Rick Altmann, the fatty behind "Ethan" J.R. Reynolds (seen on the left), is a thieving con man. He stole thousands of dollars from me when I was just 22 years old and tried to put his fat, greasy hands on me. What kind of grown man steals money from a fucking college kid? Scum of the earth.The reason I'm creating this blog page is because I've recently run across other stories online involving JR (I know him as JR, others apparently know him as Ethan Reynolds) and his scam artist "man behind the curtain," Rick Altmann. From what I've gathered, Rick is still up to his same old shit, defrauding more young guys the same way he defrauded me--using "Ethan Reynolds" as a ploy. Now that the public is onto him, I thought I'd come forward and share my experience with this total waste of human skin (and A LOT of skin at that).
Here's what I know about Rick: He's incredibly manipulative. He uses the internet to disguise himself as others in order to gain the attention of (and then scam) young guys who are WAAAAY out of his league. I first met Rick on AIM (yes, AOL) where he was pretending to be JR "Ethan" Reynolds. Of course I thought at the time that I was talking to JR, not the morbidly obese Rick Altmann. It was all just a ploy to draw me in. The old "bait and switch." Long story short, he talked to me as "JR" for some time before gradually introducing his real, smooth-talking self to me as JR's "roommate" (he never did admit to chatting with me as JR but I now know for a fact it was Rick all along). Rick was extremely charismatic and told me everything I wanted to hear, more or less promising me the world. I remember having the 'this is too good to be true' alarm going off in the back of my mind, but I was only 22 and regretfully chose to ignore it. Looking back, I wanted to believe everything he told me. Of course nothing he told me or promised me ever materialized.
After talking with Rick & who I thought was JR for some time online, I did eventually meet both of them in person. I was shocked, however, to find that real life JR was nothing at all like the JR I'd come to know online (because he wasn't the guy I'd been chatting with!). Online, JR was very intelligent, funny and charismatic, while the real life JR (Ethan) Reynolds I met was shy, pouty, non-talkative, very immature and certainly didn't come across as being all that intelligent. And although I'm not a fan of the kid after having met him, I still find Rick's manipulation of JR incredibly sick and wrong. JR/Ethan apparently had a not-so-great childhood (or so I'm told) and I believe Rick preyed on that. JR was almost like Rick's little bitch. Rick controlled him. I even found out they slept in the same room together (on bunk beds!) at Rick's mom & dad's house. Oh, by the way Rick: I see you're STILL living with mommy and daddy over on Margarita Avenue in Henderson! I know a lot more about you than you think, bitch.
Rick would eventually devise a plan to steal thousands of dollars from me, and once he had my money he disappeared without a trace. Well Rick, the jig is up. Shame on you for what you did to me and may you burn in hell for scamming me and these other guys I'm now reading about online. One thing I'll never understand is why you can't just use all that time and energy you spend scamming people and make money in an honest way? You're a smart guy, why do you have to resort to scamming innocent COLLEGE KIDS in order to make money? It's not like you couldn't use your brain to make money legally! What the fuck is your problem? Wait...I think I know what your problem is. You're a gambling addict.
Watch your back, fat ass. One of these days your karma is gonna creep up and knock the living shit out of you, if it hasn't already. Hope it was worth having to run from me for the rest of your life! You're gonna have to EARN that money you stole from me! No free lunch for you, fat ass!
May the world be warned. This man should be in prison where he can no longer prey on young men.
UPDATE!!! A picture of the elusive Rick Altmann has been found!!! Here it is, folks! Rick is obviously the obese slob in the vomit green shirt. And it appears he's found a couple more young victims:
Be sure to check out the comments below for more information from others who've had their own run-ins with Rick:
