| it seems that the website may have been set up as a scam after he was cast in
December?
http://bigbrother9.net/big-brother-9-autism-scandal-hit-by-web-scam-scandal-warning/ During the first week of Big Brother 9 houseguest Adam Jasinski opened his mouth and uttered the first scandal of the season. He described to fellow houseguests his plans, if he won, to open a hair salon so the "***** could get together". His stupidity was quickly refuted by the surrounding houseguests but the shockwaves continue. Not a day has gone by that we haven't received a comment from a concerned viewer or family member of someone stricken with the condition of autism. In the subsequent days foundations supporting research to end and ease autism like Austim United have stepped forward and asked CBS to issue an apology. So while Adam's words were terrible and hurtful what I saw today was even worse. A new scam, looking to take advantage of this Big Brother 9 scandal, has hit the Internet. An individual fronting himself as "UNIAF: United Autism Foundation" has sprung up a website with an issued apology reporting Adam's firing from their organization while making a request for donations. The first problem is, and there are a lot of them here, a search at Give.org, BBB's safety check site for verifying a charity, has no entry for "United Autism Foundation". A quick research through Whois.net shows the offending domain, which I will not link or list, was registered just last year (December 2007) and its registered web site title is listed as "Official Big Brother - Adam Jasinski Fan Website". That's quite a change of heart to today. The only offering of proof of legitimacy is a poorly scanned letter allegedly from the IRS hosted at an altogether different domain operating with a .com TLD. I've read that it just takes a $500 fee to get the charitable organization tax status which means anyone could invest to get that. The business address is also different from the provided mailing address on the "Donate" page. That mailing address shows up as a strip mall on Google Maps' "Street View". The website is also entitled "UNIAF - Offical Apology" [sic]. "Offical" huh? Do you mean "official'? Maybe he can't spell "official" or figure out his real address because the site is operated out of Karlsruhe, Germany by Olaf B Hampel (source: NetworkSolutions). Under no conditions should you visit or donate to the "UNIAF" website or any site claiming to be a charity that you can not verify through trusted sites like Give.org. Please spread the word and don't let this scam take a penny of money that could be going to the actual cause of fighting autism. If you would like to donate to the fight against autism then visit Autism United, a legitimate organization. Update: Additional research turned up this on Craigslist (I know, I know, that's not a terribly reliable resource at all, but…): I am selling custom shirts to support the National Autism Association. This is to make up for what may be a scam perpertratated [sic] by Big Brother's Adam and the United Autism Foundation or UAIF… From what I have researched this foundation's web presense [sic] started in December of last year.. Probably after Adam's Big Brother TV show selection. I am not slandering this foundation as I don't have proof it is a scam. I am just saying it seems fishy. And if you want to donate to the United Autism Foundation to go to research, then please make it at the National Autism Association which has a long and rich web presense [sic] and history. If the United Autism Foundation or UNIAF is legit then rest assured by making a donation to the National Autism Association will definately [sic] go toward this. So if Adam Jasinski is really associated with this organization, just how real is this organization anyways? As the Craigslist entry correctly cited, the offending websites were setup within weeks of when Robyn Kass announced the casting had been completed back in December 2007. Is it possible that Jasinski planned this whole thing as a scam going into the house? Earlier I noted how suspiciously similar his "*****" comments were to the scene in "There's Something About Mary", click here to read that discussion here. The whole thing seemed so faked and forced to me, but no one else seemed to pick up on this. Now I'm starting to get all tinfoil-hat-conspiracy-theory worked up. How deep does this rabbit hole go?? Stop me now if I'm getting too far out there. Update 2: UNIAF has now abandoned their dot com domain, as I pointed out that was suspicious for a charity (commercial domain vs org domain). But guess what? They'll sell it to you! UNIAF.com is now for sale to the highest bidder. They've also taken down their "donate here" link. Then a few responses: #3-I am not sure who Adam Jasinski is, but someone needs to do a back ground check on Olaf Hampel. In my opinion, He is the true scam artist. He has had many "BUSINESSES" that he has ripped people off. I am one of them. 2 years ago he had a manufacturing business that he was selling home theater projectors. He used a registered name of a company in Germany. We had a 100% failure rate on 4 projectors. When my attorney contacted him he closed down the business. He is a former Denver Bronco player and is using that to legitimize his scams. He sends out emails to try and get money. Someone needs to stop him. As a disclaimer to protect myself, This is all my opinion, but it is easy enough to track down everything that I am saying by doing a little research on the web. All of his assets are in his wifes name probably to keep them from being taken away. #6-I sent an email to UNIAF.org and basically asked them to respond to this post and others. Here is the response I received this morning: Subject: You have no clue Say something when you know the truth. Obviously you don't know anything - keep on reading other peoples BS. Good luck…. In my email I encouraged UNIAF to quickly put an end to the rumors just as quickly as they denounced Adam's words. I wouldn't say this was too much of an articulate, professional response. Time will tell. |
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The Adam/Autisim Thing, A Scam? (Found on "that other" site) |
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Posts: 13540 (05/12/08 1:17 PM) Registered User |
FWIW - I read another article (forgot where) & I heard Adam say in the house that this foundation was started by his pal with only 10K to begin with. Adam
mostly did volunteer work for them & one of his jobs was to solicit funding. By the time Adam went into the house that 10K was almost gone.
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Posts: 2106 (05/12/08 1:28 PM) |
Adam just wants the little retards to have nice hair. Is that so wrong?
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ImCrushingYourHead |
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Posts: 2605 (05/12/08 2:45 PM) Registered user |
Depends on the style.
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DeadTwista |
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Posts: 2107 (05/12/08 2:53 PM) |
ImCrushingYourHead wrote: Mullets and rat tails damn it! Mullets and rat tails! |
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simplyamused |
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Posts: 1229 (05/12/08 6:45 PM) |
A little fouf never hurt any good 'tards 'do.
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Posts: 1156 (05/12/08 7:23 PM) Registered User |
The site is back, on this link:
http://www.uniaf.org/ Edit: And it's as if the organization has mysteriously shut down. |
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Posts: 192 (05/12/08 9:14 PM) Registered User |
Jesus, that website is really odd. It basically bashes Adam and at the same time links to his website? Strange indeed
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Fluffynurse |
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Posts: 13541 (05/12/08 11:29 PM) Registered User |
Well, isn't that the strangest thing ever? It's confuzzeling.
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Sardonically Irreverent |
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Posts: 12890 (05/13/08 1:41 AM) Registered user |
The fuck?
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Posts: 970 (05/13/08 2:43 AM) |
Hmmmm
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Fluffynurse |
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Posts: 13547 (05/13/08 3:24 AM) Registered User |
It's rather autistic in nature. Repetitious yet meaningless.
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Posts: 3038 (05/13/08 7:11 AM) Registered User |
OMG Adam ruined the whole autism awareness movement!!! |
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A Dying Clown |
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Posts: 6055 (05/13/08 8:20 AM) Registered User |
Adam ruined the whole autism awareness movement!!!Now how will we be able to tell autistes from regular people like Zachary Joseph Swerdzewski |
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Posts: 10 (05/13/08 12:48 PM) |
Now how will we be able to tell autistes from regular people like Zachary Joseph SwerdzewskiThey'll be the ones with the bad hair since Adam never got them their hair salon.. In regards to the website....from what I read before, UNIAF created the bb9adam.com site (it's not Adam's site). When they first made it, it was not open yet and they said they would open the site when BB was over. A week or so ago they posted a message on the bb9adam.com site. Basically it was a supposed list of "facts" about Adam: He wasn't working for the organization before he went into the house, he was only helping out for a couple months, he never helped raise money for them, he was just using the charity as a way to advance in the game...etc. They also said that CBS should take the money back or something, and that they wonder if Adam will actually stick to his word of donating the money. This is all just from my memory, but it was basically a bash-fest on Adam. Suddenly, a few days later, all of that is removed and the site now just says that stuff about "God Bless Adam". It's all so strange. I don't care what the winners do with the money once they have it, but Adam was so adamant throughout the show about how he only came on to raise money for autism awareness, and now in interviews he does it's like he's backing out on that whole deal. I hate that 'ish. It all sounds fishy to me. |
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Posts: 7851 (05/13/08 1:51 PM) |
i agree. adam used his 'philanthropy' in the game and to WIN the game. the whole thing smells to high heaven, IMO.
adam and james had a couple of conversations about various scams they'd both pulled. i never understood why that stuck to james and not to adam, when adam's were every bit as bad. if this is another one of them, then i'd say it's the sleaziest one of all. |
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Posts: 4238 (05/13/08 4:36 PM) Registered user |
Fluffynurse wrote:  ...am I bad that I find this
hysterically funny?
Hope I don't get fired from my |
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HelloPoe |
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Posts: 343 (05/13/08 5:30 PM) Registered user |
Omzig, love your avi...GO PENS! Are you from around Pittsburgh? I'm about 40 miles east.
My 5 yr old son picked out a shirt to wear today that someone had given him in a bag of hand-me-downs....it was a Philadelphia Flyers shirt. He doesn't know much about hockey but he liked how the shirt looked. I was afraid to let him wear it for fear I'd be bludgeoned to death at the grocery store. People have been killed this way (I bet). "They'll be the ones with the bad hair since Adam never got them their hair salon."Now that I found funny. 
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Posts: 130 (05/13/08 5:49 PM) |
HelloPoe wrote: Didn't you hear about the Yankee fan who killed someone wearing a Red Sox jersey? It's been done. Make your child wear a Pens shirt
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Posts: 2493 (05/13/08 7:02 PM) Registered user |
diewinelle wrote: I agree on that- Adam won the game partially with the donation story, which I heard he has now backpeddled on? And why was James raked over the coals so hard while adam wasn't? Not that James didn;t deserve it, mind you. Although the idea of ManBearPig winning is even more repulsive than Adam not donating. I'd rather no one get it then Jen and her fur covered fat racist pig man boyfriend. |
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Posts: 2172 (05/13/08 7:15 PM) Registered user |
Scammers for the win!
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