripped off and the Parla is genuine. Wishful thinking? Yeah, probably. I am going to email EL and see what their records say. Hey, in the end, if i'm super duper lucky, maybe all this will just add to the backstory of this particular print and make it more valuable. Yeah, right.
I really hope EL can ease your worries..
On the other hand, copying that particular Jose Parla print? That seems like a very hard job to me? I have only seen those prints once, but I remember the printing is a top quality job, not something your local xerox shop can do for you. You can check the dimensions (measure carefully) and maybe compare the ink quality to someone else who has that print that lives close to you? Sure some forum member is willing to help you with this.
Not saying it is impossible to fake these prints, but it will be very, very hard.
Good luck anyway. If I see him in Boston I'll faceslap him for you 
Okay, so he's been outted, at least for the moment. But riddle me this: what do I have in my possession that cost me 1.5k (yup, yup, yup, that's what i bank transferred to the guy, stupid me)? I have the COA for the print in question, numbers matching. I have the bill of sale from Elms Lesters. As I said, the name and address on the bill belong to Jason Zenga, eventhough he tried to ink the info out. I think maybe he did that so when he put the print up for sale with photos, no one would see the name and go, uh oh! If that's the case, then maybe I didn't get ripped off and the Parla is genuine. Wishful thinking? Yeah, probably. I am going to email EL and see what their records say. Hey, in the end, if i'm super duper lucky, maybe all this will just add to the backstory of this particular print and make it more valuable. Yeah, right. I really hope EL can ease your worries.. On the other hand, copying that particular Jose Parla print? That seems like a very hard job to me? I have only seen those prints once, but I remember the printing is a top quality job, not something your local xerox shop can do for you. You can check the dimensions (measure carefully) and maybe compare the ink quality to someone else who has that print that lives close to you? Sure some forum member is willing to help you with this. Not saying it is impossible to fake these prints, but it will be very, very hard. Good luck anyway. If I see him in Boston I'll faceslap him for you |
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lifeonwalls
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Art Asylum Boston / Jason Zenga scammer is BACK!, by lifeonwalls on May 8, 2012 14:18:36 GMT 1, Very hard to copy those prints. Even if you managed to copy the giclee part you'd still have to get the layer(s) that were screened. Pretty sure all three of the elms prints have spots where the screened lines go outside of the giclee border. That'd be a good place to start while you wait to hear from EL.
Very hard to copy those prints. Even if you managed to copy the giclee part you'd still have to get the layer(s) that were screened. Pretty sure all three of the elms prints have spots where the screened lines go outside of the giclee border. That'd be a good place to start while you wait to hear from EL.
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Art Asylum Boston / Jason Zenga scammer is BACK!, by thelifevicarious on May 9, 2012 0:29:01 GMT 1, Saw linter's link to my blog. Weird about Zenga still being with Dorine Coello or using her name, because Juli Cyhan, his other girlfriend, is telling everyone she's the mother of Kayden, Jason's baby.
An artist named Julie Zarate sent me this e-mail - link below - a few weeks ago after Juli Cyhan e-mailed her saying her and Zenga's baby has "Aplasia cutis congenita" and would Zarate create and donate a work of art incorporating her son's name. Cyhan said a lot of other well known artists had already agreed to do it.
www.thelifevicarious.com/the_life_vicarious/2011/12/jason-zenga-juliann-cyhan-not-in-jail-getting-married.html
Zarate Googled them and refused to do it, then she e-mailed me wondering if any of the artists mentioned in Cyhan's e-mail really agreed to participate, or if Cyhan made that up too. I reached out to Parra and he said Zenga showed up at one of his openings, and since he usually does a little drawing for anyone who asks for an autograph he agreed to work the name Kayden into the drawing. He didn't know anything about Zenga and Cyhan's backstory, or that his name was going around in an e-mail Cyhan sent out, just that a fan standing before him wanted an autograph.
Don't know if the baby or the baby's illness are real, but Zenga did used to tell people he had a heart defect and he used that story to set up his fake charity auction in New York and rip off the American Heart Association. I try not to think the worst, but who knows. And a couple years ago, on one of these or the KidRobot boards people talked about him producing fake prints so this wouldn't surprise me.
Saw linter's link to my blog. Weird about Zenga still being with Dorine Coello or using her name, because Juli Cyhan, his other girlfriend, is telling everyone she's the mother of Kayden, Jason's baby. An artist named Julie Zarate sent me this e-mail - link below - a few weeks ago after Juli Cyhan e-mailed her saying her and Zenga's baby has "Aplasia cutis congenita" and would Zarate create and donate a work of art incorporating her son's name. Cyhan said a lot of other well known artists had already agreed to do it. www.thelifevicarious.com/the_life_vicarious/2011/12/jason-zenga-juliann-cyhan-not-in-jail-getting-married.htmlZarate Googled them and refused to do it, then she e-mailed me wondering if any of the artists mentioned in Cyhan's e-mail really agreed to participate, or if Cyhan made that up too. I reached out to Parra and he said Zenga showed up at one of his openings, and since he usually does a little drawing for anyone who asks for an autograph he agreed to work the name Kayden into the drawing. He didn't know anything about Zenga and Cyhan's backstory, or that his name was going around in an e-mail Cyhan sent out, just that a fan standing before him wanted an autograph. Don't know if the baby or the baby's illness are real, but Zenga did used to tell people he had a heart defect and he used that story to set up his fake charity auction in New York and rip off the American Heart Association. I try not to think the worst, but who knows. And a couple years ago, on one of these or the KidRobot boards people talked about him producing fake prints so this wouldn't surprise me. |
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tsteve
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February 2012
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Art Asylum Boston / Jason Zenga scammer is BACK!, by tsteve on May 9, 2012 19:00:27 GMT 1, These assh**es sound like real pieces of work. This whole story should be spread far and wide, so that other unsuspecting people are warned not to do business with them, or get caught up in one of their scams.
These assh**es sound like real pieces of work. This whole story should be spread far and wide, so that other unsuspecting people are warned not to do business with them, or get caught up in one of their scams.
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fat25
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Art Asylum Boston / Jason Zenga scammer is BACK!, by fat25 on Dec 25, 2016 1:03:26 GMT 1, A month ago, he's reached me out offering to sell Takashi Murakami presale figures and skate decks... I've offered to make the payment for the decks by paypal, he's convinced me he had some problems with paypal and tried making it on etsy which eventually didn't work (etsy people stopped the transaction but didn't warn me specifically!!)
Anyways, I was so fool and naive that I've wired him the amount, then... after a while he got lost and all blacked out!!! though now that I know his bank account details, and specifically recorded the description of the business on the transaction, I'll chase after him, filing a lawsuit and definitely try having him imprisoned! He is a crook that reaches out people from the Social Media and he has an extensive knowledge on street art etc. I've met him on Insta and only after I'm conned I understood nooke knows him and most of his followers are fake, he's a scam artist and need help to cage him!!!
I'll keep on chasing after him and appreciate any extra informations, his phone number, past revords related with him or any help to end this mf's ripping decent people...
A month ago, he's reached me out offering to sell Takashi Murakami presale figures and skate decks... I've offered to make the payment for the decks by paypal, he's convinced me he had some problems with paypal and tried making it on etsy which eventually didn't work (etsy people stopped the transaction but didn't warn me specifically!!)
Anyways, I was so fool and naive that I've wired him the amount, then... after a while he got lost and all blacked out!!! though now that I know his bank account details, and specifically recorded the description of the business on the transaction, I'll chase after him, filing a lawsuit and definitely try having him imprisoned! He is a crook that reaches out people from the Social Media and he has an extensive knowledge on street art etc. I've met him on Insta and only after I'm conned I understood nooke knows him and most of his followers are fake, he's a scam artist and need help to cage him!!!
I'll keep on chasing after him and appreciate any extra informations, his phone number, past revords related with him or any help to end this mf's ripping decent people...
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fat25
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Art Asylum Boston / Jason Zenga scammer is BACK!, by fat25 on Jan 2, 2017 21:51:53 GMT 1, As mentioned previously just got conned by Zenga a while ago... He's reached me out from Instagram offering to sell the new Murakami DOB's and skate decks... After a long conversation he's convinced me not to use paypal, and I've wired the amount into his bank account. After weeks, I've realized his insta account was full of shit, no genuine followers or else...
After a long radio silence!... Recently he's reached me out and said he's legit, will refund back the money and put me off with trumped excuses... I'm planning to file a FBI case against him, don't care to spend 10x more than what he's stolen from me!...
Anyone has any clues regarding this crook, pls distribute this message and appreciate to gather any additional information regarding this thief!!! Insta: fat2505 or firat@medyapunto.com
As mentioned previously just got conned by Zenga a while ago... He's reached me out from Instagram offering to sell the new Murakami DOB's and skate decks... After a long conversation he's convinced me not to use paypal, and I've wired the amount into his bank account. After weeks, I've realized his insta account was full of shit, no genuine followers or else...
After a long radio silence!... Recently he's reached me out and said he's legit, will refund back the money and put me off with trumped excuses... I'm planning to file a FBI case against him, don't care to spend 10x more than what he's stolen from me!...
Anyone has any clues regarding this crook, pls distribute this message and appreciate to gather any additional information regarding this thief!!! Insta: fat2505 or firat@medyapunto.com
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