{"id":7872,"date":"2018-12-14T02:21:15","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T02:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=7872"},"modified":"2018-12-14T02:21:15","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T02:21:15","slug":"holy-moly-its-rich-thurman-from-the-small-business-community-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2018\/12\/14\/holy-moly-its-rich-thurman-from-the-small-business-community-association\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Moly, it&#8217;s Rich Thurman from the Small Business Community Association!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Season\u2019s Greetings! Richard Thurman, the scumbag from Tempe Arizona is back with a brand new phone number and new business dishing out his awards to small business experts like myself!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View 'Richard Thurman - Small Business Community Association Scam' on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/45394382735\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"Richard Thurman - Small Business Community Association Scam\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Richard Thurman  Small Business Community Association Scam\"  width=\"495\"  height=\"800\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4847\/45394382735_f04bea8a65_c.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Adam<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Congratulations!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Adam Jackson has been selected for the 2018 Best of Business Award for the Small Business category.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You are now in the company of several other businesses owners across the country that have also been selected. Check them out here: 2018 Best of Business. To accept your award &#8211; and to help the Small Business Community Association help you and your 23 million small business peers grow and thrive &#8211; please use the following link to start the acceptance process: Award Acceptance Wizard<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Small Business Community Association has been dedicated to empowering and recognizing small business owners who make a difference in their respective communities since 2006. About Us<\/em><br \/><em> image<\/em><br \/><em>To become a more active part of this elite community of small business owners that comprise less than 1% of total business owners in the United States, please follow this link.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Award Acceptance Wizard<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We respect your privacy and your inbox. This is a courtesy notification from the Small Business Community. If you wish decline your award and stop receiving notifications please use this link now: Unsubscribe<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Once again, Congratulations twice on your nomination and award!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>-Rich Thurman <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Unsubscribe<\/em><br \/><em>We respect your privacy. Please click here to update your email settings.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Think, Automate &amp; Grow 133 West 6th St #2632 Tempe, Arizona 85281 United States (844) 743-2824<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Like I said\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><i>on <a href=\"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/08\/20\/richard-thurman-and-the-small-business-community-are-scammers\/\">8\/20\/2015<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/04\/29\/the-scammer-richard-thurman-is-back\/\">4\/29\/2016<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/10\/24\/rants-richard-thurman-leave-me-alone\/\">10\/24\/2016<\/a>,\u00a0\u201cRichard Thurman, Leave Me Alone!<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span hidden class=\"__iawmlf-post-loop-links\" data-iawmlf-links=\"[{&quot;id&quot;:1823,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/45394382735&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251103223914\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/45394382735&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 01:42:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-13 04:19:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-25 10:58:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-29 04:05:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-09 20:06:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-19 14:36:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-24 07:28:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-27 15:53:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-04 01:05:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 12:12:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 12:12:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Season\u2019s Greetings! Richard Thurman, the scumbag from Tempe Arizona is back with a brand new phone number and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2018-12-14T02:21:29Z","apple_news_api_id":"18861f6f-6b1a-42c9-8d35-2ace22d875b5","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2018-12-14T02:21:33Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AGIYfb2saQsmNNSrOIth1tQ","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7872","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-rants","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-22Y","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5002,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/08\/20\/richard-thurman-and-the-small-business-community-are-scammers\/","url_meta":{"origin":7872,"position":0},"title":"Richard Thurman and the Small Business Community are Scammers","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"August 20, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I received this in my email today: Adam,\u00a0Congratulations!\u00a0I am pleased to let you know that Adam Jackson has been selected to receive the 2015 Best of Business Award for East Palo Alto in the Small Business category.\u00a0We need you to confirm your award now. To accept your award - and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Rants&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Rants","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/rants\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5777,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/04\/29\/the-scammer-richard-thurman-is-back\/","url_meta":{"origin":7872,"position":1},"title":"The Scammer Richard Thurman is Back!","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"April 29, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"As I wrote in mid-August of 2015, this guy really should be called out. I unsubscribed from his emails, reported them to Spam@UCE.gov and expected to never hear from the guy again. Well, he\u2019s back folks! 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