Yea, I always felt there were a few here who were somehow tied to this scam. I got the same treatment. Some peeps dumped a lot of money into this. I literally put a few hundred into it on a whim without doing any DD. I'm more irritated at how people get away with such transparent scams, but it happens everyday down here.
I actually did speak with the lying scam artist that was Mr Byrne.. quite a few times. I think he is still in this and is trying to buy time to get out with the last PR.