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Posted

Just wanted to know if anyone else out there has run into a company

going (or went) by the name "*******" or if you know, knew, or

heard of the supposed CEO, an American man named ********?

He is an avid golfer in case that helps.

My brother and I got approached by this guy to help him secure investment

or invest our own money into a coal to synthetic diesel project to be based

in Indonesia. He showed us (but we didn't analyze) gigabytes of data

describing the output, costs, profit... we got greedy because it looked

like an amazing deal... we would become rich rich rich.

He told us that the company was registered in Mauritius, and that he was

a member of the American Chamber of Commerce, and named dropped

while we got soothed and rushed into making a large (for us) investment

of $138,000 USD. As time elapsed, delays kept mounting and our phone

calls not answered. It took a few months but we came to the conclusion

that we had been scammed. A warning to others out there and the

obvious advice: if someone asks you to invest, run it through your investigations!

There was no company registered in Mauritius, and AMCHAM had never heard

of him. I'd love revenge but not really sure how. Anyone out there heard

of this company?

Posted

My best guess is that this 'company' is a DBA. Did you get the guy's passport number or an address for him back in the USA? If so, then the only thing you could do is find a lawyer and sue. However, they would have to serve him his papers personally and if he's not in America, that will be really tough to do.

Posted

doing a domain name check has come up with this............ may help you...... it may not.

Registrant:

*********

Lumpinee

Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330

Thailand

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)

Domain Name: ********

Created on: 18-Jun-09

Expires on: 18-Jun-10

Last Updated on: 18-Jun-09

Posted

This is what I found on an internet search:-

********* to Build $US6BLN Synthetic Diesel Plant in Indonesia

Monday, November 28th, 2005

Source: Asia Pulse, 28 Nov 2005

Canada’s *********** plans to build a US$6 billion synthetic diesel oil processing plant using coal as the feedstock in East Kalimantan.

The entire production of 28 million barrels per year will be acquired by state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina as an offtaker, without being a shareholder under a […]

Posted
doing a domain name check has come up with this............ may help you...... it may not.

Registrant:

********

Lumpinee

Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330

Thailand

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)

Domain Name: ***********

Created on: 18-Jun-09

Expires on: 18-Jun-10

Last Updated on: 18-Jun-09

I know of this guy. Can the OP provide a description of the man he was speaking to?

Posted

Definite scam, for one reason only. There is only one company who has the patents/rights etc for the coal to "Oil" process....a company called SASOL, and trust me if they where involved with a project like this, they wouldnt be looking for independent investors for amounts like US$ 138k.....sorry about your loss...

Posted

This person is using fake details in their domain registration so in theory you should be able to report this violation to whichever body oversees registration and have it either updated or deleted.

Posted

lol......... and i have just checked it again and this is what comes up

WHOIS information for

Domain Name: *******

Created On: 18-Jun-2009 00:00:00

Expiration Date: 18-Jun-2010 00:00:00

Sponsoring Registrar: 'Check Whois' (GODADDY) (GODADDY)

Status: client_delete_prohibited,client_renew_prohibited,client_transfer_prohibited,clie

nt_update_prohibited

Name Server:

Name Server:

Registrant ID: Unknown

Registrant Name: Unknown

Registrant Organization: Unknown

Registrant Street1: Unknown

Registrant Street2: Unknown

Registrant Street3: Unknown

Registrant City: Unknown

Registrant State/Province: Unknown

Registrant Postal Code: Unknown

Registrant Country: Unknown

Registrant Phone: Unknown

Registrant Fax: Unknown

Registrant Email: Unknown

Admin ID: Unknown

Admin Name: Unknown

Admin Organization: Unknown

Admin Street1: Unknown

Admin Street2: Unknown

Admin Street3: Unknown

Admin City: Unknown

Admin State: Unknown

Admin Postal Code: Unknown

Admin Country: Unknown

Admin Phone: Unknown

Admin Fax: Unknown

Admin Email: Unknown

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