Derrick Edwards is iGiveaway.us a scam? You bet ya. Internet

Bellow you'll find the email conversation that went back and forth. You'll notice the conversation gets pretty one sided by the end. That's because once he brought enough time to make it so I couldn't do a PayPal dispute I never heard from him again. Heck, what you don't see here is that I even tried tweeting him but got nothing from that either. So bottom line, took my money with his partner in crime Ben Steffens and ran.

From: Cobra Blade 

Subject: Re: Contact [#115]
Date: 12 May 2014 6:09:03 am ACST
To: Derrick Edwards <derrick@igiveaway.us>

I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to respectfully request a refund if there is still nothing to show at this stage. Even if my previously two unanswered emails did end up in your spam folder, that doesn't change that I haven't had an email from you since March.

From: Cobra Blade
Subject: Re: Contact [#115]
Date: 6 May 2014 5:29:26 am ACST
To: Derrick Edwards <derrick@igiveaway.us>

Hey there,
What's going on? Haven't heard from you in ages.

From: Cobra Blade
Subject: Re: Contact [#115]
Date: 18 April 2014 9:16:42 am ACST
To: Derrick Edwards <derrick@igiveaway.us>

Hey Derrick,
So what the good word?
Haven’t heard anything in some time now so thought I’d check in.

From: Cobra Blade
Subject: Re: Contact [#115]
Date: 5 April 2014 11:38:25 am ACDT
To: Derrick Edwards <derrick@igiveaway.us>

Hey Derrick,
Had any more luck with the reviews?

Best regards,
Cobra

From: Cobra Blade
Subject: Re: Contact [#115]
Date: 22 March 2014 8:06:06 am ACDT
To: Derrick Edwards <derrick@igiveaway.us>

That's not a problem at all Derrick.
Even if it takes a bit longer than that.

Best regards,
Cobra

From: Derrick Edwards <derrick@igiveaway.us>
Subject: Re: Contact [#115]
Date: 22 March 2014 2:25:35 am ACDT
To: Cobra Blade

Hi,

Sorry for the delay. Working to get the best sites.

Please give me 12-24 more hours.

Thanks.

From: Cobra Blade
Subject: Re: Contact [#115]
Date: 17 March 2014 10:47:05 pm ACDT
To: Derrick Edwards <derrick@igiveaway.us>

Hey Derrick,
Probably a silly question since you were probably already going to, but could you send me links to the reviews as they become available? I’d really love to see them.

Best regards,
Cobra

From: Derrick Edwards <derrick@igiveaway.us>
Subject: Re: Contact [#115]
Date: 13 March 2014 10:50:31 am ACDT
To: Cobra Blade

Hi,

Confirming and will let you know within 20 minutes.

Thanks.

Reviews will be finished in within 72 hours.

From: Cobra Blade
Subject: Re: Contact [#115]
Date: 13 March 2014 10:48:56 am ACDT
To: Derrick Edwards <derrick@igiveaway.us>

Awesome,
a PayPal payment has been sent to Basyboyapps@gmail.com as requested.

Thank you very much for this.

All the best,
Cobra

From: Derrick Edwards <derrick@igiveaway.us>
Subject: Re: Contact [#115]
Date: 13 March 2014 10:40:01 am ACDT
To: Cobra Blade

Sure,

Total would be $179. You can send the payment to Basyboyapps@gmail.com .

Reviews will be finished within 72 hours after payment.

Let me know.

Thanks

- Derrick
410-660-9528

From: Cobra Blade
Subject: Re: Contact [#115]
Date: 13 March 2014 9:37:38 am ACDT
To: Derrick Edwards <derrick@igiveaway.us>

Sorry to do this, but with some bills now looming close, is it possible to drop my order down to just 1 web review & 1 video review? Depending on how well they go, I may also do a repeat order of an additional web + video review in a month or two.

Once again sorry, but would this be acceptable? If so I have the money ready now.

Kind regards,
Cobra

From: Derrick Edwards <derrick@igiveaway.us>
Subject: Re: Contact [#115]
Date: 13 March 2014 5:47:27 am ACDT
To: Cobra Blade

Hi,

Okay, partner is back.

So a 1 day Twitter promotion is $119, 1 Web Review is $79, and 1 Video Review is $99.

Totaling: $297. This does not include the iPhone you want to Giveaway. Which iPhone did you wanna giveaway? You can also do a lower prize like a iPod Touch.

Let me know.

Thanks

From: Cobra Blade
Subject: Re: Contact [#115]
Date: 10 March 2014 8:51:10 am ACDT
To: D E <derrick@igiveaway.us>

Hey,
That’s no problem at all, I’ll keep an eye out for the invoice around then.

I’ll forgo the long distance call if that’s alright. Money is already pretty tight as it is. So sadly I also don’t think I could afford to upgrade to any additional promotions either.

Best regards,
Cobra

From: D E <derrick@igiveaway.us>
Subject: Re: Contact [#115]
Date: 10 March 2014 8:46:00 am ACDT
To: Cobra Blade

Hi,

To discuss anymore services you may be interested in.

My partner is out of the country until Tuesday. I'll have him send a invoice then if this is fine.

Thanks and let me know.

Sent from my iPhone

From: Cobra Blade
Subject: Re: Contact [#115]
Date: 10 March 2014 8:37:04 am ACDT
To: Derrick Edwards <derrick@igiveaway.us>

A wire transfer probably isn’t impossible, but probably the most difficult option for me to attempt. From memory, it’ll also come with extra charges from my bank with the conversion, etc. I don’t suppose you have any way of processing credit card payments?

A phone call? I’m a little confused.

All the best,
Cobra

From: Derrick Edwards <derrick@igiveaway.us>
Subject: Re: Contact [#115]
Date: 9 March 2014 2:54:01 pm ACDT
To: Cobra Blade

Hi,

Can you do a wire transfer? Best method for us.

Would you like to setup a phone call? We can get your giveaway up and running very quickly.

Sorry for the delay, emails are getting sent to spam and I'm trying to fix it.

Thanks.

410-660-9528.

From: Cobra Blade
Subject: Re: Contact [#115]
Date: 7 March 2014 5:52:15 am ACDT
To: D E <derrick@igiveaway.us>

PayPal is probably the best payment method, being international and all. This email address is also the one I use for PayPal.

As for the prize, I'd go with an iPhone.

Best regards,
Cobra

From: D E <derrick@igiveaway.us>
Subject: Re: Contact [#115]
Date: 7 March 2014 1:37:39 am ACDT
To: Cobra Blade

Sounds good!

What prize did you wanna giveaway?

Any Apple prize is allowed.

How would you like to pay?

Sent from my iPhone

From: Cobra Blade
Subject: Re: Contact [#115]
Date: 6 March 2014 5:14:38 pm ACDT
To: Derrick Edwards <derrick@igiveaway.us>

Yeah, I hate it when proper emails end up in my junk folder, so I understand. But a big thanks for the 20% off, with that, how can I resist ordering a little more than I originally planed.

How does 1 day of Twitter Giveaways, 1x Web Review, and 1x Video Review sound?

From: Derrick Edwards <derrick@igiveaway.us>
Subject: Re: Contact [#115]
Date: 6 March 2014 8:30:22 am ACDT
To: Cobra Blade

Hi,

Sorry your email was sent to spam. I hope you are still interested.

See the attached PDF for pricing.

I can offer you 20% off as a first time client and for the delay.

Thanks and let me know any questions.

On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 10:23 PM, Wufoo <no-reply@wufoo.com> wrote:
Name Cobra Blade
Email ******
Phone Number *******
Application Name
Soulless
Website http://cobra.hostamania.com
Message
Hi there, I have just released my first iOS game, Soulless.
I've followed iGiveaway on Twitter for a while now, knowing that it would the perfect promotion solution once this day came. So I am very curious, about pricing for the Bronze package and how we get started.

Thank you for your time,
Cobra

Want to know how we made this work? Check Out Wufoo.com

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Derrick Edwards
CEO
iGiveaway
http://iGiveaway.us

iGiveaway is the only iOS marketer with over 600,000 followers and the unique power to leverage social media to market your iOS application. Even if you have tried marketing your App on social media, even if you have tried giving away the App for free, you can’t beat the raw downloads that you’ll earn from a single giveaway across our Twitter network.