Does the add below sound familiar to you?

We are a small social media gaming company that is working on our debut title, and are in need of a Flash Game Dveloper to be a co-founding partner with us on this effort. We are in the early stages of the startup phase and are developing the prototype for our ground breaking social network game. The team is dedicated to delivering a one of a kind gaming experience for todays social network users. The position is initially being offered as an equity position in the company with a paid salary being included when we reach the first round of funding. Part time and/or after hours is acceptable for this position if full time is not possible with equity only compensation. Full time would be required once funding is secured and salaries are paid. Required Experience: 3+ years of professional experience Extremely fluent in Flash and Actionscript 3 Facebook API experience is a plus Strong communication skills We would be very interested in any candidates that also have experience with Flash game design and would be interested in pitching in with some small design efforts. Please respond to this add or email rysulliv@gmail.com with your resume and a portfolio of your work.

There is no company, there's only him. He contracted us to provide a service and all of a sudden on the day it was suppose to happen he tries to extort us claiming that he has found some stuff online about us and wants us to refund him for work. We done some research of our own, and have discovered that there are many, many developers and programmers in the same position.

I would not recommend working for Ryan Sullivan at all. He knows how to make you believe that you're getting equity in his factious company with high promises of success. We strongly believe that there are more victims out there and we want you all to do the same! We can't let him get away from this.

We don't believe that there is such a company nor any investors to make this even work.