Scammers abusing stolen photos of Chris Cortazzo

[Big Al]

From: Nickolas Fredericks
<nickolasfredericks@gmail.com<mailto:nickolasfredericks@gmail.com>>
Subject: xx
Date: 28 July 2018

You’re all I want and all I need. How I wish that I could spend my whole life under
the skies watching the stars with you? You’re my first thought of the day and the
last before I doze off to sleep. No amount of distance or differences in opinion can
break our bond. We’re like the best of friends and the deepest of lovers. You are on
my mind every second, every minute, every hour, every day and every single time I
blink. You fill all the space in my mind and heart. The moment I am with you, would
be a dream come true. You mean so much to me. You filled my life with music, color
and laughter. I can’t imagine a life without you or a life after you. You fill my
head with thoughts of you. You reside in my heart and you fill my every being with
just your existence. You have trusted me like a mother does to her new born child.

You’re the most beautiful girl in the world. And this ain’t that 2 week “I'm in
love” bullshit". It’s the actual feeling. And it’s f***ing amazing. I want to be the
reason you look at your phone and smile. I love the way you make me happy, and the
ways you show your care. I want you to know how much I appreciate all of the things
you do for me. You make me feel needed, wanted, and cared about. You are absolutely
amazing. The most amazing person I have met in years. You always make sure I'm
smiling, laughing, and having a good time. You have the most caring heart. With all
the tears and trouble we’ve been through its worth it because I got to share my
heart with you! You’ve opened my eyes to love and true happiness, which I thought
had finally deserted me! xx

From: Nickolas Fredericks
<nickolasfredericks@gmail.com<mailto:nickolasfredericks@gmail.com>>
Subject: I LOVE YOU
Date: 29 July 2018

You are my heart beat. You are the kind of woman, any man would take as his wife in
any lifetime. It's not where we've been but where we are about to go. We've had our
misfortunes when it comes to love, in the past. Today and tomorrow is ours! We are a
team and will overcome any difficulties together. Unison triumphs division. Let us
hold on and not break a bind that no glue will ever be as strong as. I adore you for
who you are not what you have done for me. Your personality is loving and I am so
glad you chose me. Isn't it beautiful when a cocoon turns into a butterfly? That's
how you letting me into your world as been. Speaking of butterflies, your thoughts
make my stomach act like they are filled with them. I keep you in my heart, in the
coziest corner, because you are my heart beat and smothering you with love is my
duty. The little heart that stays radiant when I remember your multitude of loving
qualities, your smile and that mellifluous voice.

With you by my side, I have no fear whatsoever, not even about the future. You won't
be behind me in my successes and happiness. You will be shoulder to shoulder with
me. When the going gets tough, the tough gets going. A new chapter will begin for
"us" one day soon. I know that “the rest of our lives” is not what is to come, but
what has already been. I believe our path from now on, will be lit by sunlight’s joy
and the most romantic night sky the moon can beam.

I miss you every second and this I can't explain. It is a painful consequence of
love and harder to describe than love itself. xx

[Big Al]

On 30 Jul 2018, at 15:04, Nickolas Fredericks
<nickolasfredericks@gmail.com<mailto:nickolasfredericks@gmail.com>> wrote:

, I am sorry about our arguments lately. I wish I had a magic wand to make
everything better. Baby, it is so unfortunate that you would let monetary issues
trigger your doubt and affect our love after all we have shared. Sometimes good
things don't come easy so I want you to see our situation as a test of faith because
I know we will never find each other in this kind of mess any more. It hurts so bad
that you would even doubt me. Do you think I would bother you if I had someone else
to run to? I have been a recluse for years and even joining Match was a chore. I
shut msyelf off from intimacy or friendships due to the losses I suffered.

I asked you first time because I had been pushed to the wall. I pondered a billion
times before shamelessly asking you to do this for me. I am sure you don't think I
have explored other options before stressing you but I have. I have tried getting
the money off my investments and savings in UK. As the account is under review, they
need me to go to any branch for some silly verification in person. If it wasn't for
the open xenophobia I have encountered and also expatriate kidnapping being a
lucrative business here, I wouldn't be tense or fearful. I am not a beggar nor am I
a player either. I meant and will always mean every word I say to you from the depth
of my heart. I do not fail my promises so I mean it when I say I will never hurt or
let you down. If I do not get out of all these and left hanging, all that could be
sent back to you is my corpse or prison letters.

The least thing I need you to worry about is money because I will pay it back for
sure. I have far more than enough once I get off this mess. If you let your doubt
destroy what we have built, no amount of money can buy it back. There are so many
people willing to give their millions o earnings to find what we have (Mutual Love
and Happiness) but haven't found for years. I don't have anyone else because it's
not in my nature to cheat. I can't cheat. I am a honest and morally sound human! xx

From: Nickolas Fredericks
<nickolasfredericks@gmail.com<mailto:nickolasfredericks@gmail.com>>
Subject: My love...My soul mate
Date: 31 July 2018

My Dearest,

I hope this letter finds you. I hope and pray that you'll treasure this; my words of
truly profound and deep love for you always and forever!

You are love itself. You are love incarnate! You are love's very soul. You are it's
heart.

You fell from heaven and into my arms. You vanquished my lonely heart; my sorrow, my
sadness, the emptiness inside, my despair of living without ever knowing and having
all that which is you. True love! A love that is so pure, so precious a thing it can
never be tainted. Nothing will ever tear us apart! No force in this world or in the
heavens could ever take me away from you! No distance however great will ever
diminish my unwavering devotion to you. Time; time will never get our love! Time
apart from you has only made my love for you that much stronger.

You are my beating heart. You are the air I breathe. You complete me. You make me
whole. You, are my life! Without you I could not exist. Without you I wouldn't want
to go on living!

Your smile melts my heart. I can spend countless hours just looking deep into your
eyes. I get lost in your eyes, My Love!

I am yours now and forever! I will stay with you for all eternity. I will fulfill my
vows to you, my sweet love. Till death do us part! Death is the only way I'll part
from you! This I swear! This I promise you my love. Even after death I will ask that
I be re-born and united with you again for another lifetime. My love for you is
eternal. The flame of my love for you; for our love will never be extinguished.

My passion for you grows and grows at a frightening rate with each passing moment.
Making love to you for the first time; kissing your lips and embracing you for the
first time will be moments that seem to last a lifetime in and of themselves. Like
if time stopped and all there was you and I. The world and everything else dropping
away and all there was, was our love; our cries of unrelenting bliss in each others
arms.

I will always protect you. I will always cherish you and every moment we share;
forever! I will always keep you safe and free from harm. I will never let you go!
You are the most important thing that's happened to me in my entire life! You are my
life! Without you I couldn't breathe! My heart would stop beating! If you had never
come into my life I wonder how I ever endured. I thank the heavens for sending you
my way; my baby. You've made me see that there are things worth fighting for and
dying for! My Love; I'd die for you!

My Love, I will always love you in this life and the next. Our love for each other
will echo through the ages! You are My Queen and I am your King!

I cannot wait to see and touch you for real in a few days. My heart beat! I'm the
happiest man alive because I've got you in my life. My Love. I love you through and
through. You are the reason I wake each morning with such joy and warmth in my
heart. You're the reason my dreams are so amazing and filled with such heavenly
visions; visions of you, my love! You are the reason my heart skips a beat whenever
I get a message from you. I could never imagine a life without you. I don't know how
I ever lived before without you.

My goddess Baby, I Love You!

[Big Al]

From: Nickolas Fredericks
<nickolasfredericks@gmail.com<mailto:nickolasfredericks@gmail.com>>
Subject: Re: Photos
Date: 31 July 2018

Darling, You have been my superwoman through my recent travails. I am keen to go far
and beyond just to let you realise that you are the most excellent thing that has
happened to me in years. You have given me so much, emotionally and psychologically,
that I can never ever let you down. I know that I can only spend my lifetime loving
you and make you feel safe and secure in my arms. I know that you are that once in a
lifetime gift that is bestowed upon lucky ones from heaven above and you mean the
world to me.

Sweetheart, my love for you is deeper than the deepest ocean, extensive than the
skies and brighter than the brightest star that shines all night. My life is
beautiful again because of you. You entered into my life as a candlelight in the
dark. You showed me the meaning of love not only with your words but also with your
care. How can love, such an “abstract” thing, take up so much of my thoughts, being
as rational as I am? What makes it such a strong feeling? And why this constant need
to see you, to be with you? It is indescribable. Life's greatest feeling. I will
never ever leave your side, this I promise you!

In recent months, I had been drifting aimlessly in thoughts and close to being fed
up. Along came you and from that day forth everything gradually changed for the
better. My missing rib , you raise my soul every time I think of you. You are my
sunrise and the shining star! xx

[Big Al]

More information:

The home address he gave me was: 2 Fairfax Road, Farnborough GU14 8JP. Which he
said was registered to his dead fiancé Izzy’s parents The home number 01252-419462.

He is using the name of a solicitor at HerbertSmith Freehills as his guarantor,
Dhananjaya Chak.

There is also a presumably fictitious friend /former colleague in Manila called
Timothy Armstrong 006328951971. Address 133 V A Rufino Corner, Esteban Streets
Legaspi Village, Makati.

Bank accounts from text messages.

Bank Name: HSBC UK
Address: 8 Canada Square 13 E04 01
London UK
Swift Code: MIDLGB22
Account Name: E. CONSULTING LTD
IBAN Number: GB65HBUK 4001 2640 XXXXXX


Bank Name: APS Financial Ltd
Sort Code: 087199
Account Number: 4647XXXX
Account Name: Bent K. LTD

Phone numbers:
+6322711635
Number billable as geographic number
Country or destination Philippines
City or exchange location Metro Manila (Pambansang Punong Rehiyon)

+447537127021
Number billable as mobile number
Country or destination United Kingdom
City or exchange location
Original network provider* Stour Marine Limited

+6328951971
Number billable as geographic number
Country or destination Philippines
City or exchange location Metro Manila (Pambansang Punong Rehiyon)

+441252419462
Number billable as geographic number
Country or destination United Kingdom
City or exchange location
Original network provider* Gamma Telecom Holdings Ltd

[Big Al]

From other text from screenshots received:

I was born in Gothenburg, Sweden but spent most of my adulthood in SA as I moved to Cape Town in 1996 for my MSC and lived there until 2014. My dad was Swedish and mum is South African. I lived all around the continent until I moved to the UK 4 years ago. I relocated so as to be closer to my fiancée, who was British. I had met her 2 years prior when she came on holidays to Cape Town.

Time is life's greatest healer and I am proud to say I'm optimistic about the future and ready to date again. I got Nando and Pepe a few months after I relocated here. Nando is the tinier one. He has pituitary dwarfism. He tends to fall ill quite a lot and its a miracle he's still with us. The vet told me back then he might not make it as far as his brother Pepe. They've been my bestfriends through these trying times.

I am not your conventional Architect. I design and build roads, bridges and subterranean pathways. I trained as a Civil Engineer but branched into Industrial Architecture due to it only being practiced by specialists. Work has taken me on a lot of travels. I spend on average, a-third of my year in The Middle East and Orient. I have also had consultancy roles where I have proffered solutions on how……

I am not a smoker and neither do I drink alcohol. I am an avid traveler and I've a passion for learning or seeing new cultures. I also enjoy long walks, mostly with my dogs. I swim, play tennis or golf in my spare time. I also engage in and follow football passionately.
I like reading a variety of stuff mainly biographical and anything that's involved with or changed the course of history.

.... the works of Mario Puzo, John Grisham and Patricia Cornwell.
My favourite type of music is mostly those from Sub-Saharan Africa. My play list is filled with Fela, Miriam Makeba, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Amadou & Miriam, Hugh Masekela, Angelique Kidjo, Youssu N'dour etc. I am also a huge reggae fan. I like Bob Marley, Lucky Dube, UB40 and also new music from Bob Marley's sons, Stephen and Damian.

Friends and family will describe me as a loyal and passionate person. I believe in good morals and treating people for whom they are not what they have. I am sincere, honest, loving and will always offer my shoulder for friends and family to lean on. I am from a very small family; just myself and my parents. My dad died a little over a decade ago. My mother is retired and relocated to the UK in September of last year to live with me.

My dad died a little over a decade ago. My mother is retired and relocated to the UK in September of last year to live with me.
I am attracted to a good character and an interesting personality. The most important traits for me in a woman are modesty, a good sense of humour and a loving heart. I find intelligence appealing. If she's a good cook, then this is a welcome bonus.

See joy was just in front of u instead of dreaming and making your tummy rumble in anger
if you feel I bore you or haven't been chatty last 2 days, its cuz of Nando. I want u to know I enjoy ur company and chatting with u has been amongst the highlights of my day recently x

[Big Al]

Update from a Survivor:

I have just come across the scammer again on Match.com He is still active now as
Chanicksma.

[Rachey0108]

Be aware this guy is still around and contacted me in the same way that he did me via Match.com mid Oct- his screen name is 'Whisperitloudly' I doubt very much if he's still under that name but he goes by the name of Nicholas Fredericks - he sent me exactly the same email and pictures that he sent the survivor that Big Al posted below in August. Exactly the same story - he's apparently in Manila and has asked me twice for my amazon user name because he hadn't set up his details on his x-box and therefore unable to stream the football and wanted to use my amazon account to pay for the digital cards and he would then pay for our 'first date'. Early last week I realised something was very off about 'Nick' and played his game until he showed his true colours.
Stay away from this very sad individual - please.

It would seem that I have just been scammed by someone I met through Match.com. The name he gave me was Nickolas Fredericks. He has a LinkedIn profile (Facebook page) and a company website but the pictures of him - even ones on here - are actually pictures of Chris Cortazzo the US celebrity estate agent. https:/ /www.nine1sixlogistics.org. I've got a supposed copy of his passport and bank account screenshot. nickolasfredericks@gmail.com. I have literally just found out so a little shocked that I could have been so gullible.

[Big Al]

Hi Rachey,
Is there any information you can add to this topic that isn't already posted? Anything you can add may save another victim of the scammer.

E-mails, photographs, Phone numbers, Fake documents, & links to social media like Facebook are all helpful.


If you are unsure what to post please forward all correspondences to me at my E-mail address. It is at the bottom of this post.

[Rachey0108]

Hi there - just been back on MATCH and I can see that this pathetic individual is still live after removing his profile last week - he's obviously reactivated it to scam other women - DO NOT ENGAGE WITH HIM.

https:/ /uk.match.com/d/profile-display/465049021?event_origin=MESSAGE

I've reported it to Match - whether or not anything happens we'll see.

Thanks

[Pinkdiamond]

It appears the same person is doing this under the username JST on Match.com. His name on linked in is Joost Frankel, all info on his profile seems to be wrong, the company JF Architectural Ltd has not actually been operating for some time. He is also connected to Nikolas Fredericks and the fake company 916 and is surprise surprise, using the same style of emails. When I mentioned 916, he changed the subject which I thought was odd, now I know why.

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