Why don't we ask the Rand family of Aspen Exploration, Wave Energy, Sentry Energy Production LLC to name a few of the scam companies they ran about "how it works"... as all of the men in that family have plead guilty to stealing 68 million dollars from investors in oil and gas fraud and one of the largest Ponzi schemes recently perpetrated.
I've never heard of any investor who ever made money in the Barnett Shale... except of course for your "happy investors."
It's people like you, the Rands, and every other oil company cold-calling that has caused untold numbers of investors to have their money stolen. From the cold-caller to the the CEO, they all know there is no way in hell that the investor has any shot at a return on their investment from the moment they punch the numbers to get through to a potential investor. Yet all that you scammers can offer is "they knew the risks when they invested and are just crying like babies now that their money is gone." Their money isn't gone. It's in your personal bank accounts for exotic cars, strip clubs, narcotics, and gambling binges in Las Vegas.
While we are at it, why don't we ask Mr Barber of T-bar Resources "how it's done." I guess he won't be able to comment ...unless they have internet at Club Fed for the next 99 years.
Based on all of these facts, common sense dictates that you will be next. And I hope you get 99 years like Mr Barber. That is unless you [removed:lang] out like the men in the Rand Family and plead guilty for a mere 20 years. That's a pretty stiff sentence for "a parking ticket."
I'm now taking bets as to how long it will take Antoinette Rand, Maryann Rand and Anne Rand of Sentry Energy Production LLC to join their men behind bars where they belong. There's getting to be quite a long line of "parking offenders" in the state and federal prison system. Fact is, the chances of any investor recouping their investment money from a cold call from an oil and gas boiler room is about as probable as turning a goat into a thoroughbred and winning the Kentucky Derby.
Regal Energy LLC of Plano TX called trying to sell working interest a Barnett Shale gas well. The COLD CALL to me was a violation of Federal Securities Law. Barnett Shale is a very good way to lose your money.
"For the record it is illegal to cold call the 'public' on 'private' investments in oil and gas, or any other investment.
Engaging in cold calling invalidates Regulation D Exemptions (or any other exemption) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commisison, because those exemptions are conditional upon compliance with private securities regulations. One of which is...no cold calling or any other such public advertising of a private investment."
You have a lot to learn. A Ponzi scheme sends out 'revenue' checks and drilling reports, etc. to appear as a legitmate incompany. So do an Internet search and look up ULRIC SWEESY, Register Number: 50705-060Docket Number: 07-CR-00169(4) and one of his accomplises, Blake Cummmings Register Number: 14535-078Docket Number: 07-CR-00142(4). These two crooks scammed over 36 million dollars in just three years under the guise of Quality Petroleum Oil, Inc., Americana Corp and Americ-Q corp operating out of Texas and California. These guys are now in prison, thanks to one person who contacted the FBI, but the investors will not likely ever see a penny in return.