Below is a list of people who have engaged in poor cigar trading on CigarFamily and a other cigar-related forums. This information is provided as a public service to keep the cigar trading community safe.
Every effort has been made to ensure the veracity of the information presented here, but if you find something in error, please email us with your correction.
Last Updated → April 01, 2013
| Aliases | Type | Name | Address | Date | Abstract | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Addiction Addy_da_Author | Thief | Bryan Winston | 09/2012 | Ran two failed group buys on Havanaboards.com, was deceptive about the disposition of the cigar shipments and as of this date not all cigars have been shipped. | Details→ | |
Mr Opus (CF, OLH) Top Cigars (GT, OLH) usnavy1969 (GT) | Bad Trader | Brian Ness | Portland, OR .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) IPs: 50.53.136.83, 76.27.246.70 | 07/2012 | Failed to render payment for auctions won in the 2012 CFCF charity auction. Works as a "front man" for various B&M cigar shops to buy and resell for a profit | Details→ |
Thief | Kyle Mckinney | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) | 06/2012 | Didn't send Stephen cigars/accesories after taking $150 payment on OLH | Details→ | |
Waxingmoon across boards, waxing moon humidors | Bad Trader | Ed | 03/2012 | Sent incomplete/non-functional humidors and has not tendered promised refunds. | Details→ | |
Calhounhusker - CP | Thief | David Vandermeulen | Ft. Calhoun, NE | 01/2012 | Ripped off CP Beer PIF | Details→ |
Cigarkid (OLH, BOTL) | Scumbag | Anthony Sutton | Chicago, illinois | 01/2012 | Never made good on refund to BNYCL for undelivered product | Details→ |
HabanoCubanCigars.com | Fake Seller | www.HabanoCubanCigars.com | 12/2011 | Vendor known to have sold fakes | Details→ | |
Diesel (OLH) | Thief | Ron Hayes | Ron Hayes 412-805-0313 | 12/2011 | Stole from many people on OLH | Details→ |
Craig Muzzey, YouGotIt, Cmuzz, Walter K Smith, Greg Muzzy, cashman, habanohal | Thief | Craig Muzzey | Joliet, IL .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) | 12/2011 | Ripped off Johnny-o on OLH, apparently ripped off Harvs on CF in 2006 as well | Details→ |
Stepthirteen | Thief | James LeFever | Longview, WA | 10/2011 | Had Johnny-O send $225 in cigars to a friend in February 2011 and never rendered payment. As of 10/26/2011 payment has still not been received | Details→ |
ChiBnkr | Fake Seller | Mike Barczyk | Chicago, IL | 08/2011 | Selling counterfeit cigars to include Dunhills and 1492s | Details→ |
Pembroke3355, SmokinFine, Brocktonsmoke, Manowar1 | Thief | Don Clark aka Rich Berault | Pembroke, MA | 08/2011 | Ripped off many people on multiple boards using multiple handles | Details→ |
Bruce | Fake Seller | Bruce Taira | Chicago, IL | 08/2011 | Selling massive quantity of counterfeit Dunhills and Davidoffs | Details→ |
Jeht2000 | Fake Seller | Mike | 08/2011 | Selling counterfeit cigars | Details... | |
| x-man, avioli | Bad Trader | Art Block | 08/2011 | Cashing a check from Smelvis after being told not to, refusing to return money without bank intervention | Details... | |
TripleLigero, Stogielover, Rowby11 | Fake Seller | Richard Goren aka Rowby Greeber aka Rowby Goren aka Rama Morovati | 08/2011 | Selling massive volume of counterfeit cigars. See details after the jump for extensive history | Details→ | |
| Parafumar | Bad Trader | Rick Kernea | Chattanooga, TN | 08/2011 | Took payment and did not send cigars; Eventually made good but cigars were dried out | Details→ |
| Kona Peaberry | Bad Trader | 08/2011 | Took months to send payment for received cigars, no communication. *Did eventually make good on the trade | Details→ | ||
| nellie13 | Bad Trader | Brian Nelson | St. Louis Park, MN | 08/2011 | Purchased sampler from tstoner86 on CF/OLH and never sent payment | Details→ |
stricks | Bad Trader | Jeff Strickland | Doraville, GA | 08/2011 | Sold CodeyF a broken humidor, has not made good despite communication attempts | Details→ |
in2xshp | Bad Trader | Sam Tramontana | 08/2011 | Extreme tardiness on multiple trades (months) and failure to deliver on a trade | Details→ | |
VewyPhishy | Bad Trader | 08/2011 | Traded fakes, refused to make good on the trades | Details→ | ||
Gahau | Bad Trader | Gahau Liang | 08/2011 | Ripped off multiple PIF passes on CP by never sending his promised end of trades | Details→ | |
Nateski | Bad Trader | Nathan Shpritz | 08/2011 | Failed to send out SS gift on GT. | Details→ | |
| Mr. Mac | Bad Trader | 08/2011 | Price gouging, selling gifted cigars that were damaged to the point of being unsmokable. | Details... | ||
| Lee, Leebo | Bad Trader | Lee Bradshaw | 08/2011 | Did not send out Secret Santa commitment on CigarSnobs | Details→ | |
Cubalover | Scumbag | Real name unknown | 08/2011 | Trading fakes on CF, asking for personal banking info as a means of repayment | Details→ | |
Froglicker77, chilibean | Thief | John Wierzbicki | 08/2011 | Engaged in trading without sending his end, failed to respond to requests for updates. | Details→ | |
| Zenmind | Bad Trader | Warren Gunn | ??? | Bad trader | Details... | |
| Wynnefield | Scumbag | Wynne Hunkler | ??? | Took advantage and profited from many “friends” at CF | Details... | |
| solocigars.com | Fake Seller | solocigars.com | ??? | Internet site that sells fake Cuban cigars | Details... | |
| www.havanna.ch | Fake Seller | www.havanna.ch | ??? | Internet site that sells fake Cuban cigars | Details... | |
| YoungRepublicanGuy, LuckyIrishGuy on CW | Thief | John McClain | Waterloo, IA | ??? | Ripoff artist - CF and CW | Details... |
| warthog, Cohiba Man on CW | Fake Seller | Jeff Nederman | Denver, CO | ??? | Traded fakes (PeteRI and Deem) and pulled “bait and switch” on guymcbeerdrinker | Details... |
vitasea | Fake Seller | Doug Hiner | Omaha, NE | ??? | Purveyor of fake Cuban cigars at Cigar Wise, Cigar Pass, and Cigar Snobs | Details→ |
| Uncle Sam | Scumbag | Kevin Hurt | Parachute, CO | ??? | Bought and traded with CFers to sell on Yahoo and Ebay | Details... |
Ultrapremium | Scumbag | John Jensen | Apopka, FL | ??? | Stiffed CFers on trades, sent bad check, borrowed money w/ no payback, damaged cigars. | Details→ |
| Trinidad1 | Bad Trader | Jeremy Bacon | ??? | Bad trader | Details... | |
TommyD, winkroar | Bad Trader | Tom DeStefano | Goshen, IN | ??? | Stiffed CF members on trades | Details... |
| Tralfaz | Bad Trader | Mark DeCarlo | New Hartford, NY | ??? | Bounced and stopped payments on checks for Cohiba group buy | Details... |
| tjm5019 | Scumbag | Travis Miller | Chambersburg, PA | ??? | “Poor college student” mooched cigars, and then resold them | Details... |
| Thetadelt | Fake Seller | Tony Franisch | ??? | Sold fake Cubans on Ebay | Details... | |
| TJ O'Leary, Smokinaway | Fake Seller | ??? | Seller of fake Cubans | Details... | ||
| TaxiTaxi | Scumbag | ??? | EBay scammer | Details... | ||
| Terbacky | Bad Trader | Rick Robert | Spring, TX | ??? | Ripped off CFers | Details... |
slipknot | Bad Trader | Steve Henck | North Port FL | ??? | Bad trader; “Sold” cigars for over $1,000 and never delivered the cigars | Details→ |
| Simon | Bad Trader | Wayne Hebert | New Orleans, LA | ??? | Bad trader | Details... |
| sgreene | Bad Trader | Sam Greene | Vermilion, OH | ??? | CW Bad Trader (per TampaPSD4) | Details... |
| Seadog4 | Bad Trader | Joey Parker | Royal Palm Beach, FL | ??? | Ripped off CFers in trades and box pass in 2000 | Details... |
| Scott_GTO | Fake Seller | Scott S | Fort Collins, CO | ??? | Yahoo profiteer. Also tried to pass off Don Carlos double robusto as 10 years old. (didn't exist then) | Details... |
| Saudismoker | Bad Trader | Ahmed | Rijadh, Saudi Arabia | ??? | Stiffed idahogn and mshade on trades at CW. (See trader comments there) | Details... |
| PWhipple on CF, Phil on CP, Double_Corona on CW | Bad Trader | Phillip Whipple | Freemont, CA | ??? | Ripped off Moki in Prometheus humidor deal | Details... |
| Redman | Bad Trader | Philadelphia | ??? | Stiffed mcraney on wager | Details... | |
| Purobrat | Scumbag | Mike Grauman | Santo, TX | ??? | Widely acknowledged as the biggest mooch of the online cigar community. PNG at CigarPass | Details... |
PGK | Scumbag | Patrick Kelly | Boston, MA | ??? | Attempted to gouge members for a box of Tatuaje Franks, lied about it, then threatened members of CigarPass | Details→ |
| Peter Lloyd | Fake Seller | Does business as AE Lloyd | ??? | Sold fake Cubans | Details... | |
| PeteinSB, garme, sicshift | Bad Trader | Paul Elliott | Santa Barbara, CA | ??? | Ripped off a Xicar group buy at CW. | Details→ |
| Outcast Bab | Thief | Tony Babino | Nederland, TX | ??? | Stole from CFers | Details... |
OPUS X MAN, pepe100841 | Thief | Mark Gabor | Warren, OH | ??? | Recidivist cigar scammer, Click here for more details… http://cigarthief.tripod.com/ | Details→ |
| OpusX22, Cigar Dart | Bad Trader | Rene Hernandez | 13031 Park Crossing | ??? | Stiffed CF members on trades over many years Most recent victim is Bayou Pureaux | Details... |
| Nico | Bad Trader | Nicolas Sante IV | Fresno, CA | ??? | Bounced a check to TCC. No response to SS or emails for 3 months | Details... |
| Mtsaint | Bad Trader | Matthew Shewchuk | Buffalo, NY | ??? | Took many months to complete trades | Details... |
| Mr Robusto, Mario -- (NOT Mr Robusto from CF) | Fake Seller | ??? | Seller of fake Cubans | Details... | ||
| MDG | Bad Trader | Michael Gorman | ??? | Per Waliguy, stiffed his fantasy footabll league $42 and 2 OpusX. | Details... | |
| MaduroMike, godofwine7 | Bad Trader | Luis Miguel Rodriguez | Donna, TX (or Austin) | ??? | Stiffed CW members on trades | Details... |
| Laxplyr | Fake Seller | Steve Simeunovic | Whitby, ON | ??? | Sold fake Cuban cigars to several CF members. Also HC / Cubita profiteer | Details... |
| Lefty | Scumbag | Aaron White | Allentown, PA | ??? | Posted Cuban source info despite warnings | Details... |
| Kocheese | Bad Trader | ??? | Reneged on contest and extended box pass delays. Failed to pay for charity auction humidor | Details... | ||
| KorryP | Scumbag | Korry Pearl | Sammamish, WA | ??? | Posted Cuban source info despite warnings | Details... |
KLM15, Sandman8727 | Bad Trader | Louis Kori aka Manny Martins | Enola, PA | ??? | Misrepresented cigars in trades and never made good. Trade with caution! | Details→ |
| JSimpson | Bad Trader | Jamie Simpson | St. Petersburg, FL | ??? | Ripped off Treasurer on trade | Details... |
| jphmojo | Thief | John-Paul Hersberg | Phoenix, AZ | ??? | Box pass thief on CW (Sgresso) | Details... |
| KKing | Fake Seller | ??? | Sold fake Cubans | Details... | ||
| jmac4000 | Thief | ??? | Claimed he sent avoxo money orders in payment for trade twice (both “lost”) | Details... | ||
| JFergus7 | Bad Trader | Palatine, IL | ??? | Failed to send Secret Santa package to WK-Mang | Details... | |
| Jeff Link | Thief | ??? | Robbed people at ASC, ICG, and Cigar World | Details... | ||
| jckposter | Fake Seller | ??? | Seller of fake cubans and he also threatened people with physical violence. | Details... | ||
| jacksi | Bad Trader | Jeffrey Beatty | 3405 NE Multnomah St. | ??? | “sent” package without Insurance or DC. Refused to make good on loss. | Details... |
| Igloo339 | Thief | Kelly Jordan | Smithfield, PA | ??? | Large scale Yahoo scammer | Details... |
| havanaphile | Scumbag | Richard Lonergan | ??? | Cuban cigar price gouger. Also ripped off a group buy | Details... | |
| Guidetaf | Fake Seller | ??? | Seller of fakes at Ebay and Yahoo | Details... | ||
| Habanos1 | Fake Seller | ??? | Seller of fake Cubans | Details... | ||
| Greencat | Fake Seller | James Bloodworth | Burnahm-On-Sea, Somerset, UK | ??? | Purveyor of fake Cuban cigars | Details→ |
| Gibby8184 | Bad Trader | Geoff Gibson | Baltimore, MD | ??? | Stiffed luvtosmoke on trade. Used the trifecta of excuses - out of town, death in family, AND was in hospital | Details... |
| Garry | Scumbag | Garry Solis | Wellington, FL | ??? | Long list of scummy transgressions at CFC '04 | Details... |
| Garripputo | Bad Trader | Nick Pratka | Vancouver, WA | ??? | Stiffed HF Monty on deal. Lengthy shipping delays/no communication on deals with froglicker77 and turnberry. | Details... |
| Gamelover2004, Gamelover16365 | Thief | Steven Myers | Warren, PA | ??? | “Pay it forward” scammer on several boards. Receives primos, and sends “yard gars.” | Details... |
| Fast4dr | Bad Trader | Mike O'Malley | Littleneck, NY | ??? | Ripped off golfgar & others in “Mikes NCAA Pool” | Details... |
Fuente2000, zgar freak | Scumbag | Alex Morlanne | Plantation, FL | ??? | Sold fake Cohiba SRs and misrepresented provenance of Hemingways to damdan, now runs "Del Mar Fine Cigars" | Details→ |
| Echelon Cigars - featuring……. Marley: Stan Grossman, stitactical2011@gmail.com E55K: Eric Griffin, egriffin@echeloncigars.com echeloncigars: Philip Brewer, forty5cal1911@gmail.com donroger: Ramsay Resek, sales@echeloncigars.com | Scumbag | Echelon Cigars, various | Brentwood, TN | ??? | Typical profiteers, mining CF for quick $ales | Details→ |
| Dzeitlen2, dzeitlin@lanealt.com | Fake Seller | David Zeitlin | Boston, MA | ??? | Purveyor of fakes | Details... |
| Dunsh | Bad Trader | Jay Dunshie | Selah, WA | ??? | Screwed robhlyn on “Who's Your Daddy?” package | Details... |
| Drew | Scumbag | Andrew Moeller | ??? | Outed a Cuban source. Yahoo seller | Details... | |
Dr_Toker, Joe Mox | Fake Seller | Jerome Culet | Danville, CA | ??? | Seller of fake Cubans | Details... |
| Dconnection, ZConnection | Fake Seller | Jose Yero | ??? | Fake Cubans. Threatened CF members with physical violence | Details... | |
| DandSCigars | Scumbag | www.dandscigars.com | ??? | spamming cigar websites with his business, posting anon as an employee, lying to people at Cigar Pass | Details... | |
| Damonhopkins | Bad Trader | Damon Hopkins | Cary, NC | ??? | Failed to make good on a deal with TCC | Details... |
| Colosseum, Parthenon | Bad Trader | Kai Xie | Cambridge, MA | ??? | Late in paying on group buy with hapalee. No communication | Details... |
| Cohiba Express, Pedro | Fake Seller | ??? | Seller of fake Cubans | Details... | ||
cigarsandpoker, fastwhitesprinter, thecigarclub, SVB on CigarLive, cigaroutcast, and OnlineHumidor | Thief | Sam Brunt aka Eric Neff | Sarasota, Florida 34232 | ??? | Yahoo gouger and purveyor of Fake Cubans | Details→ |
| Cigar Dart, OpusX22 | Thief | Andi Lopez | 13031 Park Crossing | ??? | Ripped off CFers (XF15-Loader and Detox-VI) on trades | Details... |
| CHEFCARLITOS | Scumbag | Carlos Vazquez | ??? | “Grab-bag” scam (ekert, grateful1, & jthom). | Details→ | |
| byergo | Scumbag | Scott Byergo | ??? | Yahoo gouger | Details... | |
| The Broker | Thief | ??? | Ripped off CFers | Details... | ||
| Butchcole | Bad Trader | Butch Cole | Trussville, AL | ??? | Rec'd cigars from Gonz - Didn't send payment | Details... |
| BlowingSmoke | Thief | D J Gibbins | Phoenix, AZ | ??? | Wrote bad check and failed to make good on transaction | Details... |
| Boot | Fake Seller | Chris Toole | ??? | Traded / sold fake Cubans | Details... | |
| Blixa | Thief | Chris Jarnisch | Denver, CO | ??? | Ripped off svb and Bob K | Details... |
| Blazzer | Bad Trader | Ken Coley | CA | ??? | Has engaged in delinquent/bad trades with a number of CFers | Details→ |
| Billy from Galveston | Fake Seller | Billy | Galveston, TX | ??? | Traded fake Cohibas | Details... |
| BGarv3 | Scumbag | Bill Garvey | Monongahela, PA | ??? | Stiffed members on Katrina Auction cigars at Cigar Pass | Details... |
| Big100HD | Bad Trader | Frank Baranyai | Leesburg, VA | ??? | Was over 2 months late on Lotto Cigar event Info is from Cigarsnobs.com | Details... |
| Bargainhumidors.com | Bad Trader | ??? | Questionable business practices and poor customer service | Details... | ||
| BenC | Bad Trader | Ben Ciccarelli | Livonia, MI | ??? | History of very long delays on trades | Details... |
| Bailey92805 | Scumbag | Ian Bailey | Anaheim, CA | ??? | Gave bogus credit card numbers to vendor (twice), and refused to make good | Details... |
| Avenge0410 | Bad Trader | Steve Spector | ??? | MANY trading issues on Cigar Family | Details... | |
| AshtonVSG | Bad Trader | John Walczak | ??? | Stiffed CF member on trade | Details... | |
| APFPilot1985 | Thief | Reid Antonacchio | Naples, FL | ??? | Rec'd cigars, never made payment to nisiar @ Club Stogie. Won't answer PMs or Email | Details... |
| Alpha_1979 | Bad Trader | Simon Staps | Tilburg, Netherlands | ??? | Stiffed Canjuneh on trade | Details... |
| Archmage1 | Thief | Alan Thomas | Madison, WI | ??? | Ripped off box pass at Torano board | Details... |
| Alpha Wolf | Bad Trader | James Watford | ??? | History of bad trades on CW | Details... | |
| Alchi | Thief | Alain Cadenat | ??? | “Cigars for champagne” scam | Details... | |
| Aficionado99, Aficcionado99, Aficionnad099 | Scumbag | “Dirty Pierre” Viau | ??? | HC Gouger and bad trader, “lost in the mail” scammer. | Details... | |
| accent_r | Bad Trader | Ed Horzewski | Hartford WI | ??? | Very poor box pass behavior (Swift E's box pass on CA | Details... |
abehoff, jm9er, markallenville, thebillboardman, smokinj, usmcsmokinj, “Brose” Girlfriend is 'Cigargirl' | Thief | John Kruthoffer aka 'David Scott', 'Mark Allen' (brother's name) | Lexington, KY | ??? | dscottusmc@yahoo.com & brose1411@gmail.com – Yahoo scammer | Details→ |
| 82AirBornHooah, Infantry44, gelatiking44 | Scumbag | Brian Graham | Scranton, PA | ??? | Admitted reselling cigars acquired from CFers on Yahoo for profit… eBay handle: gelatiking44 | Details... |
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