Wow thanks for the heads up guys ! Just goes to show theres a crook on every corner !
There is more to the story than what has been posted here. If you get bored, do a Google Search on trickyvic3 and you'll start to see a common theme. Several of the mini biker crowd sent cash to him via pay pal on two separate occasions, including a mini bike, and parts. He has received a free slot car track with quadriplegic apparatus for his son, while he was still alive. He sold that for about 2600 dollars. The slot car folks continue to sell personal items and donate it to him.
Vic got "found out" when he said he'd fallen down in his kitchen and cut his head and posted a false portrayal of his head with stitches. The photo was actually from 2007 of an Australian man. Once confronted, Vic stated it was a private joke between him and another forum member. Unfortunately, Vic posted the same photo and description of his injury at a slot car forum. He later stated again, that it was a private joke between himself and a member of that forum. That post I believe has been deleted by the web administrator.
A link to his bragging on "living the American Dream" with his 40 foot diesel pusher RV. (200K) He then went on to say that it was a gift from his quadriplegic son.
http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/26070456/srt/pa/pging/1/page/5.cfm Photos of that are also on his photo bucket page under trickyvic3
A year later, and while the mini bike guys were sending him money for gasoline and mortgage and the myriad other needs he brought up, he bought a new travel trailer. He later said his daughter bought that for him.
http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/26964405/gotomsg/26965509.cfm#26965509
A lot of good Samaritans are angry and hurt at having been duped by this man. There are several people out there watching the web for his presence now. He has not broken any laws, but he has definitely violated the good nature and helpful gestures by well-meaning fellow Americans.
The fact that he continues to invoke the name of his son in his continued pursuit of others funding his hobbies and his lifestyle is beyond disgusting.
I have used my real name here. I am a retired US Marine Corps Master Sergeant. I have a vintage Fox Kart I am restoring with a West Bend 580 on it, and I have never taken charity from anyone.