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Modus Operandi: Poses as an investor to be wined and dined, then disappears
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Re: Modus Operandi: Poses as an investor to be wined and dined, then disappears
#22I really feel sorry for the guy, but even just a few simple due diligence checks would have shown the company has no money even the accounts are overdue: http://companycheck.co.uk/company/07335249/WORLD-GLANCE-LIMI... http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk//compdetails On top of that the website screams fake. A limited company should always show company number and have contact details.
Re: Modus Operandi: Poses as an investor to be wined and dined, then disappears
#23The apartment is so hipster/yapster (bikes on the wall, the kitchen design), it is actually tacky.
Re: Modus Operandi: Poses as an investor to be wined and dined, then disappears
#24I'm rather confused why not contact a lawyer and pursue legal action? world-glance.com screams caution since there is so much missing, team info, personal names & bios, contact, address, etc. and it was only registered in Feb 2015 and has whois privacy protection http://whois.domaintools.com/world-glance.com privacy protection is not normally an issue but when a COMPANY (not personal!) webpage has no personal details…
Absolutely, the owner of this website could be sued for slander. If everything in this story is true then just sue Cecile because she obviously committed fraud, the case should be a slam dunk. Then expose her once she has been sentenced to prison. edit: Cecile's website is a joke : http://world-glance.com/ Does it look like a serious VC to anybody? there is absolutely no information whatsoever. Remember the legend ab…
> sue Cecile... Then expose her once she has been sentenced to prison.
First, if you sue someone, it's a civil action, not a criminal prosecution.
Second, if any statements are defamatory, they would be libel, not slander.
Third, truth is an absolute defense against libel claims. (And just for completeness, the U.S. does not have criminal libel laws.)
Re: Modus Operandi: Poses as an investor to be wined and dined, then disappears
#25I'm rather confused why not contact a lawyer and pursue legal action? world-glance.com screams caution since there is so much missing, team info, personal names & bios, contact, address, etc. and it was only registered in Feb 2015 and has whois privacy protection http://whois.domaintools.com/world-glance.com privacy protection is not normally an issue but when a COMPANY (not personal!) webpage has no personal details…
Absolutely, the owner of this website could be sued for slander. If everything in this story is true then just sue Cecile because she obviously committed fraud, the case should be a slam dunk. Then expose her once she has been sentenced to prison. edit: Cecile's website is a joke : http://world-glance.com/ Does it look like a serious VC to anybody? there is absolutely no information whatsoever. Remember the legend ab…
Between:
a) absolutely horrible, meaningless copy.
b) A very poorly designed website.
c) a very weird photo of gazelle which appears to have been taken from aliexpress.com (http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Animal-Gazelle-2-Poster-3-Siz...)
d) a host shared by another 18,000 websites (according to Bing)
This company genuinely does not look real. I understand that the writer would be extremely excited by the prospect of a $4m investment, but I also feel like he should have done a little more due diligence. Based on what I see, I can't imagine genuinely expecting to receive $4m from this firm...
Re: Modus Operandi: Poses as an investor to be wined and dined, then disappears
#26maybe she is a performance artist making a movie about how out of touch with reality startup executives are.
Re: Modus Operandi: Poses as an investor to be wined and dined, then disappears
#27Scammers prey on people who want things so badly that they blind their instincts. I think the lesson is to not be desperate for investment and assume an equal standing of both parties (i.e. the investor is not some superior deity). Also an appropriate due diligence throughout the whole process.
Re: Modus Operandi: Poses as an investor to be wined and dined, then disappears
#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
Absolutely, the owner of this website could be sued for slander. If everything in this story is true then just sue Cecile because she obviously committed fraud, the case should be a slam dunk. Then expose her once she has been sentenced to prison. edit: Cecile's website is a joke : http://world-glance.com/ Does it look like a serious VC to anybody? there is absolutely no information whatsoever. Remember the legend ab…
Between: a) absolutely horrible, meaningless copy. b) A very poorly designed website. c) a very weird photo of gazelle which appears to have been taken from aliexpress.com ( http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Animal-Gazelle-2-Poster-3-Siz... ) d) a host shared by another 18,000 websites (according to Bing) This company genuinely does not look real. I understand that the writer would be extremely excited by the prospect o…
Hi there -- please share how one can find out how many websites are sharing a host via Bing.
Thanks!
Re: Modus Operandi: Poses as an investor to be wined and dined, then disappears
#29My impression is that much of top-tier financing is riddled with people like her, maybe not as unstable, but just as ruthless and without any empathic regards at all. The only difference is the numbers and the complexity of the scams committed. Spiderwebs of companies, incomprehensible systems and networks of hedge-funds, company-carousels, lobbyism, and straight up corruption. Just look at the scandals of the last ten years.
The fact that webpages like this are not made about them and mostly about low-level charlatans, is because of the legal repercussions.
Re: Modus Operandi: Poses as an investor to be wined and dined, then disappears
#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
Between: a) absolutely horrible, meaningless copy. b) A very poorly designed website. c) a very weird photo of gazelle which appears to have been taken from aliexpress.com ( http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Animal-Gazelle-2-Poster-3-Siz... ) d) a host shared by another 18,000 websites (according to Bing) This company genuinely does not look real. I understand that the writer would be extremely excited by the prospect o…
Hi there -- please share how one can find out how many websites are sharing a host via Bing. Thanks!
Just use DNSstuff. Her site is simply a branded Wordpress.com account.
http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools#dnsReport|type=domain&&value=c...