Wonder why all your fake friends have lost their blue check marks?
Well, because they are all actually “real” frauds—as you probably always expected. Google your doctor’s name and find out he is a DJ? Or do a quick search of your favorite nightclub friend and discover they are a top streaming artist on Spotify? The good news is you aren’t going crazy—and the really good news is now Meta is cracking down on these fake blue checks and pulling back the coveted mark. The extra good news? Blue check marks are now worthless as a result.
At the center of this scandal, Miami-based aspiring DJ and would-be crypto entrepreneur Dillon Shamoun. His former business partner Adam Quinn shares with FACTZ that Shamoun masterminded a major Instagram verification extortion scheme.
Shamoun verified clients by creating fake Spotify or Apple playlists— claiming they were artists even though the music was purchased from stock sites.
“He would claim a Spotify account or an Apple account and create a website under his own name. Then, he would bot the streams and use Facebook panels he had access to and submit [his clients] to get verified,” Quinn says. “These are not artists, he would buy them press and he would use the same five press links.”
Quinn says the hard cost to do this was around $1,500 to get somebody verified. Shamoun was charging $20,000 to $50,000—and another “client” even paid $150,000.
Allegedly, the reason why Shamoun would create all the fake profiles under his own name is because if he ever had beef with [a client], all he had to do was just remove their Spotify link, remove their Apple link, remove their websites, pull back their verification badge and that gave him all the control.
How he pulled it off?
Shamoun has Facebook panels linked to his music label through which he would then submit musicians for verifications.
“There’s a rep on the back end who approves them. They’re employees of Meta and then they work for the Meta’s music department,” Quinn says.
FACTZ has identified two of these reps as Julia Killer and Kate Tetley.
“Meta employees gave him a creator partnership under Rumor Records,” Quinn says. “They were getting paid on the side.”
Quinn, who previously ran social media giveaways for celebrities, got involved with Shamoun when he needed a source to get clients verified. He sent him $150,000 and then Shamoun asked him if he wanted to partner up. Quinn continued to give Shamoun 50 percent upfront.
“We were doing like 30 people a month from my side. He got 50 percent of my business. And then I don’t know what happened. All I know is that by the third month, he owed like 32 clients of mine verification. He had like $350,000 of my clients money,” Quinn says. “I’m like, ‘dude, you owe me $500,000 If you don’t get these people verified, I’m going to expose you on my Instagram.’ He’s like ‘I’m not refunding you’ and we got into an argument.”
What resulted was a very public battle waged in screenshots on Instagram, which resulted in both of them getting banned by Meta.
But it doesn’t just end there, this is only the tip of the blue-check-mark iceberg.
In the second part of the scheme, Shamoun would use hackers to delete the Instagram accounts of the rich or of OnlyFans models and then go out claiming he could get their accounts back—verify them and give them a shield to protect their account.
More fake blues developing …
Seems like you guys worked with a whistleblower to cover his ass on a story that he paid other reporters to publish before he got to you.. seems like you guys can’t find the difference between suspect and victim, almost positive the story is the other way around and Adam Quinn has paid to “expose” people when he was in the wrong just like he accused lil tjay of “robbing” him.. faczt.. haha.
If u search “Adam Quinn” on Google, dis man is known for accusing people of the bad he does, so he can make money for the next scheme he gonna pull. Seems like y’all also telling this from his pov, so where the Shamoun guy opinion on the subject? Also, if he had 350K worth of client’s money from Adam, why he asking for 500K? This site is ran by a child beater too sooooooooo
Almost positive I have texted messages of Adam Quinn extorting me and bragging about how one of his “hackers” made a scam page on him because Adam isn’t giving him any more “business”. This article is not factz its jokes 🫣
Looks like the founder should go get his eyes checked because he’s speaking to Adam Quinn’s hacker @costing or “OBN” or “obn Brandon” who admitted to deleting all the verifications of not only their clients but everyone’s… admitting they’re blaming it on Shamoun. What a joke of an article. #jokez
You need to get your eyes checked moron that’s not even me 😂😂😂 and a lot of people lie on adamquinn 😂😂 haters always gonna hate it’s nothing new
Actually it is because he sent me the messages while you guys were messaging ..
Adam Q is the biggest pussy in the industry, I have people and clientele that have came to us for ACTUAL growth service bcuz he’s taken their $$$ in the past and never done the service. Sounds like full circle again and him blaming it on someone else…smh, typical Quinny boy. He also can’t go anywhere alone without his dick sucking buddy Evan Smith, heard they top each other when they’re bored or celebrating another scheme lololololololol. This article is “JOKEZ” not “FACTZ”
We’ve all had enough of Adam Quinn and Apex Agency’s bullshit and you guys are just making it worse. He’s bashing someone else for his shitty business that’s never had a bad thing said about him and you guys are eating it up and didn’t even do your own research. Also nik Richie you should probably stop extorting people and beating your kids you can’t get out of that lawsuit!
Is there a paper version to this? I ran out of toilet paper…this site is complete trash lmaoo 🤮
It’s funny that nik richie was talking to Adam and his hacker and posted the conversation on his story in a very sarcastic matter and still puts out trash.. #jokez #getabetteroccupation #perezhiltonsoffspring
Looks like Adam and nik both have little dik niks energy😂🤧 that shit is the dumbest article I’ve ever read everyone knows adams a scammin ass nigga tryna cover his sleeves with “factz” yall a fuckin joke Idek the other nigga but when Adam named tied to it.. RIPPPPPPP
Defending dumb and dumber or beavis and butthead (Adam Quinn and Evan Smith), who wants to see proof of Adam Quinn deleting 500+ verifications and banning 1000+ accounts and charging them $5,000-25,000 to recover it ? I have the proof.
It’s okay to hate you where talking to the former hacker who was targeting Adam aka @pci I’m sure the world would love to see that?
You realize this whole article was pinned on Dillion because Adam Quinn is a notorious scammer that you’re supporting. You’re a bent and burnt cuck Nik Richie. Watch someone expose you for sexual and physical assault, assault in a child, prostitution, and just being a bitch