Arizona BBB Fraud Alert: Kwevi Quaye Flees With 500 Cruise Vacationer’s Fees Kwevi Quaye, a.k.a. Mr. 419, Strikes Again A special message for defrauded fans of singer R. Kelly and those 500 vacationers that paid up to $4600 each for Concert Cruise (concertcruise.com) in early October 2012. Singer R. Kelly accused Kwevi Quaye of fleeing with his paycheck even though his fans purchased over one million dollars in tickets. Quaye Skipped Town Page: 1 (44) Kwevi’s Whereabouts Unknown Arizona BBB Fraud Alert: Kwevi Quaye Flees With 500 Cruise Vacationer’s Fees Please print and distribute 100 copies of this page (kweviquaye.com)to each person attending the Diaspora Showcase Africa and Concert Cruise. Kwevi Quaye 419 scam is the cover story in U.S. national magazines, such as Jet (cover story on the refusal of Kwevi Quaye to pay singer R. Kelly, September 17, 2012). All investors should call the Arizona Better Business Bureau (or the Nigerian community in Tucson, Arizona) for details on Kwevi Quaye and his creative 419 concert cruise scams. Please complete the CLASS ACTION lawsuit form below: COMING in late September 2012 Kwevi Quaye is facing numerous criminal charges and in Arizona newspapers for money frauds. He might be going to prison for defrauding up to 500 people. Kwevi Quaye operates under various alias and it is rumored that he is now “ROY CORMIER.” Kwevi Quaye registered a fake company in Wilmington in (tax-free) Delaware even though he has been living in Tucson (Arizona) for the past 30 years. According to BBB investigators and Arizona newspaper reporters, Kwevi Quaye and his team of ten fraudsters have gone into hiding, disconnecting their phones and not answering email inquiries from 500 defrauded clients. The Better Business Bureau has issued a FRAUD ALERT!!! on Kwevi Quaye and his ten Yahoo Boys. Their whereabouts are unknown. Read newspaper articles below for unbiased details. Quaye Skipped Town Page: 2 (44) Kwevi’s Whereabouts Unknown Arizona BBB Fraud Alert: Kwevi Quaye Flees With 500 Cruise Vacationer’s Fees Kwevi Quaye (center) who loves a lavish lifestyle disconnected his phone and fled to the hills with my money! His whereabouts are unknown. FORTHCOMING COMING: Class action lawsuits against co-sponsors and advertisers of Kwevi Quaye’s Diaspora Showcase Africa and Concert Cruise. Kwevi Quaye, a.k.a. Mr. 419, Strikes Again TUCSON CITIZEN Reporter writes: http://tucsoncitizen.com/bbbconsumeralert/tag/kwevi- quaye/ Quaye Skipped Town Page: 3 (44) Kwevi’s Whereabouts Unknown Arizona BBB Fraud Alert: Kwevi Quaye Flees With 500 Cruise Vacationer’s Fees Posts Tagged ‘Kwevi Quaye’ Tucson Cruise and Concert Promoter Disappears with Customers Cash, Consumers tell BBB Tuesday, August 28th, 2012 Better Business Bureau of Southern Arizona is alerting consumers to Concert Cruise, a Tucson company that consumers say sold them tickets to a cruise featuring R&B artist, R. Kelly, but disappeared with their money when the concert was canceled. BBB has received 14 complaints from consumers across the U.S. against Concert Cruise in the past four weeks, all who say they are unable to contact the company for a refund of their cruise tickets, which they paid as much as $4,500 for. BBB has been unable to speak with, or indentify, the owner of Concert Cruise, but has been in contact with their attorney. Concert Cruise, which now appears to be out of business, was operating out of the offices of the Tucson-Southern Arizona Black Chamber of Commerce, located at 1443 Broadway Blvd. in Tucson. A representative from the chamber could not confirm with BBB who the owner of the company is, but said that one of the employees was Kwevi Quaye, who owns a company called Dispora Group. According to its Facebook page, Dispora Group Quaye Skipped Town Page: 4 (44) Kwevi’s Whereabouts Unknown Arizona BBB Fraud Alert: Kwevi Quaye Flees With 500 Cruise Vacationer’s Fees is “a holding company with interests in architecture, entertainment, media, sports, fashion, real estate development and investment.” BBB offers these tips to consumers purchasing cruise or concert tickets: Research the company you’re buying the tickets with. Make sure that the vendor has a proven track record by visiting www.tucson.bbb.org, where you can check to see what sort of complaints the company has, or if there’s a record of the company at all. Pay with a credit card. Paying with a credit card allows you to challenge the transactions if you’re scammed out of your money. While you may not always be able to get your money back, you stand a much better chance than you would if you pay with a debit card or a checking account. Purchase directly from cruise line or promoter, if possible: Often the best way to avoid fly-by-night vendors and promoters is to purchase tickets directly from the source. Especially beware of vendors and promoters that ask that you pay via money order or Pay Pal. For more information on Concert Cruise consumers can contact BBB by calling (520)888-5353, or by email at [email protected]. Tags: canceled, Concert Cruise, cruise, Dispora Group, Kwevi Quaye, R. Kelly, refund, Tucson Posted in alert, Life, scam, Tips | No Comments » Quaye Skipped Town Page: 5 (44) Kwevi’s Whereabouts Unknown Arizona BBB Fraud Alert: Kwevi Quaye Flees With 500 Cruise Vacationer’s Fees How KWEVI QUAYE Fled with Up to TWO million dollars charged to 500 “Vacationers” 1. Defrauds the performers forcing them to cancel. 2. That gives Kwevi Quaye the pretext to withhold up to $4600 from each “vacationer” as well as R. Kellys performance fee collected. 3. Flee when the Better Business Bureau, news reporters, the National Fraud Information Center, or other watchdog groups calls upon him. 4. Have ten 419 Yahoo Boys (scammers) work in his office in Arizona but register his shell company (with no employees in Delaware)“Cruise Concert LLC” in Delaware because its state courts that are friendly to con artists, drug traffickers, embezzlers and money launderers. “The Delaware loophole”is like opening a Swiss Bank account in the United States without paying taxes to Arizona. Quaye Skipped Town Page: 6 (44) Kwevi’s Whereabouts Unknown Arizona BBB Fraud Alert: Kwevi Quaye Flees With 500 Cruise Vacationer’s Fees http://consequenceofsound.net/2012/08/r-kelly-sinks- love-letter-cruise/ Britney Jean • a month ago I was looking forward to this for a LONG time! I booked it and paid off the entire trip in December. In Jan, March and May I was charged more for taxes, fuel, tips etc. I have been told by Concert Cruises that because I opted out of insurance (because I knew I was getting on that boat no matter what, never thought THEY would cancel) that I would not get back a single penny of my money. I was told by Carnival, who owns the boat, that they would not repay me because they sold the boat to the other company! Basically I'm out ALL the money because they could not "fulfill the financial obligations". Quaye Skipped Town Page: 7 (44) Kwevi’s Whereabouts Unknown Arizona BBB Fraud Alert: Kwevi Quaye Flees With 500 Cruise Vacationer’s Fees Alin Barley wrote "Who [Kwevi Quaye] ever made this page god bless you!! I pray these bastards get locked up for this bs!!! I only received a credit of 260 and it came from carnival cruise!!!! I am very dissapointed in the way this cruise has been handled. I am just alarmed that no one at r.kellys management didn't post anything about him no longer performing it took them 8 weeks before the cruise was to depart to inform folks that r.kelly was no longer performing due to him not being paid. I am not blaming r.kelly but damn a lot of people messed up here!!! I just pray they catch those two bastards [Kwevi Quaye] and lock there asses away for a very long time" on The Love Letter Cruise Ripped Me Off's timeline. at Aug 20, 2012 3:44:54 AM 7 on are side is a news show and is willing to pick up the story so every one send in your documents, stories and info to links about these scum bags to [email protected] http://azstarnet.com/mobi/business/article_bbdaa17a- e39e-5c42-8a70-dcc5aeea0189.html RETURN TO BUSINESS Cancellation of cruise featuring R&B singer brings BBB warning Quaye Skipped Town Page: 8 (44) Kwevi’s Whereabouts Unknown Arizona BBB Fraud Alert: Kwevi Quaye Flees With 500 Cruise Vacationer’s Fees Carli Brosseau Arizona Daily Star Wednesday, August 29, 2012 12:00 am The Better Business Bureau of Southern Arizona put out a warning Tuesday about a Tucson promotion company that canceled a cruise featuring R&B singer R. Kelly and "disappeared with their money." But a prominent local event producer who works for the cruise promotion company said the warning is based on a serious misunderstanding. "Their facts are wrong," said Kwevi Quaye, who developed the company's marketing concept and puts on the annual Diaspora Showcase Africa show of African fashion and art. "As I understand it, the refund process is ongoing." Concerts Cruise LLC sent cancellation emails earlier this month to customers who had paid up to $4,500 for a ticket on the "Love Letter Cruise." They stated that the purchase of cancellation insurance had been mandatory with the bookings and noted several times in the process. Then the company seemed to disappear. Its website, concertscruise.com, was wiped clean except for a log-in window and the phrase "Cruise Canceled." The Facebook page and Twitter account are gone.