by Larry Smith
An anonymous web site has been set up (www.effieknowles.com) to divert Internet users away from this site - presumably so they won't read the information posted here about land speculation on Rum Cay.
This fake site features only one page - which carries an illegal copy of my original article (The Effie Knowles Saga). None of the comments listed on this site, nor the subsequent stories I wrote on Rum Cay, are included.
It appears that some people think these comments, and later information posted by me, are impacting their efforts to sell Bahamian land of questionable title to unsuspecting buyers over the Internet.
There are any number of web sites out there purporting to sell beachfront lots on Rum Cay. And this is despite the fact that the various speculators on the island are feuding among each other over who owns what.
why hasnt the Bahamas govt stepped in and voided all these nefarious claims...in America if you dont pay your property taxes you loose your land!
Posted by: absolutely ridiculous | June 01, 2006 at 11:43 AM
This is who created the fake website:
Registrant:
Rum Cay
208 Hillcrest Ridge
Canton, Georgia 30115-4216
United States
Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: EFFIEKNOWLES.COM
Created on: 26-Nov-05
Expires on: 27-Nov-06
Last Updated on: 29-Nov-05
Administrative Contact:
Cay, Rum rumcaytodd@aol.com
208 Hillcrest Ridge
Canton, Georgia 30115-4216
United States
(404) 538-6604
Technical Contact:
Cay, Rum rumcaytodd@aol.com
208 Hillcrest Ridge
Canton, Georgia 30115-4216
United States
(404) 538-6604
Posted by: Bahamian Ebloggy | June 04, 2006 at 07:48 AM
I own a lot on the east side of the Island. I plan to retire there. I have read your Effie klnowles article and it seems to be a good representation of the facts as far as I can surmise.
But I feel you are wrong that you call www.effieknowles.com a fake site because it has true facts in it... nothing more or nothing less.
By the way, I may not agree with some of the articles on your web site, but I still enjoy reading them, it is better than reading the Guardian.
As for Davis, not sure who is in the right or wrong. I do know that Effie Knowles is the true crook in all this. Others who follow I leave to time to decide if they join her ranks of crookhood.
Posted by: Ted Adams | June 05, 2006 at 10:39 AM
I say it is a fake site because (a) it is completely anonymous, (b) it has infringed my copyright by republishing my work without permission, (c) the above posting has elicited several insulting and overly aggressive messages, and (d) the site is clearly a diversionary tactic.
Posted by: larry smith | June 05, 2006 at 10:43 AM