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Unread postby firefly » Thu Mar 19, 2020 12:25 am

The fake website claims to be an online shop named EM General, active from the domain name emgeneral.com.

From the fake website:

EM General is a recognized resource to millions of people who enjoy the best trends, gadgets, supplies, and merchandise on the net!


Dear Customers, We thank you for your interest and purchase with EMG and hope you will find a pleasant experience, Due to unexpected response and HIGH volume of demand of our mask we are facing a little delay in shipping out your order. However, we are making sure to give you a quality experience.


Our all orders are custom orders and created on customer request. If the order has been processed, packed or shipped out. We are unable to cancel it. We take almost 1 hour after you place the order and we confirm your payment.


Begin of March, the fake store was reported online numerous times for being a fraud. People ordering Corona virus protection equipment from the store were asked to pay in advance. The products ordered were not delivered.
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Re: EM General - emgeneral.com

Unread postby firefly » Thu Mar 19, 2020 12:30 am

The avalanche of complaints posted online had a visible result: the fraudster changed his fake website.

Contact details today:

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+18008931895 - toll free number.

Six days ago, the contact details where not the same:

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emgeneralhelp@gmail.com
+1 (800) 913-8548


+18009138548 - also toll free number

Six days ago, this is what the fake website was looking like:

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This is what the fake website is looking like today:

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Six days ago, there was a page of the CEO on the fake website:

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Today, there is no CEO on the website, the entire area of "about us" having pictures and descriptions of the "EM General family" was removed.

Checking online for their phone number(s) , email address(es) or domain name will show complaints of people defrauded every day by this fake store.

Entry in the aa419 Database of fraudulent websites: https://db.aa419.org/fakebanksview.php?key=142519

From the domain name registration:

Domain Name: EMGENERAL.COM
Updated Date: 2019-04-09
Creation Date: 2019-04-09
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2020-04-09
Registrar: TUCOWS, INC.
Registrar IANA ID: 69
Reseller: Shopify

Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: Contact Privacy Inc. Customer 0154438641

The registrant identity is hidden under the privacy protection given by the Registrar / Reseller. The fraudster is protected in this way, while the victims have no protection.
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Re: EM General - emgeneral.com

Unread postby firefly » Thu Mar 19, 2020 12:32 am

Sadly, the fraudster will likely change the email address and the phone number few times more before getting suspended. And there are little chances for that since Shopify official position is:

Shopify is a hosted platform not directly responsible for individual business behaviors.
If your unconfident about a purchase or business that is unresponsive here are some options:
Contact your payment provider and dispute the charge
If the company is behaving suspiciously and you used a credit card you could pursue a chargeback
Contact support@shopify.com
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Unread postby Big Al » Thu Mar 19, 2020 6:50 pm

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Jacob Long (EM General )

Mar 19, 02:51 -05

Dear Customer,

I am Mike T. (CEO EMG) and personally thanks for reaching out,

I would like to thank for your interest and purchase with EMG and hope you will find a pleasant experience,
Due to unexpected response and HIGH volume of demand of our mask we are facing a little delay in shipping out your order. However, we are making sure to give you a quality experience.
I am giving a brief explanation on different issues and questions you might find helpful:

How many filters come with each mask?
We are selling two types of masks:
Coronavirus anti-virus N95 masks; comes with 2 filters with each mask.
Gas mask comes with 10 filters each mask.
Please note we are not selling filters separately. However, we are making arrangements to list them separately from the coming weeks. I would personally let you know when these filters will be available. We are importing masks from Turkey.

When my order will deliver?
As you know masks are becoming precious products and due to the high global demand for this product, we are in the process to set our warehouse in the USA and we will start shipping from the USA from 15-19th of March. Once your order will be shipped out the ETA will be 3-5 days.
We are importing masks from Turkey. We sincerely apologies for this delay. We are starting shipping from March 18, 2020.
So please put 15-19th March as our shipping estimation time.

How long each mask lasts?
It depends on the quality of the environment. However, our masks are washable, reusable and can be used 10-22 days after each wash.

For how many age it fits?
Our masks are fit to size and can be fit from age group 10 to onward.

I want to make a bulk purchase?
If you want to make a bulk purchase, we are happy on this and have a special discount:
Buy 40+ & Get 30% off with this code: 40N95

Can we cancel your order?
As we have paid for your order to our manufacturer and have made a bulk purchase, so we sincerely apologies, we are unable to cancel your order. Please read out refund policy here:
. Please read our cancellation/refund policy here: https:/ /emgeneral.com/policies/refund-policy

If your issue was not addressed, please reply this email and one of our customer support agents will be in touch with you in a timely manner,
Please understand, all the delay is due to the high demand for product and public response in our product.

I appreciate your patience and cooperation with us!

Kind Regards,
Mike T. | CEO


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Re: EM General - emgeneral.com

Unread postby firefly » Thu Apr 30, 2020 4:40 pm

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/mi ... aud-scheme

Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Michigan Man Charged With COVID-19-Related Wire Fraud Scheme
Defendant Allegedly Ran Website That Fraudulently Sold but Failed to Deliver N95 Masks to Customers

SAN FRANCISCO – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California unsealed charges today in a criminal complaint charging Rodney L. Stevenson II with wire fraud for his operation of an e-commerce website that allegedly scammed customers into paying for N95 masks that they never received. The announcement was made by United States Attorney for the Northern District of California David L. Anderson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Andrew Byerly Birge, U.S. Postal Inspection Service San Francisco Division Postal Inspector in Charge Rafael E. Nuñez, U.S. Postal Inspection Service Detroit Division Acting Inspector in Charge Felicia George, FBI Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett, and FBI Special Agent in Charge Detroit Field Division Steve D’Antuono.

“Hospitals, healthcare providers and everyday people are understandably anxious to obtain N95 masks, N99 filters and other PPE,” said U.S. Attorney Anderson. “The criminal element is always ready to prey on fear and uncertainty, and it is all too easy to lie over the internet. While sheltering in place, Americans are shopping on the internet like never before. The complaint alleges a consumer’s nightmare of fake webpages and false promises.”

“The reach of federal law enforcement is long. If someone uses the internet to commit alleged fraud, their victims can be from anywhere and they could find themselves facing those victims and subject to serious federal charges far from home,” said U.S. Attorney Birge. “After some preliminary hearings here in West Michigan, all future proceedings related to these very serious allegations will be in Northern California.”

“The United States Postal Inspection Service has a long history of successfully investigating complex fraud cases,” stated San Francisco Division Inspector in Charge Nuñez. “Anyone or any organization engaging in deceptive practices, especially if they are attempting to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic emergency, should know they will not go undetected and will be held accountable. The collaborative investigative work on this case conducted by Postal Inspectors, our law enforcement partners, and the United States Attorney’s Office illustrates our efforts to protect consumers.”

“The FBI will pursue criminals who attempt to deceive and defraud consumers at the expense of public safety during this pandemic,” said FBI Special Agent in Charge Bennett. “During this crisis, the FBI remains vigilant in deterring, detecting, and investigating wrongdoing and will rigorously pursue those individuals and groups attempting to victimize the American public.”

According to the complaint, Stevenson, 24, of Muskegon, Michigan, controlled EM General, a Michigan limited liability company created in September 2019. EM General operated a website that purported to sell an available inventory of “Anti-Viral N95” respirator masks. An N95 respirator mask is a particulate-filtering facepiece respirator that meets the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health N95 standard of air filtration. N95 masks, which cover the user’s nose and mouth, are required to filter at least 95% of airborne particles.

The complaint alleges that EM General, through its website, falsely claimed to have N95 respirator masks “in stock” and available for sale and shipment during the shortage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on these and other representations, customers bought masks from the website, sometimes paying EM General more than $40 or more per mask. Stevenson is alleged to have taken several steps to fraudulently make EM General appear to be a legitimate company. For example, Stevenson invented a fictional Chief Executive Officer, “Mike Thomas,” from whom fraudulent emails were sent, as well as several other fake officers or employees of the company. Stevenson also used stock photographs from the internet to create a page depicting this team of fake professional management staff. After customers made their first purchase, the defendant offered additional masks to those customers at discounted prices.

The complaint describes how four victims paid for, but did not receive, N95-compliant masks. Three of the four victims reside in the San Francisco Bay Area, including one hospital employee. Also described in the complaint are follow-up emails from EM General to customers in which false excuses about supply and shipping issues were made. Three of the four customers in the complaint never received the promised products at all despite multiple representations that the masks had been shipped. The fourth customer paid over $400 on March 2, 2020, for N95 masks represented to be “in stock,” and, after raising several complaints, on March 27, 2020, received cheaply made fabric masks. The masks, delivered in a white envelope with no return address, did not comply with the N95 standard that EM General purportedly sold.

Stevenson is charged with wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343. A complaint merely alleges that crimes have been committed, and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

Stevenson was arrested at his home in Muskegon, Michigan, made his initial appearance before the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan in Grand Rapids, and was released on supervised bond. Stevenson’s next scheduled appearance is set for May 18, 2020, in the Western District of Michigan for a preliminary hearing.

If convicted, the defendant faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison, 5 years of probation, and a fine of $1,000,000. However, any sentence following conviction would be imposed by the court only after consideration of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and the federal statute governing the imposition of a sentence, 18 U.S.C. § 3553.

The case is being prosecuted by the Special Prosecutions Section of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California. This case is being investigated jointly by the San Francisco and Detroit Divisions of the United States Postal Inspection Service and the San Francisco and Detroit field offices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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