In reality Damon Kruezer is nothing more than an cyber-stalker and bamboozling criminal. One of his most prolific scams involves male escort web sites where he will post images of models to bait potential "Johns". The "John" will then contact him by email thinking he is exchanging messages with an actual model. Using a variety of tactics Barclay crafts what is coined as the "Cupcake Scam" by collecting advanced fees. Following the advance fee collection he may then spin the victim once more by using extortion to bilk the john by threating to expose the john inside his workplace, family and peers. Usually the victim will send him money through the mail or typically wire the money by Western Union.

In 2007 Barclay claimed to be on the inside of a high profile murder case and fraudently solicited $5,000.00 for a "Legal Defense Fund" from a now defunct Los Angeles business interested in documenting the story for a magazine article or short film documentary. Since Barclay had no bank account in which to deposit the check he initially sought the assistance of a personal friend to deposit the check into his account. His friend was suspious and made this photocopy of the check. Because the friend would not be able to immediately give Barclay the cash upon his depositing of the check, Barclay was left with no option but to present himself at the Counter of a Boston CitiBank. The bank verified the check and the availablity of the funds and cashed the check, giving Barclay $5,000.00 in one hundred dollar bills. The money was never given to such a fund.

He has as recent as late last year pretended to make a dubious gay porn film that he dubbed, Brad’s Buddies II and defrauded $11,000.00 dollars from a California man.

Often Barclay will incorporate the names of established gay businesses in his correnspondence and messages. In this letter he mailed to a former gay porn performer, you can see how he uses the names of businesses to make himself appear legitimate. Most recently he has implied that he has been "hired" to steer the relaunch of Queerty.com, yet another effort to lure a potential victim into his web of deceit.

Damon Kruezer represents himself as a gay news journalist or gay talent agent in the adult entertainment industry and has been circulating within the gay online communities of the internet. Kent W. Barclay represents himself using an alias name, known as Damon Kruezer and may offer you a link to a website. Said website will represent spoofed information about industry insider information and industry gossip to cause you to believe you are dealing with a reputable person.

The nature of this scheme works very simple, here is how it usually works: You will receive online communication via email or instant messenger from this individual. He will make proposals of introducing you to a new and rewarding career in the adult film industry. He will debrief you for vital information such as age, date of birth, names of members of your family and other personal information. It would appear you would be making an application for employment by answering his questions about such information. He will ask you to email him personal images of yourself. After you provide him this information he will publish what appears to be an interview with you on his website. After developing a rapport with you online and claiming to you he has provided you with necessary publicity he will then ask for money. Of course after you send money to him nothing will ever develop toward landing you employment in a film or other areas of the industry.

Many victims of these schemes sometimes don't have money to pay the publicity fee(s) or later begin to question the creditability of the offerings. Once you fail to make payment or question the creditability of him he will then extort you by explaining to you that he will contact your family and friends, employer and or associations and share with them the personal information you may have shared with him to include photographs you may have submitted to him. Often victims give in and pay him to avoid having this information shared.

Blackmail/Extortion is the serious felony crime of threatening to reveal damaging or embarrassing information in order to coerce money or other goods or forms of cooperation out of a victim. For blackmail to be effective, the blackmailer must, in most cases, have physical proof of the information he threatens to reveal, such as photographs or emails.

The victim of blackmail is typically threatened with exposure of his private life, the consequences of which can range from embarrassing to socially devastating to legally damning. At its most serious, blackmail may rest on the exposure of a serious crime, which would do infinitely more damage to the victim than complying with the blackmailer. Even secret information that is not of a criminal nature, however, can make the victim of blackmail feel that he has no recourse against the crime.

The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C). IC3's mission is to serve as a vehicle to receive, develop, and refer criminal complaints regarding the rapidly expanding arena of cyber crime. The IC3 gives the victims of cyber crime a convenient and easy-to-use reporting mechanism that alerts authorities of suspected criminal or civil violations. For law enforcement and regulatory agencies at the federal, state, and local level, IC3 provides a central referral mechanism for complaints involving Internet related crimes.

If you feel you have been a victim of Damon Kruezer or other like matter you may file a complaint with the FBI and IC3 online at: http://www.ic3.gov or contact your local law enforcement agency.