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Warren Moon scammed out of $200,000 with fake offer to buy 5% of Miami Heat

Professional athletes in LA should be on high alert if they’re looking to try to invest in a professional sports franchise. Per Fox 11, an organized theft ring in Los Angeles is targeting athletes, offering to sell them a minority share in the Miami Heat.

The NBA and the Miami Heat contacted the FBI about the scam after a man by the name of George French Jones sold NFL Hall of Famer Warren Moon four fictional floor seats to Heat games and told Moon’s agent that he could become a 5% minority owner in the Heat basketball team .  Jones has also tried to get money out of a Super Bowl champion Patriot player, and an 8 time NFL Pro Bowler.

Moon’s agent wired $200,00 for the tickets to an account at Academy bank in Pasadena but never got the tickets.  Moon’s company, Sports 1 Marketing is now suing George French Jones to get his money back, but Jones has disappeared.  

Tricky.
Jill Munroe

Jill Munroe is a Los Angeles-based host, producer, and writer. You can find her work on sites such as FoxSports.com, EURweb.com, and MSN.com. Munroe is a current member of the African-American Film Critics Association and the National Association of Black Journalists. Munroe has also been a frequent guest on ESPN radio and Yahoo Sports. In 2015, Munroe released her first book, "PostGame Pass: access into "the life" JillMunroe.com

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