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Red Flag ( Agent Preston Kathrine) Scam Artist

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Submitted by youngice202 on Mon, 2008-09-15 01:10.

Agent Preston Kathrine of SSA is no help at all, I sent him $700 hundred dollers of hard earned and borrowed money from family members... He talks a good games but he is phony for real.. He sent me too contracts from Europe and Argentina and I signed them and faxed them back to him even my passport info...
The $700 hundred I sent him was for Contract fee and to pay for Half of my ticket... I was supposed to leave on the 10th of this month. I have been calling him since the 3rd of this month which is the same day I sent him the last of the $700...

I have called him, emailed him, and text him several times with no response at all... I have an older brother who is a federal agent who is looking into it now and looking to prosecute him as soon as they catch up with him... I hope no one else trust this guy he is truly a fraud and a fake...

Thank you for taking the time to read..If you have talked to this guy and you want to hear it personally from me feel free to call me.. 8323199297 My name is Shay Young

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rain311973 | Wed, 2008-09-17 21:28

This agent is not a scam artist! My daughter is a World Champion figure skater and has been represented by Preston for about 6 months now. She used to be represented by some B.S. scam artists at a "Supposedly" Big agency. Over the course of 1 year "They" No names mentioned here, but the initials are SMWW managed to contact one company about giving my daughter some free skating tights! (Which never happened by the way!)
Preston did more for my daughter and my family in 12 hours than the big company did in 12 months!!!
He cares about all of his players 110% and I don't understand why sour grapes from one agency has started this campaign to ruin a good mans name! Preston is the best and he didn't scam anyone!!! Mr. Young did not pay Preston $700.00 for a contract fee... I know better and so do all of Prestons other atheletes. All of his charges are clearly laid out in his contracts and if someone isn't smart enough to read what they sign, they get what they deserve. BTW... Why is this telephone # posted in the blog disconnected????
Our teams legal department is headed by a very popular former Senator's "Right hand man" and he states Prestons contract is very well laid out and overly explanatory in nature.
PLEASE DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READ FROM SOME ANGRY PLAYER. I AM CONFIDENT A DEFAMATION SUIT WILL FOLLOW THESE ALLEGATIONS, SO PEOPLE SHOULD BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT SLANDERING INDIVIDUALS IN A PUBLIC FORUM.
THANKS...

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rayray3030 | Tue, 2008-09-30 10:33

I agree with everything he says, there is always someone out there tryint to keep you down. Preston is the man, and has always been faithful to me. And he is also a great friend as well as an awesome agent.

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youngice202 | Fri, 2008-09-19 10:15

To wake up this morning and read this was really a sight to see, you have not called me at all the number works so all that bs that you just wrote is a lie and its okay Preston will get what he deserves, His number does not work anymore, his info on the page is gone so before you start typing make sure you know what you are talking about. I looking forward to any legal action that will taken, Because like i said my brother is a federal agent and I have contracts and money documents saying I sent him $700.00 so all this legal talk you are talking bring it plz.

I am not trying to slander anyone I am just telling the truth he SCAMED me and as GOD is my witness he will pay for what he did...

If anyone wants to call me please do so,,, #832-319-9297 the number works..

BTW I have had other people already call me about this guy, so it is okay to call, I am really not an angry player I am a player following a dream and to trust someone that says they are going to help and then takes some hard earned money for there personal benefit is crazy.

SO PLEASE MY FELLOW ATHLETES BE CAREFUL, THIS GUY IS A SCAM ARTIST OR AT LEAST HE GOT ME AND A FEW OTHERS, I HAVE CALLED HIM SEVERAL TIMES HIS NUMBER DOES NOT WORK ANYMORE. ITS TO THE POINT NOW WHERE ITS NOT REALLY A BIG DEAL BECAUSE I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT HE HAS MY NUMBER. MY ALLEGATIONS ARE TRUE AND WILL BE PROVEN ONCE HE IS CAUGHT.

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rayray3030 | Tue, 2008-09-30 10:30

This person is not a scam artist, check this out I talk to Preston everyday maybe just maybe you are an angry player. And what is this 700.00 dollars thing. First and foremost I know P, wouldn't ask you to send him 700.00 dollars for a contract deal. He has never asked me for 700.00 dollars. Maybe you just weren't good enough to be in a league that you wanted. Maybe this is hatred from that, but all I know is I am in a middle of a contract negotiation right now with a team, and he has never $%#%** me. So maybe you need to get your facts straight dude. I don't play basketball, I play football so I don't know the deal, how the basketball side of things go. But all I know is that Preston has been nothing but faithful to me. And he has a lot of other clients that feel the same way. So maybe you need check further into what you say, before you get a slander charge on you. if anyone wants to talk to me about Preston you can email me at hallray@ymail.com.

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shooter15 | Fri, 2008-09-19 10:11

I would like to take a moment and tell you my experience dealing with Kathrine. My brother signed with him about 2 and 1/2 months ago. Mr. Kathrine told him he needed 150.00 as a signing fee to have his lawyers write up a contract. Kathrine said he needed it ASAP to get things rolling. My brother wired Katrine (western Union) 150.00. Kathrine called my brother back because he could not read the numbers and told him to send it again. My brother told him that he would send the money as soon as he could get to a store. His exact words were "if you are serious about this you will send it now." So he went back and moneygramed him the 150.00. He recieved the contract and 1 week later Kathrine called and said he had a deal in Germany. He said that he needed $350.00 for part of a plane ticket and he would pay the other half. My brother sent him the $350. Kathrine told him that he would email the contract the following monday. Monday came and went, no email, no call. My brother called him, emailed him, text him for 2 weeks with no response. Finally I called myself and he picked up (He did not recognize the number) I explained to him that I use to be an assistant for a college basketball team and then was hired as the head coach for a minor league basketball team and have never dealt with a person who said they had a deal that was a done deal and then had a client who could not get a hold of him. Kathrine said he lost his phone and all his numbers, some long load of whatever. He told me to have my brother call him that evening to sort things out. My brother called Kathrine and no one answered. The next morning my brother called again early from his home phone and Kathrine answered and said he was having breakfast with his fmaily he would call my brother back. NEVER CALLED BACK. Finnally called the sports agency that he was representing at the time as an (Agent Advisor. They told me that this was not normal business and they would contact Preston Kathrine and figure out wat is going on. The company called my brother and told him to suspend all talks with Kathrine and he did. a couple days later Kathrine called and said his wife had sent the $500.0 via mail. He waited and waited nothing, called Kathrine back and he said he would give my brother the tracking number this was 2 weeks ago and he has not been able to get Mr. Preston Kathrine on the phone.

He may be representing your daughter and doing a great job but he has swindled out 2 people of a total of 1200.00 and this is just 2. My brother googled Preston and found this site with the other individuals dealing with Kathrine. Call it what you want but I am telling you in great detail the dealings we have had with Preston Kathrine.

I can understand literature in contracts, but Preston Kathrine outright lied about mailing the money and will not answer his phone. I am letting everyone I know in the college and professional world our dealings with Preston Kathrine.

I hope this will help another person gain some knowlege about Preston Kathrine before they are put through what these two young men were put through.

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