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Re: Warning regarding Big Bad John (John Hill)
« Reply #25 on: October 29, 2007, 18:50:16 »
NO way, us EW types are way too nosey!

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Re: Warning regarding Big Bad John (John Hill)
« Reply #26 on: October 29, 2007, 18:57:36 »
Hill was a member of army.ca and Hill is going to be in a segment on the show.  Enough of a link?

That pretty much sums it up. As to his actions outside the site we have really no idea.

W5 is doing the story and did their homework on him. I'd say do as Mike asks....watch the program and draw your own conclusions.

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Re: Warning regarding Big Bad John (John Hill)
« Reply #27 on: October 29, 2007, 19:05:09 »
....setting reminder on digital cable for 03 Nov 07

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Re: Warning regarding Big Bad John (John Hill)
« Reply #28 on: October 29, 2007, 19:08:14 »
Being curious as I am, i am most definately going to be tuning in to that show, and if i can watch it when it airs i will download it :)
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Re: Warning regarding Big Bad John (John Hill)
« Reply #29 on: October 29, 2007, 19:20:33 »
I should point out that to the best of my knowledge no Army.ca members were swindled in any way by John Hill. His targets seemed to be outside our community. I even got a $100 bottle of Lagavulin from him, and I've yet to hear of first hand negative account. It could be that he was attempting to gain acceptance into this group to use it as a legitimizer for his targets. (E.G. "See, I'm ex-military, look at all the contacts I have," or something similar.)

I'm hoping the W-FIVE show will shed some light on his past for us.


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Re: Warning regarding Big Bad John (John Hill)
« Reply #30 on: October 29, 2007, 21:20:13 »
Oh also beware if you are a Jewish American Single ... because besides "contracting for the Canadian Military"  ::) he's also a Jewish American Single!!!

Ladies ... this man is out there and has been active trolling as recently as 23 June on the below singles site. He does not limit himself to Plenty O Fish (what an interesting site that is ... I see people!!).

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Re: Warning regarding Big Bad John (John Hill)
« Reply #31 on: October 29, 2007, 21:40:57 »
Gee Thanks Army Vern,
Here I thought he was back east with all the rest of you "doctorate's" and now he is using a Calgary AB location.
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Re: Warning regarding Big Bad John (John Hill)
« Reply #32 on: October 29, 2007, 21:54:55 »
Gee Thanks Army Vern,
Here I thought he was back east with all the rest of you "doctorate's" and now he is using a Calgary AB location.

It is amazing what you can put on the world wide web. He can be anywhere. Profiles can mean nothing.  ;D
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Re: Warning regarding Big Bad John (John Hill)
« Reply #33 on: October 29, 2007, 22:27:05 »
Vern;

Interesting... seems he moved out to Calgary AB!....

The ad you posted states his location as being Calgary AB,  but George's earlier posting of his profile shows that he was connecting through the Ottawa HSE (High Speed Edition - old name) Bell Sympatico DSLAMs.

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Re: Warning regarding Big Bad John (John Hill)
« Reply #34 on: November 02, 2007, 11:27:49 »
Reminder: The W-FIVE segment covering John Hill airs tomorrow night at 1900 ET. I've seen a spot for it on CTV, it looks like it will be worth watching.
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Re: Warning regarding Big Bad John (John Hill)
« Reply #35 on: November 03, 2007, 18:16:51 »
I just watched the segment and I have my own personal theory why he came to Army.Ca. I think in order for him to more aptly fit the profile of a Royal Marine Major, he came here so he could learn to talk the talk so to speak. My 2 cents.

John Melvin Hill, you are scum and I hope you never know a moment of peace for the rest of your worthless life.
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Re: Warning regarding Big Bad John (John Hill)
« Reply #36 on: November 03, 2007, 18:32:59 »
Thanks ArmyVern for posting his singles profile above..  I couldn't help but chuckle when I read:

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Re: Warning regarding Big Bad John (John Hill)
« Reply #37 on: November 03, 2007, 19:10:56 »
I am at work tonight so someone please put up what they have to say about him on W5. Please x 10, thanks in advance.
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Re: Warning regarding Big Bad John (John Hill)
« Reply #38 on: November 03, 2007, 19:17:53 »
His excuse for doing committing the frauds, all the lies and different persona's he adopted, to quote him "his way of dealing with his inadequacies".

What a loser. The W5 show just confirmed it and let everyone else know what we knew already.
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Re: Warning regarding Big Bad John (John Hill)
« Reply #39 on: November 03, 2007, 19:19:25 »
I just watched the segment and I have my own personal theory why he came to Army.ca. I think in order for him to more aptly fit the profile of a Royal Marine Major, he came here so he could learn to talk the talk so to speak. My 2 cents.

John Melvin Hill, you are scum and I hope you never know a moment of peace for the rest of your worthless life.


Agreed, he came here and sat with us to learn the lingo and how to act the part. I give him credit he researches well. I feel sorry the woman he has used to gain whatever it is he wanted from them at the time.

When I knew John he did good things but that does not make him a good man, nor does it excuse his actions before or after the fact. I am though glad that he set warning bells off for members of this board and that he was stopped on this board before causing a serious incident. And though I personally was not burned I am glad it has made me more aware of those who pose and what they are capable of. I no longer take people on what they say at face value about their military service.

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Re: Warning regarding Big Bad John (John Hill)
« Reply #40 on: November 03, 2007, 19:23:01 »
This all just reaffirms why I spend a lot less time on the internet these days. It's way too easy to pretend to be someone you're not.

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Re: Warning regarding Big Bad John (John Hill)
« Reply #41 on: November 03, 2007, 19:23:48 »
Said he does it because of his "inadequacies".  Well,  at least that was probably the truth.  ::)
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Re: Warning regarding Big Bad John (John Hill)
« Reply #42 on: November 03, 2007, 19:24:05 »
John Melvin Hill, you make me sick. You disgrace my Irish ancestory, you disgrace my Calgary roots and you are a disgrace to the entire human race. I hope that the rest of your life is long and fruitless, suffering many of the same things that you have put these poor women through. Moreover, I am disgusted that you would come in here, gain the trust of so many people here, lie to so many people here and to what end? So that you could bilk innocent people with your bullshit stories. In a quote befitting your alleged Irish background, I offer you this from the Irish rebel song Nell Flaherty's Drake:
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May his pipe never smoke,
may his teapot be broke,
and to add to the joke
may his kettle not boil,
may he lay in the bed
'till the moment he's dead
may he always be fed on lob-scouse and fish oil,
may he swell with the gout,
may his grinders fall out,
may he roar, bawl and shout,
with the horrid toothache.
May his temples wear horns,
and all his toes corns,
The monster that is John Melvin Hill.
I hope that the rest of your life is long, pointless and fruitless, filled with the same pain and suffering which you have inflicted on others, you disgusting son of a *****.

Edited to add: for all those interested, watch the segment here: http://www.ctv.ca/wfive Risky Business Part One
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Re: Warning regarding Big Bad John (John Hill)
« Reply #43 on: November 03, 2007, 19:33:22 »
Just watched it.  Seems he has been a Conman for over thirty years now and has been convicted.  Was interesting to see that he was a guest on a Calgary morning TV show as a 'chef'. 

I thought that the W5 Crew really nailed him well in that Calgary street cafe.   I sort of chuckled at the list of degrees and accreditation's he passed off as having, and then said the RM paid for his education.  Not bad for a 6 year stint.

I do wonder how long his face will remain in the public eye though.  How soon will he find another woman or organization to prey on?  I do doubt he stayed in Calgary much after that engagement with the W5 Crew though.  Where is he now?
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Re: Warning regarding Big Bad John (John Hill)
« Reply #44 on: November 03, 2007, 19:34:46 »
Where is he now?

I'm sure we'll find out in the next few minutes.....
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Re: Warning regarding Big Bad John (John Melvin Hill)
« Reply #45 on: November 03, 2007, 19:46:58 »
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Re: Warning regarding Big Bad John (John Melvin Hill)
« Reply #46 on: November 03, 2007, 19:56:36 »
 

W-FIVE: Risky Business

Updated Fri. Nov. 2 2007 11:07 AM ET

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Liz Cole, who sought companionship online, speaks with W-FIVE.
 
John Hill became involved with Liz Cole and proposed marriage within weeks of their first Internet exchange.
 
From 1999 to 2005, Kolten Mastronardi met women on Internet-dating sites.
 
W-FIVE: Risky Business
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Millions of Canadians use Internet-dating sites to look for love. Some find their mates, some find disappointment. And some find something far more dangerous - con artists and sex predators lurking in the shadows of cyberspace.

Last year, Liz Cole emerged from a nasty divorce and sought companionship online. It didn't take long to find her first suitor. His name was John Hill.



Hill said all the right things to Cole. And within weeks of their first Internet exchange, Hill proposed marriage. On the night before their engagement party, he asked Cole for a $1,200 down payment on a car. Cole told Hill that she didn't have that kind of money.

The next day, Hill didn't show up to their engagement party, leaving Cole and her daughters confused and distraught. Cole started to suspect that everything Hill had told her was a lie.

"You may not recognize it, but you know you're being victimized on some level - and I knew it."

What Cole didn't know yet was that Hill had a criminal history stretching back almost thirty years. He had multiple convictions for theft, fraud and assault.

While an online predator like John Hill strikes at the heart or the pocketbook, some strike to maim. One of the worst is Kolten Mastronardi.

From 1999 to 2005, Mastronardi met women on Internet-dating sites. He's been convicted in Ontario and British Columbia, of theft, extortion, assault and sexual assault, involving more than a dozen women he met online.

One woman was forced to have tattooed on her stomach, "Property of Kolten Mastronardi." Mastronardi told another woman that family tradition insisted that he strike her twenty times while she was stripped naked and tied down.

Mastronardi is now behind bars. The Crown Attorney has applied to have him declared a dangerous offender.

But Kolten Mastronardi and John Hill are not the only criminals cruising online dating sites. True.com is a Texas-based online dating company that conducts background screenings to keep criminals off its website. True.com says that it's turned away 35,000 people this year alone.

In the U.S., politicians like Florida's Rep. Kevin Ambler are pushing Internet-dating companies to post prominent warnings about online risks.

"You have people that are wearing their heart on their sleeves - they reveal all kinds of personal details about themselves," says Ambler. "This becomes a playground for predators to go in there and be able to mine that data."

Ambler's proposed law is being fought by the Internet-dating industry. But while Americans are at least debating legislation - in Canada, neither Ottawa nor the provinces are doing anything to pressure Internet-dating companies to increase their level of safety.

Which means there's no protection for those who're surfing for love from the likes of John Hill or Kolten Mastronardi.


Video of W5 can be seen here


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Re: Warning regarding Big Bad John (John Melvin Hill)
« Reply #47 on: November 03, 2007, 19:57:25 »
I was morbidally chuckling inside when they mentioned about selling off women's stuff.....somewhere in the CP I still have him selling stuff online in Ottawa when he was hanging around.
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Re: Warning regarding Big Bad John (John Melvin Hill)
« Reply #48 on: November 03, 2007, 20:00:16 »
More info on him posing on ARRSE....goes by the name of cobhman.

http://www.arrse.co.uk/cpgn2/Forums/viewtopic/t=12711.html

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Re: Warning regarding Big Bad John (John Melvin Hill)
« Reply #49 on: November 03, 2007, 20:00:59 »
Wow.... googling "cobhman" and see what you get.  ;D


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