[Anonymous]

I was just doing my rounds on this guy as I normally do on the internet, and I noticed a new link I hadn’t seen before – posted pretty much nearly identical to when this was posted but a completely different terrible story of someone being scammed by Jon Paul Schell. This time it involved a kid being scammed, that hurts a lot.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-owen-get-the-vr-set-he-saved-so-long-for

It’s the same guy. Jon Paul Schell from Rapid City, SD.

[Anonymous]

Here’s a couple more screenshots, near the end of my interactions with Jon Paul Schell, he was getting nasty – I kept requesting a refund, he kept saying he would do it, he never did it as you can imagine. I never received any items or a refund from him – my bank had to step in and credit me what was stolen.

You can see some of the pictures he sent me in my conversation with him, one of them is blacked out because I sent him pictures because I thought we were having a friendly conversation / before I really knew what was happening. I was conned by a serial con man. That hurt for a long time, but it has made me a stronger person, I hope no one ever has to go through an experience like this though. It came at a very difficult time in my life, and as you can see it was right around the corner from Christmas. That stung quite a bit. I hope Ryan is able to get in contact with the right people and hopefully put a stop to this once and for all. I am thankful there’s an active community online in the digital age looking to do some good out there.

I spent WEEKS of my life dealing with this guy and his lies, from late October 2021 to finally resolving everything with my bank in December 2021.

[Anonymous]

Here are some final screenshots.

I have more than 120 screenshots total, so many pictures, and other detailed evidence. To me, it sounded like he was threatening to show up at my house in [redacted] city which I trespassed him through text, regardless, don’t want a crazy guy showing up at my house. We’ve beefed up security since then.

He used his children in our conversation, he shared pictures of his daughter, he shared pictures of his wife, he shared pictures of himself, and he shared pictures of himself with various Full Throttle Saloon staff.

I hope no one else has to get conned, I really do, I wish they could lock this guy up already and get the money back that he stole from so many people. He was using his wife’s Facebook account and communicating through that account as well as his own account that Ryan shared earlier, if that’s not breaking some laws, I don’t know what can be done at this point besides internet shaming.

[Anonymous]

This has brought up a lot of bad memories for me, I will attach some screenshots of our conversation which includes some of his details – it may not be in the best order but I feel any order you might be able to understand the frustration.

To be clear, I never received any items from Jon Paul Schell or his wife Shirley Remington Schell, it has been months now, and I never will receive anything from them because they are con artists. My bank credited me the money back that Jon scammed from me and concluded their investigation into the matter. I hope one day Jon Paul Schell is arrested, it would bring some ease knowing that he would serve time for defrauding so many people. I don’t know why the law doesn’t step in but the most we can do in this digital age is share our stories, and I’m not ashamed to say I was scammed by Jon Paul Schell. I hope others learn from my mistakes, and I’m sorry Ryan also had to go through this experience, it weighed heavy on me for quite some time and took me a long time to move on from.

+5 More Photos

[Anonymous]

I do a basic google search every month or so wondering if he has been arrested yet, nope, apparently he’s still out there scamming people. I was also scammed by Jon Paul Schell, for around $600 – in connection with his wife Shirley Remington Schell on Facebook Marketplace / mostly communicated through Jon Paul Schell. I sent him the money, he kept saying he would ship the items out everyday, he never shipped them out, I had to go through my bank to get my money back and opened several investigations – the bank confirmed and credited my account – the other I never received any confirmations about and unsure on its status (federal report). I have every single screenshot of our conversation, pictures, personal details, with timestamps, and recorded messages.

It’s unfortunate JPS is still out there scamming people. Make sure to report Jon Paul Schell at https://www.ic3.gov/Home/FileComplaint if you’ve been scammed. The more reports, the better.

Jon Paul Schell also operates a Hot Sauce company called “Dirty South Hot Sauce” and lives in/around Rapid City, SD as of 2021 – often posting on websites. He has been scamming people for at least 22 years – https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2000-07-28-0007280320-story.html – I am confident that is the same person – he told me his age in our conversation history and that matches up perfectly with how old he was in this article.

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[Anonymous]

They sent me a letter saying they are looking into the matter. That’s the first real contact back from someone saying they are doing something, it’s better than nothing! Thanks for your help, Ryan, I hope you were able to get some kind of closure from this or received a response as well.

[Anonymous]

I did put in a report using that complaint form you linked. Anything is better than nothing, appreciate your post and appreciate your work trying to do what you can. It makes me feel not alone out there.

[Anonymous]

It sounds like you have a lot more know-how than I do. If there’s anything I can do to help, please send me a private message, I’d rather not identify myself because I fear retaliation.

[Anonymous]

We had to add each other on Facebook in order for me to send payment to him through Facebook pay (of which of course Facebook does not support any peer-to-peer transactions, so Facebook didn’t care that I didn’t get what I paid for). He also sent me these pictures, he also sent other pictures which seemed very private, and I also spoke to him on the phone several times. There is not one single doubt in my mind that this is him.

I spent WEEKS of my life dealing with this guy.

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