Author: James C Harwood
Date:   03-22-06 19:40

Update…

I used Google Earth to zoom in on the claimed address of Dominic LaPaglia, 8217 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212, and it appears to be the middle of a somewhat complicated intersection of streets. Reverse directory did not identify any person or business at that exact address, as if it is false. Reverse lookup on his phone number 310-989-8878 shows it is a cell phone out of Gardena, CA.

I used Google Earth to zoom in on the claimed address of Scott Rhodes, 859 N. Hollywood Way #128, Burbank, CA 91505-2814, and it appears to be a building in a commercial/industrial area with trucks backed up to loading docks. Reverse directory did not identify any person or business at that exact address as if it is false. Reverse lookup on his phone number 310-098-9999 indicates it is a false number –no such prefix.

Google Earth is FUN.

A posting, last year, at another message board website, indicates Scott Rhodes and Dominic LaPaglia are the same person, but not proved. It is interesting that the ISP for Scott Rhodes has its HQ in Atlanta, GA, instead of anywhere near his claimed location in CA. Reviewing the reply messages at the other message board, it looks like the person who tried to warn everyone about the scam took an unreasonable beating, even from people who should have praised him for his efforts to try to save everyone from being ripped off.

If it isn’t a scam, then in my opinion it is at a minimum an extremely unprofessional operation that should be avoided. No contact information at the website; no phone number, no street address, no email address. No information on owner or personnel. He apparently uses other people to spam potential targets, and always with emails that appear to have false header information.
There are too many dead end domains and email addresses involved with one simple online business, and that is a fact.

Whoever decided to target me got my name and email address from finding it at Writers.net, I know because of the particular email address used to contact me at. But then failed to read my information and see that I already got the book published –by two different means –POD and separately an ebook. And I know that no traditional agent or book publisher would dare touch it now. But it could still be sold to someone wanting to turn it into a move, although very unlikely at this point. I’m not waiting for Tim Burton to call me, but he would be first choice for that option. So there really isn’t anything eQueryonline can do for me, even if it is real and not a scam.

James C. Harwood,
Wichita, KS