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It would appear my review of High Achiever’s Network has been getting noticed. This month I’ve been contacted by two polite and helpful people. Not surprisingly, they have both confirmed my belief that Joe Vallorano is nothing but a con man.

The first person to call me was none other than Carol M. If you’ve followed the story this long, you know that I have been receiving libelous emails from a Carol M. since the beginning of March. Not knowing this Carol M., I tried to find her online, if only to make some kind of connection. I immediately found it odd that this “Carol” had trouble spelling her own last name consistently. So, to have the real Carol M. call me to tell me that, while she did know Joe Vallorano, she had nothing to do with High Achiever’s Network, was no real surprise.

The truth is that Joe Vallorano has been using Carol M’s identity as his assistant. She has had nearly no contact with him since 2005 when she moved to California. This is why I’ve redacted her last name from all searchable material. She is the victim of fraud. In fact, she has now declared this on Yelp.

Not long after the call from Carol, I got a cryptic message from a Robert G. asking to speak with me. This is the same Robert G. that wrote this review of High Achiever’s Network after I wrote mine.

Extremely curious, I called Robert to find out what information he had. As it turns out, Robert has known Joe Vallorano for over 40 years and knows Mr. Vallorano to, indeed, be a scam artist. According to Robert, Joe Vallorano has no problem screwing anyone over for a buck.

“He’s either going to end up in prison or shot,” Robert told me, “because he’s screwed over a LOT of people. One day someone’s not going to take it lying down.”

In the half hour we spoke, he confessed to being pressured by Joe Vallorano to write that review, though he had never been a member of the High Achiever’s Network. He also told me Joe Vallorano asked him to create fake accounts in which to write more favorable reviews of High Achiever’s Network. To this, Robert flat out refused for obvious reasons. Apparently, Robert has had nothing to do with Joe Vallorano since.

So, now knowing all of this, I went back over some reviews on Yelp that have been filtered out.

• Reviews written on the same day. One from a different “Robert G.” Not to be confused with the ACTUAL Robert G. mentioned above.
• Review written the same day I received this. The Malcolm C. account on Yelp was started the same day.
• Two reviews that I believe are honest.

I cannot say this enough… Do not do ANY business with Joe Vallorano or High Achiever’s Network.

So, just when I thought I was safe, Carol M. [last name redacted] (carol.highachievers@gmail.com) starts it up again with a phony review of my company. In my last update of my Yelp review, I pointed out that in the email she supposedly sent out to the High Achiever’s Network, my work was panned as “substandard” which was disingenuous since I have never done work for them or any of their members.

Not to let that stop her, Ms. Carol M. [last name redacted] (and presumably Joe Vallorano) pen and send me a phony review under the nom-de-plume, Tim. How do I know it’s phony? A few reasons:

1. I’ve never had a client from Spokane named Tim.
2. I’ve never kept anyone’s deposit without completing a job.
3. I started TPM in 2005. Married with children. I moved out of my father’s house after college in 1998. Never have I worked “from a basement in his Mommy and Daddies house.“

This is just getting out of hand. I have never been harassed by anyone like this before. My review must be costing them money or members. According to a recent Yelp review by a Vinnie T., written on 04/09/2013, the “networking group is dead, the website gone and I’m sure Joe is cooking up some new dishonest plan to get $ from unsuspecting folks.” I don’t know how true this is because as of this writing, their website is still up. Not only is it still up, but the entry for my business from when I initially signed up with their group is still there.

Apparently, I’m not the only one to get scammed for money. Someone who is trying to recoup money from Joe Vallarano for work performed contacted me after reading my review. We have been keeping in touch as this madness continues.

Frankly, I just want to be done with these people. I had a full two years to let the sting wear off from losing the $300 to Joe Vallorano. Now I’ve got Carol M. [last name redacted] (a women I have never met) sending me libelous and falsified emails to me. If you are ever thinking about being in business with these people, remember this tale.

I’ll post again if anything else happens.

For those of you who may have migrated here from some connection to “High Achiever’s Network,” you’ll need to read my side of the story. You can find the whole, pitiful tale in this Yelp Review.