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Scammers abusing stolen photos of Etienne Grech

Unread postby Chester » Mon Jul 27, 2015 9:20 pm

split from viewtopic.php?f=11&t=34352, where the email address is reported for being used with a different set of stolen pictures.

I was searching photo's which a facebookfriend Bran Darson (not real name, now Darsun Bran) used and sent me.
He is a scammer and I sent also his/your pictures to pigbusters so other people are warned. You can find it there with his email adress what is still current: darsonbranconsultant@gmail.com.
I found him also on FB under the name of Samuel Robinson. I found 4 pictures here: http:/ /forascammer.blogspot.nl/2013_04_10_archive.html
In January I went to the police ,for a report because I gave a lot of money for a loan, for a short time but he doesnt know when he can pay back. (first 16/10/14, then 22/12/14) I wrote to the bank in Maleisia, embassy, police there, in UK, actionfraud, crimestoppers, my own bank, and all without results.
He came in as a christian and we chatted on messenger. He told me of his wife she had cancer and died and he cares for his three sons, the twins and the younger brother. He had a friend who died, and he cares also for his children.
He called his friend Abel and Brown. He was his best friend and partner in business, and after his death he went alone in Vietnam for a contract.
The drillmachine was broken and he needed money to go on with the work otherwise he losed the contract. I asked some FB friends Jim Holmes and Paul Friedman; he must be them because on one day they were gone both. I booked some, but later he asked for more and I did, there came more problems. See his chat after the payment.

11 oktober 2014 7:50
Hello dear Good morning to you,how was your night i hope you slept well and you are ok?i really appreciate your song and the message it was very helpful well i went to the work site to check what was going on to my knowledge the Militants was all around with some workers they threatens to destroy what we have built if i don't give them the sum of 95k which in dollars they want 150,000,that if am unable to do that i shouldn't even come to the work site any more so i pleaded with them so i can go with them to meet there leader they told me the leader will contact me not me so i was pleading telling them i have no such money and i was just lucky enough to have my leg back they said i should have thought about that before i took a project of 12,5 million pounds job,well eventually they took me to there boss they took my phone no communication so i got to meet the boss and explained to him, he said to me he has all the news and all the informations about what am saying so he told me the equipment that will be arriving by next week will be sent to his camp failure to meet with the demand, that he is not telling me to be scared because even if the America or British government come over there is non of there business,i should pay the money and get back to work,and the contract agent said to me that they have no money to help until the installation is done which means if i do the installation 40% of the sum will be paid to me until then they have no intention to give any more out because i have no option i have to contact my lawyer this morning to take my car he said both car and what he can assist me with will be 40k that so i told him to go ahead so he has sent the money this moment, even the money you sent i gave the workers for the 4 days they said the days must be completed and they are not ready to give me back my tools the Chinese man who works with me was heavily slapped by one of them, they said to me when you pay us our money we will give you your tools and join you to finish up your work because very soon typhoon will be coming which a very big disadvantage my dear am really confused by not disorganised but am desperate now because i dont want to loose my money and please i dont know if i can secure a loan from you again because am positive if i settle them ill get my money by 16th am ready to do anything to prove i will pay back please

I have photo's of:
* the (fake) passport
* a handwrited letter
* 2 IP-addresses

He tried before getting money:
https:/ /www.facebook.com/Shell/posts/547966455246964

The owner of the picture: is dr E. Grech from Malta

http:/ /forascammer.blogspot.nl/2013/01/asiacourierservicesnba2kcn.html
Here he has the name of Marvin Anthony +60143064407
http:/ /www.cupido.co/es/user/zaiccoo
http:/ /yourittoday.com/scammer_profile_data/profile_data26/561950.html
Here he has the name of Bryan Koroknay bryan.koroknay@aol.com
http:/ /www.yourittoday.com/scammers.php?searchemail=yes
I put the pictures here of Bran Darson darsonbranconsultant@gmail.com
http:/ /forascammer.blogspot.nl/2013_03_10_archive.html +60143064407 +60103936930 +447565028599
Here he has the name of Pedero Bart

I think he is also the same person as Roy Whitfield (FB friend of Bran Darsun changed his name)
https:/ /www.call center.com/447565028599.
https:/ /www.facebook.com/roy.whitfield.3
https:/ /www.call center.com/44756502599. the phonenumber -8 (Roy Whitfield)
If he is the same person than all these people has the same photo:
http:/ /yourittoday.com/scammer_profile_data/profile_data14/549896.html
FB profiles of the same : Dolo Gayi,William Serge, Michael Tim Burgner,
https:/ /www.linkedin.com/pub/daniel-culver/83/468/717; Bill George
other social media: Michael B (http:/ /www.tagged .com/profile.html?uid=5999337982)
http:/ /www.mig ente.com/martinwilliam101/
http:/ /www.mig ente.com/n_wise/
Michael Burgner
http:/ / forascammer.blogspot.nl/2012/01/mais-uma-tentativa-de-golpe-em.html
TONY STEVE BROWN-tonystevebrown@yahoo.com
http:/ / fake-scam.info/index.php?topic=5592
http:/ /scampolice42.blogspot.nl/
on this site also a woman and said he is the same
http:/ /fake-scam.info/index.php?action=gallery%3Bcat%3D3357

http:/ /www.r/s.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29410&start=45
(Walsh Gray / Gray Walsh; Barry Justice)
http:/ /www.r/s.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29410
joel petterson@yahoo.com

I sent the information to FBI: https://complaint.ic3.gov/default.aspx
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Re: darsonbranconsultant@gmail.com

Unread postby firefly » Tue Jul 28, 2015 5:09 am

Chester,

Being scammed is an unpleasant experience. It may be hard for local authorities to help you recovering the money you lost. Nothing the scammer was telling you is real - everything are just lies. If you sent him money using a wireless transfer system, those money are lost. The only thing you can do now is to try and minimize the damages the scammer left behind.

You have a pm (private message). Please read it and try to reply to it.
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Re: darsonbranconsultant@gmail.com

Unread postby firefly » Wed Jul 29, 2015 4:51 pm

Emails received from: darsonbranconsultant@gmail.com

My House in Ireland ==Address: 235 The Boulevard Mount Eustace, Tyrrelstown, Dublin 15


thank you for your concern below are my addresses

my office in England ====4 PARK END ROAD, GLOUCESTER CITY, POST CODE, GL1 5AN

my house address in England == Cheshire, 7 New Crane Street, Chester CH1 4JD



Good morning xxx am really pleased to have you as a friend and i blessed God for given you the heart to help me and i know God will for sure perfect that which concerns you, well i have gone through all i think i will need so i can be able to get all things settled i will just have to employ two specialist so that they can assist me to finish up this job on time please i want you to lend me 30,000 in total sum,because the two specialist they will be under my care both feeding and accommodation please can you lend me 30,000 GBP i will pay you back latest 16th of this month that will be 38k of your country currency



Fake document used in scam:

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Letter from the scammer:

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Some of the stolen pictures used:

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Re: darsonbranconsultant@gmail.com

Unread postby firefly » Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:42 pm

Chat log:

Darson Bran: my dear i received a letter from the bank and the project management office
am just very confused about this project
Darson Bran: i have to make sure the project is completed within few days or i will stand a chance to lose my rest balance payment
Darson Bran: the shipment cost 2500 and the purchase and custom clearance is 2500 that is 5000
Darson Bran: that was the message i received seriously the custom clearance is what am talking about
Darson Bran: the purchase and the shipment is supposed to be under my own cost that is what they told me because i didnt get to apply for a brand new product all the letters are in my email the purchase and the documentations i really do not know how to explain them to you
Darson Bran: that is the problem you know the chinese people are not ready to give chance when it comes to business i have pleaded to no avail
Darson Bran: i wrote to them pleading to them with my condition but the insist that if am not ready to do business with them they will refund back my money
Darson Bran: they want the money
Darson Bran: i tried even explaining my condition to them the next i hear on the phone was they hanged up i called back they told me Mr if you not ready to get the money to us we will send back your money and get our products

Bank account the scammer was using:

Good morning xxx am really happy for this favour you are rending me and even if we have not meet you show me allot of concern that no friend of mine has shown am really greatful may god bless you richly and may your pocket never run dry of funds and finances and God will have you in his mind always thank you so much for this is a very great help to me thank you so much
this is the account information of the representative

NAME OF ACCOUNT HOLDER; S. B. A.
BANK NAME; CIMB BANK
BANK NUMBER; 701763xxxx
SWIFT CODE; CIBBMYKL
ADDRESS;# 9jalan tun abdul Aziz bandar kajang 43000 selangor COUNTRY ; MALAYSIA
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Robertmick1@gmail.com

Unread postby firefly » Wed Aug 28, 2019 4:36 pm

Posted on behalf of the victim:

I came across the scam survivors page while researching the phone number of this man (4133084388) that I met on Tinder and have been talking to for around 10 days. He told me his name was Robert Mick and that he was in his fifties and all other details were the same as it was in the post. "Robert" said he was in a rig and had very bad service, therefore he was unable to call or facetime me. He immediately asked to change to talking on Whatsapp. We began talking and he started showing love quite early on. I sent him some personal photos throughout this time. He also asked me to help him forward some emails to a steel materials company, in which he indicated he needed those supplies for his rig. Two weeks later, he asked me to help him with a favor, where he gave me his account details and asked me to transfer funds to the company that was supplying his materials (the same person that I have been helping him forward emails to). This is when I got suspicious and began searching online if this situation is a scam. So i searched up: someone asked me to use their account to transfer money. The internet said this was most likely a scam. Then I came across this post on your site
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=75702 in which the girl had the same experience as me. Immediately I told him I cannot help him transfer money and then I blocked him. I thought everything would be okay until I received an email and some texts from him with another number. I am not sure what to do now (...). I did not add him on any social media platforms and only contacted through WhatsApp. So he knows my phone number and my email address and also the name of the company I work at. I feel like they also stole the details of this company as I Googled the company and their webpage states that some people have been using their details to commit scams. I am so glad that I came across that post on the scam survivors website so I was able to stop contacting this person before I helped him make any payments. However, now he is saying that I am trying to steal his money.
I hope no one else will fall for this scam.
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Re: Robertmick1@gmail.com

Unread postby firefly » Wed Aug 28, 2019 4:45 pm

Money request:

The total amount is
$102,750 babe. But the
company said we will pay
$90,000 before they will
start production

So you send $90,000 to
them. And screenshot it
and send it to that email
address babe ok


The scammer abuses stolen pictures of Etienne Grech, politician from Malta.

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Fake profile used:

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Description on the fake profile:

I am humble, intelligent, honest, smart and most of all God fearing, not here for hook up, I seek for a serious relationship. I'm a German.
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Re: Robertmick1@gmail.com

Unread postby firefly » Wed Aug 28, 2019 4:48 pm

The scammer claims to be:

Robert Mick
Email: Robertmick1@gmail.com
Phone: +14133084388
Address Blue Hill Avenue opposite Harvard
Boston
2101 Massachusetts

+14133084388
Type: Non-Fixed VoIP (e.g. Skype or Google Voice)
Original carrier: Brooks Fiber Communications Of Massachusetts - Ma

He also pretends to have a daughter named Naomi.

The scammer asked the victim to access his bank account and operate it. The fake bank used in scam pretends to be Ulster Bank. This is what the victim saw while checking the scammer's bank account:

banklogin.JPG


For details about the fake bank and also other fake characters using that fraudulent website please see viewtopic.php?f=17&t=78621.
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Re: Robertmick1@gmail.com

Unread postby firefly » Wed Aug 28, 2019 4:51 pm

The company impersonated in scam claimed to be:

Hebei Huike
xiwang New District Of Mengcun Hui/Huike Steel Pipe Co. Ltd
Autonomous Country, Cangzhou City, Hebei.
Email: habesalessteel@outlook.com


The real Hebei Huike has nothing to do with the scam. The fraudsters used a free email address (outlook) while impersonating the company.

Money request:

Hello,

Here is the payment instruction as requested.
Acc name: Rachel F B.
Ac #: 89804947xxxx
Routing #: 02690xxxx
Bank name : Bank of America
Address: 501 N Penn ave, independence, KS 67301.
Acc owners address: xxx Coconut Creek FL 33073.

Note: Kindly send prove of payment for records
Thank you
Rachel
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Re: Robertmick1@gmail.com

Unread postby firefly » Wed Aug 28, 2019 4:53 pm

Message received after the targeted victim cut the communication:

Babe all i ever wanted was to be in your heart, and for us to be together, and never be apart, when you
are sad, i will dry your tears, when you are scared, i will comfort your fears, no one else in the world
can ever compare, you are perfect and so is this love that we share my sweetheart. It hurts me that you
have to leave me this way after all we shared. You gave me your body, soul and everything, I love
your body and heart. You are so beautiful and clean. I watch the beautiful videos of yourself you sent
to me and I smile every minute. I built my love and hope around you. We planned our lives and how
our family will be. I risked all I have laboured for in this life to you and gave you access to my life
savings and you stopped contacting me. You blocked me just because of money babe. You know deep
down inside your heart if you ask me to assist you with money I will do so babe, why did you block
me when I needed you the most. I know you might be afraid but trust me, I’m not bad at you yet. I
want my babe back to me. I want the love of my life back. You gave me new hope and reasons to love
again. I do not care about the money, I only care about you and the beautiful family we both will be
build together. Naomi asked me about you. I have to lie to her that you are good and soon will meet
her and she was very happy. I don’t want to break her heart, because I don’t want her to hate you.
Babe, I love you please come back to me we can talk about it together and find solution together babe
ok.
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Re: Scammers abusing stolen photos of Etienne Grech

Unread postby catlover » Sat Sep 14, 2019 5:04 pm

I met Etienne Grech on Tinder somewhere in July 2019. He was on tinder by the name Fahz. He told me his name was Fazil Iman Amin and that he was residing in Washington DC. He told me that his was was passed in a car accident 7 years ago and that he has a son age 9 by the name of Jamie. He even told me that he was a Muslim and that he was a businessman selling gold bars. We communicated everyday for more than 1 month and he even spent so much time in a day either talking to me or whatsapping. We did skyped once because he wanted me to trust him that he was really the guy in the photo on Tinder profile. He told me that he was coming to see me and even posted to me his air ticket. He was so romantic and promised me to get married and to start a family with me. Few days before he was supposed to come to my country he was telling me that he had to go to Vancouver for a bussiness meeting and will fly from Vancouver to my country straight. Before he was heading to the airport, he was telling me that he need to go to the atm to withdraw some money. I started to feel weird on why he was telling me that. After that he was quiet for few hours. Around 1am my time i received a phone call from his number but he claimed to be a doctor from a hospital in Vancouver. He told me that Fahz was been attacked at the atm and he was unconcious and badly injured. The doctor told me not to be panicked and that he will call me again to update me on Fahz condition. I was so worried and checked with various hospitals in Vancouver but none with his name. The next morning i found out through my own investigation that the guy real name was not Fazil Amin but Dr Etienne Grech from Malta. He called me the next day but i did not answer the call. I told him that i knew who he was. He then blocked me on whatsapp. I am very sure that guy was indeed Dr Etienne Grech because i skyped with him before and i remember very well how he looked like on skype.
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