More Comedy from the American Police Force website

[fishwax]

I posted here about how this mysterious “American Police Force” outfit is more likely a scam than a front group for Blackwater. They plagiarize a Blackwater website, sure, but they’ve also apparently plagiarized a Junior Association “Career Guides” website, an answer on “answers.com,” a book description on amazon.com, and private investigation websites of widely varying quality.

For example, if you’re interested in APF’s Investigative Services, you can learn on their website that:

“We have investigative agents that specialize in certain areas and most of them speak several different languages such as Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Ukrainian, Polish, English to name a few. That covers about 90 percent of the worlds spoken language. We can provide you with the expertise to investigate the case and hopefully bring the culprit justice.

We specialize in results for corporate investigations, covert operations, surveillance, industrial espionage, counter intelligence, and sabotage encompassing both criminal and civil statutes. We offer intellectual property protection Internet crimes Phishing network exploitation corporate intelligence hacking and database intrusions.

But don’t worry, if you want someone a little less sinister to perform those services, you can find the same services offered (word for word, including the silly claim that Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Ukrainian and English covers about 90% of the world’s spoken language) on the web site for this guy:



Much less sinister!

But anyway, the real humor I wanted to point to comes from the insurance fraud section of the APF website, where an apparent misunderstanding of the syntax of http://www.mypi.co.il/insurance_investigations_english.asp">the source they’re plagiarizing from leads to the claim that APF will gladly stage car accidents, set businesses on fire, claim that they have lost the ability to work, and more! :rofl:

Our unmatched experience and reputation has enabled APF to conduct thousands upon thousands of private investigations. If you would like to verify insurance claims/fraud, we will not hesitate to:

Insurance Fraud Investigations

o Stage car accidents.
o Order auto theft.
o Set their businesses on fire.
o Claim that they have lost their ability to work.
o Stage a break-in or theft of personal items.
o Inflate the value of a stolen item.
o Add relatives to a list of people allegedly injured in a car accident.
o Hire witnesses to support their version of the claim incident.

[maddezmom]

1. that's some funny stuff

:D

[HippieCowgirl]

2. Viral marketing?

This whole story stunk as a plant from the beginning. I honestly think this is a viral marketing stunt for a new movie or video game.

[fishwax]

4. that was my first reaction too, but the lead guy's track record of construction fraud

got me thinking it was just a scam. He's done time for "diverting construction funds," and now has plans to build a multi-million dollar training facility near an empty jail in a bankrupt town in Montana. :)

[havocmom]

5. It is all too real for the desperate people of Hardin, MT

They went into debt big to build that damned prison and they are desperate to make it start paying off. They got desperate enough to be sold another bill of goods, evidently.

[havocmom]

3. Sadly, fires in failing businesses could be a marketable service in MT

Seems there are always a lot of businesses go up in smoke every time the economy tanks. Butte was a regular open pit BBQ back in the late 70s

Thanks for all your info, fishwax. Pretty sure some folks in Helena are DU readers. You probably saved them some time researching. ;)

[fishwax]

6. yeah, I know what you mean

I grew up about an hour from Hardin, and while I haven't been through there in several years, I remember seeing the news when the prison was built and opened in the first place, and the whole situation struck a sad chord in me, knowing the kinds of hopes that go with something like that for the people of a small town that's never been a font of prosperity. (Not that I would have ever thought the prison was a good idea in the first place, but ...)

"Thanks for all your info, fishwax. Pretty sure some folks in Helena are DU readers. You probably saved them some time researching. ;)"

That would be cool if so :) :hi:

[Stevenmarc]

7. That picture has to be about circa 1985, he's working his Magnum, P.I. look

[fishwax]

8. lol -- totally 80s

[fishwax]

9. Fun with photos

The photos from the website, like the language used to describe their services, is clearly copied from other sources.

For instance, their image of Polish Police Forces on their "Police Officer and Security Training" page can be seen here: http://www.bigstockphoto.com/photo/view/2116860.

Another picture on the page is clearly drawn from the same stock photo used for the cover of The Gun Digest Book of Assault Weapons:


But the provenance from some other photos is less clear, like this one they use to illustrate their "Cheating Spouse" services, which for some reason strikes me as funny :rofl::

[Swamp Rat]

10. LOLOLOL!!!

:rofl:











:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[fishwax]

11. and theme songs!

Those first few pictures got the Magnum P.I. theme song going in my head right away :rofl:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CquMO3vJvo

And "The A-Team" for good measure: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIfuaUTH9Y4

[fishwax]

12. self-indulgent kick

:kick: