Likely yet another American Idol fan scam
A few weeks ago, Adam Lambert fans began raising money to send Isabel Paquette, an 89-year-old Wisconsin woman, to Lambert’s upcoming show at the Fantasy Springs Casino. First off, this has looked shady from the get-go. The ring leader is someone purporting to be a gay Canadian Adam Lambert devotee named SweetSexySean. Rather recently, he began a blog and opened a Twitter account. Immediately, he ran a Q&A with Isabel about her love for Adam Lambert…along with a call to action urging his fellow Lambert fans to send Isabel and her daughter Joy to Indio, CA for the show. As of right now, Isabel is on her way to California. She’s even been talking to local press about the generosity of Lambert fans, including the Green Bay Gazette. But obviously, SweetSexySean needs more money to help give Isabel the trip of a lifetime.
Well Adam Fans and Glamily…. WE DID IT! Isabel and her daughter Joy are on their way to see Adam in Concert at Fantasy Springs! Still waiting to do the BIG Celebration because we could still use a few more donations for wheelchair/oxygen retal, meals, taxi and little concert extras… PLUS A MEET AND GREET WITH ADAM LAMBERT! HELP DONATE BY GOING TO PAYPAL: http://tinyurl.com/ks23mn and enter in the email of: isabel4adam@gmail.com anything from $1 dollar to $1oo dollars is very appreciated.
In addition to travel expenses and hotel accomodations, Isabel suddenly needed oxygen tanks. And for the past week or so, SweetSexySean and someone called Pflagmom have been requesting this last $400 to cover these costs. Pflagmom likes to state how real she is because she’s actually giving out her real name — the very real sounding Istrea Ann. First off, let’s look at SweetSexySean, who claims his name is the very generic Sean Patrick. He is also 38-years-old. This is the photo attached to his blog and Twitter account.
Lately, SweetSexySean has taken to Tweeting about the Olympics, particularly Johnny Weir. He’s is so adept at being gay. I mean, I know soooo many 38-year-old gay men who write long-winded fanwank about Adam Lambert and his guitarist via LiveJournal (another recently opened account) and Tweet things like this
:
In my next life I want @JohnnyGWeir MOM / @adamlambert DAD as MY PARENTS. I will then have a fab childhood and growup to be SUPERGLITTERMAN!
Uh…okay. Anyway, Pflagmom/Istrea Ann recently posted another call to action for THE LAST $400 via Adam Official. People have posted saying they donated $10, $25…how could they still be waiting on THE LAST $400 for this long? Pflagmom is obviously the ideal person to be entrusted with the collection of funds, as she explains the donation process with such ease, obviously accounting for any concerns fans may have regarding where their money is going.
I am Istrea Ann. I am over the Trust Fund for Isabel. It had to be put in a real person’s name (me) and Sean trusted me to do that. I was very honored to do so and have acounted of every penny donated and spent that Sean will be putting out once this is completed. Sean did not want to put the PayPal account in his name for many reasons. One being that he is in Canada and money would have been lost in the exchange rate and two he felt more then one person needed to be involved in this for ethics reasons and for when questions came up. Sean is a very smart man and I very much admire him. Sharon, I can not find your other thread but please read the OP up top and you will see how to donate. You are so kind and giving and this whole experience has been amazing! THANK YOU!
How convenient. Sean is in Canada. They needed another person involved as a matter of ethics. And about the oxygen/wheelchair rental… First off, at airports and any hotel/casino, there is NEVER any fee for wheelchair rental. Who the hell charges for such a thing in the first place? But there is no reason to believe the Fantasy Springs Casino would not provide wheelchairs to their mobility-impaired guests. When my grandmother was dying, all she wanted to do was play the slot machines at Harrah’s in St. Louis. And yes, she had a wheelchair to use whenever necessary. Quite often, my aunt would end up falling asleep in it around 4am. It is also interesting that the hotel AND wheelchair would need to be paid for when Fantasy Springs offered Isabel and her daughter free accomodations after hearing about her. A fan offered Paquette and her daughter free tickets to the show, but the pair couldn’t afford airfare. A blogger caught wind of the cause and posted the video, urging fans to send her to the concert. Within 24 hours, the money was raised and Fantasy Springs offered them a free stay. In all actuality, only $1000 would need to be raised at this point, basically just the cost of airfare from Wisconsin to California for both Isabel and her daughter. Oh, and about the oxygen tank. According to Isabel’s daughter:
“They set her up with an oxygen tank in her wheelchair just in case she needs it,” said daughter Joy Hinterberg, who is traveling with her mom.
Is she talking about the fans again? And how can request oxygen for someone without being a licensed healthcare provider? As a VFTW reader pointed out:
This whole thing is such complete BS. Medicare covers the cost of wheelchairs and oxygen equipment. The FAA does allow passengers to fly with their own chairs and airlines provide o2 on flights if necessary at a cost of about fifty dollars. Arrangements can be made through Isabel’s current o2 provider to have the needed equipment waiting for her when she gets to CA. There is no way that Sean or anyone else can set up oxygen rental for her. The o2 provider needs to have her prescriptions and medicare and or medicaid info.
If you scan through the original blog post, you can see numerous individuals pledging $100, or even the use of airline miles. So why do Pflagmom and SweetSexySean still need $400? Oh yes. Because people promised money and did not come through. It’s gotten so bad, SweetSexySean can barely sleep at night! Even today, Pflagmom is posting to Adam Official on his behalf
.
Any @adamlambert Fans: PLEASE HELP! LAST PUSH We could still use some help with 89 year old ISABEL http://tinyurl.com/yjrmcum FYI: The large sum promised still has not come through so if you can help, plese do so. Still need Wheelchair and Oxygen for Isabel.
Come on. Something about this just ain’t right. Hopefully, Isabel will be on her way to California, but will all the money go with her? What happens if those plane tickets are suddenly canceled? Basically, all of this just seems like yet another scam. The fact they are still requesting money for something which has technically been paid for several times over? Requesting money for things likely supplied by both the airport and casino? And is someone named Kweenjeane on the take?
I’ve been tweeting with sweetsexysean. Yes, as Pflagmom said, we need the $400. I need to clarify if the w.c. and O2 will be covered by that, but being a med. social worker who has set up travel O2, I can tell you that it is insanely expensive. It’s a very special type of O2 that the FFA requires. I’m hoping they are aware of that, but I’m not so sure….folks are usually unaware and just assume they can drag a regular tank on board. SO…..we may need more than $400. I’m waiting to see if sean responds re: approaching the equipment co’s to donate the 02. I’d be happy to work on that. W.C. doesn’t concern me. Cheap, even donated ones avail. everywhere. What can we do? Need ideas ppl.
If you have any information on SweetSexySean or Pflagmom, please let me know. None of this adds up, and while we can say people are stupid for sending their money to those they only know via an online message board, do we really enjoy watching people get scammed?

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