Brian Ladd raising money to go to Portugal?

[FarSideOfTheMoon]

Apologies for another thread relating to Madeleine McCann, but it is exposing all sorts of lowlife. Brian Ladd of Brian's Predictions fame, seems to be about to set up some sort of fund to finance a trip to Portugal to go find Madeleine.

http://www.briansprediction.com/onlocation/index.htm

I wonder how many gullible fools will be fleeced by this.

9.7.2007
We will go to Portugal under the following conditions, and will be able to go as soon as my passport arrives, I did some checking and I do need a passport to go.

1) There is no way I, nor Kevin can afford this, so the trip has to be funded by my supporters, and if Madeleine is located safe, the reward money be divided between those who contributed.
2) An non-profit expense fund be setup for the sole purpose of this trip and the fund to be handled by a third party. (not me or Kevin)
3) All expenses related to the trip be transparent...I do not want to be accused of making money on this and neither does Kevin.
4) I want to take Kevin, my manager, with me and we will only stay for a few days.
5) If for some reason we are not able to go, 100% of the fund is to be returned to those who donated.
6) Before we do anything, we need someone that's experienced in setting up such a fund...this is very important, please contact Kevin at this address.
7) I would also like any unused funds to stay in the trust to help on other missing person's cases.
8) If any of us do end up in jail, we will use the fund to post bond.

I will need a fund manager who is able to set this up, as I do not have a clue how to do nor does Kevin.
If you would like to help, please email Kevin on this issue as he will be in charge of this issue from now on, so please email him.
We will do everything in our power to help find her, but cannot guarantee any results.
Brian and Kevin

It's going to be a secret though.......I wonder why he wouldn't want any attention while he is 'in' Spain or Portugal....

If you believe you can help in this case, it's welcome, but please respect our privacy and not report details of our whereabouts while we are in Portugal or Spain. You may freely report anything you like when we are back in the USA. If we end up in jail, then please feel free to disregard this request :)

I've signed up to his weekly email to see what all the fuss is about. It's full of the BS you would imagine, plenty of links to childish scribblings which download from his site.

The rather interesting part though is how he pleads poverty throughout. Rather a bit too blatently for my liking....

September 5th, 2007 Unfortunately I was not able to get an extension of my power bill, nor convince them of my situation and services will be shut off soon, I have managed to pay almost half of what's owed, but that does not matter to them. It will be restored on or around the 25th of this month when I get paid...so if you do not see my dreams being updated or open cases being worked on...this is why. I will be back as always, and we all will be just fine :) On other news, Brandon stuck a small plastic round lego up his nose...tried to get it out with tweezers but it moved farther up his nose. Took him to the hospital, and while in the waiting room I was showing him how to blow his nose...well it worked. He seemed to actually like the entire experience, however we did not...and are trying our best to not let something like this happen again.

August 30th, 2007:It's been almost three weeks without TV, and I'm finally getting used to it...my family is too...although I do miss Discovery Channel. I did try and see if an antenna on the roof could pick up a channel or two, however it did not work. Seems were we live there is absolutely no TV stations that can be picked up without having cable or satellite.

August 27th, 2007:Again it seems that's our power is getting shut off on the 30th of this month, I called for an extension but it was denied. I'm trying to get a medical form to prevent this from happening, as we have 12 day old baby, but was told WV law requires they have a serious medical condition. The reason why I'm posting this is just in case you do not hear for me for a few weeks, that's why. It also seems that I may need to start spending more time doing the domain selling thing and getting a part time job...as despite what some may think, this site does not pay the bills and actually I have lost 80% of my domains because I could not afford the renewal fee's. I really love what I'm doing and I'm sure in time it will pay the bills, but right now I need to take care of my family and pay the bills...even if it means working outside the home for a while :) On another note, the first day of school went well.....Brian

August 31st, 2007: Ever since last weeks radio show I been dealing with some emotion issues of my own, seems that I'm still not able to cope with my son starting kindergarten and him being away from me for over 8 hours. As I stated before, this is the first time in his life he has been away from myself or his mom for any period of time, let alone over 8 hours. I realize that things change, and it's for the best, but it's still deeply bothering me and affecting my day, as well as my dreams.
The power company still going to cut my line, but I have managed to get 10 days to prove if the power is cut, someone will die. You actually need a doctor to state this in writing and to personally call the power company to explain him/her self, under oath, why the termination should be stopped. The form itself is setup to make the doctor not want to sign it, look at the text in bold. Anyway, at least I got the 10 days before they shut it off...I do not get paid until the 20th, so that's only 10 days....and we have endured without power and water (well is electric) for over a month...in the winter. I'm also in debt for having children...and no medical insurance...currently I owe some $15,000 in medical bills, and the hospital is known for actually taking peoples cars and homes for not paying.

His wife has just had a baby and he is planning to jet off to Europe, quite odd behaviour.

August 15th, 2007: I'm very proud to announce the birth of Allison Claire Ladd at 3:12 PM today weighing 7 pounds 11.8 ounces...this is the third time I have lucky enough to wittiness the birth of my children, and it still the most amazing thing I have ever witnessed. My wife did wonderful and the birth was completely natural as we wished. She did not cry at all, (the baby) which suspired us all....she immediately open her eyes to unveil the most beautiful bright blue eyes I have ever seen...they seemed to be glowing. It was very odd when they were checking vitals, she held my hand tightly and seemed to be checking out everyone and everything in the room...then she yawned like coming into the world was really no big deal. My two other children and my mom were also there to welcome her into the world. I will be taking the next two days off from my day job and this site, I have just posted last night's dreams and other related site material and should be back at work on Saturday. I have have pictures of Allison that I will be posting to my site...you have got to see these eyes :)

Psychic Sarah is but a distraction compared to the evils of this man.

[HeyJupiter]

I find it a bit odd that his manager doesn't know how to set up a fund, or anyone who would be able to handle it for them. Perhaps he's doing it as a way of saying "look, I'm not taking your money" but I just find that a bit strange...

[FarSideOfTheMoon]

I find it a bit odd that his manager doesn't know how to set up a fund, or anyone who would be able to handle it for them. Perhaps he's doing it as a way of saying "look, I'm not taking your money" but I just find that a bit strange...

Looks like some sort of confidence trick to me. He constantly tries to come across as naive and innocent, and is trying to make it look like he is being diligent in his actions.

I suspect once the donate button is turned on, he will find some excuse not to go, or will pretend to go. He has the excuse that he will use the money in other missing person cases, so he can quite happily keep it.

[HeyJupiter]

Looks like some sort of confidence trick to me. He constantly tries to come across as naive and innocent, and is trying to make it look like he is being diligent in his actions.

I suspect once the donate button is turned on, he will find some excuse not to go, or will pretend to go. He has the excuse that he will use the money in other missing person cases, so he can quite happily keep it.

Also, the slightly-unrelated issue that bothers me - he can't keep up with his payments for his power, yet he obviously keeps his Internet services and website going because it earns him (allegedly) a small amount of money. Well surely his connection to the Internet is lost when the power gets cut off anyway? ??? Why doesn't he just give up the Internet if his family are frequently left without power or water? I find that puzzling, also.

Anyway, back to the topic at hand

[bindeweede]

So, Brian was unable to predict he would need a Passport to travel from the US to Portugal. Stunning. Perhaps he thinks Portugal is one of the Florida Keys.

And I would be suspired if a baby didn't cry. And so glad he was able to wittiness the birth.

Spell-checker?

[FarSideOfTheMoon]

It really is staggering, but then again it just highlights how much some people want to believe in people like Brian.

If you read his stuff, at times it feels like he is just taking the piss with his followers. They really will swallow anything he says.

[bindeweede]

Post from Brian's site...

Kevin and I are very tight when it comes to money, and will take advantage of any free offers we get. The PJ even offered to give us a nice place to stay during the entire stay...and possibly longer...for free :)

Not sure what PJ stands for - Portuguese Judiciary? But I really don't know.

[td17_uk]

i just did a bit of maths regarding the totals page of brians fund and just taking into account GBP and EUR donations it comes to a grand total of £3208 alot more then the £2888 he claimed to have had in total including all the other currencies, judging by the rest of the donations we're looking at around £4500 and that is pounds not dollars for which he claimed the total was around $5,800.

call me suspicious but isnt it funny how he suddenly managed to square away his power supply problems around the same time as he closed the fund

and all the balances have dissappeared of the page too which is strange as he had closed it on the 28th of september why would those totals change now

[td17_uk]

another thing that just struck me is that he has used a payment client (as far as i can see specifically for this fund) so surely there would be no need to add it up himself it must have a balance and payment history page

maybe we should ask him to cut and paste a copy of that into his site but i cant see that happening can you?

[incognito]

another thing that just struck me is that he has used a payment client (as far as i can see specifically for this fund) so surely there would be no need to add it up himself it must have a balance and payment history page

maybe we should ask him to cut and paste a copy of that into his site but i cant see that happening can you?

I just checked the site again and he has a different balance sheet up from yesterday :-\ Should have copied it.