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Steve said:
What a sack of turds this D-bag is. Hard to belive anyone could get away with such blatent theft. Thanks for letting us know about this douche.
(apologies to all douches out there for besmirching your name by calling him a douche)
WINNER!! ::   +7

Poop Chute Reply:
November 6th, 2010 at 8:26 am
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@Steve, I agree. This is outright theft. No. Make that outright arrogant theft.
But — what’s that photo of Lex Luthor wearing a Superman t-shirt got to do with it?
LOSER!! ::   -6

Murlu Reply:
November 8th, 2010 at 12:17 am
@Steve
Steve! Didn’t know you were a fan of the Droid too – niiiiiiice!
  +3

Vern Reply:
March 1st, 2011 at 3:14 am
@Steve, Yes, “theft” is what this is. Watching the news report, his attitude seems to be, “this money is mine, you can’t have it!”
Harward seems to be the one most nakedly unapologetic for taking people’s money and not delivering the promised product and service. As with all of these sleazy cretins, the transaction is front loaded. They take your money up front and then you have to rely on their integrity to get anything for it.
The obvious problem is, none of these masturbating fuckballs have any. Once they have your money their interest in you plummets.
Charlie Munger said in a speech a few years ago that he was in the top 5% of his cohort for understanding how incentives drive peoples’ behavior, and even then, he never ceases to be amazed at how much he has underestimated it.
The basic bargain that is being struck (give me $1000 and oh … I p-r-o-m-i-s-e I really will show you how to xxx, and I’ll give you caoching and, we’ll have a forum, and bullshit bullshit …) is a part of the problem. Your money in their hands, none of the fuckfaces have any incentive to deliver on their promises.
So once these shitweasels have their big payday and cum all over themselves, all you are left with as the customer is the empty void in these fuckwits where their character would go, if they had any.
The worst thing, which Salty is onto, is the damage they cause in society. The desperate straits many face once they hand over what often amounts to the last money they have … it’s unforgivable.
Harwood should go to jail, along with the rest of these predatious assholes!
  +2
# 5 November 2010 at 5:29 am

John Woyne said:
Yeah, about Matt … I feel for it hook, line, and sinker. Dude is a lying sack of shit.
WINNER!! ::   +20
# 5 November 2010 at 5:42 am

rob sellen said:
wow!!!
I have no idea who that man is, nor do I want to, but 300 grand!! WTF.
Then again, why are people so gullible to pay 1000 bucks for… a fucking phone call?!
I am amazed.
  +5

Unicorn Army Reply:
November 5th, 2010 at 8:26 am
@rob sellen, who among us can possibly resist the temptation of wicked-hyphen-cool methods?
  +4

rob sellen Reply:
November 5th, 2010 at 10:34 am
@Unicorn Army, Oh-sorry-about-that :)
  +2
# 5 November 2010 at 5:56 am

Hal (the original Hal) said:
Coaching fraud has been in vogue for awhile now and sadly it goes on all the time.
I made a post on the telltale signs of coaching scams somewhere on Droid’s blog (just can’t remember which story it was) that may help someone avoid the pain.
Kudos to Chris Morris for not signing the NDA and to the victims who organized.
Time to step up to the plate Droid. :-)
Sic ‘em!
WINNER!! ::   +7
# 5 November 2010 at 7:41 am

SaltyDroid for President said:
Good morning Salty! Another excellent post, but ewwww that picture of Harward, does the man ever get out of his house and see the light of day? Maybe he should seek some medical care, he does not look healthy. But then again, he’s gotta be sick to rob people like this.
300,000$ is a lot of money, and this Matt Harward tops them all. At least Andy Jenkins pretended to make a product with a decoy program, Pattie O’bryan creates wish dolls, but this guy is just flat out pathetic. What a sad loser.
Ya know the more I come on this site, Salty, the less I want to buy anything, especially when it comes to courses. Instead, I’ve followed the recommended links by other comments and have found a lot more useful info on the free sites than anything I’ve ever paid for.
Salty, keep up the good work. This is true community service.
WINNER!! ::   +9
# 5 November 2010 at 8:25 am

Ryan Healy said:
Awesome post. Somehow, I think Matt Harward is going to get more than his 15 minutes. Just a hunch.
WINNER!! ::   +15
# 5 November 2010 at 8:57 am

Burn in hell Kern said:
Do you notice that these phoney self-help guru’s all have a “template” to the way they speak and communicate, even when they’re not selling fraudulent bullshit?
It’s as if they never leave scam mode.
Instead of talking like a damned normal person, this guy in this video with his:
“There’s a small group that think I’m the devil”.
And then he breaks into his guru-format of posing questions and then answering them.
“Do I like that? No…. Does it give me sleepless nights? Yeah it does… Does it give me heartburn? Yeah it does…”
To think these are our modern “wordsmiths” who make their living by use of the word and nothing else.
How shoddy with words they are!
WINNER!! ::   +22

Mike Reply:
November 5th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
So true… As a matter of fact this guy had his own radio show somewhere. At least that is what he told us. I don’t know the details of it. But he is a professional speaker as you can tell.
  +2

spoonfaceboy Reply:
November 5th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
@Burn in hell Kern,
A gaping mouth at the point of lie is one telltale sign of a unprofessional liar.
Lips parted as he feigned heartache made it easy to know, without knowing, that this guy is a fraud.
  +3

Mathias Reply:
November 6th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
@Burn in hell Kern,
Yep, They follow a script and can’t tell the difference between what they say and what they really do. Talking is their main business, and they are not even good at it.
What’s really weird is when You wake up and begin to realize, hey! These guys all talk like fucking shitweazels. (And I do mean all of them.)
The guru-talk that used to hook you in, now seems fluffy, bizarre and a little desperate.
What succes means to these gurus is getting your money. As much aspossible
In the fake-guru mans world. The end always justify the means, even if that involves stealing and lying.
  +2
# 5 November 2010 at 9:06 am

Ripped said:
As one of the IMW (I M Wanting a Refund) members, I have to agree with SD4P, this experience has reinforced the concept that ANYONE can basically rip off hundreds of people for thousands of dollars, promising the world and delivering nothing. And what avenues of recourse do we have? We can basically blog about it, post our experience in scam forums, report them to BBB, and even take it offline to local (to them) television stations. But does that fore them to do what’s right? Not even. In his mind, he made good on his promise, and owes us nothing more. He’ll never admit that he charged a grand for the opportunity to hear him ramble about miscellaneous stuff (if you ever listen to one of his “training webinars” you’ll see how scatter-brained he is), and some bug-ridden software that doesn’t perform as was initially promised.
In the online world reputation obviously means NOTHING. But then, why should it? You can simply reinvent yourself as “Chris Y”, or “Senor X” or whatever, and be right back in the game. Every day that goes by and he doesn’t offer a refund just smacks with the arrogant, holier-than-thou attitude associated with these online scam artists. I mean he was exposed on television (with the video being archived for all to see long into the future), and did he offer to make good? Not. He’s already spent the money taking his family to Hawaii this summer. (Yeah… he actually suggested a membership party in Hawaii for all his successful participants… funny, he’s the only one who went!)
The ONLY way to make this right is to give the money back. If he did offer anything of value, at least then he could truthfully say, “I learned a lot from this”, instead of 300+ people saying that statement with true remorse.
WINNER!! ::   +22

WN Reply:
November 5th, 2010 at 10:08 am
@Ripped,
You seem to be under the impression that this cocksucker Harward cares. He’s a psychopath just like the rest of them. 1% of the human population are born psychopaths (according to Wikipedia). Most of them are non-violent, but still they have zero empathy, compassion, or feeling for fellow human beings. Most cutthroat businessmen, not to mention politicians, are non-violent psychopaths totally indifferent to their raping of others. Psychopaths are glib, charming, and relentlessly convincing salespeople. Right up until they stick their dick in your ass and choke you to death.
The only thing we can do to combat these human defects and societal glitches is to live our lives counter to what these fucks stand for, which is living our lives with love, compassion, heart, and genuine emotion. And also support the hard work of the Salty Droid. That’s a good start.
Money only buys happiness up to the point of a comfortable existence. When a millionaire steals $300,000 just because he knows he can, you know you’re dealing with a psychopath. Let’s burn the shitbag.
WINNER!! ::   +23

SaltyDroid for President Reply:
November 5th, 2010 at 10:25 am
@WN, what self respecting scamming or non-scamming millionaire would be surprised to have managed to scam $300,000 out of people? $300,000 is child’s play compared to millions. The man is not a millionaire. He’s not even an “aire” of anything.
Addiction is a common disease among people who aim to make fast and easy money. The addiction to rip off people and the addiction to spend. These guys cannot manage the money they do make and usually end up in debt anyway. Then, they turn around and try to scam some more to pay off those debts, only to end up spending more than they scammed in, the cycle repeats all over again.
  +4

WN Reply:
November 5th, 2010 at 11:05 am
@SaltyDroid for President,
Yeah, I was definitely thinking psychopath, but then again, addiction can be an even greater force, and more common.
Either way, let’s rip his head off.
  +3

WN Reply:
November 5th, 2010 at 12:49 pm
@WN,
I found an article on the addiction to money. Turns out the same neurons used in the thrill of making money are the same ones activated during orgasm and snorting cocaine.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Addicted-to-sex-and-money-17638.shtml
I guess this proves that addiction to money is a real affliction and that it activates our reward centers more powerfully than we’d like to admit. WTF?
  +2

Burn in hell Kern Reply:
November 5th, 2010 at 2:30 pm
@WN,
Because money is equated to survival today, and the acquisition of large sums is equated to privilege to reproduce (a quality home, vehicle, kids, a decent life, costs a lot more than it used to, and most people don’t work jobs in modern America to make this happen today, as they say, the middle class is wiped out).
A lot of these internet marketing people, if you get them on an honest level, you’ll see their emotional side come out when they talk about how they hated their boss at their cruddy job which they worked full-time.
I’m not a psychologist, but I’ve seen the effect in person. When you look at a lot of these internet marketing type sites, it’s the same types. People that work 10-20/hr office type jobs. A lot of them are smart enough to see the discomfort those around them have trying to have a life, family, etc, on aggressive loans and debt.
“Debt collection” is an unfortunately booming industry. :(
And thus, you see these aspiring “internet marketers” wanting to break free from that, who feel “I’d work full time if it could just afford me a decent home and vehicle without being sucker to some bank and loans and debt”.
NOBODY WANTS IT. And most people even have it from the usurous student loan industry, these kids that automatically jump on that treadmill like cattle being lead into a barn.
Anyway. That’s what happens. And it turns into greed. These people work these miserable jobs for slave wages, and then money – which should be an exchange of value and a means of comfort attainable by any hard worker – becomes an obsession. They bust ass, get bossed around, at at the end of the week, see a check that 20% is going into their apartment rent and gas tank and utilities and necessities. Their own home bought on their own money hardly enters their mind.
They get in their car that is falling apart, go to their apartment that is mediocre, standard clothes. They feel like lifeless clones.
So what happens? They go nuts. Ruthless. Cold. Their junk car makes them run to the other extreme. “I NEED A LAMBORGHINI TO JUSTIFY THIS MISERY”. They put lamborghini’s in their avatars and icons on these internet marketing forums. I NEED A GIANT MCMANSION TO JUSTIFY THE MISERY IN THIS LITTLE APARTMENT, EVEN THOUGH I WON’T USE IT ALL. They put giant mcmansions in their avatars and signature banners on these internet marketing forums.
I’m certainly not justifying any of this. But we are humans. And this behavior we see is a result. These people weren’t born assholes. They were bred into assholedom.
The world shouldn’t be that way. Not necessarily that everyone should be able to afford a good home in cash, but the economic situation, both with jobs, and with people being told “Want a 100K good home for raising a family? Well here’s a 30-year loan that will cost $227K when you’re done”.
That is what drives people to be ruthless. That and other monstrosities of higher-level greed like outsourcing, etc.
In reality, these internet marketers are the byproduct of a very decayed but once beautiful system.
When the middle class is eroded, you get the people this blog covers.
As I said, no justification. I think a lot needs to change. But this blog and blogs like it certainly serve a valuable purpose when people have their finger on the trigger because some “guru” just wordplayed them into almost hitting the buy button, or if they find this and then feel empowered to refund.
WINNER!! ::   +17

Mathias Reply:
November 8th, 2010 at 9:18 am
@WN,
Some people who are bored and feel frustrated about their current situation, go to the extremes.
They hate living in a world they they feel left out by a ruthless system and so they get really dangerous and aggresive and decide to fight back and prove themself. Like a Me vs. the world scenario.
In the beginning, They might convince themself that they fight against bullshit and the society that never cared for them.
The problem is they end up working not against the bad stuff in the world and society. Instead they become part of it. So now, they must do everything to protect themself from those who actually do want to play fair, those who do want to create and contribute to a better world.
They also tend to start making fun of these people and their mundane life, not in a comic fun way, but to put them down so they can feel superior.
The ego begins to kick in.
And it ends up hurting a lot of people.
They’ve fallen in love with creating a story about how they challenge conformity and fight for freedom. Now as “business people” they use that story to sell stuff(fraud)
When internet surfers (often) desperate ones’s who are looking for something to solve their problems find the snakeoil salesman masked as a rebel.
Because they want the magic blue pill they begin to adapt the associations that was carefully crafted within the snakeoil salesman’s marketing material.
The person see it and go: “He is just like me, he used to struggle, now he is cool, he overcame his problems, he can help me do the same”
The desperate internet surfer transforms into a cult-like worshipping follower and a totally irrational impluse customer, constanlty buying fake rebels stuff, because in his world the fake rebel is now a guru
Fake rebel used Marketing to turn himself into a guru and so the fake guru was born.
The product The Fake Guru advertises is packaged information.
The Fraud lies is not in the fact that the product/ packaged information doesn’t do shit.
(Lots of packaged stuff turns out not to do shit)
No the real fraud lies in the fact that the information + the product(information product) doesn’t even come close to generate the results it was promised to generate if you “implmented” and “took action” on it.
Meaning Big Big Lie and deception.
The nitty gritty examples of crime and fraud can be found in the:
Statistical lies about how much product x generated in 30 days, etc. + the fake testimonials. + How the product doesn’t work technically the way it was “supposed” to + The personal stuff the seller tells you about himself in order to “establish” trust, conncetion and admiration.
Things about:
His past, background, events that happened to him, but didn’t really happen to him, lies about his family, his wife, how much he works, etc.
And then some really, really ugly ones, like refusal to pay refunds, forced hidden continuity and hard-sell telemarketing call ups from thrid parties happening without full disclosure.
And the most evil of them all, murder
( James Arthur Ray )
How do people end up that way and stay that way?
Maybe it’s because they feel invinsible,
Anyway, Salty Droid is proof that they are anything but. These shammers are weaklings who must be charged for their wrongdoing(Or should i say crime)
And maybe when carma comes and bites them in the ass, let’s hope, (at least i will) that it taught them a valuable lesson.
Though shall not steal and though shall not murder.
  +2

Mike Reply:
November 5th, 2010 at 1:12 pm
@WN,
Wow, you just summed up the book called: The Sociopath Next Door
“Dr. Stout says that as many as 4% of the population are conscienceless sociopaths who have no empathy or affectionate feelings for humans or animals. As Stout (The Myth of Sanity) explains, a sociopath is defined as someone who displays at least three of seven distinguishing characteristics, such as deceitfulness, impulsivity and a lack of remorse. Such people often have a superficial charm, which they exercise ruthlessly in order to get what they want.”
Everyone go to Amazon and do yourself a favor and get this book. It tells you how to identify and avoid these scum before they ruin your life.
WINNER!! ::   +9

Eric Graudins Reply:
November 6th, 2010 at 7:50 pm
And while you’re at it, buy “Influence – The Psychology of Persuasion” by Dr. Robert Cialdini.
You’ll learn about 6 things that are “hardwired” into us all, and which many marketers use ruthlessly to influence our purchasing decisions.
When you recognise these, the sales pitches you see all around you will have less effect.
regards,
Eric G.
  +5

michael webster Reply:
November 5th, 2010 at 2:41 pm
@WN, there are various estimations about the base rate of psychopaths -ranging anywhere from 2-4%. Clearly, the conditional rates, ie you must be a psychopathy if you …, are the ones we are interested in.
  +2

Will Reply:
November 5th, 2010 at 6:44 pm
@WN, Fucken OATH bro! Well said!
  +1
# 5 November 2010 at 9:24 am

This is Sparta said:
I am also one of the 300
Some of us are keeping in touch. We should call ourselves Internet Marketing Spartans and deal with Matt Harward (Xerxes?)
Thanks Salty for exposing this motherfucker Matt Harward and his misleading shady ways
WINNER!! ::   +16
# 5 November 2010 at 10:21 am

joseph bison said:
The wierd thing about all this is that he had alot of respect and admiration from many people involved in IM.
He could of made so much more money in the long run if he organised himself better, but to ignore emails and phone calls pretty disrespectfull to his members.
The one thing that tops it off is what you pointed ..
“I also want to make it clear, I’ve learned a lot from this. I won’t ever do this this way again …”
That’s cool. He won’t ever steal the cash equivalent of a Lamborghini again … just this once. Just this once he’ll collect $300,000 in return for NOTHING … and then walk off into the fucking sunset. In the future he won’t do it this way.
The is so sad that he wont make things right which is unforgivable, we could partly forgive him if he put the effort in and delivered on his promises.
Matt if your reading this come out of your shell and make things right prepare the metarial you promised, organise yourself and try to atleast redeem yourself.
  0

Slowly Waking Reply:
November 5th, 2010 at 10:58 am
@joseph bison, “The wierd thing about all this is that he had alot of respect and admiration from many people involved in IM.”
That’s like winning an award at the pedophile convention!
WINNER!! ::   +11

Jack Reply:
November 5th, 2010 at 8:19 pm
@joseph bison, I think maybe it’s like in the Natural Born Killers movie when Micky kills the kind Indian and let’s Mallory know that “it was just an accident, OK?”
  +4
# 5 November 2010 at 10:33 am

Fake Blogger said:
Matt’s last blog post was Nov 14, 2009.
Seems like the window for adding new material to his site has closed….
FB
  +2
# 5 November 2010 at 10:39 am

Chris Morris said:
First off I would like to say “Thank You” to The Salty Droid for taking this story and sharing it with everyone! Reading the story here doesn’t do justice to what Matt Harward has done to everyone in the IMWarfare group and what that means to the IM community but it means that one less person who reads this will be duped by Matt Harward which is good for me.
Take this story and share it guys. Don’t just read it and say “Yeah they should have known better” or “What kind of idiot would fall for that” because it does happen to very intelligent people.
The more we share and comment this story the more chance we have to stop Matt Harward from abusing innocent people like this. I would love to see legal action taken against this guy for what he’s done. I don’t know how else to help these guys who I consider my friends.
But thank you all for helping keep this alive and fresh in peoples minds and I appreciate all your help and support!
WINNER!! ::   +25

surfkook Reply:
November 6th, 2010 at 8:39 am
@Chris Morris,
Any suggestions on how we too can recover our $1000 loss?
Do you have any phone #’s, personal email, or way to get in contact with Matt?
thanks
  +2
# 5 November 2010 at 11:06 am

Slowly Waking said:
General Q: is it common for scamholes to use fake NDAs when fighting refunds? I got money back after a long struggle, but the fake secretaries kept coming up with made-up “legal” bullshit along the way. I haven’t said the asshole’s name, mainly because I don’t trust him, but now I want to sing like a canary because a simple refund should not require bullshit NDAs.
  +3

SD Reply:
November 5th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
@Slowly Waking ::
Send me a copy of the NDA … and I’ll give you my free opinion on its enforceability. But as a general rule … none of the these douche bags … including the one you particularly don’t like … could afford to bring an enforcement action for breach of an NDA … a suit for which you could expect to win little or no damages.

Slowly Waking Reply:
November 7th, 2010 at 12:19 pm
@SD, thank you very much for the offer. But I didn’t even get an actual fake NDA! All I got was “if we [sic] give your money back, you’ll promise never to mention this transaction.” Kinda unenforceable, I’d say.
  +1
# 5 November 2010 at 11:12 am

Matt BrainScrew said:
For those of you who did not get to experience the pleasure of Matt Harward as Matt Harward, I give to you.
Highlights from “Wealth and Abundance” Matt Harward Email to Braintrust Memebers
11/17/09
He is excited and can’t believe how well the scam went off without a hitch. Unbelievable that 300 people fell for it right away, was only expecting 25-30 peeps.
11/17/09
Two more emails go out. Matt wants to know what you can teach him. We should have seen the forshadowing – Matt knows jack.
11/18/09
First webinar, good times
11/30/09
Matt shares that the last 2 weeks have been really wild (especially with all that money coming in). At least there is promise of great things to come. From the horse’s mouth: “In December I am focusing on building a core marketing business with speed and flexibility. This is the foundation that we’ll build everything else from.”
12/03/09
Another webinar. Matt informs that people that these “Basic Training” webinars are for you. Translation = he can talk about anything he wants and jump from subject to subject at will. Good luck getting anything out of what he has to say.
12/09/09
Another webinar. Here comes the promised foundation. Plus, all of the tools will be available for download after the webinar.
12/14/09
Now it’s time for the excuses. Quoted from the horses mouth: “Oops. I got a little ahead of myself in the last webinar. And
it’s taking me longer than I anticipated to get my internal tools
ready for you. I’m still working on them.”
No problem, a bonus webinar to confuse the hell out of you.
07/17/10
Notice that we have a nice little 7 month gap. No worries, Matt is back from his summer travels and has some major news. But can’t tell you about it till next week. He appreciates all fo the calls, emails, and messages he has received (asking for refunds).
07/22/10
Damn, our fearless leader had to attend a funeral – unexpected no less (don’t these people have any courtesy). Thank goodness this email was sent because on the 27th, you will be able to download the tools. Even better, every week there will be a software release.
07/28/10
From the horse’s mouth (or the donkey’s ass) – “Yeah! You can finally download the IMWarfare.com analytics
viewer software. I can hardly believe I get to write this email
at last ;-)”.
Unfortunately, the support site ordered from Quality Unit has to be setup by hand (didn’t know they did stuff by hand anymore).
08/03/10
Still messing around with the download site, trying to make it “purty”. Don’t worry, Joe Public might be able to download this software. Only those with a valid IMWarfaer login can use the software.
08/09/10
Kind of a pre-notice for the next day’s release.
08/10/10
Major release … unsupported, of course.
08/26/10
Dang, Matt missed his Tuesday update for the current week (no mention of missing the previous Tuesday update)
09/01/10
Just a note to let you know that this week’s update will be delayed (really?) Somebody reported a bug that requires a fairly major code change (lets not forget that Matt is “revealing the secrets” of his successful business – you would think he would have software working before the BrainFart began last year)
By the way, some extra really cool page scraping tool – but no way in hell will there be any support (no surprise there, the only surprise is that it is ackwoledged).
09/08/10
Matt’s brainfarted and (I quote from the horse’s mouth = donkey’s ass) “completely
forgot that my wife had planned a vacation for the long Labor Day
weekend. So Thursday found me traveling to our cabin in Payson
instead of working.
Oops.
I totally should have remembered that… but sometimes the days
just kind of run together. I’m sure you know what I mean. I
even scheduled a dentist visit for Thursday morning and had to
start my vacation with a numb, droopy, slobbery mouth ;-)”
09/15/10
The explanation why Matt isn’t able to keep his weekly software release. Turns out “software development doesn’t just fit neatly in that box” (I quote the horse’s ass). For some reason there is a 12 hour bug – kind of like the 12 hour flu – the crashes the server. Tracking it down has been a bitch.
Now the pitch: “I won’t post another “official” release until I track this bug down. It
could be today… it could be
next week.” <- translation, "never"
09/21/10
Matt's server logged 3M tracking impressions from the braintrust members. Don't worry, your tracking data with all of your keywords is safe with Matt.
10/06/10
BFR today – Big F'ing Release. In case you didn't know, if you need to text Matt, please send a text email to 022144075@mobile.att.net
WINNER!! ::   +32

SD Reply:
November 5th, 2010 at 4:20 pm
@Matt BrainScrew ::
Wow :: when you put it like that it sounds bad.

This is Sparta Reply:
November 5th, 2010 at 4:39 pm
@SD, lol
  +2

bobd Reply:
November 6th, 2010 at 2:49 am
@Matt BrainScrew, : unbeleivable and gross and pathetic. Serving up excuses worthy of a first grader : “oops my dog ate my homework”.
ps: thanks SD for exposing him. Well deserved.
  +3
# 5 November 2010 at 12:10 pm

LukeSkywalker said:
If I did that to some of the people I’ve worked with in the past, I wouldn’t be able to leave the house. No. That’s wrong. I probably wouldn’t have even made it back into the house. In fact, I wouldn’t be here – or anywhere – period. Everything balances out in the end. The Laws of Nature make sure of that over time. Yeah, I know, that’s fluffy, but you know what – it’s true. Matt Harward does live on earth, right?
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# 5 November 2010 at 12:12 pm

Admirer of Stefan Molyneux said:
I got a chilling premonition that we were fucked – long before we knew it – when child Matt Harward showed his desktop during a webinar revealing he bookmarked LDS.org. When you mix Mormon money worship with an unprincipled narcissist (see Wikipedia) you get this goatfuck.
WINNER!! ::   +17

anti LDS Reply:
November 5th, 2010 at 4:55 pm
@Admirer of Stefan Molyneux, a WHOLE BUNCH of these jizzwads are LDS. Utah has very lax laws that favor LDS folks in the business opportunity market. Brunson and his cronies are LDS. Eric the conversion doctor scam bag Graham? LDS. It’s a hot bed of scam activity. You are definitely not wrong about this. Then again, what do you expect from people who believe the Angel Moroni, who appears in no other religious form anywhere, told Joe Smith all about Jesus coming to visit the American Indians with massive cities that there are no archaeological evidences for. And gave him a book of Egyptian hieroglyphs that were supposedly translated into the “Book of Abraham” – but has since been completely debunked by every Egyptologist known to modern society. The entire religion was built as a sham by a scam artist, and attracts pedophiles, polygamists and scam artists who know that the community will work to protect them. The people of Nauvoo, Illinois, didn’t just start shooting at those “poor innocent mormons” for no good reason. They’re complete scumbags.
WINNER!! ::   +8
# 5 November 2010 at 1:10 pm

Madge Crikey said:
His blog is called “Diary of a Mad Man?” Even my canary thought that sounded appropriate!
It looks like he just took his blog down though. Fortunately, Google (for the moment) has a backup copy available right here:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:www.mattharward.com/+matt+harward&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
On that page he says, “I’m a competitive s.o.b.” That’s at least partly accurate.
  +2

SD Reply:
November 5th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
@Madge Crikey ::
His kids on display in the header of course … in swim suits no less. Lord have mercy!
# 5 November 2010 at 1:13 pm

Affisio said:
I don’t get it…I wasn’t expected so many people to sign up, just a few dozen…So by his logic, 300,000 is bad is it? If more people would be as honest as him..
Thumbs up Salty:)
  0
# 5 November 2010 at 1:22 pm

Rafael Marquez said:
I bet this Harward guy is a James Ray World Wide Wealth Society that is so wealthy we didn’t bother to renew our domain name this year graduate/ member. Seems like Harward made some JAR approved moves. I bet Harward’s next frauduct is going to be something to prevent people from getting ripped off by internet scammers.
  +3
# 5 November 2010 at 1:33 pm

Roxanne said:
Typical narcissistic Matt Harward. Although he’s ripped off roughly 300 people for over a $1,000 a piece(I paid $1,300 to be a part of nothing), when confronted about it, he makes it about himself.
“I’ll never do this again.”
“I learned a lot.”
“I have sleepless nights.”
And, nothing about those that he completely screwed.
And who brought us this ball-less fuck? Gauher Chaundry and Jonathan Van Clute.
Gauher felt so bad he came to the forum that was going down in flames and promised a free webinar for those unfortunate souls who purchased air through his link. Don’t believe that ever happened, but it was touching nonetheless.
I don’t think any of the affiliates that made money and promoted this piece of shit are giving any of it back either. Enjoy it guys. Karma will be a bitch.
WINNER!! ::   +15

SD Reply:
November 5th, 2010 at 4:25 pm
@Roxanne ::
Totally. Just like James Arthur Ray … a few days after three people die and he’s on stage fake crying about his own supposed suffering.

Roxanne Reply:
November 7th, 2010 at 8:19 pm
A little birdie has told me Gauher Chaudry is working to find those that purchased the worthless Harward IMWarfare nonsense through his affiliate link to return the money through the Harward mess. An acknowledgment of complete non-delivery if ever I heard one.
Andre Chaperon? Keith Baxter? Jonathan Van Clute? Where are you?
  +5
# 5 November 2010 at 1:54 pm

Larry Brophy said:
Thanks to ‘Matt Brainscrew’ for documenting the past year of Matt Harwood’s care and feeding of his suckers. It’s obvious Matt is so disorganized it’s a wonder we got as much communication from him as we did.
Yep, I’m one of the suckers too…
Like a number of guys (& gals) here, I’ve spent a bunch of money to learn this craft. However, this one takes the cake. Matt’s total dishonesty in promoting his BS to real and respected gurus (like Gauher Chaudhry) who in turn promoted his shit is beyond redemption. Although, for a good LDS guy, I guess it’s all in a days work.
And when Matt went on the stage at the Magic Bullet conference in San Diego in early 2010, following Frank Kern (who cursed like a longshoreman), he wore his halo and told the audience that he was “the total opposite of the previous speaker”.
Hey Matt: actions speak louder than words. And your actions prove your hypocrisy.
The part that bothers me the most is that lots of good people without a lot of extra dollars really trusted him. A lot of them have been financially hurt to the point that they may never have a chance to participate in our business. It’s truly a F’in shame….
Count me in as a supporter of any possible future action. I can’t wait to hear The Droid’s ideas…..
WINNER!! ::   +15
# 5 November 2010 at 2:32 pm

Long Live American Express said:
Folks,
That’s why I use Amex. They issue a chargeback without any questions asked usually. They refunded me in 2 days. Didn’t even have to speak with anyone. Fill out a form online and you’re done in 2 minutes.
I bought Matt’s Site Sniper Pro s/w less than 2 months ago.
Discovered that it doesn’t work for Google, only for Bing and Yahoo. There goes 70% of software’s utility.
Discovered that this software was last released nearly 3 years ago and is completely outdated.
To add insult to injury, this $200 piece of crap code disables itself after 45 days, so now you lose even Bing/Yahoo functionality.
And of course you can dream of Matt replying back to support emails.
So he got what was coming to him: Amex chargeback :-)
What a disgusting jerk and fraud!
WINNER!! ::   +16

Hal (the original Hal) Reply:
November 5th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
@Long Live American Express,
Agreed.
AMEX is ruthless on chargebacks.
They also go the extra mile when it looks like fraud.
  +6
# 5 November 2010 at 4:26 pm

4money said:
I now have a new definition for irony after reading the post on his blog called Slinging Crap.
http://www.mattharward.com/2009/08/21/slinging-crap/
  +2
# 5 November 2010 at 7:16 pm

Will said:
What an asshole!
  +4
# 5 November 2010 at 8:16 pm

Racoon Eyes Mike said:
I also saw this asshole at the Magic Bullet seminar this past June. I recognized the older guy in the video (great guy) who was also in attendance at the seminar. Thanks Amish & Jay for inviting corrupt pieces of shit like this. Rot in hell you pieces of SHIT
  +2

Vic Reply:
November 8th, 2010 at 1:24 am
@Racoon Eyes Mike,
Sounds like you went to the Magic Bullshit seminar.
- Vic
  +1

Racoon Eyes Mike Reply:
November 9th, 2010 at 3:13 pm
@Vic, Yes Vic, I was. How about you?
  0
# 5 November 2010 at 11:14 pm

Bullshit Detector said:
This sounds a lot like the Eric Graham escapade, which Salty wrote about here:
http://saltydroid.info/not-naming-names-eric-graham/
  +1
# 5 November 2010 at 11:42 pm

Joe Mudd said:
Dear Droid,
Thanks for finally slamming someone on here that I’ve never heard of… or given money to.
WINNER!! ::   +10
# 6 November 2010 at 12:12 am

SecretAgent said:
This guy needs fucking topping, …and I don’t mean like a trifle!!
  +2
# 6 November 2010 at 2:49 am

Danell said:
Thanks for the follow up.
I too was screwed out of about $1400 by the Matt Harward IMWarfare SCAM. Even though it was a valuable seminar in what to definitely avoid in the future, I would still love to find a way to get all or even some of my precious money back … or at least know that dear Matt got a little “PAY-BACK” appropriate to the gravity of his dirty deeds …..
Please keep me informed of any actions against the prick or anyway I can contribute to the cause ….
Thanks again,
Danell
  +4
# 6 November 2010 at 2:52 am

Amit said:
Thanks, Droid, for publishing this.
I’m one of the 300+ who trusted Matt to provide some great software and coaching.
I lost faith in him when instead of providing the promised content/software, he decided to disappear for a long time & then suddenly popped up one day with no explanation except that he was back from his “summer travels”.
I wrote to him many times for a refund but he refused to even acknowledge my mails. I guess he thinks he can get away with it.
But we can’t let him get away with this. He WILL pay for this.
Droid, any suggestions? I stay in India so can’t even report him to the Arizona AG for consumer fraud.
WINNER!! ::   +9

SD Reply:
November 6th, 2010 at 3:29 pm
@Amit ::
Thanks for setting me up with a new fake Facebook account Amit. I’ll be over there soonish.
# 6 November 2010 at 5:24 am

MATT NOT LDS said:
Hey Guys:
I usually just lurk here, kinda like a rubbernecker at a traffic wreck, as SD does such a killer job outing these fucktards without any help from me at all… but the vomitus spewed forth by “anti LDS” demands rebuttal, so here we go:
First, let me pre-qualify everything that follows thusly…
I am NOT a Mormon… Anymore. Haven’t been since the age of 12 or so. Was ex-communicated by mutual consent at age 18, actually. I enjoyed smoking herbs and having illicit sex with people not my spouse a bit too much for their comfort, but hey- everyone’s entitled to their opinion, right? I Am now a Lutheran “By Default” (that means because my Wife Is ;-) My father remains a High Priest of the LDS church though, and 5 of my siblings are returned missionaries, so I know what the fuck I’m talking about.
That said, in my long experience with the breed, 99.999% of the Mormons I know are the finest, most upstanding, moral, family oriented people I have ever met. The bizarre aberrations in the news today, such as “Sister Wives” and Matt “The Sociopathic D-Bag” Harward (among others), do NOT exemplify the faith or the people who practice it.
@anti LDS: Mainstream “Mormons” do NOT practice Polygamy- it was outlawed by the Continental Congress in the 1800′s, nor are they “Pedophiles” or “Scam Artists” in any greater percentage than, say, Catholics. In fact Catholic Priests and the church as a whole have a far more dismal record regarding those issues, mate.
And the so-called “Lax Laws Of Utah” are not only a fantasy, but they are immaterial to your own argument- Brunson lives in Idaho, Graham in Missouri, and Harward is an Arizona resident. Get your facts straight before shitting on my Interwebz, Fucko.
Now, on to the REAL reason for this post. “anti LDS” has got it Exactly Wrong. If this guy really IS a practicing mainstream “Mormon”, then they Will NOT “Protect Him”.
In fact, the best and Fastest Way to out this fucktool Harward and others of his ilk, is indeed to contact the church- I suggest starting with their local Bishop. He is like the Priest” to a local gathering, and has BROAD power and influence over them.
If you don’t get a satisfactory response there, simply escalate it to the “Stake President” of the local “Stake” which is the next step up the ladder. I can almost Guarantee A Reply from that level.
Here’s how to do that- let’s start with Matt “dripping goat’s penis” Harward:
Matthew Ellison Harward
19620 N 36th Way
Phoenix Arizona 85050
United States of America
Phone: 602-214-4075
Skype: squark192
Just copy this entire thread over to his “Spiritual Guru”:
Bishop Transtrum
c/o Granite Reef Ward, Paradise Valley Stake
https://secure.lds.org/units/home/1,9781,600-1-7-201456,00.html
You will find the “Stake” info there as well if you need to escalate.
For the rest of these NOT-Mormon scumbags- flush them out here with an address:
http://www.mormon.org/meetinghouse/
I hope this helps anyone scammed by this or any other so-called “Gooroo”, Mormon or not get even and get PAID BACK.
DO IT. Out these shitbags to their peeps, and see what happens ;)
WINNER!! ::   +24

SD Reply:
November 6th, 2010 at 3:06 pm
@MATT NOT LDS ::
FYI :: for whatever reason this comment was going to spam … I wasn’t moderating it.
1. I agree with lots of what you said. Especially that they won’t “protect him”. Maybe they’d protect the Prophet :: or the Quorum of the Seventy :: but they don’t do shit like that for regular old d-bags like Matt Harward. In fact :: Mormons are notorious for excommunicating members for what outsiders might consider small violations. I totally agree about contacting his Bishop/Stake President … I won’t do that cause it makes me feel icky … but it would bring unhappy consequences to Matt 4shizzle.
2. On the other hand :: I do kinda sort-of agree with @anti-LDS too. I’d say when a Mormon does go rogue :: they go out into the world with a unique set of tools for coldly ripping people off. The “change the subject” style they teach in missionary school … the years of faking morality and piety … devotion to dogma … comfort with double speak … the rejection-immunity that knocking on doors builds … etc. It’s all very good preparation.
3. A huge part of this problem {a part I haven’t talked about yet} is centered in Utah … and its miserable :: horrible :: life ruining boiler room call centers. And that is most def about lax laws and/or lax enforcement in the BeeHive State.

MATT NOT LDS Reply:
November 6th, 2010 at 6:19 pm
@SD, Thanks for the reply, dude. I couldn’t understand why that wouldn’t show up.
RE: 1- Yep- unhappy consequences indeed. Bring this situation to the attention of Matt’s congregation, and I guarantee that serious lulz will ensue- and refunds too.
I have already put in a call to his Bishop myself, and will follow up tomorrow, which is a great day to do so, folks- the Ward Clerk is always in the church office on Sundays ;) Here’s the number for quick reference: 602-971-7003 (Office)
RE: 2- My issue with “anti LDS” was the blanket denouncement of Mormons in general, and the totally fallacious and moronic arguments used.
I mean WTF? The book of “Abraham”? How much investigation would it take to find out it’s the book of “Mormon”? And the whole “Egyptian Plates”, etc. deal… Well, why not? Why is your “Burning Bush” and tablets of stone… their basket of fish and bread? The overflowing goblets? I fail to see how these fantasies are better than their fantasies.
Last on that entry- I wholeheartedly agree with you that when they go “Rogue”, they go forth with a powerful toolset for fraud. No question, a “Jack-Mormon” is the most glib, facile liar that ever hid behind a rationalization.
But hit Craigslist and some ads prefaced by “Christian Gentleman Seeks”… Blah, Blah. Same shiznit. See, at that point they AIN’T a “Duck”…though they call themselves one, and superficially talk like one. The walk and look is missing, and can be uncovered with just a little due diligence.
RE: 3- I was under the impression Utah was working on cleaning up the laws that allowed the “Boiler Room” guys to flourish there. I will do more research, and if you could point me in the right direction there, I would appreciate it.
That may be a good future expose’ for the Droid, eh? Call on me to help with that, if you like- you’ve got my e-mail, and I’m right here in Chicago as well.
To close, I prolly sound like the world’s biggest LDS fan-boy, but that ain’t so- I just hate to see an entire people (most of them 100% decent and folks you would be proud to have as neighbors) shat on because of a few asshurt little psychopath bitches like Harward, Brunson, and Graham.
Now go get your money back. And stay the fuck away from gooroo “Coaching”. Get your asses over to wickedfire.com and keep your mouth shut, lurk, and learn for a couple of months. Just wear your “big boy pants”.
WINNER!! ::   +16

Anti LDS Reply:
November 6th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see.
@MATT NOT LDS, Mitt Romney.
I rest my case.
LOSER!! ::   -5

MATT NOT LDS Reply:
November 6th, 2010 at 6:25 pm
@Anti LDS, LOL.
Dude, you put your fingers down and shit came out again.
Yowsah.
  +1

Herbert Hoover Reply:
November 6th, 2010 at 8:50 pm
@MATT NOT LDS, Maybe you can also chat with Eric Graham’s LDS boss about this little matter:
http://saltydroid.info/not-naming-names-eric-graham/
  +4

MATT NOT LDS Reply:
November 7th, 2010 at 7:54 am
@Herbert Hoover: Will Do, mate.
Anybody got a home address for mssrs. Graham and Brunson?
I can prolly dig them up, but it would help speed my efforts if anyone knows offhand. Same for any other so-called Mormon Scambag.
I’m willing to make this a personal project (with Salty’s approval, of course!). Just comment in this post, and I will see it.
WINNER!! ::   +10

SD Reply:
November 7th, 2010 at 2:07 pm
@MATT NOT LDS ::
Make sure to tell us how it goes … I’ve always wondered what would happen. Harward is a good test case.

Herbert Hoover Reply:
November 7th, 2010 at 5:11 pm
@MATT NOT LDS, Eric Graham is located in Kansas City, Missouri.
WINNER!! ::   +7

_cartman_ Reply:
November 7th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
@MATT NOT LDS,
I double checked it…
Russell S Brunson
208-344-2820 [[public]]
12724 W EDNA CT 83713
BOISE, ID 83713 US
UTAH AMATEUR WRESTLING FOUNDATION, INC.
Type of Business: CORPORATION, GENERAL NON PROFIT
Status: GOODSTANDING, GOODSTANDING 28 Oct 2010
State of Origin: UTAH
Date of Origination/Authorization: 28 Oct 2010
Initial Registered Agent:
RUSSELL S BRUNSON
12724 W EDNA
BOISE, ID 83713
Organizational ID / Filing Number: C188948
Muchly debated. What do you think?   +6

Herbert Hoover Reply:
November 7th, 2010 at 7:50 pm
@MATT NOT LDS, Address on Eric Graham’s web site: 6730 NW Park Plaza Dr. – Kansas City, MO 64151
  +6

Admirer of Stefan Molyneux Reply:
November 7th, 2010 at 9:52 pm
@MATT NOT LDS, Interesting possibility! Contact LDS church people to put pressure on child Matt Harward… I’m not ordinarily a vindictive person, but I would hope that could lead to refunds AND getting Matt barred from heaven.
  +1

Hal (the original Hal) Reply:
November 8th, 2010 at 8:19 am
@Admirer of Stefan Molyneux,
Mormons don’t believe in the traditional Judeo-Christian heaven.
But maybe you can bar him from ruling over his own planet near Kolob where he would beget spirit babies for all eternity with his many spirit wives.
Thus saving our earthly descendants from a planet full of intergalactic IM scammers.
Come to think of it this is yet another similarity between Mormonism and IM Guruism. :-o
As Mormons progress from milk to meat in their theology they learn to aspire to become a god (little ‘g’) where they can rule over their own planet near the mother planet Kolob (closest to the throne of God).
In IM Guruism as Guru butt kissers progress from milk to meat in their scamming knowledge they build their own list in the constellation Kajabi and try to make it into The Syndicate which is nearest the throne of Kern.
Hmmm …
  +1
# 6 November 2010 at 1:16 pm

ChargebackCharlie said:
Is it not possible for people to make claims with Visa / MasterCard / Paypal etc. and state that they were never given the materials they purchased?
Surely if enough people do so then it would have to be treated as a fraud? No?
  +4

SD Reply:
November 6th, 2010 at 3:10 pm
@ChargebackCharlie ::
It might be too late now for some card companies … but everyone should try it … as soon as possible.
Tell them clearly :: with ZERO equivocation :: that it was fraud and non-delivery.

Long Live American Express Reply:
November 8th, 2010 at 7:33 am
@ChargebackCharlie,
That was the point of writing my chargeback post above. To get as many people as possible to demand chargeback asap from their cc companies.
Make sure you link to that TV report above in your first communication itself.
  +2

Admirer of Stefan Molyneux Reply:
November 8th, 2010 at 10:38 am
@ChargebackCharlie, I filed a claim for $1,275 with Wells Fargo Bank, and just the thought of them having to contact Matt’s bank to get a refund made them cry.
  0

Admirer of Stefan Molyneux Reply:
November 8th, 2010 at 12:51 pm
@ChargebackCharlie, Wells Fargo Bank says the fraud issue is between me and the merchant. They suggest I file a complaint with US Securities 1-800-732-0330 http://sec.gov/complaint.shtml
  0
# 6 November 2010 at 1:45 pm

Chris Morris said:
I would also like to get advice for the 300 individuals that joined IMWarfare on how they can organize and take legal action.
Droid?
I think if everyone fired off a bunch of well written letters that it would certainly get some more attention now that we have a little media on our side.
Does anyone have advice on how to take this to the next level with some legal action?
  +6

SD Reply:
November 6th, 2010 at 3:25 pm
@Chris Morris ::
I have some ideas … and I’m going to help execute them because I like the idea of making a splash in Phoenix right now … for reasons relating to a certain non-mormon alleged murderer.
I’ll make some calls next week … and then I’ll brief y’all. It was very :: very :: very :: unwise of Matt to scam fellow residents of Arizona. It gets rid of the pesky jurisdictional problem that I often run into when pitching to cops.
I hear one of the victims is from Prescott AZ … which just so happens to be in Yavapai County … ever heard of it? I’d like to talk to that person for sure {email me}.
I left a voice mail for Matt :: and my email address is right here on this page. He should consider contacting me and negotiating a peaceful end to this disaster. Because once I start down a war path … I don’t stop.
Your one and only warning Matt Harward.
Think about jail time tonight when you’re not falling asleep … then call me tomorrow.

Chris Morris Reply:
November 6th, 2010 at 4:03 pm
@SD, I will email you the guys information shortly. And yep, I have heard of Yavapai County…I am curious as to what you’re thinking!
Will look forward to hearing from you shortly.
  +2

MATT NOT LDS Reply:
November 6th, 2010 at 6:29 pm
@SD, Hey let’s talk to his Bishop about another thingy…
“Mormons” are required to tithe 10% of their earnings to the church. Wonder if $30K ever made it to his ward?
Just thinking aloud…
  +6

Peter Reply:
November 11th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
@SD,
It seems that all we can do is post about these scammers but nothing can really be done AFTER a scamming, other than warn future customers.
Even when there’s a ton of evidence including TV reports, other blogs, ripoff reports, former member facebook groups etc.
Where does all this get us, other than some satisfaction knowing we’re helping future customers avoid the db’s?
Is that all we can expect?
Many of us paid w/ paypal and it’s way too late to reclaim our money, if it’s even in his account. Will we ever see a cheque from Matt Harward or some third party as hinted here re a Bishop?
I’ve almost given up hope that anything more can be done, other than publish more warnings about Matt Harward.
Say it ain’t so Salty.
Btw is there any update re the “I’ll brief y’all”?
  +1

Miles Pearson Reply:
November 7th, 2010 at 6:51 am
@Chris Morris,
Hi Chris
As you know I organised and put forward complaints to the Phoenix BBB and also the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) ic3.gov
WHO?
The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA).
Frankly they both proved a waste of time. Phoenix BBB wrote to Harward, did not receive a reply and added him to their unresolved dispute listing for around 3 years. As for the IC3 I have no indication they ever read all the detail and 50 or so complainants listed.
It’s good that Harward will be pursued (fair means or foul? who cares, he deserves it.
I don’t know the score in the US as I’m in the U.K. but I could have him in court for around $80 over here. Doubt he’ll relocate though.
Miles
  +6
# 6 November 2010 at 2:02 pm

Anderson Jennings said:
Droid, dude, what’s the name of the plugin you use for the Ball-O-Tags…looks real cool!
And this Matt Harward…geez what a parasite!
  +2

Anonymous Reply:
November 6th, 2010 at 4:36 pm
@Anderson Jennings, it’s WP Cumulus http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-cumulus/
  0
# 6 November 2010 at 2:31 pm

Just A Tip said:
Sounds like a Syndicate initiation rite to me.
  +1
# 6 November 2010 at 3:07 pm

Clark said:
He’s a fine example for the prevailing habit of internet marketing: lack of persistence.
If all of the success seakers and wannabe entreprenaurs would stick with one thing for as long as this guy would’ve needed to deliver on his promises (assumed that he actually knows what he’s talking about, which I’m not so sure of), they most likely wouldn’t need the next shiny object.
And if they would, they’d have the money to buy courses w/o hurting themselves in the process, and they’d also have the money to say “meh, this is BS, there’s no way this works bettter than what I’m doing now”.
To me, it seems that Matt is the prime example of an IM failure – doesn’t do what he says he will do (whether to himself or others) and then comes up with excuses.
The special thing about him is that he’s somehow able to rationalize to himself that he’s the good guy in this whole story, while most other wannabes would at least have enough decency to say “Hey, I did wrong, I don’t want to bore you with excuses, just take the money and I’ll hope you’ll forgive me someday”.
Personally, I’m pretty sure he’ll lose the money as fast as he made it. If he can’t even handle a pretty impersonal coaching program, competition will slap him in the face faster than it took the community to realize that kajabi is overpriced nonsense (and they were pretty fast at that).
  +1
# 6 November 2010 at 7:33 pm

Peter said:
Hey Salty I’m in Canada and also got a royal screwing from Matt Harward.
I filed a Ripoff report against him here:
http://www.ripoffreport.com/computer-training-education/matt-harward/matt-harward-eproximy-media-l-28ead.htm
If you need more details (eg where to mail my cheque lol) pls feel free to reach out.
Thanks for helping some of us imwarfare PTSD “vets” and those also MIA.
  +5

Vic Reply:
November 8th, 2010 at 1:42 am
@Peter,
Just an FYI:
http://saltydroid.info/category/rip-off-report/
“Rip Off Report”, aka Ed Magedson, is a scam.
- Vic
  +1

Peter Reply:
November 8th, 2010 at 11:27 am
@Vic, thanks I am aware of that but it still get’s good SEO traffic :)
  +1
# 6 November 2010 at 10:27 pm

Tom Stannard said:
Poo on a stick!
This guy makes Ewen Chia look honest (which he’s not, in case you were wondering)
  +2
# 7 November 2010 at 2:51 am

Roxanne said:
At one point in this debacle, when the ship was obviously in flames, Harward enlisted the help of a small group of the Brain Trust faithful to ‘assist’ him in the delivery of his product, as he was the mad genius, incapable of getting his teeth brushed in the morning or of finding the toilet to take a piss.
He called this anointed group “Delta Force.” This group worked diligently to get the product to the customers, complete with their own private forum and handshake. But to avail. Harward saved his biggest dump for them. While they soothed the fevered the forum, Harward exited stage left. Some, it is my guess, will be in intense therapy for a long time. In a private webinar with just the members of this select group, Matt asked in hushed tones, “Who’s on this call?” And, then: “I take care of people who take care of me.” JV deals were promised. What a bunch of horseshit.
There has been a lot of discussion amongst this beleaguered group of ‘Warfare’ members. Some feel that poor Matt just got in over in head and didn’t know what he was doing. Bullshit. The guy planned it all out from the start. It was a scam from the beginning.
When did the light start flashing on my bullshit meter? Day one. Harward sent out an email that read in part, “Remind me to tell you all about my first six figure day.”
Me. Me. Me. Me. Me. Me. Me, and me again. He was basking in the glory of all the dough he just raked in without a single thought of how to deliver value to a lot of people who put their trust and hard-earned cash into him. $1300 is a lot of money to some people, Harward, you fucking asshole. To some, it was all they had. You took that and their dreams. For that you deserve to have your ass pokered with a molten-hot rod, although hearing about your private camping trips with Chris Menser, I think you’d probably enjoy it.
I don’t know what is going to happen with all this. But, Matt, if you’re reading this, Karma is going to track you down, buddy. It’s coming your way right now. I’ve no idea when it will arrive. But, make no mistake. It will arrive.
WINNER!! ::   +15
# 7 November 2010 at 3:30 am

Hal (the original Hal) said:
I’ve never thought about the similarities between Mormonism and IM Guruism before this Matt Howard fraud but there sure are similarities.
1) Mormon missionaries are isolated from their families while in training and are under the watchful tutelage of a chosen elder.
Many IM Gurus encourage separation from friends and/or family who have concerns and they thrive on “coaching”.
2) Mormon missionary pairs are supposed to be in speaking distance at all times.
Try writing a dissenting opinion regarding a “guru” on the Warrior Forum to fully grasp this one.
3) Mormon missionaries are not to carry credit cards in foreign lands. Passports have also been known to be confiscated on occasion. That way, if someone has had enough, escape is very difficult.
Death Ray, did you borrow from their playbook?
4) In Mormonism, Jesus and Satan are brothers.
Matt Harward and Satan appear to be brothers.
WINNER!! ::   +8
# 7 November 2010 at 8:43 am

SD (author) said:
Why for you do this Harward :: and after @Barman linked to you and everything?
http://www.ppc.bz/people-that-suck/matt-harward-why-for-you-do-this
Note to everyone else {basically} :: if you recommend someone and then they turn out to be shit {especially if you banked a commission which I don’t think @Barman did in this case} … then your supposed to be all like “My bad … I should be more careful … fuck that mother fucker.”
But I NEVER see you assholes doing it … so well done @Barman … not that hard.
I’m sure there have been bigger groups of cowards assembled {probably in France} :: but I’ve personally never seen one. Grab your fucking man pants and call out your own HUGE mistakes. Either you do it … or I’ll do it.
Merry Christmas
# 7 November 2010 at 1:58 pm

MATT NOT LDS said:
Hey “Saltines”… :)
I just got off the phone with Bishop Transtrum, and he has been made aware of the situation, not only by me, but by a fellow member of Matt’s WARD. He has already gone online, searched out, and Viewed the AZ television interview, and is VERY interested in the whole deal.
He is going to go back online and seek out other sites commenting on the issue- I pointed him here and also to the various rip-off sites for details. This WILL get handled, I can almost guarantee it.
You people who got ripped off, assemble your documentation and alert others who got scammed so you are ready if we can force this fucktard to pony up the cashola.
Stay Tuned…
WINNER!! ::   +25

Unicorn Army Reply:
November 8th, 2010 at 9:02 pm
@MATT NOT LDS, hopefully he prefers Adderall to cocaine, or that cash is long gone.
  +1

Roxanne Reply:
November 9th, 2010 at 2:11 am
@MATT NOT LDS, Please keep us posted on this. Matt Harward deserves everything coming to him. Not a single lash more, just everything coming to him.
  0

Andy Jenkems Reply:
November 9th, 2010 at 7:13 am
@MATT NOT LDS, Whoa…wowza…gotta hand it to you bro, you’re no joke. I hope Matt Harward cares enough,though. He clearly does not follow the rules of the church. If the church thinks it will have a bad reputation due to Matt, it may actually do something about it.
Why is it usually highly religious people end up scammers in the worst way?(Matt Harward- Mormon Harlan Kilstein -Jewish David Schirmer – christian)
Guess they’ve got religion, but no spirituality.
  0

Freddy Reply:
November 9th, 2010 at 2:32 pm
@MATT NOT LDS,
Whoohooo! That is a great step forward!
Thank you from another victim here, up in Canada, so my $1275 was even worse in Canadian dollars (:o)
  +1
# 7 November 2010 at 4:12 pm

Anderson Jennings said:
This is getting good! Thanks for the name of the plugin too.
  +1
# 8 November 2010 at 12:21 am

darkpaladin said:
Droid !
This is nothing compared to What Amish Shah & Frank Kern manage to rippoff with his “Magic Bullet Program”
Dig into that story and you are looking at millions in fraud.
I know for a fact it was created because Amish flog/farticle empire took a major hit and he had to re-coup millions to keep is fledgling empire alive (those personal cooks for the staff cost ya know)
That he is connected to Kern should be no surprised.
Even Gauher Chaudry who used to be legit and Jonathan Van Clute have taken the ‘poison pill’ and now rip off new as well as old customers. Mainly, because they them-self can NOT make the money they used to on the net.
Sad to see how financial desperation flushes all values and moral conscious.
Go get em droid! The world needs more Droids and less “rollovers” & “quiet people who take it”
IF you are not out-raged… You have your head up someones ass.
DP
WINNER!! ::   +7

Hal (the original Hal) Reply:
November 8th, 2010 at 8:44 am
@darkpaladin,
The Allies didn’t land in Berlin on D-Day. ;-)
Droid is fighting a long term strategic battle.
Kinda cool watching it unfold.
Matt makes for a great beach head though.
Then on to Death Ray …
etc.
  +2

Racoon Eyes Mike Reply:
November 9th, 2010 at 3:34 pm
@darkpaladin,
I think Amish Shah should be next. Screwed people over for $3,000 for broken software and a pitch fest by Hayward and others looking to line their pockets. Frank Kern was there along with Andy Jenkins….I walked out mid way through the second day because these guys were making me sick to my stomach!
  +3
# 8 November 2010 at 5:19 am

Andy Jenkems said:
@Matt Harward LIKES LIKES little boys, seriously your post not helping. Your name implies an accusation that without some kind of basis is plain wrong. I don’t like this guy at all, but to throw out accusations of pedophilia just because he’s ripped people off is not cool at all. People like you make it hard for those children who are sexually abused to come out. Unless you have some kind of true basis, you have hurt more than helped anyone. If you meant it as a joke, it isn’t funny at all. I am an adult survivor of child sex abuse and you have no idea the hell kids and survivors have to go through when we aren’t believed because of idiots who LIE about this just to get back at someone.
On the other hand if you do have a true basis, I apologize for assuming you don’t and I strongly advise you to contact the Child Protective Services of Beaverton, Oregon http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/children/abuse/cps/main.shtml
To report child abuse or neglect contact your local DHS Child Welfare office or local law enforcement agency. If this is an emergency call 9-1-1. For non-emergency reports, email dhs.info@state.or.us
  +4
# 8 November 2010 at 9:30 am

Henrik said:
Thanks for caring you all. I´m also one of those phonies who believed, trusted and got ripped off. And feel very powerless since I am in the far distant country of Sweden.
Chris, Miles, Peter and others are studs and they´ve been speaking for us all. Personally, I wrote letters, confronted Paypal, etc. but in vain. If what is recommended here is doable just tell me what to do, I´ll be all over it.
I am a small guy but can live with it. I´ll keep building my business, etc. But then there´s all the silent members, who never participated actively in the forums, newbies, shy ones, etc. , and I am bothered about them.
What can be done to include their needs here guys?
WINNER!! ::   +10

Ross Jeffries Reply:
November 8th, 2010 at 10:56 am
@Henrik,
Matt Hayward eats bajskorv in hell. I love Sverige, best women on the planet.
  -2
# 8 November 2010 at 9:40 am

michael webster said:
Here are your basic recovery steps:
1. Always, no matter what, use the chargeback feature in paypal, visa, or mastercard. (Any always pay for IM courses with credit cards.) You want to make a claim of either a) didn’t get the product, or b) got the product but it didn’t work, or c) the product is a fraud.
Each of these claims requires more proof from you.
2. There are regulators you can contact. – contacting the BBB is probably the most pointless. You want the group to contact one Federal Agency, usually the FTC, one state Agency, usually the AG of the state in which the money was collected.
However, as a general rule, the FTC is not going to look at anything under $5 million in consumer losses, and your redress will likely be on the order of 10-15 cents on the dollar, see the recent Google Money Tree, http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/07/shortchange.shtm
3. I would avoid seeing an attorney on this one – while there might be a basis for a RICO claim, I don’t see any attorneys picking this up on class basis.
Finally, you should come to the realization that you aren’t getting your money back from anyone, anytime soon, if the chargeback method fails.
WINNER!! ::   +7
# 8 November 2010 at 10:35 am

Circle Jerk Outsider said:
Seems like if he makes $300k from the webinar, he should be willing to do a little work for his money. And, we all know why he won’t honor refunds… because he already spent the money and is broke again!
What a jerk. I’m glad you decided to call him out Salty. It would be even nicer if the 300 students could band together for a class action lawsuit against the shyster.
  +1

MATT NOT LDS Reply:
November 8th, 2010 at 2:21 pm
@Circle Jerk Outsider, Fuck a buncha class action, mate. There ain’t an attorney in the WORLD takes on a class for chump change like this.
What’s in store for Matt “Sick Bitch” Harward is much, much worse if his spiritual gooroo doesn’t force an action soon…
Ever hear of a /b/tard raid? No?
Bet the Droid has… ;)
  +2

whoa Reply:
November 8th, 2010 at 8:40 pm
@MATT NOT LDS,
lmfao, you are going to turn the /b/tards loose on him?
haha, that would be fucking epic. I look forward to the chaos! They would already know where he lives, and have his other contact info. It would only be a matter of time before his family and friends were begging him to refund everyone.
  +1
# 8 November 2010 at 1:06 pm

Renaldo said:
“His refund window closed before his delivery window opened?”
Seems to be the way of IM.
  +3
# 8 November 2010 at 3:05 pm

andyhair said:
@MATT NOT LDS – The Syndicate’s gnomenclature for Salty is “mean spirited person and incites hate.” How then would they describe /b/tards?
  +1

MATT NOT LDS Reply:
November 8th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
@andyhair, LOL, I dunno…
Maybe “The most vile and pernicious mass of locust-like humanity it was our horrible misfortune to fuck up badly enough to attract (be brought to) the attention of”??
Something like that?
{lulz}
  +1
# 8 November 2010 at 7:44 pm

Freddy said:
Hooray to the DROID for saying that once you “start down a war path … I don’t stop.”
I could sure use my $1275 back, which in Canadian dollars today is worth, um, well, $1275. Go figure.
Thanks for your help, and your sharp metal tentacles!
  +6
# 9 November 2010 at 2:54 pm
Bjorn Says » Blog Archive » How NOT to treat your customers. said:
[...] the angry, salty droids’ post right over here: http://saltydroid.info/matt-harwards-fifteen-minutes/ and then tell me you would like for him to teach you anything that has anything whatsoever to do [...]
  +1
# 9 November 2010 at 5:05 pm

SecretAgent said:
Any updates on this douche bag..???
  0
# 10 November 2010 at 8:15 pm

SD (author) said:
Update … per your demanding demands.
@Peter ::
I’ve almost given up hope that anything more can be done, other than publish more warnings about Matt Harward.
Say it ain’t so Salty.
I’d say almost giving up hope is just about right. There’s always a thread of hope … and I for one am clinging to it. But it certainly seems preposterous to me that so much shameless crime can be carried out during the bright light of day … with literally ZERO response from the government over a period of years. It’s disgusting … an depressing.
Still :: I have some ideas … and I’m going to try anyway.
But these things take months/years :: not days :: so keep your pants on.
@michael webster ::
I mostly agree with that … especially about resigning yourself to not getting your money back … and the FTC not giving a shit about regular people’s problems.
But I kinda think that they should try to find a class action lawyer. Lot’s of social good can come from such suits even if actual recovery is only pennies on the dollar. Name Harward :: Amish and his Magic Bullets :: The Syndicate :: and anyone who came anywhere near this frauduct. Let those who still have money in the bank buy their way out of the case. Even if it’s not great … it’s better than nothing.
Why don’t you :: and me :: and all the other many lawyers who read this blog help them find adequate representation?

michael webster Reply:
November 11th, 2010 at 9:37 pm
@SD, Class action versus AG. That really is the question here. There is a possible RICO claim, but unless Harward has assets which can be attached or garnished, no attorney is going to touch this.
Unless you can wrap this up with a number of other Syndicate offerings, you probably aren’t going to get the AG too excited, either.
Sorry, that is just the way it is.
  +2

SD Reply:
November 12th, 2010 at 4:41 am
@michael webster ::
Why you always gots to be such a negative nelly? Maybe you should put flowers in your office or something.
Maybe he does have assets … I don’t know … do you? He said he was a “millionaire” at thirty … sure he’s probably lying … but maybe not. If he once had bank … but now he doesn’t … then he probably has equity in his house … or a big stupid boat or something
And … gosh … it doesn’t always have to be about the money. Sometimes lawyers do just take cases that need to be taken … for fucking justice. Right?
Right. Don’t say “not right” … cause it’s too late … I already answered.
# 11 November 2010 at 3:16 pm

Peter said:
With a little more Googling I found Matt’s brother Brett Harward mentioned here:
http://pipl.com/directory/people/Brett/Harward
YouTube videos of Brett Harward reveal him to have a very close likeness to Matt and voice also similar. Maybe other IMWarfare members can comment. e.g. this video of Brett:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il59EKRoz24
Brett Harward is connected to Matt Harward via Manifestaz and their both mentioned here:
http://www.manifestaz.com/trainings.htm
Fire Walk? Sign me up :)
  +3
# 12 November 2010 at 3:44 pm

Peter said:
… oh and btw eproximity media(Matt’s company) owns the domain minifestaz.com:
http://whois.domaintools.com/manifestaz.com
  0
# 12 November 2010 at 3:52 pm

Peter said:
1 – (typo above I meant manifestaz.com)
2 – oh and one more thing here is a list of domains running on Matt’s VPS. I just want to feed it to the search engines here in case other people are looking into Matt Harward scams. *But I’m not saying those sites are scams… just making a list of sites he owns :)
You should never fuck with an old geek…
1clickinfo.com
8values.com
Azgrabber.com
Azinventorycheck.com
Bwowse.com
Cbquantum.net
Cbsniper.com
Cbticker.com
Dvd-ripping-tutorials.com
Getsnowleopard.com
Gocpv.com
Html5videotagbuilder.com
I-speak-spanish.com
I2icontact.com
I2ifeedback.com
Imwarfare.com
Jiffietube.com
Lowerdotcom.com
Make-a-mix.com
Mattharward.com
Mills7.com
Mobilemonopoly.co
Mobilereadyvideo.com
Panicstop.net
Pogoticket.com
Ppvinsight.com
Roi-spy.com
Sideflicks.com
Smallfries.com
Softwaresneakpeek.com
Start2own.com
Sweepstakehunter.com
  +3
# 12 November 2010 at 3:58 pm

Roxanne said:
Matt “Crazy Busy” Harward is a cock sucker.
And, btw, has Gauher ever refunded the money? Jonathan Van Clute? Andre Chaperon? Keith Baxter?
Thanks Guys for making a difference.
Crazy busy. Crazy.
  +4
# 14 November 2010 at 3:03 am

Jordan Hall subscriber said:
I bought after reading an email from Jordan Hall.
I wonder if the affiliates got paid by Matt Harward?
  +1

Thom Reply:
November 14th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
@Jordan Hall subscriber, If they did, they should fork it back over to the people that trusted them enough to buy.
  0
# 14 November 2010 at 9:14 am

SecretAgent said:
Yup, Gauher has confirmed that he got 2 x payments via PayPal from Matt Harward. In fact Gauher (bless him), has offered to refund the money, or donate it to charity.
No such grace from Mr JVC yet… probably not his style.
  +3
# 16 November 2010 at 11:20 am

Peter said:
Hey IW Warfare members pls check the latest post in our FB group – a robot friend is making a move.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=321595844869
  +1
# 18 November 2010 at 2:42 pm

Anonymous said:
602-569-5067 Home phone
  +3
# 19 November 2010 at 9:39 am

Matt Fuckhead said:
Matt has been taking heat from Salty’s peeps and now he is closing up shop. But before slithering back in to his hole Matt had a few words for his IMWarfare group of “whiny, entitled, irrational babies”.
http://www.mattharward.com/marketing-underground/
Thanks for the one last ass fucking, it has been a memorable year.
WINNER!! ::   +7

SD Reply:
November 19th, 2010 at 2:38 pm
@Matt Fuckhead ::
OMG that is pathetic :: and let’s face it :: hilarious.
Reprinted in Fulls …
“Most of my online marketing career has been spent behind the scenes and underground using technology to do some pretty cool things (imo) and get some exciting results (and some truly dreadful ones).
For the past few years I’ve tried to share my thoughts and tools with other marketers. And it’s been crazy fun. I’ve made some great friends and powerful contacts along the way.
And I’ve accumulated my share of critics, too. Oh well.
The thing is, I have a decidedly underground personality (translation: I’m flaky and random, with marketing A.D.D.). I work best when I disappear into my “cave” for long stretches at a time and emerge with something cool and killer on the back-end. That process works well for me.
But it frustrates the heck out of other people. And I’m at a point in my life where it just doesn’t matter to me that I’m not much for conformity… and what other people think just doesn’t move me. And I don’t see that changing anytime soon (read: this lifetime).
As much as it pains me to say this, most people trying to get started in marketing are whiny, entitled, irrational babies. (There. I said it.) And those people and me… well… we’re oil and water.
They’re not willing (despite vociferous proclamations to the contrary) to do the work and experience both the successes and the failures that come with marketing (or any endeavor worth doing). And they desperately want it to be someone else’s fault.
And I’m tired of it. And I’ve lost interest in playing that game.
(The few who actually step up and take it on are wonderful exceptions. I enjoy my association with you and look forward to continuing… albeit underground)
So I’m going back to where I started… Underground. Where I can just be marketer. And a geek.
Which also means this blog must die.
2007-2010. RIP.”
ha!
Couple things …
1. If the refunds don’t come … I’m still going to try and get the police involved. Already started.
2. Even though the “blog” is gone … I hope you can find some way to put the pictures of your daughters in their swimsuits back on the web … cause that was just so damn classy and “family friendly” of you. How are you going to move any “underground” units if your not exploiting the innocence of you children?
3. “[people in] marketing are whiny, entitled, irrational babies. (There. I said it.) And those people and me… well… we’re oil and water.”
Just a small correction …
Those people and you are oil and oil … rolling around together … wrestling … fat … naked … disgusting … and without shame or conscious. I hope you’re very happy together.

WN Reply:
November 19th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
@Matt Fuckhead,
WTF, is this guy like a fucking Morlock or what?
Going “Underground”?
Who talks like that?
  +2

Vern Reply:
March 2nd, 2011 at 2:22 am
??? Doesn’t he understand that he stiffed his customers?
  0
# 19 November 2010 at 2:20 pm

Peter said:
… the refunds never came. Matt is back in his cave. What a pathetic epitaph on his site. It ain’t over yet Matt Harward you thief.
  +4
# 19 November 2010 at 3:20 pm

MATT NOT LDS said:
Hey- sorry for pulling a Harward and getting lost for a while, but I haven’t forgotten about this. Far FROM it.
Fucktward has only just begun to feel the pain, I assure you.
Here’s a bit of Intel for you all to have some lulz with:
LDS Church Public Affairs
Attn: Bruce Olsen, Director
Joseph Smith Memorial Building
15 E. South Temple
Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA
(tel) 800-453-3860 ext. 24377
(fax) 801-240-1167
email: olsenbl@ldschurch.org
Note the fine e-mail address and direct phone extension to Bro. Olsen ;-)
Light ‘em up, kids…
WINNER!! ::   +9
# 19 November 2010 at 8:40 pm

Roxanne said:
I will be writing a detailed letter to Bruce Olsen.
Just the fact, Ma’am.
  +4
# 20 November 2010 at 4:47 pm

SecretAgent said:
… more updates dammit!
  +2
# 23 November 2010 at 8:42 pm

Miles Pearson said:
In a recent webinar for owners of Chris Menser’s Adgrenade (Chris is perhaps Harwards closest friend ) there was a 5 minute opening from Chris about a tool he has developed called cbsniper before the webinar was taken over by Harward (I’ve posted more about this on my blog (milessentme.com /a> )
It became clear toward the end that the two of them are working together to promote the imWarfare Tracker with Chris stating that he is current wearing Harward down in order to get him to make it publically available!
What with Harward feeling so much remorse, being unable to sleep and feeling sick to his bellie, I reckon it won’t be long before he IS worn down, caves in and sells his tracker.
You can sign up to be further updated (apparently) by visiting cbsniper.com and signing up to be notified (about cbsniper) but also becoming a target for the pending Tracker launch.
  +4
# 25 November 2010 at 4:50 pm

Roxanne said:
Miles Pearson has the latest on Matt F. Harward ( the “F” doesn’t stand for Franklin):
http://milessentme.com/buzz-about/beware-matt-harward-looks-to-launch-tracker/
Let’s do something about this cocksucker.
Launching his tracker system. How many more will be ripped off by this guy?
  +4
# 25 November 2010 at 6:50 pm

MazeMan said:
Matt Harward is going to launch another frauduct?!?!?!
This guy burns me up! In the news clip above, Matt essentially says he was overwhelmed by the response. He was only expecting a couple dozen people.
Here’s a question for Matt: Why didn’t you then refund everyone else’s money at the time??? You easily could have done so instead of “being overwhelmed.”
I hope people get wise and take you to small claims court. No doubt they will get a judgement against you although getting the money out of you is another story. Garnish wages?? Hmmm.
Wouldn’t it be great to clog the Phoenix, AZ court system with a number of small claims cases all for the same thing but brought by independent parties? You know a judge or two would get sick of it and take some sort of punitive action.
  +5
# 26 November 2010 at 12:07 am

Roxanne said:
I’ve signed up for the magic webinar, and I’ve promised Matt to “listen faster.”
Mormon cocksucker.
God. Always the great equalizer.
  +4
# 27 November 2010 at 11:44 pm

SecretAgent said:
… well on the bright side, at least if he starts selling it, we might actually get the tracker finished, and up and running!
That would complete part one of the course outline, …. 12 months later than scheduled.
Then we can get on to the rest of his crazy-cool content…. should be finished by 2015!
  +2
# 28 November 2010 at 12:00 am

DupedDude said:
Matt Harward is a sniveling, rat-faced bastard!
He’s willing to rip people off and blame it on being a little overwhelmed. As someone already pointed out, having 30 or 300 makes no difference if you have something real to deliver.
Thinking of buying his tracker product? You’re an idiot! This long list of people telling you how he never completes the product, it always needs tweaking, always needs this or that, the server always needs something, he’s always in some “cavemode” state of frenzy that someday will translate into something good for you…but never does and never will…should be plenty of evidence for you you will be wasting your money. You will also spend lots of time, emotion and frustration from when you begin and realize you were scammed.
I wish someone that knew how would organize a class action lawsuit against him. BTW, it was sweet the news gal found him at home and stuck a camera and microphone in his face. Seeing him and hearing his “I won’t do it again!” bullshit confirmed my thoughts about him: he’s a sniveling, rat-faced bastard!
  +2
# 1 December 2010 at 10:09 pm

JoeBob said:
You all got screwed, first off Matt never made a million dollars from any business. He has only screwed people over for years, I know from a previous business deal gone bad. Your money is gone and I am sure spent on many fine dinners and vacations. So there is no chance of a refund. People like this should be stopped, but the internet has little rules. He is a smart guy and knows this, I am sure it will happen again. Good luck
  +4

ThatPerson Reply:
December 5th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
@JoeBob,
Sounds about right. Since during one of the early webinars he talked about how he did not care what people think about him or his course.
I remember him saying how at one time he had people yelling and screaming at him in his office and most astounding he said he was shot at and it was not an accidental shooting. If anyone has the recording of these they can listen to.
  +1
# 2 December 2010 at 10:09 pm

Madge Crikey said:
Since Matt Harward’s Mormon Brigade doesn’t appear to care what he does to non-mormons (the “unchosen”), enjoy this instructive video:
  +3

422 Reply:
December 6th, 2010 at 7:34 am
@Madge Crikey, to be fair, I do believe that there are individual mormons who are nice people, but yes, the mormon organization as a whole is definitely on my list of things to stay far away from. Same thing with Scientology, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Internet Marketing gurus and OSHO. All very destructive.
In a way, you cannot expect Brunson to act any differently, because the Mormon organization does the same thing on a much bigger scale. The whole religion was found to be a sham ages ago, but yet there are many followers who still give up their lives for it.
422
  +2
# 6 December 2010 at 1:58 am

Email received by "Scammed by Matt Harward" said:
Matt Harward the scammer just sent out this update to his list of suckers. I can’t believe how arrogant he is carrying on as if we don’t realize he’s a fraud.
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Matt Harward
Date: Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 10:10 AM
Subject: [IMWarfare.com] Updates posted
To: [poor Matt Harward scammee] (name/email removed)
On Tuesday I posted an updated desktop tracking server to the
content site. With this update there are significant speed
improvements for the Analytics Client. This update also includes
December’s update to the geo tracking data. It’s available now.
With the upcoming holidays and work on the next major version of
the tracking suite under way, this will likely be the final
update to this version of the tracking suite.
There are also recent mobile (pay-per-call) and CPV (page slicing)
articles up.
Lastly (and this is very important), consider my old email
accounts dead. I had hopes of salvaging them, but the ongoing
attacks against my self-hosted email server just aren’t worth
fighting. *sigh* I’m simply losing too many valid emails at
this point.
Starting Monday, my mattharward.com and phatrock.com accounts
will no longer be monitored for personal communication.
***
Instead, please use imwarfare.com@gmail.com to reach me regarding
questions or feedback.
***
I apologize for the ongoing email challenges I’m having.
Hopefully moving to a hosted solution will prove to be more
reliable for me.
Wealth and Abundance,
Matt Harward
P.S. I’m considering re-launching the community forums with new
rules. I don’t want to waste my time, though, if that’s not
something you are interested in. What’s your opinion? Email me
and let me know.
eProximy Media, LLC
14525 SW Millikan #27638, Beaverton, Oregon, 97005-2343, US
  +1

SD Reply:
December 10th, 2010 at 2:11 pm
@Email received by “Scammed by Matt Harward” ::
Did he just move/run to Oregon?

Chip Reply:
December 10th, 2010 at 3:01 pm
@SD, That’s just a mail receiving address at earthclassmail.com.
  0
# 10 December 2010 at 12:38 pm
Does Everybody Hate Gurus? said:
[...] The Salty Droid, and members of Wicked Fire weighed in on Matt Harward, [...]
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# 13 December 2010 at 5:37 pm
Does Everybody Hate Gurus? | Affaholic.com said:
[...] The Salty Droid, and members of Wicked Fire weighed in on Matt Harward, [...]
  0
# 13 December 2010 at 10:06 pm

SecretAgent said:
Hmmm… what happened to our full on assault up this guys rectum..???
  0
# 17 December 2010 at 10:32 am

JoeBob said:
All 300 should each pitch in $100 each then you would have $30,000 for legal fees to go after this guy. Sounds like to me your assault on this guy is over, I am sure your money was well spent by Matt. I am sure graduation was in Hawaii, but he was the only one to graduate.
I am thinking about starting my own scam, now that I know I could make $300,000 without getting in any trouble. You 300 should grow some balls and go after this guy. I know if a douchebag took my money I would not stop until there was justice. Sorry fellow douchebags for using your term in this fashion, Matt is much worse. I just like the term douchebag.
  -1
# 22 December 2010 at 9:10 am

SecretAgent said:
Hmmm… I see our planned revenge has gone as quite as the Harward coaching forum we all paid for.
Salty..?????
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SecretAgent Reply:
January 19th, 2011 at 1:29 am
quiet
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# 19 January 2011 at 1:29 am

Jordan Hall subscriber said:
Fuck you Matt Harward, you fuckIng fuck.
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# 1 February 2011 at 12:24 am

Freddy said:
Matt Harward is a scammer. True enough. Google, are you listening? I lost my money to him, and I warn you not to spend your money on him in 2011, or 2012, or 2020.
  +2
# 10 February 2011 at 9:43 pm

SecretAgent said:
Fuck me, this thread is still partially alive.
So, what happened Salty..?
Seems we “talked the talk”, … but never got round to actually “walking the walk”….
There are plenty of us here, waiting to support you!
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SD Reply:
February 15th, 2011 at 4:39 pm
@SecretAgent ::
… i’m still in … but things got more complicated .. as usual.
keep your pants on
# 15 February 2011 at 10:58 am

SecretAgent said:
Now it seems that Harward has “hijacked” the (super-cool uber-valuable) Amazon software that he gave us, and is now injecting HIS affiliate ID across all of the active amazon affiliate sites.
So, Matt give us the software (worth $1000′s – his words), then tells everyone that they can’t have a refund, ‘cos we got this software.
Then, a year afterwards, he swaps out everyone’s affiliate id, and uses his own – presumably ‘cos his ‘authentication’ site, is gone / deleted.
Short story: He’s now collecting OUR affiliate commissions from our websites, as each customer is being stamped with his own Amazon ID instead of ours.
What an absolute c*nt this guy is.
  +2

SD Reply:
February 28th, 2011 at 11:40 pm
@SecretAgent ::
That’s a pretty serious violation … what makes you think that’s happening?

SecretAgent Reply:
March 2nd, 2011 at 1:44 am
@SD, Because every single one of the sites that I can find in Google using Matt’s software is doing the same thing.
I believe it was a “piracy” measure, so that if the code got out, and your domain wasn’t on the “list”, then it would default to Matt’s affiliate code.
Problem is (like most of his automated stuff), it breaks, and breaks for MONTHS on end.
However, whether its intentional “theft”, or technical issues remains to be seen.
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TD Reply:
March 5th, 2011 at 1:21 pm
@SecretAgent, how do we confirm this? I compared my site to his and they both contain ps3click-20 at the bottom in gray. Is that the aff ID to look for? It’s been so long that I forgot how this works.
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SecretAgent Reply:
March 7th, 2011 at 9:41 am
@TD,
ps3click-20 is HIS affiliate code with Amazon, NOT yours.
If you look quickly when you reload the page, you may see yours briefly, before its overwritten with his.
Again, I guess this is down to a failed authorization check, which then overwrites his affilate code.
Feel free to report his to Amazon, as its a total violation of their T&C!!!
  +1
# 28 February 2011 at 6:33 am

Freddy said:
Can other victims/scammees verify this code thingy in our Amazon warning sites? That is so sad if it is a technical issue, and downright criminal if intentional.
  +1

SecretAgent Reply:
March 7th, 2011 at 9:43 am
@Freddy,
EVERYONE has the issue, every single site that’s running his code.
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# 5 March 2011 at 12:41 pm

SecretAgent said:
Well, looks like Matt has realised that we aren’t going to do shit, so has just “unplugged” the last bit of content he had left up:
http://beta.imwarfare.com/
So, now no software that we paid for (the reason for no refunds), and now all the training / videos / tools & webinars are gone.
Are we going to take this ASS CLOWN to the cleaners now..? Are we..?
  +5
# 26 March 2011 at 9:47 am

Matt Harward Sucks said:
I just confirmed on my install of the Amazon Grabber. Matt Harward is overriding your Amazon affiliate cookie with his. His affiliate ID is ps3click-20
Here is matt harward’s amazon affiliate link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2F&tag=ps3click-20
Time to cancel that domain…
Man, I feel sorry for this guy..
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SecretAgent Reply:
May 11th, 2011 at 11:12 am
@Matt Harward Sucks, If by ‘feel sorry for this guy’…. you mean you want to slit open his scrotum with a stanley knife, … plop out each testicle, then slowly hammer a rusty 12 nail through each one, pinning him to the floor, …. then yeah, I’m totally with ya!
  +1
# 29 March 2011 at 8:42 am

Miles said:
Is there life after being scammed by Harward? Of course there is.
I may only have ever succeeded in getting him blacklisted by his regional BBB for 3 years which I’m sure had him quaking in his boots! Yeah Right! but at least that came through when other federal authorities did not despite a lot of time and effort trying.
There was a lot written about him on my blog at the time (milessentme.com) but these days comments are few.
The most recent and probably last is at http://milessentme.com/rd/jvcupdate
They say what goes around comes around…. perhaps then in time, he will get what is due.
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# 20 July 2011 at 3:21 pm

Secret Agent said:
Wow, .. so really? The last post in this epic saga is a fucking AFFILIATE link to someone else’s training…WTF!
Shouldn’t it be an update of Matt Harward off to jail after finally being sued by all the ex ‘IMWF’ members, ready to get his ass torn open every 30 minutes.
So this is how it ends Salty….. it doesn’t?
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# 31 August 2011 at 8:30 pm

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