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Free Electricity Generator still peddled by Dennis Lee. Check his tory at:
www.phact.org/e/dennis.html
There are hundreds of scam websites, one of which is quoted below:
http://www.freelectricity.com
The references below reveal important facts regarding Dennis Lee's "free electricity device".
1) "'Free energy' pitch generates charged reactions" USA TODAY 2 Nov. 1999 sec Life; pg. 8D
The USA Today article details an extraordinary account of Dennis Lee's criminal record, as a traveling salesman peddling bogus heat pumps, solar refrigeration systems, and investments in his own cooperative since 1985.
2) "Perpetual Motion: Still Going Around" The Washington Post 12 Jan. 2000 sec. Horizon; pg. H03
3) "The Cold Fusion Files;" Los Angeles Times 28 Feb. 2001 sec. Business; Part C; pg 1; Financial Desk Byline: Jerry Hirsch, Times Staff Writer
The State's Power Crisis Is A Magnet For People Who Claim To Have Come Up With The 'Breakthrough' That Will Solve The Energy Problem.
The LA Times article explains that Lee's Web site gives visitors, "information on how to buy a "dealership" for his products--plus an explanation for those eight fraud counts in Ventura County that once
landed him in prison for three years."
When I examined the freelectricity.com web site in Nov. 2001, the explanations for fraud and jail time must have been removed.
Just in case Dennis Lee registered a patent, under any of the aliases
used on his web site, my 11/6/01 US patent search of both databases had these hits:
1)"Better World Technologies" (0)
2)"International Tesla Electric Company" (0)
3) TechKnowLogic (0)
4) Sundance generator (0)
5) Hummingbird AND generator (0)
6)"Dennis Lee" AND generator (5)
7)"Dennis Lee" AND magnets (0)
Source: http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html
The hits included medical devices, bearing lubrication process, a microwave device, and data processing patents. Nothing related to energy or electric generators.
The LA Times quotes Robert Park, a University of Maryland physicist and
author of Voodoo Science: The Road From Foolishness to Fraud. "Under
the microscope of scientific scrutiny, most of these 'discoveries'
turn out to be versions of the mythic perpetual motion machine or its
modern counterpart, a cold fusion device."
I am also aware, however, no matter the prototype or invention, patent protection is not always recommended or possible. More on this later.
The Web site articles I found regarding Dennis Lee were poorly referenced.
4) Scambusters.org issue #45 Beware of Energy Scams
http://www.scambusters.org/Scambusters45.html
5) Prior arrests and fraud in several states a matter of public record
http://www.techtv.com/news/transcripts/story/0,24195,3330284,00.html
What these articles fail to explain was how
Dennis Lee --and others like him-- continue to stay in business and out of legal trouble.
Perhaps, persuasive marketing does generates so much cash, that it is self fullfilling and can keep you out of jail.
Without any proof of concept or product delivery, in Nov. 2001 Lee's web site claimed 200,000 registrants that paid US $5.00 each so far, not including investment options. There must be over $ 1 million in revenue plus a very large mailing list of US homeowners, complete with Name, Address, and Phone number.
Perhaps, legal sanctuary can be found in many places.
Lee's FAQ at freelectricity.com stated in Nov. 2001, "ITEC plans to begin installation of the Hummingbird/Sundance generator once 1.6 million households across America have been registered."
There exists no obligation if the target number of 1.6 million members goes unmet (or unproven). There would be no breach of contract. This is a legal sanctuary under contract law to deceive the public.
If the transaction is not considered a financial investment by the SEC or NASD, US citizens are left with common law, contract law or the Uniform Commercial Code. Therefore, if fraud cannot be proven, with
Lee's use of contract law, all registration fees and member investments can be legally forfeit, regardless of the electricity
generator being real or allegations of fraud.
Dennis Lee's venture takes advantage of both to scam the public.
On his freelectricity.com web site, Lee states that he will not disclose his patent progress because of hostile competitors he
suspects can steal his ideas regardless of a patent.
This creative "registration fee" forces members to make investments by contract law, and to depend entirely on "sales publications" or the individual integrity of people like Dennis Lee. No investor
safeguards or payback is required.
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