Important Clarification

Please note:

As Chops covered here, the Raven Avalon/Goblin Hunter contingent posted, in one or more of their hate groups, a huge list of Facebook users that they wanted targeted.

Facebook users are now receiving messages and not understanding where this list originated. Goblin Hunter is the author of this hate list; and has distributed it amongst their numerous hate groups designed to harrass the people on the list.
Another Goblin Hunter profile - note the two friends and Interests Freya, admin of Black Raven Coven, and Wools, an alt, also a admin or member of the Coven pages AND on Rochelle Moore's friend list):

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Please see the previous 4 Chops posts on this matter of the list for clarification. Chops will endeavor to obtain a screen shot of the list from one of the hate groups to help clarify this matter.

If any Facebook users receive messages about their name being on this list, please read the list well. Other victims and groups targeted by this list are being mistakenly accused of being the authors (and reported)  because people are not reading the entire Goblin message. Be aware before you accuse, please, and do not be an unwitting tool for these hate groups.

Pagans Against Plagiarism has posted a copy of Goblin Hunters target list so that Facebook users can see who is being targeted for harassment - primarily within the Pagan community. Please do not accuse the group or its members; they are simply trying to help the community.

Edit Update:

Pagans Against Plagiarism has added screen shots of the hate list. That should make very clear who, and what group, is behind it. They are an open group.

Another pagan group, NJ Pagans, has posted this:

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Edit Update 2:



They continue to form new groups (below). Chops assumes 'Stop Cyberbulling' from them, the cyberbullies, really means 'stop exposing us as frauds and bullies.'

Ratcheting Up

Busy little bees; they've launched yet another FB group:

Stop Cyberbullying on Facebook: Dedicated to stamping out bullying on FB

Full group profile:
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All the same people; truly on a roll this week; and of course they don't mean stamping out anyone except the people who have pointed out their bad behavior. One amusing note - from their group info (sorry, they tend to yell a lot in caps; very exciteable):

WEBGOBLINS: Who are they and why they roam Facebook freely insulting, bullying and harassing real genuine people.

ANYONE WHO WANTS TO JOIN FOR GENUINE REASONS WILL HAVE TO ADD GOBLIN HUNTER OR ELIZABETH DICKSON AS A FRIEND AND THEIR PROFILES WILL BE LOOKED AT TO AVOID SOCKS AND BUNNIES

Only real people will be let into this group so do not ask to join if your name is SILVER SHADOW WOLF or FLOATY AIRY FAIRY!!!

...except of course, for the admins, Goblin Hunter, Freya LaVey, Tawny-eye Moonchild and the other fake alt names such as Adana Silvermist & Aunbis Talsin ( << yes, it was a misspelling; she has a duplicate account with it spelled properly) that are behind the group. ;)


Also from their info:

Cyberbullying could be another name for webgoblinses or just plain unsatisfied, underachievers who gang together to boost their own little lives and give them an interest.

Chops only sees one group of people making dozens of groups and pages and alts, posting lists of real peoples name, taking peoples underage childrens' photos and posting them -and demanding that they all be persecuted and run off of Facebook. That would be you.

Followers of Goblin/Raven/Rochelle/Freya/etc - please stop and think. Rochelle-Raven-Freya-et al's own actions got her in the soup; if she hadn't plagiarized more than a third of her book last year, it wouldn't have been pulled from the market, regardless of what was said about it. Her own fault, no one elses. As Raven, if she hadn't taken copyrighted photos and then lied about them repeatedly (even after the artist had spoken up about it), she wouldn't have made herself look so disreputable.

While you may not like the whistleblowers, Chops fails to see how it serves any of you to defend wrongdoing by obfuscating and harassing the people that pointed it out; along with many other innocents who had nothing to do with it at all - including children. Read this entire blog, from the first post, and you will understand the nature of the few main people (and their many alts) whose groups you are in.

Reference material:

Goblin Hunter, full profile (note 'Facebook Stalking' listed as Activities):
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Update to the Raven Avalon post

Edit Update: Shortly after this posting hit Chops earlier today, the bashing groups went secret, so the links to them in the previous post will not show their pages. The Bunny group has dozens of screenshots of Goblin Hunter (a brand-new alt) posting  members profile links, links to off-Facebook work, etc; all demanding that everyone report them to get them booted off Facebook. Even Chops got a mention. :) 

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..funny that Goblin misspells Sehnga the exact same way that Rochelle always did.


Chops could fill pages with similar screenshots:

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...but you get the idea. This campaign seems to be driven in public (we know who lurks behind) by a Joanne Nelson, who is possibly an alt or a family member of you-know-who - or a tool. Her and her 'friend', Elizabeth Dickson, descended on the Bunny group after Raven Avalons copyright thefts and subsequent lies; never once addressing the issue, but attacking the group for quite some time, then leaving the group and fomenting cries of persecution elsewhere, rallying the unaware. Another face is Lila K. Elteto, who may in fact be the Goblin Hunter:

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Below is a convo screenshot, where they discuss having targeted a Bunny members child. The child was never a member of the Bunny group; they looked through a members profile and took his photo and posted it with comments, presumably to intimidate/upset the member.

They should indeed be scared; the boy is 13, not 16.
Noticeably absent is any concern for the child himself, or the ethical wrong of what was done in the first place.

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Goblin Hunter's page - far too long for a screenshot, C&P'd, "(name removed)" is my doing:

We need You!!! List of escaped goblins nasty horrid gremnasties i need to bring back underground DEEP UNDERGROUND to the mines of Mogodon

We need You!!! List of escaped goblins nasty horrid gremnasties i need to bring back underground

TO: the real people who want to show just how horrible facebook can be with fake accounts and goblins running all over the place. I am here to find those nasty escaped goblins and bring them back down underhill where they belongs.

fluffy Bunnie coven and there abuse of genuine people. - WELL DONE

I am a real goblin not a real person Goblin Hunter

nasty nasty goblins

Ignoring, for the time being that my first account was deleted, The Whacko (name removed) aka (name removed), (name removed) and (name removed)'s ridiculous stockpiling of international goblins mindwreckers as if they're the scarcest of commodities on our planet , it would appear that Whacko, (name removed) and (name removed) under the keen eye of (name removed) are is embarking on a policy of assembling a goblin team to really frighten opponents… with their physical weirdness.

Not content with having Uncle Fester (name removed), there's (name removed) sporting a Travis Bickle haircut and a bitter attitude in defence, while (name removed) with a dreadlock beard is a mean Predator and (name removed) sits bacn and acts like a corpse. (The less said about (name removed) foreskin's shrieking the better.)

Then there's quite possibly the most hideous assembly of goblins in the world who folllow dim witted and blind, with (name removed) the Organ shuffling down the flank like Sloth from 'The Goonies',

j(name removed) inked from the top of one arm like a goth who whacko (name removed) states “has more knowledge about witchcraft than all of the other normal people who tried to speak openly about their sparklieeeee bunny group.

The forehead-less (name removed) running all over the internet, Shenga flashing his junk to anyone that passes by, (name removed) chewing hes way down the list of genuine people with her humungous teeth, (name removed): scurrying about with hers shrunken head, and there's (name removed) , who is definitely not that physically appealing but her mouth makes up for her unattractive head.

Now (name removed) has added to her legion of the weird with (name removed) a woman whose teeth could double up as a bottle opener, which will come in handy for (name removed), who has returned from his self publishing holidays with a hobo beard and a beer belly.

If you've see any of these goblins I'd advise never taking a child along with you even as a curiosity as they're likely to have nightmares for the rest of their days having seen such a motley bunch of downright ugliness up close and personal.

The goblin hunter

Sound awfully similar to the third-grade level frothing-at-the-mouth from last year, yes? ;)

The post then listed a ton of peoples Facebook names and account URLs, off-Facebook businesses, etc (which Chops will not repost for privacy concerns); calling for everyone to Report them and get them banned from Facebook.

Doesn't this all seem a bit extreme for a simple case of someone lying - albeit multiple times - about photos?

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The problem - and tell about all of the above nonsense? The list was from last year, when Rochelle Moore was doing the exact same thing to try to deflect from her massive plagiarism that resulted in her book being dropped by her publisher, Andborough Publishing. Goblin Hunter focused the attacks above on Moore's former publisher and the four or so Bunnies that were instrumental in exposing Moore ...last year.

The current Bunny group - the ones who asked about Raven Avalon's copyright infringement, doesn't include all the people from last years Moore debacle, and some of those that are still listed in the group have been noticeably absent for a very long time (and never were present or commented on the Raven issues) - and still another one or two no longer even use the FB accounts she names. Of note also is the number of year-old+ posts and screenshots Freya LaVey/Bram Darkraven/etc (Raven/Moore alts) have dredged up from that time period and tossed in as fuel for Goblin Hunter/Joanne Nelson against the Bunnies that busted Moore way back when.

In conclusion, it appears quite certain that Moore is still with us, under many alts old & new - and Raven Avalon. All the old Moore alts are friended with the new Raven alts, on all the same pages, all friended with Goblin Hunter and Joanne Nelson; and all these new Raven-and-alts-and-groups-and-pages were created at the same time (same day, usually), both on Facebook and other networking sites; all pushing the self-published book sales.

Chops does recall that when Moore first hit the internet years ago to try to earn money off the pagan community, she presented herself as a Wiccan with Christowiccan inclinations (her father was lay clergy, if memory serves). That later morphed into 'non-Wiccan hereditary high witch of Ireland descended from Druids and practicing thousands-of-years-old witchcraft. After her embarrassment and exposure last year, the Rochelle Moore persona had to be reinvented; and here we are, back to Wiccan.

Chops stands by it's conclusion from last year; that this woman is a determined scammer of the pagan community, and will continue her attempts. Inventing a new persona online only takes moments. Be smart, people, and especially newbies. One good tell is to engage someone in conversation, and ask in-depth questions. If they rarely speak at any length or explain anything other than by posting cut & paste items from the internet and other people; be advised that they are quite probably phonies.

As for Goblin Hunter; this educational video is for you. Cheers!

Black Raven Coven - Witches and Wiccans of Facebook

Please see the previous post for context, if needed.


Black Raven Coven - Witches and Wiccans of Facebook was previously Rochelle Moore's Witches of Facebook group. She changed it's name (but left the old discussions up) when Lady Raven Avalon (and a slew of new alts) suddenly appeared (February 2011) with just-published Lulu trash, and a dozen brand-new accounts online at social networking sites, to promote her 'books' - and take over this group. (The Rochelle Moore persona is noticeably defunct.)

The group apparently exists to sell her 'coven' books, although it claims to exist to help newbies (as does her other group, here; basically a duplicate group to spam book sales). The group Info is loaded with links to purchase her books, and a quick perusal of the group will show no real discussion going on, just copy & paste blurbs straight off the internet - and that's what's in the books, too.
A second quick perusal will show all the same Rochelle Moore alts from last year as members of this - and the other groups (here, and here) now bashing the people and Fluffy Bunny group that busted Raven Avalon last month. The main people listed as the 'coven' are all alts of the same person:
Lady Raven Avalon (HP) (This personal page is just sales spam)
Eros (Wiccan) HP
Freya La Vey
Bram Darkraven
Isiswaterwitch
Llewella David
(more of their spam groups here & here.)

...and there are at least twenty-five more alts. Chops will be publishing a major list of all the alts shortly.


Chops truly wishes Facebook would cross-check IP's, and change their policy to associate IP's with accounts when they are created; it would put an end to this sort of abuse immediately. However, they have in reality made it even easier, with new changes, for scammers to get away with their nonsense and multiple accounts. (Go ahead, Facebook; we double-dog dare you to check the above IPs.)

Chops will leave you with a lovely example of the Black Raven Covens love & light & 'harm none' teachings - and remember they claim to be teaching newbies:

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Chops suspects Cantucci of either being an alt or a shill for you-know-who; (she was voracious when she went in the Bunny group to attack after the Avalon plagiarism outings).  

Rochelle Moore did the same thing last year in all her groups; rarely posting as herself; each group was managed by one different alt, with 'Rochelle' occasionally 'popping in' to say hello- and talk to her alts. - to our endless amusement.


Cheers, Dear Readers, and raise a glass to sheer persistence. I guess. :P

Another Day, Another Dollar

Redux.

Once again, and all-too-familiar: Chops is forced to raise it's virtual pen and warn of reprobates.

Newest entry onto the field of play is the self-styled Lady Raven Avalon, who claims she is the high priestess of a Black Raven Coven, and an experienced witch, mentor and teacher of seminars of more than 40 years. She lists her location as Wiltshire, UK, but no one has ever heard of her in Wiltshire or anywhere else. Hers, and the 'coven' name spontaneously appeared on the internet this past February; all pushing her (self-published) books for sale. Facebook, Gather, PaganSpace.net, Twitter, Blogger, etc - all accounts made within a day or two of each other, and most never returned to after placing the book ad and links (drive traffic and up search engine ratings = $$).

From what Chops has read of the self-publishings so far, they seem to rehash the most simplistic  Wiccan/Witch info that is freely available everywhere on the web. Raven's sudden appearance with no prior history or presence in the pagan communities or online; the claims and sales spam, is all incredibly reminiscent of Rochelle Moore (aka Zara Alcott) ; and most especially to include her use of Facebook to solicite $$ and naive alcolytes. Said acolytes who of course would never think to ask for real references or proof of her claims before tossing fawning bright blessing$ all over her.


First coming to our attention as a copyright infringer, Raven then solidified Chops attention when she repeatedly lied, in the face of overwhelming evidence, that certain pictures and paintings were of herself, and done by a friend named P. Faust, whom Chops suspects is one of a long line of alts. This was utterly Moore-esque. The following screenshots are used with permission.

 From Ravens Facebook profile:

When this came to light, Raven insisted that her profile pic was a photograph of herself taken by a friend click for larger image:

At the same time that she was typing the lie, the professional artist who painted the picture, Mary McAndrew was contacted and made clear that it was her artwork, copyrighted and watermarked, and she had not given permission or gifted the art to this Raven person (as Raven claimed elsewhere). Raven immediately went on a counterattack largely through alts, trying to raise sympathy for her persecution amongst her group followers, and attacking the people who had caught her out. More Moore-ishness..

On the heels of the above incident came another:

This time she claimed her profile pic (another negative-ized image, above, right) was a photo of her taken by a friend (sound familiar?). Apparently Mz. Raven doesn't seem to realize that simply making a picture a negative image doesn't fool too many people. She is not Olivia Wilde, the actress pictured. Another round of denial and lies ensued. She is still using this Olivia image on a few websites.

Then, again...not four days after the first two. This time she labeled the stolen photo as herself, and added her alts name as the painter:

True to form, the image is someone elses property and copyright: Maggie Sottoro, LLC.

She is still using the above stolen photo as her own at her Gather profile. EDIT: It has been removed from that profile, but Olivia Wildes negative image remains.

Two notes - Raven claims the stolen Maggie Sotero, Ltd image is a painting of her done by P. Faust in 2009; Maggie Sotero didn't produce the dress prior to 2011 for the current line. Also, on her PaganSpace profile, created this March 2011, Raven claims to be 55 years old, and a practicing witch for 50 years. Eh? So Maggie Sotero's wedding dress model is actually the 52 year old Raven Avalon.

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Following these embarrassments, Raven and her alts (and one or two acolytes) called for a group persecution of the Facebook group and administrator of the group that busted her (seen this before?). Note the attempt to make her followers feel they were all being attacked to twist her deception and theft into some form of group persecution:

...as well as to try to use them to get Lesley and the groups that caught her out banned.

Chops is amazed at the gall; but moreso at the insistent lies after proof positive is clear for all to see, including the culprit. Is this the hallmark of a compulsive liar, a substance-abuse problem, or just sheer stupidity? We may never know. In any event, following all of the above, Mz. priestess 'experienced teacher of newbies' closed her Lady Raven Avalon Facebook page, and directed all to her Black Raven Coven page.

In conclusion - although Chops anticipates more to come - we would like to warn newcomers to Paganism to please beware of those claiming titles and experience and who-knows-what, without a shred of evidence to back it up, and especially if not a soul in the real-world pagan community has ever heard of them. You have every right - and in fact, an obligation to yourself - to ask questions, to ask for credentials and references. A good teacher would appreciate your common sense and be happy to prove themselves. A good teacher would not be tossing 'titles' around. Also, ask around; don't rely on just their word, no matter how saccharine love & light they first appear.

These cautions are quadrupled in the online world, where anyone can say anything, create fake alts to back themselves up, and pay to have books published and listed on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Literally anyone can publish anything today; it isn't read, selected for publishing, or anything else. If you can pay, upload it to the publisher and purchase an IBN number, *poof* - you have a book on Amazon.

Buyer beware; there are costs more important than your money.

As for the many coincidences between 'Raven' and Moore (far more than mentioned here) - well, we shall see, won't we.

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Edit update:  Just like last year with the Rochelle Moore incidents, the group that brought her thefts and lies to light have since had a number of people descend on their group page, insulting, harrassing and in one case, spewing the most vile and base language. Some, if not most of these people, are obvious fake accounts, deleted soon after posting. A la Moore style, many post and then delete their posts so they cannot be reported. Same Scheiße, different day. 

Edit update/shortcut: For those with attention deficit or lacking the patience to read the posts following this one (and Chops does understand); the above incidents are what started the entire Raven Avalon contingent forming the hate groups, and ultimately, their 'Goblin Hunter' alt putting out the 'hate list' that targeted so many in the pagan community & making the rounds on FB.

Chops thinks this was a very extreme reaction to someone merely being found out for lying about pictures. Perhaps the real concern is credibility and book profits - and having to reinvent herself all over again.

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Existence After Death, Zara Alcott/Rochelle Moore

Edit Update -

Confirmed:

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As readers might recall, when Chops used its own third eye and examined Moore's Beyond The Third Eye last year (refresher here), there were numerous issues with her book. Entire pages were other authors works, and her Resources failed entirely in identifying or crediting those pages to their rightful authorships.

These are the complete Resources from both books. Click for full-sized.

Moore,  Beyond The Third Eye:

Alcott's' Existence After Death:

This is rather amazing. With the exception of some additional websites listed (and Jeffrey Sealman newly added *cough*), Alcott's Resources are the same as Moore's. But the amazing part is that they are even in the same order. Déjà vu, mon ami's.

Chops suggests that the websites listed in MooreCott's Existence might want to peruse the book for stolen & uncredited content from their sites.

As for you, Ms. MooreCott, Chops can offer you a free remedial course in proper resource/bibliography/citation/quotation/credit and re-wording of other people's work (yes, there is a right way and a wrong way to do it). I recommend the parenthetical style:

Harvard System of Referencing

Here is a very clear explanation of what does, and does not constitute plagiarism:

Plagiarism explained in great detail

Please note that tossing a vague reference in the back of a book does not clear one of plagiarism if the author and source are not quoted properly within the body of the book when & where their words or ideas are used.

Chops hopes that the above will be very useful.

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Rochelle Moore becomes Zara Alcott *waves magic wand*

As Bustin' Chops (yawningly) predicted last year, Moore has invented yet another cyber identity and has re-published her trash under a new name and title. Rochelle Moore’s old book Beyond The Third Eye - pulled from the market last year by it's publishers for massive plagiarism - has been self-published again under yet another new pseudonym, Zara Alcott; titled Existence After Death. She has paid to republish through LuLu.com. 

Be warned, Fair Readers.


'Zara Alcott' has begun the identical, repetitive Moore technique: Facebook PR campaign of multiple groups, ID's and pages to push sales; also on Gather - with the identical 'review' of the book that was on Amazon, but posted under a different name. 'Alcott's' appearance on FB and Gather coincide with the self-publishing; November 20, 2010 - she created a flurry of pages, joined a bunch of groups all on the same day, and has not signed in since. Hilarious.

For those who need a refresher about self-publishing or Lulu.com - the online company you pay to 'publish' a book via email (and for an extra fee you can buy a positive 'review'), see here. 

In addition, it may be noted that Zara Allcot was a Facebook alt of Rochelles, last year.

UPDATE: Lulu.com has pulled the book from their online catalog after discovering it was a rehash of the plagiarized BTTE.

Perhaps if Chops is bored at some point, we will do a page by page comparison of 'Zara's' book and the old BTTE.

Rochelle, who vehemently denied plagiarism in the face of all evidence, and whom loudly & repeatedly proclaimed that the Third Eye had been picked up by a new publisher the day after Andborough Publishing dropped the book due to plagiarism - remains silent about why Third Eye was not republished as she claimed it would be.

But we know why, don't we Dear Reader?

Cheers!

PS:
Amusing coincidental note:  Zara Cot is a UK line of baby furniture. Rochelle Moore's name came up in connection with a childcare service & baby store in Witlow, Ireland; her professed place of residence.