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Beware Autographs Network (aka Autographs America)

I noticed a previous discussion post on this website about Autographs America, one of the biggest autograph forgers on the Internet. I want to warn everyone that they have shut down and reopened as Autographs Network. With all the complaints about them on this website, along with hundreds of other online complaints, they are trying to hide their reputation from future buyers/victims with a new name. Now when a buyer looks them up, they will look legit. If you have been scammed by this company, please spread the word! Update your old posts with their new name.

Tags: america, autographs, forgery, network, scam

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on February 27, 2012 at 11:26pm

Alice,

Thank you for your post. I heard this last week and was going to write about it. You are absolutely right, Autographs Network is Autographs America. And they have sold untold thousands of forgeries...and probably never a genuine autograph.

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Permalink Reply by Seleznev Dmitri on March 2, 2012 at 9:54am

I can't believe these people are still around, does FBI cares whats going on?

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Permalink Reply by Rob johnson on March 2, 2012 at 9:14am

My wife bought me an autographed Rush guitar for Xmas from autograph America. It was a nice thought on her part, but it is obviously a fake.anyone buying fom these crooks should expect a fake.

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Permalink Reply by Seleznev Dmitri on March 2, 2012 at 9:53am

Thanks a bunch for the info.

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Permalink Reply by Bob III on March 4, 2012 at 9:10am

Last night I purchased a guitar autographed by the Rolling Stones at a charity auction. When I received the item, it was in a box from Autographs America. I informed the charity this morning as they had several other signed music items at the auction, which I have to assume were from there crooks also. At least I will get a tax deduction for my purchase.

What disgusts me most about these clowns is that they scammed a charity. How many other charities have been scammed, we will never know.

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Permalink Reply by Rob johnson on March 4, 2012 at 9:24am

I read on the web a year ago or so, that autograph America has the signatures forged in china. The forged rush guitar my wife bought me looks nice, has nice rush themed art work drawn it. Don't think the band members would sit and doodle? My wife asks.me why I have not hung it up? I guess I will, and keep my secret.

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Permalink Reply by Ciara Mia on December 1, 2014 at 12:42pm

your wife likely knows and wishes you would just come clean and take the darn thing off the wall.

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Permalink Reply by young jee on April 30, 2012 at 6:41pm

This guy Brian B(whoever) is a bunch of BS. You are absolutely correct. He is a fraud. My fiance spent a load of cash on guitars and drum heads and I found out it was all a fake. I called the AG of washington state and also made a compalaint online with the FBI. I want to see this guy in jail. Not sure why they are not shutting his new site down.

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Permalink Reply by Seleznev Dmitri on May 5, 2012 at 3:20am

Nice move! Keep kicking their a... Best of luck and respect.

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Permalink Reply by Dale Stein on May 19, 2013 at 7:15am

Just to update. Was scanning EBAY , looking at Monkees signed items . I saw "More of the Monkees" signed by 4. At a glance, looked ok, had a COA from Autographs Network. I googled them, OMG..they had a drumhead signed by all 4, certainly is signed by 4, but not 4 Monkees. Impressive site, all kinds of pics, alluding that they get all theses sigs "in person" Funny thing, all thats going on in their home page, they show this BIG building, been in business 25 yrs, yet there is no address that I could find. Amazing OMG..they have 6 pages of Elvis signed merchandise, enough said....no...not enough, 10 pages of BEATLES signed. How can they stay in business, why aren't they in jail?????

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Permalink Reply by jeff on July 10, 2013 at 1:25pm

THANK GOD

you saved me, I was going to buy an fake bob marley lp from this company, but sadly enough it was too good to be true...

Many many thanks alice!!

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Permalink Reply by Gary on July 9, 2015 at 4:21pm

I bought three items from Autographs Network, Chris Franklin!!!!!

I first bought an autographed album which came in damaged

The 2nd I bought was a Paul McCartney autographed guitar which came in damaged

The third item was an autographed Fender Telecaster guitar autographed by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. I have a Fender strat, I put them both up together The Telecaster is a FAKE. I buy all my gear from The Guitar Center, I brought it up to them and they wrote a letter stating what was wrong with this FAKE guitar, I also contacted someone who knows FAKE FENDER GUITARS. I contacted my credit card company. I showed them that these two companies are the same. Chris Franklin is Brian Burkle. He changed his name and the companies name. If I knew this I wouldn't have even bought these things from him. He told me I AM GOING TO DESTROY YOUR CREDIT? What kind of sales person threatens someone like this. I contacted the FBI, BBB and my credit card. He needs to be in jail.