Huge Minecraft Convention Scam.

[BallGum]

Title says it all really.

Here's the video where I saw it first:

Minecraft SCAM - Convention: Breaking It Down & H…:

The guy does a great job at explaining.

Here's the summary:

Kids are sad that they weren't able to attend minecon, so they were extremely glad when this local convention popped up.

They bought their tickets and the event was supposed to happen in December last year.

Strangely, it got delayed to March.

It opened at 12.20pm, and shut at 2.20pm.

They were supposedly sponsored by Nickelodeon, and Red Bull. This is Bull (sh*t).

Numerous giveaways and competitions were announced, but pretty much none of them happened. The most scandalous of which was promising that the winners would become famous YouTube stars thanks to the incredible connections Meeting of the Mines has (company name).

(The reason why this is so scummy is the reactions of the children who thought they'd become the next captainsparklez and such).

They did give away some pens though. They had the balls to actually give ball point pens away.

The venue had literally nothing there, aside from some drapes. It seems obvious that there had been a wedding just prior.

The convention shut prematurely with one of the organisers telling them to get their refunds by emailing. Unfortunately, customers who used PayPal were screwed as it has been past 30 days since the purchase of the tickets (remember that delay?).

There's even more crap in the video, but the long story short is that someone just sold a pack of lies to children, and made $50k+ easily.

[MangoJuiceStain]

$50k+? How many fucking kids went ffs?

[Rorgash]

well, clearly these kids wasnt smart enough to spend more wisely, maybe these people do

[BallGum]

$50k+? How many fucking kids went ffs?

I can't remember, but there were a ton.

Furthermore, it appears another fake convention was in New York - by the same guy. The venue was already taken by someone else though (he hadn't booked it), but since the event wasn't technically cancelled, he is refusing to give refunds to that. Who knows how many bought tickets for that event...

The guy's name is Kevin Roman by the way. On Craigslist, he was advertising his Mansion (8 bedroom) for people doing photography.

[BallGum]

This is totally unacceptable that he just crushed children's dreams, to make himself some money.

[Tocsin_786]

isnt this a crime??????

[BallGum]

isnt this a crime??????

I'm not sure about the legal state of everything tbh.

[Musikman]

It's scams and stunts like these that not only hurt people but give the PC Gaming community a bad rap with non-gamers and in particular, news media because they will turn around and spin it into a completely different story of lies just to get a few more views. 

[BallGum]

It's scams and stunts like these that not only hurt people but give the PC Gaming community a bad rap with non-gamers and in particular, news media because they will turn around and spin it into a completely different story of lies just to get a few more views.

It's giving Minecraft a bad name as well. I can not believe the nerve of this guy.

[Musikman]

It's giving Minecraft a bad name as well. I can not believe the nerve of this guy.

Some people just need to be hit in the face........with a chair........ that's covered in cactus spines......

[ijKs Snow]

Scumbag. Anyone who takes advantage of a child's inexperience and innocence is trash to me.