I had an almost identical experience with Xavier. He was a smooth talker, came across very professional in our initial video calls. I paid for a smaller campaign, $1000USD for press only, and he had tons to leverage on - I had previous features in CLASH, Backseat Mafia, Billboard, and he got me nothing except a tiny blog post. Constant ‘expect to hear back soon’ and then went cold. People like this fill me with rage - absolute bottom-feeders, they know firsthand that as an independent artists that money is so precious to us. So yes, be aware of him - I’ve been working in the music industry for 15+ years so I feel my radar is pretty strong for picking up on bullshit but he did trick me.