Sun 14 Feb 2010
John Cardno - Scam Tickets For Music Festivals?
Blurb by Festivalz HoboHmmmm…. it’s kinda hard to stay on the sidelines here…. I’ve got problems with people replying to a post about T In The Park, whilst monitoring logs which show people are actually checking up on this guy - John Cardno, and asking if he is a scam. Should you buy tickets for festivals off John Cardno? Is this a ticket scam?
Is John Cardno selling fake scam tickets for festivals? I don’t know - but what I do know is that this post should probably rank no1 (or thereabouts) for his name, to warn him and others that people certainly think John Cardno is a scam, a cheat, a tout not to be trusted. I hope he is not.
I love music festivals - I go to as many as possible. I’m sitting here thinking…. is John Cardno using this site to disappoint festival goers by selling scam tickets?
I actually ask john Cardno - please come forward - this site has the authority to rank no1, 2 or 3 for your name….. is this a total misunderstanding? I certainly hope so. Please - I’ll post a story about how John Cardno is a good guy and not a scamming B.
More: - http://www.efestivals.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=101189
Even more - http://www.sports-index.co.uk/cgi-bin/new_ticket_point/YaBB.pl?num=1209392709/14
I hope this post brings to the attention of John Cardno, that a lot of people think he is a cheat.
I’d like to go on record that John Cardno is a respectable ticket sales person - I’d love John to comment…. I belive in you John! 
PS - Ahh…. the power of search, eh? I am a seo (search engine optimiser)…. this is what I do…. I can’t help myself. If you are buying festival tickets for T in the park or indeed anywhere else, please check Google to see if any body is being called a scam before you buy.
Good deed for the day….. done….. publish!
Helping Google be all it can be ha ha. 
The ultimate
Fantastic! Made me laugh - and you’re currently ranking #3 on google.com!
Never heard of John Cardno but not too sure I want to trust him now.
Cheers,
Gregor
I was going to submit this to several sb sites Shaun but think I’ll hold for now - the guy may be the real deal, who knows it does put doubt in your mind - so until he clears him name I’ll refrain or he’s gonna need a pretty good online reputation management team to knock this and several other ftom G for his name.
This brought a huge smile to my face, cheers Shaun!
John Cardno was once a free-spirited, free-enterprising, budding entrepreneur, selling a few tickets here and there to fund his own festival habit……. OR….. well, the alternative doesn’t bear thinking about.
Then Google grabbed his name, his reputation was slurred, HOBO happened to him and his world went upside down in the space of a day! You can just tell that somebody is going to submit this post and REALLY make his day!
Reputation management can be important, even for the little guy, the one-man-band type of company.
I think we have all learned a few lessons from what could become a legendary cautionary tale in the field of reputation management.
Can we take this a step further? Does anybody actually know John Cardno? I think I once read that we are only 14 “steps” away from anybody else in the world and the web makes the number of steps much smaller. It would be pretty cool to actually track him down.
Thanks for comments. I did a little research about John Cardno before I published. There’s a few unhappy people to say the least - perhaps it’s a misunderstanding?
Thanks for the comments guys.
clever idea shaun I imagine this will put paid to any more trouble,
this is the type of problem that gave me the orginal idea of a safe and securtiy checked ticket web site (as we have discussed in the past) which helps to protect consumers, there is a lot of fake tickets circulating for festivals this summer
Hope to speak with you soon
Grant
same guy do we think…?
i just agreed to buy reading tickets.. luckly decided to check it out and found your page.. then this …
Fraudster in new scam while on probation.
(From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK))
A Gambling addict and serial fraudster who was locked up for internet scams has done it again - while on probation for his previous crimes.
This time John Cardno has cheated people out of almost GBP7,500 in total, with one of them handing over GBP5,100 for goods which did not exist.
A year ago he was locked up for trying to sell a GBP13,000 car he did not own.
He advertises goods on websites, where he pretends to be a genuine seller, and tricks people into paying money into his building society and PayPal accounts.
The Crown has seized his computer.
Cardno admitted four frauds when he appeared at the city’s sheriff court yesterday.
His solicitor Mike Monro confirmed that some of them had been committed while he was on probation.
Between November 26 and December 22, last year, he pretended to be the bona fide seller of 18 mobile phones, 10 games consoles, and a laptop computer, when he actually had no goods for sale.
Kaizer Tejabwala paid GBP2,600 into Cardno’s building society account and GBP2,500 into his PayPal account, expecting to get the goods.
Paul Ross paid GBP680 into Cardno’s account for two games consoles, along with a TV and stand. Cardno had pretended to have them for sale on or between September 1 and 6 last year.
Between November 1 and 12 last year he conned Daniel Hawke out of GBP314.60 by pretending to sell a mobile phone and MP3 player.
Between those dates he also cheated Jason Peet out of GBP1,400 by pretending to be the genuine seller of two computers.
His not guilty plea to a fifth charge, which alleged that he conned Razaan Iqbal out of GBP2,000 by pretending to be the genuine seller of a car, was accepted by the Crown.
He had previously denied all the charges.
Cardno is to be sentenced on August 4. Background reports have been ordered.
I’m checking the validity of this now. Can you confirm where this information is to be found online and I will link to the original?
its the 7th hit on yahoo search engine… you need to log in to read the full story.. only takes a second though… its like a library website
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the guy phoned me earlier but i missed it unfortunately… wanted to see what he had to say about sending conformation email about tickets and payment etc…
Hey Julie fantastic and thanks for dropping by again - glad this post helped out and hope you enjoy Reading.
Perhaps this guy isn’t the John Cardno selling music tickets we’re on about
Regards, Shaun
“I’m checking the validity of this now. Can you confirm where this information is to be found online and I will link to the original?”
Please see this article on http://blog.myspace.com/
John Cardno is an absolute scum bag. I have just had the misfortune of being bumped for £480 for T in the Park tickets and did not check search engines etc first. Hind sight is a wonderful thing!
Do not deal with this low life at all!!!!
I will be reporting him to the police and to the bank he deals with, HSBC in hope that they can do something.
I’m sure justice will be served!
Don’t suppose anybody heard any more on this John Cardno? Is it a ticket scam?
Hey, I was just looking for tickets to Kings of leon playing at brixton academy in London in Aug 08.
I found a seller on gumtree.com who was cheaper then the ave going price, after a few emails between him and myself i decided to google the name “john cardno” which is what his name is on the emails, and that obviously brought me to this page. (I have no idea why i just decided to check this time, maybe i just had a wierd feeling about this)
So now, i dont know weather he is a scammer or not, but he is definately in the ticket selling business, so I would just take care. I certainly wont be buying tickets from him.
This is his contact number and email address, if any 1 wants to call or get hold of him
07763499709
sami.g@live.co.uk
I got conned by john carndo along with a lot of other people for tickets that did not exist at the time he was working the ticket scam from a sunny beach in Spain (with his girlfriend).
As for the banks he used they did not care about the conned people because the money was paid to him willingly even though he had no intention of supplying the tickets they got there fees.
He has since given himself up and been remanded on custody. this has been confirmed by my local police.
Anyone who say’s maybe he is a nice chap should talk to some of the people he has conned out of hundreds of pounds each.
Personally I hope they sell all his body parts and remove them as they are needed.
Cheers for letting us know this scum bag has been remanded on custody. My local police station took all necessary details from me last month; print out of text messages he sent, emails he sent etc. Cops were really helpful. He was acting like an arsehole when they called him to chase him up, generally the guy is a c*nt. I just hope he does get banged up, and drops the soap every day he’s in there….
All, just thought you’d like to know that Mr John Paul Cardno was sentanced to 15 months this week.
Good riddance to bad person.
Hopefully he is sharing a cell with a 7 foot tall randy jamaican, and has the slippery soap. ;0)
Just to say 15 months he will be out in ten months to do it all again so beware.
This is not the first time he has been on full board for this sort of thing. Is 15 months realy a lot to do, he will be out in 10 months and then he will do it all again, not bad when you can spend the next few months sunning yourself on a sunny beach and not have to pay a penny back. I think he should be made to work and the money he earns he has to pay everybody back that he conned.
At the end of the day who has realy won here, him or us?.
John Cardno done me for over £1000. The police were not interested. I bought eight T in the Park tix over Scarletmist.com, horrendous experience
i know john cardno, and he is sunning it up in jail with a playstation 2 and all mod con’s. ha ha ha, but unfortunately, not dubbed up with some big jamaican (picking up soap????) it seems that in this age of dog eat dog, people should be more sceptical and aware of who they buy things from . i shared a cell with him on remand and yes, he is a weasel. HA HA HA. ***** to cardno!!!!
tut tut tut john. you really have upset these people. i thought u were talking shit, but now i can see it was all true. oh well. at least you’ve got the bottom bunk now!
LOL
Poor old John Cardno - Don’t Buy Your Tickets From This Scammer when he gets out!
I am sure he will be up to old tricks again when he is released from prison.
now have his girlfriends address if anyone wants it let me know and ill forward it onn to you. met mr cardno personally and he gave me every penny back(didnt really have an option with a baseball bat in my hand)
yes weasel, if you’re giving out the address then i’ll have it please!
can anyone give me any information on this guy
nice one weasel. Police or bank couldn’t care less, so would love his address please. He’s up to his old tricks…
I would love nothing better than getting my hands on this pleb!!! I’ll take his details with great satisfaction to get my Grand back!!!
I have details on him that may help private mail me or leave a contact email address i will contact you
Howdy guys please dont print john’s email or address here. Feel free to leave your email address to swap details, and I’ll delete them later.
glyons13@caledonian.ac.uk
Send me the details.
Hi delorus can you email me at sophiechalmers@yahoo.co.uk thanks
Why protect this scumbag? He deserves every bad thing that happens to him. He is conning honest people out of their hard earned cash and ruining their lives to boot. What I wish on him is not printable. Why is he not inside? The police don’t seem to care…
If anyone wants to leave there e mail address on here i have no problem sending them all I know on this guy , his latest thing is michael jackson tickets be warned
I would also like to get a hold of John Cardno or any of his partner in crime’s details.
leave your email and i will give you all i have
Hobo, how do i get the information on John Cardno or contact details of the people offering it. i need it bad the little sheister.
leave an email address on this web site and i will contact u
dont know if hobo can pm your email
Can anyone pls give me details of this guy? I have just been conned recently.
Thanks.
[...] and informed that the original poster is John Cardano who has a reputation as a ticket fraudster: John Cardno - Scam Tickets For Music Festivals? | Festivalz I’ve no evidence of this myself and so I’ll leave this thread open for now. __________________ [...]
My email is above Delorus. Sort me with the details. I’m more than happy to pay him a visit and get my revenge for everyone on this post!!!
Delorus,
Send me a mail to this address. thevigilante@hotmail.co.uk Thanks V
I think I’vejust been conned by this guy too, can anyone tell me what is the set up for paying this “John Cardno”? I’ve given him 1/2 face value of 4 weekend T in Park tickets and he requires full amount by 15th! I have sort code and account number and receipts for money paid so far, can anyone help me or advise me on what to do now please?
Hi folks, this guy has an ad on Aberdeen music forum website selling four weekend tickets for this years T in The Park. DO NOT contact, he’s just had £400 from me and is demanding another £400 by 5pm today. Matter now in hands of police, please please, anyone else out there who has recently agreed to buy his T in Park tickets, give all details to your local station. The more who file a complaint, the quicker he’ll be back where he should be. Ad is under NEVERADULLMOMENT. If you look up myspace blog, you’ll get his address!
Just found out that I’ve been scammed by this Cardno fraudster! Paid for a weekend T In The Park ticket for my son and contacted him to arrange to collect it but receiving no replies. Googled and found this plus a few more links about his activities. He actually produced his passport when I met him and proof of an address in Edinburgh. If anybody has any further detail on him, I’d greatly appreciate it. I’ll happily provide the Edinburgh address I’ve got for him on request.
Springford, don’t know if its of any use but i can give you the contact details for the cop who dealt with me when he bumped me? contact me thatsthebunny@hotmail.com… I thought it resulted in him getting banged up for a few months, obviously not enough coz it was exactly this time last year i got bumped!
Springford - contact me !
I went to meet him on georgie road in Edinburgh for a ticket to Tinthe Park. Has anyone got a full address as I will happily take care of the little C**t!
If anyone is arranging to meet this d!ck for tickets in Edinburgh, please let me know and i’ll meet up with you. He got £480 off me last year, and im dying to get my revenge! thatsthebunny@hotmail.com
Just looked up this guys name on google and found this! How stupid do I feel:( I bought a T in the Park ticket for my daughters 21st birthday from John Cardno, he gave me a copy of his passport, his mobile number and a copy of the booking reservation. Does anyone else have the booking reservation 20-54321/uk3? I called Ticket master and it looks like he did buy at least 2 tickets……probably for himself! He met me outside the Edinburgh dungeons and said he lived on Leith Walk, however, not knowing Edinburgh or being from there, it meant nothing to me. I really believed him and took him at face value. He said he couldnt go as he was going abroad and he couldnt afford both. I will know in future to look up on here for any other con-men.
p.s. My husband would very much like to know his full address!!!!!! burgessm8@hotmail.com
M Burgess, that’s exactly the same info I got from this Cardno prick, including a copy of the same ticket reference! I don’t have a copy of his passport though and would like one if possible.
I’ve just reported him to the police for defrauding me and provided them with a printout of all the posts on this thread so that they know how many people he has scammed. If anybody wants to contact me, I’ll happily provide details of which officer is dealing with this in Lothian & Borders Police.
PS scud, how do I contact you?
springford - leave your email address and I will contact you.
can someone please email me with details of this guy?
want to know the edinburgh addresses he has given to people
Can ANYONE get me the address for this “gentleman”. Need help!!!!!!!!!!
If someone has the email address etc, add it to the comment box and I will forward to all interested parties. I will not publish it here on this blog though.
What about someone going under the name of John Carno??
My friend just dealt with him for some festival weekend tickets (also through Gumtree) and i must admit, it doesn’t look good.
Paid deposit and now communication have died out all together.
Also based in Edinburgh (apparently)
can someone post a breif description of him so I know its the same guy. I think I know whrere this guy lives!
Festivalz Hobo, can you pass my e-mail address to scud and M Burgess? I have some police information about Cardno which may be useful. Many thanks.
Before I do this, I have been contacted by someone who thinks their address is being used as a front. I will update the thread later.