Spam King Scott Richter’s Bankrupt Real Big Notice to Creditors   6/12/2005 - 1,087 views, 1 Comment

Summary: Now here is a real irony: as Aunty reported here previously, Spam King Scott Richter has filed for bankruptcy. Now his company, OptInRealBig.com must notify all potential creditors (that's people to whom he owes money or whom believe that he owes them money) ...

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Now here is a real irony: as Aunty reported here previously, Spam King Scott Richter has filed for bankruptcy.

Now his company, OptInRealBig.com must notify all potential creditors (that’s people to whom he owes money or whom believe that he owes them money) about the bankruptcy.

Mr. Richter has notified Aunty that he has sent out the following email; how many people do you think will not get this notice owing to Mr. Richter being in their spam filter?:

Subject: Legal Notice of Bankruptcy Claim Bar Date
____________________________________________________________________________

OPTINREALBIG COM, LLC, HAS BEEN ORDERED TO REQUEST THAT YOU FORWARD A
COPY OF THIS E-MAIL TO ALL PARTIES ON YOUR E-MAIL LISTS

____________________________________________________________________________


UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO

In re:
Case No. 05-16304 HRT
Chapter 11
OPTINREALBIG COM, LLC
EIN: 88-0508281,
Debtor.
_________________________

In re:
Case No. 05-16340 HRT
Chapter 11
SCOTT ALLEN RICHTER
SS No. XXX-XX-4865,
Debtor.
Jointly Administered Case No. 05-16304 HRT

____________________________________________________________________________

NOTICE OF ORDER FIXING DEADLINE FOR FILING PROOFS OF CLAIM AND INTEREST
PURSUANT TO F.R.B.P. 3003(c)(3) AND 2002(a)(7)
____________________________________________________________________________

TO INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES WHO MAY BE CREDITORS OF THE DEBTORS:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Bankruptcy Court has entered its Order fixing
July 29, 2005, as the last date for filing Proofs of Claim or Interest in the
above-captioned jointly administered Chapter 11 cases. A separate form Proof
of Claim is attached for each bankruptcy case.

ANY ENTITY THAT IS REQUIRED TO FILE A PROOF OF CLAIM OR INTEREST AND THAT
FAILS TO DO SO BY 5:00 P.M., MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, JULY 29, 2005, SHALL NOT
BE TREATED AS A CREDITOR OR INTEREST HOLDER FOR THE PURPOSE OF VOTING OR
DISTRIBUTION, AND ANY CLAIM OR INTEREST OF SUCH ENTITY SHALL BE FOREVER BARRED.

This requirement for filing claims or interest applies to all pre-petition
claims or interests, claims or interests which arose prior to the date of the
Chapter 11 petitions, March 25, 2005, which are not scheduled, or are scheduled
as disputed, contingent or unliquidated in the schedules of liabilities filed
with the Court by the Debtors, or are scheduled and such creditor disagrees with
the amount of the scheduled claim.

To be deemed properly filed, a Proof of Claim must be filed with the Clerk of
the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado, United States
Custom House, 721 19th Street, Denver, Colorado 80202-2508. Proofs of Claim or
Interest are not deemed filed until actually received by the Clerk. CLAIMANTS
OR INTEREST HOLDERS WHO HAVE ALREADY FILED THEIR PROOFS OF CLAIM OR INTEREST
SHOULD NOT FILE A DUPLICATE CLAIM. Claimants who have filed proofs of claim or
interest MAY file an amended proof of claim or interest.

ANY PROOF OF CLAIM OR INTEREST NOT PROPERLY FILED WITH THE CLERK WITHIN THE
TIME SET FORTH ABOVE WILL BE FOREVER BARRED FROM SHARING IN THE ESTATE OR BEING
TREATED AS HAVING A CLAIM OR INTEREST FOR PURPOSES OF VOTING OR DISTRIBUTION.

A copy of the Court’s Order may be inspected at the Office of the Clerk at
the addressed listed above.

DATED this 6th day of June 2005.

LINDQUIST & VENNUM P.L.L.P.
By: /s/ John C. Smiley
Harold G. Morris, Jr., #8409
John C. Smiley, #16210
600 Seventeenth Street, Suite 1800 South
Denver, Colorado 80202-5441
hmorris@lindquist.com
jsmiley@lindquist.com
Telephone: (303) 573-5900
Facsimile: (303) 573-1956
Counsel for OptinRealBig com, LLC

SENDER & WASSERMAN, P.C.
By: /s/ Bonnie Bell Bond
Harvey Sender, #7546
Bonnie Bell Bond, #14923
1999 Broadway, Suite 2305
Denver, Colorado 80202
Telephone: (303) 296-1999
Facsimile: (303) 296-7600
E-mail: bbell@sendwass.com
Attorneys for Scott Allen Richter

____________________________________________________________________________

Please see http://www.optinbig.com/bk for links to the PDF version of the above
Notice, as well as the original Order and attached required Proof of Claim Forms.

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1 Comment »

  1. They should hang spammers just like they did to Sadaam. Swift and visible for others to see. Maybe then other b*stards would get the idea.

    Comment by Doug A. — 1/23/2007 @ 3:57 pm

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