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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

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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…

So you imply that the website claiming Cecile is a scammer, is a scammer, too. That's possible but the suspicions you talked about are not conclusive.

Last week I've come across a website called tinnitusmiracle.com and a person called Duane claimed that that website was a scammer by presenting convincing evidences; see (http://fixedgear808.blogspot.com.tr/2015/03/tinnitus-miracle...)

Re: Modus Operandi: Poses as an investor to be wined and dined, then disappears

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Earlier 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…

So you imply that the website claiming Cecile is a scammer, is a scammer, too. That's possible but the suspicions you talked about are not conclusive. Last week I've come across a website called tinnitusmiracle.com and a person called Duane claimed that that website was a scammer by presenting convincing evidences; see ( http://fixedgear808.blogspot.com.tr/2015/03/tinnitus-miracle... )

Oh no, not at all...

Rather, I went to http://world-glance.com/ (aka Cecile's website), gave it a quick read, checked out the images, and figured out where it was hosted.

Between those things, World Glance does not look very professional.

I'm sorry that I wasn't more clear!!!

Re: Modus Operandi: Poses as an investor to be wined and dined, then disappears

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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...

Two things. First, cecileortlieb.com is not actually Cecile's website - it is the website that hosted that article which claims that she is a scammer.

Cecile claims to be with world-glance.com. He site would be here:

http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools#dnsReport|type=domain&&value=w...

Second, dnsstuff is great - I haven't used it before, but I have it bookmarked now.

Re: Modus Operandi: Poses as an investor to be wined and dined, then disappears

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post #25

Earlier 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!

Hi there;

I don't know if Bing's numbers are completely accurate and you may find better ways to get this information (dnsstuff.com is sure useful). In this case, I was looking into world-glance.com so I will use that website as an example.

1) ping world-glance.com - this shows an IP address of 94.136.40.15

2) Go to bing.com - search for 'IP:94.136.40.15' (without the quotes)

It will show 18,800 results.

I hope that this helps...:)

Re: Modus Operandi: Poses as an investor to be wined and dined, then disappears

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It's the little things, but I read > Hindsight is 2020 as "Hindsight is two thousand twenty" I would invite the writers to use '20-20'.

The expression comes from a measurement of visual acuity, the correct notation would be 20/20.

Re: Modus Operandi: Poses as an investor to be wined and dined, then disappears

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I'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…

If all she's been getting out of the "potential investor" scam is free dinners/trips/etc. and doesn't have significant assets, suing her is probably a money-losing proposition.

As the author mentioned, perhaps she stole something from their house or normally would but the camera's made her stray from her usual tactics.

Re: Modus Operandi: Poses as an investor to be wined and dined, then disappears

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I'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…

Presumably that isn't her name.

I was thinking the same thing, but if he was booking her plane tickets (or other people have in the past) would they not need to book user her real name (so it matches her passport).

Re: Modus Operandi: Poses as an investor to be wined and dined, then disappears

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This post is worse than Cecile's actions. She's obviously not right in the head, you are basically saying "Watch out for crazy people", and she has to be the scapegoat for your messaging. This is super cruel and merciless.

I don't think she's "not right in the head", nothing to me said mental health problems. She just seems like she is scamming people and quite smart about it.

Re: Modus Operandi: Poses as an investor to be wined and dined, then disappears

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post #4

Earlier 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…

> 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.)

> the U.S. does not have criminal libel laws

Some states do have criminal-libel laws, though there isn't a federal one. See: http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/criminal-libel-statutes-...

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