Complaint Review: Jeremy Michael Skeens - Lexington Kentucky
- Jeremy Michael Skeens 3050 Helmsdale place apt# 10102 Lexington, Kentucky United States of America
- Phone: 513-827-7763
- Web:
- Category: Bad Check Writers
Jeremy Michael Skeens "Siggy Skeens" "Kingston Raine" Jeremy Skeens is a scam artist who gets people to trust him and then rips them off by having them deposit checks into thier bank accounts, then remove the funds for him Lexington, Kentucky
*General Comment: REAL NAME JEREMY MICHAEL DERKS. LET'S PUT HIM IN FEDERAL PRISON.
*Consumer Comment: Update to siggy skeens Jeremy skeens
*REBUTTAL Owner of company: My two cents on this fake
*General Comment: I am impressed.
*Consumer Comment: Update
*UPDATE EX-employee responds: The original post is absolute truth
*Consumer Comment: Also a victim
*Consumer Comment: Oh, yeah.
*Consumer Comment: really?
*Author of original report: Update on report on Jeremy Michael Skeens
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Jeremy Michael Skeens is a scammer who has a serious gambling addiction. He meets people and does everything he can to gain their trust and then asks them to cash checks for him using their bank account. He opened a business called "Backporch at Skippers LLC" which is a marina/restaurant located on Lake Greenwood in Cross Hill, SC. He wrote me 2 bad checks on his business account under that name and he knew the checks were bad. One was for around $300 and the other was for $4300. He also wrote 2 more bad checks to me from an account in his stepfathers name. He also knew that these were bad and he didn't have authorization from the account holder to even write them.
I found out that he has done this to several people including his own mother and grandmother and his mother is about to lose her house because of it. He lies and tells people that he is a songwriter for Sony music and that he has all kinds of money, but the truth is he's flat broke because of his gambling problem. He is on probation in Kentucky for writing checks on some other person as well. At this point he has threatened the lives of me and my family because I found out what he was doing and told him I was going to turn him in. If anyone who knows Jeremy who is reading this report I encourage you to contact the police and have him prosecuted. He is no ones friend and doesn't care what he does to other people and how his scams destroy their lives as well as their credit. I am on the hook now with the bank because they say I have to pay the money to them that he took out. I hope this word gets out so that he can't do this to more people.
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#10 General Comment
REAL NAME JEREMY MICHAEL DERKS. LET'S PUT HIM IN FEDERAL PRISON.
AUTHOR: Joshua - (United States)
SUBMITTED: Monday, June 26, 2023
We met Jeremy Michael, formally known as (Jeremy Michael Derks) through a mutual friend at church here in Las Vegas. Upon meeting Jeremy, he mentioned an e-commerce business he maintains and provides services through Shopify called “The Drop Shipping Company, LLC.” After further in-depth discussion with Jeremy, we decided to move forward with the investment. Jeremy requested an initial investment of $30,000 to build, maintain and provide services for 2 Shopify stores for a duration of 24 months and said they would be up and running within 3-4 days after the initial investment was paid. We paid Jeremy the initial amount of $30,000 through a wire transfer from our bank (Navy Federal) on or around May 17th, 2023, in which Jeremy confirmed the receipt of the payment. Once the payment was received Jeremy then began to build the stores with our cooperation and was communicating as needed. We reached the 3–4-day period and did not have any of our stores up and running, soon thereafter days turned into weeks, and we started receiving multiple excuses from Jeremy as to why the stores were not finished. Jeremy then started to become less communicative and less responsive to building the stores and maintaining the ads and sales as promised. We grew suspicious during this time and started to do more research on Jeremy using the internet and found multiple reports, complaints, videos, and testimonies about Jeremy being a con artist and scamming multiple people for years out of tens of thousands of dollars if not hundreds. Since then, Jeremy has continued to neglect his commitment to building our stores and does not communicate the progress, status, or his intentions. We asked for the money back and he responded by saying he would give us stores that are already built and making $2,000 -$5,000 a month but that was as far as it went, a verbal commitment and no action. It has been over a month now, so we are getting together with other victims to persecute Jeremy on a Federal Level.
PLEASE REPORT HIM TO THE DOJ (DEPARTMNET OF JUSTICE AND THE FBI) IF YOU HAVE BEEN A VICTIM PLEASE CONTACT ME AT JRYANMAKEHITZ@GMAIL.COM WE ARE GOING TO PUT JEREMY IN A FEDERAL PRISON.
#9 Consumer Comment
Update to siggy skeens Jeremy skeens
AUTHOR: Jemma2158 - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Sunday, February 14, 2016
Now going by the name VONN KISS!!!! This person scammed me out of thousands of dollars. He claims to be a famous singer who is produced by Gretchen Wilson. This is phony, DONT BE FOOLED. He Never paid me and never paid any of my friends who he scammed also. He's been scamming people since 1997, and has moved countless times, all the way from myrtle beach, los Angeles, Nashville, Chicago, Mason, etc After some digging, I saw many reports on here about this guy who has changed his name a bunch of times and ripped others off. His real name is Jeremy Michael skeens, and he is no musical artist. He uses music as a cover up to his scam. He has a gambling addiction, and he uses other people's money to go gamble. He also seeks out women with great credit to sign for his fancy cars, Porsches, bentleys, range rovers, all of which he can't obviously afford. The guy hasn't had a job ever besides when he owned a run down back yard landscaping company that made enough money for him to go to the casino on. Everything he has ever owned has been repossessed, stolen, etc. he seeks out young pretty girls with amazing credit, and gives them all a sob story about him being a pro baseball player and getting injured and ruining his credit, and that he's now a rising star in music and he's rich and needs to build his credit, and he promises to pay for what they sign for. BEWARE OF THIS SCAMMER.
#8 REBUTTAL Owner of company
My two cents on this fake
AUTHOR: Jeremyskeens'nightmare - ()
SUBMITTED: Thursday, August 22, 2013
Sony records? False. He doesn't write songs for anyone but his girlfriends who he knocks up and then takes money from from. He's never sold a song, made an album, or been signed. lies lies lies. Look it up. All this guy is, is a guy who had talent playing bbaseball and got drafted by the reds in 97, and messed it up. So he gambles and loses and scams ppeople and that's he how he survives. he was in a band once and I know it for a fact that he scammed every one of them.
He actually had the drummer sign of an apartment and a couple four wheelers and never paid for it. The guitarist got his credit card maxed out and got off easy because he left at the right time, after seeing him fake a break in at his apartment for insurance fraud. He's scammed his mom, grandma, dad, friends, and anyone he meets. This is how he survives. It's all he knows. Ask any cop, detective, bank, credit card company they all know his name!!!!! He's famous for having girls sign for cars and running off with them And not paying!
#7 General Comment
I am impressed.
AUTHOR: Impressed - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, August 07, 2012
I'm a fairly strong business person with a reasonable gut instinct. This person took advantage of me at a weak time in my life and got me for $8,000. He's definitely a scam artist, and a d**n good one. My tail is between my legs, but I learned a valuable lesson. No one will EVER take advantage of me again. I will forever steer clear of this individual, and others like him. but I tip my hat to how cunning and manipulative he really is. Goodbye.
#6 Consumer Comment
Update
AUTHOR: getyourdna - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, January 24, 2012
In the interest of full disclosure: since our original report here, a police report was filed, and then the bad check was paid off in full.
#5 UPDATE EX-employee responds
The original post is absolute truth
AUTHOR: TryMe - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Friday, January 20, 2012
It would seem "siggy" has tried to clear his name himself...i know the original poster and everything stated is 100% truth. He tried the same shady tactics with me but with no luck. Please be cautious when dealing with this one because his selfishness knows no bounds. He will continue to use people for what he can get and toss them aside when hes done.
This guy is absolutely useless and has none of the so called business sense he insists he has..its actually quite humerous to watch once you know his scam. Anyway way good luck to those who meet this skinflint and laugh at him when he tries his scam on you.
#4 Consumer Comment
Also a victim
AUTHOR: getyourdna - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Jeremy Skeens ordered more than $700 of printing services from my company and paid with a check. The check was stop payment by the account holder because the check was unauthorized. I have tried to call, text, and email this guy and have received no response. I am going to file charges against this person this afternoon, especially having read this report of such a similar transaction form the same person. If anyone has additional information I can use to nail this guy to the wall for this, please forward to me. This happened in Kettering Ohio.
#3 Consumer Comment
Oh, yeah.
AUTHOR: SocratesAL - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Saturday, November 19, 2011
This is also an excellent example of how a few dollars can change one's attitude ( not to mention changing a ripoff report ! ). It is so very evident that the author received a sum of money to change his original report. Seriously, how does your bank bouncing bad checks equal a "misunderstanding". The checks were bogus, and the bank bounced them. There's no "misunderstanding" there. I go with the first report as being the truthful one.
#2 Consumer Comment
really?
AUTHOR: RC86 - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Friday, November 18, 2011
and this is why we wait before posting something claiming someone ripped you off.
#1 Author of original report
Update on report on Jeremy Michael Skeens
AUTHOR: anonymous - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Friday, November 18, 2011
I recently filed a report on Jeremy Michael Skeens, however at this time I would like to update this report due to the fact that it was all a huge misunderstanding and I was very angry at first which led to the filing of that report. Mr. Skeens has gone out of his way to take care of me and the problems that had arisen that prompted me to file the report. As far as the bad checks go, the checks weren't bad it was all just a misunderstanding and he made sure the checks were paid in full. I also found out that he actually IS a songwriter and IS currently signed to the Sony record label. I would like to take this opportunity to apologize for any comments that I have made that are untrue and for the filing of this report since I was grossly misinformed about this individual. He is a good person whom I would gladly do business with in the future and would encourage anyone else to do as well. I would also like to apologize to Mr. Skeens for any hardship that this report may have caused him or any of his business associates. I am greatly in his debt and will do whatever necessary to right this wrong I have done by filing this report. My apologies to all.
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