Several Black buyers are coming forward after their dreams of homeownership in rural Georgia quickly turned to nightmares. Marlena Barnett is being accused of selling land she didn’t own in what was advertised as a resort community where buyers could build everything from cabins, to vacation townhomes on acres of land. Bonnie Hunt, claims she was a victim of Barnett’s after she invested thousands of dollars and received a deed that she couldn’t file because Barnett didn’t own the land. Several others claim they were scammed out of their money under similar circumstances. Barnett allegedly collected thousands of dollars for plots of land that she didn’t own and is now struggling to pay the investors back what they’re owed. According to Barnett, investors have since been sent a refund request form and she’s started issuing refunds to those individuals. However, the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office is now launching a criminal investigation into Marlena Barnett and the Lakes Of Summerville project. Could Barnett have been selling nothing more than dreams? Or could there be more to the story? The Shade Room investigates…
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24 Comments
She deserves to me locked up and repay people they’re hard earned money. She’s a psycho, telling them lies with a straight face
nothing but fraud, I'm happy to hear about the criminal investigation, put that nappy head in jail
This is why people won't invest black.. Because of shit like this
i love it when Blacks screw blacks, can't blame this on white people. where is the protest and racism claims.
This is my hometown i know this is a damn lie…i really hope people get there money back
A damn shame man. Especially when it's your own people.
OMG she did NONE of the work and Summerville/Trion is RACIST we get side eyed going in the gas station less on owning homes.
And they sent money without seeing any building permits? Insurance certifications?
Scam likely
Wow they really out here giving out Fake deeds…😱😳
Karma for reverse racism
Not trying to defend that seller, but i think that she has a contract with owner and when they realized that most of buyers were blacks, they decided to make things hard for her( my thoughts).
I hate this world 😒
The mistake on the flyer could have been written off as a typo.
WOW
Land of the scammers. ATL gotta do better… but they won’t.
Initially very happy about a collection of like minded people came together to purchase land. This is an extremely disappointing news update.
1st RED FLAG 🚩🚩🚩🚩
Town named LAKESVILLE !!!
Ppl if a town has a form of water in its name do research.
Find out if the name has to do with the type of land.
Fudge around and buy land that can’t hold structures.
WHY BLACK FOLKS KEEP THROWING THEIR MONEY @ OTHER BLACK FOLKS?? BLACK FOLKS DON'T KNOW WHO TO TRUST BECAUSE BLACK FOLKS KEEP LYING TO OTHERS.
I seen her on TikTok pushing FRFR
I MEAN SHE WAS REALLY ON THERE PUSHING FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE THEIR DEPOSITS AND YOU KNOW TIME WAS CLOSING SO THEY NEEDS HURRY UP AND GET IN ON THE DEAL I FEEL SO BAD FOR ALL INVOLVED SHOOT SHE MADE ME WANNA DO SOMETHING WITH HER,BOI CAN'T TRUST ANYBODY
Niggas smh 🤦🏽♀️ always scamming… there’s no way I would give my hard earned money
Wow!!!🤔👍🏾
How do you not do your due diligence?????
Had she paid or not they still don't want black people living there.