Nefarious Bucolic Swindling!

Last Updated - November 8th, 2006

All information following has been backed-up by proof from the remitter, i.e. various copies of e-mail's, faxes, purchase statements, credit cards slips, etc.

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One thumbs down is the least offensive con job and five thumbs down the most offensive or [amongst] the worse of swindles.

Rip-off Number 1:
Charlie Floyd of Atlantic Associates
We received the following tale of woe (see Dear Ayoc below) from another ripped-off customer who turned to Ayoc for help.

Please be exceedingly careful with whom you deal with as there are no shortage of crooks lurking in the offshore world. Please conduct your due diligence by doing a web search for the company or person making an offer you are interested in at any of the major search engines.

We urge our browsers in the strongest possible terms to be exceedingly careful when coming upon offers that are TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, because they ARE too good to be true. It is probable that you're money will grow wings and disappear.

Thousands of customers over the years, have turned to Ayoc for honest help. Why? Because we deliver what we offer and promise. If you are not happy with your purchase from us for any reason, we honor our 100% money-back guarantee!

You'll NOT find maildropnet or Ayoc on any scams sites, that's 100% for sure.

Dear Ayoc,

Now I have had a Gold Visa account with B. Bank in Central America in the past which Charlie Floyd of Atlantic Associates set up for me. He also set up an account with Bank Coffree that was only good for a month or two before they cancelled the Visa accounts due to abuses by the marketing agents.

I mention Charlie not so much as a reference as he ultimately failed to deliver on a $1600 passport that I paid him for, nor did he help me much with Bank Cofree were I lost $550 in set up fees. I was left with no recourse as they shut down their website. But, I mention him so that you might have some insight into my sincerity in requesting this information and your help.

Thank You For Taking The Time To Respond!

David

Rip-off Number 2: The Nigerian Shuffle
(They don't deserve 5 stars because anyone stupid enough to fall for such Bucolic bullshit deserves to be ripped off!)

Here's an ever more frequent fraud occurring nowadays!
Due to the tremendous amount and wide variety of scams coming out of Nigeria you would be very well advised to treat all offers coming from that country with suspicion. Above anything else, never travel there upon invitation of a "newly found business contact" whose references you cannot verify independently.

We've heard of people being robbed or outright disappearing - so be careful! It could all end as a nightmare, but start as a dream - with a letter or e-mail similar to the following one.

Let's face it, these scams are so common and Nigeria is so corrupt that investigations are very unlikely to happen, let alone to succeed.

Urgent and confidential business proposal

Dear Sir,
I am Mariam C. Usman (Mrs.), widow of the late Col. Bello Usman, the former Governor of Kano State of Nigeria. My late husband was one of the victims of the November 17th, 1996 Nigerian A.D.C. Aircraft Boeing 722 that crashed in Lagos.

I have just been informed by our legal attorney Barrister Samuel Okum of Samuel Okum & Associates that my late husband operated a secret account with fictitious name in a Nigerian Bank into which a total sum of Twenty Nine Million, Five Hundred Thousand U. S. Dollars ($29.5M) was transferred and credited in his favor and stated me as next of kin.

The attorney now advised me to seek in confidence a foreign account unto which this fund could be transferred for disbursement as directed by my late husband in his will. It has been resolved that 2% will be your share for nominating an account for this purpose and any other assistance you will give in that regards. 5% has been mapped out to pay back all local and international expenses which may be incurred in the transfer process and 5% has been conceded to the local bank manager here assisting in facilitating the transfer. Finally, 70% will accrue to my family and I, from where our attorney’s bill will be settled.

A good part of this fund shall be directed towards executing his will which is to buy shares and stocks in foreign country to secure his children’s future to facilitate the conclusion of this transaction, if accepted, do contact our family attorney through E-mail: xxxxxxx@xxxxxx.com for further information on the way forward.

Please, note that I have been assured that the transaction will be concluded in ten (10) bank working days upon commencement by our family attorney, so endeavor to contact him immediately. May I at this point emphasize the high level of confidentiality which this business demands and hope you will not betray the trust and confidence which I repose in you. However, you may need to give me sufficient assurance that you will not sit on this fund when it is finally remitted into your account.

Please, give this proposal a prompt response as the condition in Nigeria now is favorable for the transfer to be made since we have a new government in place.

Yours faithfully,
Mariam C. Usman

Now, apart from the missing 18%, the point is that if you accept their proposal, you will at some stage be required to pay an urgent up front fee in order to facilitate the transaction. If you pay that money you'll never see it again, nor will their transfer ever arrive at your account.

These scamsters are very creative in designing new "scenarios", but in the end it all boils down to the following: Someone wants to transfer money from Nigeria to a foreign bank account (yours) and promises to pay you a commission for receiving and then forwarding or investing the money. If you agree, you will be required to pay an up front fee to make the transfer possible. Once you've paid, they will try again and ask for another fee. And so on - until you are no longer willing to pay. At this point your money is gone and the scamsters disappear.

Rip-off Number 3: The Passport Scam

Tibere is a guy who is offering illegal rebirth passports, driver's licenses and identity cards from France, fast-track naturalization from Australia, and diplomatic appointments from Madagascar. Total reported loss: In excess of $500,000+ Tibere (AKA Robert Sirtaki) tibere@starline.ee

Tibere is operating via various Evocash accounts, but has clients WIRE money into E-Gold, which in turns credits his E-Gold account, with all money having been sent and withdrawn in total anonymity. Broken English, French accent, soft-spoken, very slimy, obviously has inside knowledge of the passport market but uses it to defraud unsuspecting victims.

His modus operanti is to agree NOT to accept any up front money, but when he faxes or e-mail's you a copy of the 'finished' product and birth certificate or naturalization papers, you remit the money. Then, surprise surprise, the courier is killed in an accident, or some other bullshit excuse. The bottom line is that you'll never see you're money again. Please be exceedingly careful dealing with anyone using this modus operanti.

Here's what a couple of our clients wrote. "This crook agreed NOT to accept money until a notarized copy of the naturalization papers were faxed or sent by e-mail to me via jpeg attachment. Once I 'saw' them, money was wired and the courier was killed in an automobile accident. My money was stolen."

Another customer said the following about Tibere: "This dude is operating via various e-mail addresses and is a real scum bag, thief, crook and the lowest of the low. He is very slick, will send jpeg copies of birth certificate and passport, then you send money and he is suppose to courier the documents, which are 'lost' in a courier package WITHOUT any airway number, excuses, etc. Then nothing, your money has grown wings and disappeared."

Rip-off Number 4 - ALERT: Doctor GEORG ADEM - Passport Scams and other dubious rip-offs.
August 2003

*Note* We've upgraded Adem to 5 stars from 3 stars due to the following e-mail we received recently, (see below). Please read the entire section on Georg Adem that follows regarding scams by the person that was or is known as Doctor Georg Adem.

He has claimed at his various sites they've been in business since 1998. However a check at the UK Registry Office shows otherwise! In addition all you have to do is check them out at Network Solutions web site http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois and place"the site you are inquiring about" in the "Enter a Domain Name or NIC Handle Section 1". Then click GO, and you'll see they didn't start business until late June 2000.

Any business that blatantly lies like that is subject to steal your money.

We are pleased that most of Adem's web sites have been shut down. We hope that we've helped to do so. But be warned.This crook will be back in one form or another. That you can be sure of.
We try our best to offer both sides of the story and we trust you take that into consideration whilst making up your own mind. Then proceed at your own risk ... if you dare. Caveat Emptor
On 25 Nov, at 20:57, admin01 wrote:

Dear maker of Ayoc,
I am the owner of the below domains, which I bought 6 months ago:

http://www.privacy-consultants.com
http://www.nauru-banker-net.com/

I can not stop you to say bad things about Georg Adem (albeit this is not all true, I know Georg since years, and I know that he helped more than 2000 people through the last 8 years with new documents, lately he got grilled himself, is very sick, etc.).

I bought those domains (and others) from him (or better: I took them as he owed me money for hosting and programming services). As I intend to put new content to various of those domains, and/or sell those domains, I hereby politely request that you remove the negative reference to those domains on your page Scams page.

None of the businesses you mention on your page are conducted from those links, neither does Georg Adem has anything to do with those anymore.

I hope you can follow my request soon

Thank you for your assistance

Webmaster

Our e-mail reply dated 26 November follows;

Dear Webmaster,

I make reference to your e-mail (above.) I have checked your three web urls and see that they are under construction.

We are not out to hurt anyone, especially honest webmasters. However we dislike our customers and others being hurt too! As that hurts everyone in the Internet business. Many people in spite of what you say about G Adem, have big complaints about him, e.g. orders not being fulfilled, documents not delivered, bad documents, no refunds, money owed to them by him, and in fact a friend of a friend was a victim of his as well; all as a result of the three web sites in question.

Even you say Georg Adem owed you money! Doesn't it make sense to you that he owes other people money too? That would tend to support the numerous complaints we've received from persons emailing us regarding their problems with G. Adem.

Regardless of how many people you say he helped, many haven't had satisfaction and therefore that is why he was added to our *scam* web page.

In addition there is a very serious Interpol inquiry going on regarding his affairs. So be warned and act accordingly, as these three sites (and others) are involved.

If one is given a defective automobile in lieu of money due, that person accepts the automobile *as is* knowing that there were defects with the automobile. Surely you knew that Mr. Adem had money and other problems, and therefore you accepted those defective web sites *as is*, i.e. with the knowledge that they were used previously for Mr. Adem's customers, many of whom have big complaints against him. You've said as much in your e-mail.

In addition there are other web site's and chat groups publishing your web urls regarding Georg Adem's business dealings, or rather lack of fulfilling his dealings, and therefore many people complaining about Adem elsewhere.

In fairness to you we will publish your e-mail letter to us at our web site (during our next update) along with the exiting scams page and we will let the readers decide for themselves whether or not you're affiliated with Georg Adem in any way. You say you've known him for a long time so that tends to work against you, not help you.

However until you can provide proof that these sites have nothing to due to one Georg Adem; that you aren't affiliated with him in any way, or until we see what new material these sites provide, we will leave our scam pages stand as they are.

When you satisfy us as to the above, we will be happy to remove the three web urls in question from our scam page in a friendly, timely and professional manner.

Respectfully yours,

Mr. Smith
Ayoc

Following is the material regarding Adem's scams.

http://www.privacy-consultants.com/ [Note: This web site ws merged. It just to prove that birds of a feather (crooks) flock together.]

Financial Privacy Consultants, Inc.
Holland,
Gouda
Account Number: 0000 3290 0017
Bank: Paritate Bank;
4 Terbatas Street, Riga, Latvia

E-mail: Dr Georg Adem = assistant@privacy-consultants.com

Advisory:
BE WARNED and advised that anyone transacting any passport or other business with one person known as Doctor Georg Adem is subject to having their product(s) NEVER delivered and money NEVER refunded. We have spoken with several disgruntled clients recently (summer 2001) and both reported strikingly similar rip-offs.

Doctor Georg Adem has a popular web site http://www.privacy-consultants.com, which lures unknowing and unwitting customers into his trap. Be advised and proceed (if you dare) with extreme caution.

Total losses (known at time of publishing) are in excess of US$250,000!

This scum bag Adem is also operating a web site that has plagiarized dozens of books, authors and selling them *as well as CD Roms* without permission or remuneration to the publishers, authors or copyright owners. The site is located at http://www.ptbookstore.cx. We advise you NOT to deal with this known crook.

*** Here's a new (September 2001) link to an interesting web site that exposes more of Dr. Adem's crooked scams! http://www.appleby.net/netscam/Current.html

*** Update on Scam-Man Dr. Georg Adem - Date, August 2003 ***

The following info was sent to us by yet another ripped off customer of Dr. G. Adem, who appears to move as slimy as his web sites move. He's changed his name but not his modus operandi as stated at our site. DO NOT conduct business with this person/s or you are likely to lose your money 100% for sure.

And also at this address:
http://www.nauru-banker-net.com/second_passport/

Consider what is written at the bottom of these web pages: QUOTE:

"If you are still undecided or need special consultation, this offer might be for you: Dr. Georg Adem will answer all your questions! Consult with the premier expert on 2nd citizenship's and residency programs, Dr. Georg Adem. For only $295 you can call or email him for a detailed consultation! Be sure to write down a list of what you are trying to accomplish and WHY, and Dr. Adem will help you find the solution best suited to your needs. This money invested in expert advice could save you literally thousands of dollars - because you'll be able to make everything right the FIRST time. Should you decide to proceed - the $295 fee will be applied in full to the citizenship program of your choice."

This shady character has ripped off many many people, possibly to the tune of US$1 million OR MORE!

Rip-off Number 5 - The latest Nigerian rip off!
ATTN: PRESIDENT/CEO

Dear Sir,
I am Dr. Mrs. Mariam Abacha, wife to the late Nigerian Head of state, General Sani Abacha who died on the 8th of June 1998 while still on active service for our Country. I am contacting you with the hope that you will be of great assistance to me, I currently have within my reach the sum of 80million U.S dollars cash which I intend to use for investment purposes outside Nigeria. This money came as a result of a payback contract deal between my husband and a Russian firm in our country's multi-billion dollar Ajaokuta steel plant .

The Russian partners returned my husbands share being the above sum after his death. Presently, the new civilian Government has intensified their probe into my husbands financial resources which has led to the freezing of all our accounts, local and foreign, the revoking of all our business licenses and the arrest of my First son. In view of this I acted very fast to withdraw this money from one of our finance houses before it was closed down.

I have deposited the money in a security company with the help of very loyal officials of my late husband. No record is known about this fund by the government because there is no documentation showing that we received such funds. Due to the current situation in the country and government attitude to my family, I cannot make use of this money within, thus I seek your help in transferring these funds out of the sub African region. On your consent, send a fax, or e-mail via the under listed contacts immediately for further discussion and clarification. Bearing in mind that you may assist me.

l have decided to part with 15% of the total sum. Your URGENT response is needed. All correspondence must be through e-mail:abubakarbagudu@stantrust.every1.net for confidentiality.

All correspondence is for the attention of my counsel: Dr. ABUBAKAR BAGUDU.

Regards
Dr. Mrs. Mariam Abacha.

***Be advised that anyone dumb enough to fall for the above scam and the many variations on it,
deserves to get screwed!