Mark Willis Trista Capital Resource VP Business Development Leesburg, Virginia

Do
not trust Mark's rebuttal. I talked to a lawyer in VA for about 30
minutes and explored setting up a law suit . The lawyer found no
evidence that Willis had any real assets and there might be no money
to get back. Furthermore the lawyer noted that Mark Willis, or
possibly a different Mark Willis in VA who happens to have the same
name, once got into a 1 million-dollar scam in a note with language
like, “Signed this day before our Lord, and in honor of his glory,
we take...” which the lawyer pointed out was the oddest contract he
had seen ever.

Mark
did offer one fake reference to me, and introduced me to people he
was just meeting at parties. He went to a fair amount of effort all
in all, drove all the way up to NYC and into a bank with me to make
the loan happen. 

He
does lots of lying, trying to trick you with charm and the story that
he's connected to millions and millions of dollars (none of which he
has but all of which is right around the corner).

Also -a typical
con move here - when you say something about yourself he is likely to
say "me too" and you'll find you have a lot in common,
except he's lying. It's always you who first says something and him
that agrees. It's a trick.

Mark
is smart enough that I believe he would be capable of making a legit
living any number of ways, which is sad. I think he is driven by a
dark-hearted impulse to take advantage of people. He had fun stealing
my money. 

Whatever
references he produces, see also if he can provide clear financial
statements about the collateral he is using to do business with you.
Don't let him sucker you with a promissory note, that he writes, and
then gets notarized.

Take
any contract to a lawyer and test out what type of protection you
have in the deal. 

Overall
you will find him slippery. When real questions come forth and you
want to see things in writing, relating to banks and such that prove
his business exists, things will fall apart.

Trust me - take your opportunities elsewhere.