Originally Posted by HDP Safaris
Hi guys,
A person/s who claims to work for an investment company called 'M&C Investment International UK', is a scam artist and part of a investment con syndicate. I will not use the name the person/s used because there are honest people out there with the same name.
A person/s used the above company name to try and scam me, it is an organised syndicate that offer phony investment opportunities to unsuspecting and gullible individuals.
The dead give-away in this instance is that they know as much about hunting as any person who googled the word "hunting" would know...nothing really, so they don't know how to approach you in the way a normal hunting client would nor do they have that discernment. It's very obvious that the company is fake and the people involved are uneducated and grossly inexperienced about hunting, they only know how scams work, but not how hunting works.
I will not post the emails they sent me on this or any other thread, nor give you the contact details they left me. Rather do your own research. I'm not posting this to prove what i'm saying is true, i'm just warning you guys that this syndicate is trolling this AH forum for business opportunities(scams).
They have tried to sucker me into making investments with them, by posing as different people with different agendas at different times. For example, I first received a call from a somebody who made a very professional yet vague pitch about his interest in my company, and that he would then allow his 'boss' to call me the next week, i tried to get verification of his company bvut he was very vague and 'quick' on that subject. I immediately called my accounting and business agent after this dodgy call about whether my company registration details is available to the general public or not, and it is not, nor did I give permission to list it anywhere, AND, at the time, the institution I registered with did not legalise anything yet, so the story they gave me about finding my company info on a 'general company database' that was solicited from their IT and marketing group is utter nonsense, which is what I suspected the minute I got the first call. Then, after I told the 'boss' to get lost and that I am not interested, I received two emails from a 'woman' who claimed that she saw my pics on the internet, that she loves traveling, and that she wishes to get to know me because im attractive and that people are attracted to me (lol, perhaps she hasn't seen me up close!!!). Anyway, the point of this is that 'she' wants to get financial information from me eventually, I am a single man but I am not so desperate for love and affection that I would jump on this bandwagon of interested parties like 'women who love travel'. I immediately told her to get lost as well, and this time I also made it very clear that I was aware of the scam and the relation between the two calls and these two emails, ie, im not a fool. Lastly, a man who called himself 'x', emailed me about making a booking for hunts in march, that I should call him immediately about getting a booking with a hunting lodge that has a conference facility for business individuals...the manner in which the email was sent, the desperation, the irrelevant material used as a means to secure a booking, all alluded to a bullsh###er who knows absolutely nothing of hunting or has any intention of going hunting. Why would an interested party introduce his company name as well??? And then brielfy ask about, and I quote " a lodge that has the hunting, call me immediately!"...?
When I asked them for a website address : they said it was under construction. When I asked for a name of the person I was talking to: it was very quick and not easily pronounced. When I asked for their business registration details: the person very quickly said something 'professional' and changed the subject very quickly. They tried to be overbearing and forceful but also tried to make me think I was in control by saying "remember, you are under no obligation..." but then they would try and talk over me and pretend not to hear what I was asking about verification details. They try and swindle individuals by being overbearing, informed, professional, and dominant about the pitch. Do not entertain any company that calls you out of the blue with a desperate interest to make you give them investement monies, it's quite simple and I do not believe that many people are so foolish, but the reason they are in business is because there are a few people out there who fall for it. DON'T BE ONE OF THEM!
All the emails, calls etc that I received are linked to the UK. When I googled 'Allen Bradley M&C Investment International UK', a list of similar names and companies came up obviously, but what sealed their fate with me is that a list of unlisted and criminal syndicates that operates as investment brokers etc came up as well. I did not google the word 'criminal', 'phony investement', 'investment scams'...I simply googled the above words and came up with a few links to unauthorised companies, clearly this company posing with this name and othe rother similar names has done this before.
The reason I am posting this is to say:
-Keep your information tight
-Becareful of what you say on the forum
-Check your privacy settings on AH
All this goes without saying and is tacitly understood anyway, its a public forum so there are individuals who try this on every type of public forum with businesses on them. But I would like to reitterate this safety measures because it's a reality that we should not become too relaxed about.
They watched my threads and posts and tried to use it against me.
They are watching the AH forum for opportunities (scams).
The information I got about them is that they are operating in the UK and that they are most likey run by a nigerean syndicate.
Google the company name and find out for yourself.
Keep well all,
