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This guy called to get info about my services about 2 hours ago.  After asking the same questions over and over about the "best ways to knock out an opponent", he said his boss was calling him and he had to go.  Since then, he has called my phone 16 times...literally.  

CREEPY!!!!!!!!

He just called me in CA where I run a Karate dojo. He's now using the alias Ray.

He just called my Martial Arts School in Edmonton. Asked the same things others say. He just wasts alot of my time

One of my staff just got off the phone with this guy!  A total wacko!

This guy called our school in Edmonton, AB, Canada and asked a bunch of odd questions..

This is pretty creepy that he is calling schools across north america acting like a crazy person.

I own a Taekwondo school in Idaho and got a call from this number before hours.  He didn't leave a message, but when I called back I got a voice mail identifying the home number for "Mark".  I won't bother answering if I see the prefix again.

Got several phone calls from this guy who claims to have experiance and recently moved to the area. Just the same as everyone else this guy calling himself "Chris" needs a lot of help. Kept asking the same questions over and over again if he calls again I'm going to ask him to stop calling. I already gave him the times we have sparring class if he wants he can come and spar I'd be more than happy I'm sure some other people would too.

I received a call from him probably about a year and a half ago, then another today.  He opened the conversation by saying he recently moved to the area and wanted to know where we were located because he had trained in ITF and earned his black belt and was from New Hamshire.  He also wanted to know the differences between the forms.  I mentioned a few differences, and he was wanted to be very specific, like "does that strike generally go to the midsection?" etc.  I asked his name, where he was from, how long ago since he trained, etc.  Eventually I asked if I had spoken to him before and he said no very quickly and certainly.  He then mentioned that he would have to call me back.  While he was off the line I searched for the phone number and found this.  When I asked who he was after he called back he said Chris.  I asked was he sure if his name wasn't Mark Schachter, or Alex, he said no to each.  So for a second time I said "well, I'm pretty sure you've called here before" and before I could ask him about his fixation on calling schools he said "oh, maybe I did, I'm sorry" and hung up.

This dbag called me and asked for directions to my place. Non-committal and full of crap with every breath that comes out of his mouth. He's called before. He probably gets some kind of pleasure calling places.

Looks like this guys is back at it.  Got a call from him a couple of days ago and spent a couple of minutes talking with him. Same MO: new to town, looking to train, this time said he had a black belt in TKD wanted to know how my style related to TKD.  Then conversation got wierd, asking about specific techniques, would I throw a ridgehand to the body, favorite kick, then I noticed the noise in the background and he said he was at work and had to go.  I was busy at the time and didn't think much of it but couple days later I remembered the call and googled it.  Well looks like he is back at it.  Last post here  was in 2011, so maybe he decided to take a break for a while then get back into it.  This guy is just a wierdo so ignore the call.

Mark is calling again.  Called today saying he had just moved to the area and was wanting to start training and had a black belt in TKD from WTF.  Asked the same questions that he has been asking everyone else.   I remembered him after getting off the phone with him.  He has called many times before a few years back and I had told him to stop calling.  I tried to call him back but no answer left him a message about how he was calling all the different martial arts places and told him never call my business again.

This guy is still active.  He identified himself as Ray the first time he called.  He asked the same weird questions as well.  Called back the next day with a different name.  I told him I spoke to him or someone from that number about it already and he quickly hang up.

Very weird indeed.

Well, this guy called my studio in Naples FL last night.  Called himself Chris, although at first I could not get him to give me his name.  I expected that he was legit because he claimed to have been a Tae Kwon Do student and used some Korean terms.  He probably talked to me for 50 minutes asking about sparring combinations and targets.  Then he hung up and called back 10 minutes later with more questions.  He basically asked the same questions repeatedly and eventually asked something about whether or not beachgoers "liked to show off their bodies" and if you hit someone in their six pack whether or not it would hurt.  Then I figured there was something weird with this guy.  I just called and asked to speak with him and he hung up.  If I hear back from him I will make sure to let him know that he is not to stop by.  Thanks for the information.

Just received a call from this number and have had the same experience as the people on this board. He is still out there and I see he has been doing this since 2009. Wow. Asked all kinds of questions about WTF Taekwondo, says he is a black belt and is down here because his brother owns a business. A little suspicious, it was a New York phone number but he said he is from Pensylvania. Weird. When I told him my class schedule really did not seem interested. Count that off as a weird call. For those of you out there, he is still trolling around.

Hello again all.

Ever since a coworker and I called this guy back and gave him a hard time, he hasn't called our studio, however we merged with another martial arts studio a while back, basically absorbing them, but we kept their old number as a secondary line. He called that number, but we did not pick up. Anyways, this reignited my passion to figure him out.

Now I know that websites like 4chan have really scary knowledgeable users that can find ANYTHING out about ANYONE. I don't exactly know how to go about approaching them, however. I imagine the users on Reddit could figure it out, but I don't know how to go about that either. Do any of you have any experience with this kind of thing? Given the right post on either site, I imagine we could figure out exactly who this person is.

Just got a call from him. Felt suspicious right off so I asked questions amongst his questions.  Said his name was "Mark Vallega" and even voluntarily spelled the last name. Said he was from southwest Pennsylvania. Later said he trained under Master Lopez in Williamsport PA. Williamsport is not in southwest PA, and I found no trace of a Lopez martial arts school in that area using google.  I think he used Lopez simply due to the popular Lopez TKD family. As with others, a lot of weird questions about favorite kicks, knockouts, how I'd land a certain kick, and forms. He said he'd been in taekwondo for 5 years.  The strange thing is that he's doing some weird research before calling.  First thing he asked was if I was on *#*#* street.  Uh, *#*#* is my home address where my billing goes to, and not my business address. Have no idea how he came up with that. Also he's looking at the traditional style taught at each gym and asking questions about it.  We do tons of MMA here, but no questions about that. As with others, he's got a brother in town so decided to move closer to him.  Mentioned doing private classes during the day, when's a good time to call back, and that he had to go to work.  I called the number back and the voicemail said "this is Mark. Can't wait to talk to you."  The 212 wikipedia article is very interesting too. It was one of the original area codes, people purchase it to make their business seemed established, in August 2010 AT&T said there are no new numbers available in that area code, and it's the borough of Manhattan in NYC.

I own a martial arts school here in Cali. He has been calling over and over for a few years. He just says "oh I got the wrong number" and hangs up. Every time he calls I get a chill up my spine. He literally just called and I decided to look him up. I can't believe what I'm seeing on here. I really want him to go away. Creep!

Had the same run-around with this guy that everyone else has.  He asked all the same questions about my TKD school and asked if he could keep in touch, me assuming he was a potential student said yes.  He called back 45 seconds later and I didn't answer because I instantly got a creepy vibe from our conversation.  I found this site and decided to call him back.  I asked for "Mark" and he said yes this is Mark.  I told him never to call my establishment again and his mood instantly went from excited to depressed and it was noticeable.  His response was just "yeah yeah ok".  Not sure what his angle is.

Same thing as everyone else wasted a lot of time talking about the TKD and wanting to know about what combinations and kicks I use.  Said his name was Chris but Mark Schachter came up on the caller ID which was my first warning.  Very odd individual, felt a little creeped out afterwards and looked up his number to find this.  He seems harmless, but definitely a time waster.  Hang up if you get a call from him.

Okay, so there was this guy who came to ask for information at my school. Sounded just like him. He was an old white man who was riding a scooter. I recognize him from about 5 years ago. He came to the school, signed up but never took one class. He said his name was "Otis". He was wearing the same exact clothes as from when I first saw him. A dirty ripped up blue jacket. I don't know if he is harmful, but he was creepy. He sat outside of my school for about 4 hours. When I went outside to try to ask him if he needed anything, he just persisted to show me some ripped up old papers about some other taekwondo school. If you are in Cali and have had an experience with this guy please let me know. I'm getting freaked out.