Another SCAM Alert: EvolvedAd Marketing
 

On 09/28/2022 I posted on GFY looking for some Mainstream Email leads: https://gfy.com/mainstream-business-...ail-lists.html I have been working with a mainstream client that requested them.

Shortly after that thread, I was contacted by Alex from EvolvedAd Marketing.

We talked for many days about what I was looking and the process, deadline etc... for via Skype and Phone calls.
A deal was made for $1600 for those leads. 50% was due upon agreement and the remaining upon delivery. Which at the time was supposed to be a few weeks. $800 was paid via BTC and quickly there after, I was given the round around...and for weeks. With every excuse you can imagine. (Holidays, Staffing Issues, Travelling...)

Finally, Alex told me that company was (all the sudden) sold to his partner. A person named "Igor". and that I was to deal with Igor exclusively going forward. :helpme

Of course that Igor person gave me the same run around when I requested a refund. By then, my client had moved on... Igor kept BS'ing at every reply: "we need a new invoice" "we need a new memo" "we are having issues with "BTC" "bring it up to Mike, our accountant"

When I went back to Alex and asked for help, he literally told me to fuck off. :thumbsup


It's now almost March 2023 and they went silent. No refund, no communication. :mad:

Just be careful, more and more scammers seem to be coming out of the woodwork lately.
I hope this prevents them from scamming more people.

I will update this thread, if by some miracle, they decide to finally reply and refund me.

Stay Safe out there :winkwink:

So sorry to hear that - this happens way to often when people reach out to others who think they are "experts" or "veterans" of the industry who take your money and run with it. Be careful who you're dealing with and check references and backgrounds if you don't know them

Do you have Skype addresses of those involved?

I'd be nice to add to my blacklist ;)

Well, Im not surprised his name is Alex. He is a well-known scammer. Keep in mind that he does not have any account in his name and likely will ask you to pay him in crypto.

lol Igor

Sorry you got burned . . .

even if they refund you they are shit.

Thanks Rob, that's twice in a Year. Crazy things is that those scammers are very knowledgeable. They could make just as much being legit IMO.

I do, emails, skype, convos. I keep everything.

Hey Bane! Sure it's the same one? Did you get burn too?
I have more work for you btw. I'll Email today!

Same here. Live and learn.

At this point, I am not ever sure there is a "they", might as well just be one single scammer.
But yeah, what a shitty way to make a living.

isn't it weird if you Google "EvolvedAd Marketing" it doesn't return a single result? red flag IMO :2 cents:

Hey!

I got burned badly. He was coming back here under different nicks but got revealed and busted. Its always the same, marketing and SEO services.

How did you get in touch with him? Does he have an open thread where he offers his services or he magically added you on skype/telegram out of nowhere?

:warning:warning

there is no info in this thread that would help others to spot this scammer and not deal with him. "EvolvedAd Marketing" is nothing, there is no company with such name, he just made that name up so he can easily come under different name and scam again.

:thumbsup

I haven't read the whole post, just saw ''Alex marketing'' lol

Old thread but could be useful https://gfy.com/fucking-around-and-b...ss-called.html

at the time, there was a website up and running.

He contacted me via Email from a thread I had opened looking for Marketing services.
I do have his Skype, Email and Telegram info.

Damn...That sucks

sad
 

its getting worse every day, I was buying a small site couple hundred dollars

I sent $ 75 up front , not alot but when its stolen still pisses you off

this scammer skype: John mark

live:.cid.4e1947099f64a6e7


This site was https://dailypornhd.com/

said he was transferring Domain from his namecheap to mine, should have been instant

He must have made fake conversations and cut n pasted, I gave benefit of doubt but I did a ticket today and Domain is at NameSilo, so a blant scam

His Paypal: PayPal
You sent R$370.74 BRL to Milton Fabri

YOUR NOTE TO Milton Fabri

Milton Fabri
The receiver of this payment is Non-US - Verified
[email protected]

All we can do is make these names none , just sad what a loser

Thanks

Any time I hear names Igor or Vadim

https://media1.giphy.com/media/eiFxR...uQH8/giphy.gif

By the time those 2 names popped up, it was already too late for me.
I have a feeling there was no "sale", just another lame excuse to buy time.

First thing I did.

OP didn't you even bother to google that?

Of course I did. There was a website at the time.
Alex was present on GFY and Xbiz.
Even had some recommendations posted on the latest.

sorry you got burned but like, they don't even have a website ?
like isn't it the absolute first thing to ask is : what is your website ?
Just looking at the website already tells you A LOT about who you are dealing with

He did have a website up at the time. He was active on gfy (has been banned since) and he is now active on Xbiz. Which tells me more people are going to get scammed.

1. do you remember the name of the website because i cannot find hide nor hair of anything that looks like evolvedadmarketing or anything like that as having existed.

2. who are they on xbiz?

thanks in advance

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:2 cents:

@OP I'm sorry you got scammed :/

if you have proof they're now on xbiz I hope you warn them. the fewer ponds for scumbags to swim in the better

Sorry that this happened to you.

He got another guy here for a few K

https://m.gfy.com/sell-and-buy-forum...com-paxum.html

Maybe message that guy, I think he said he knows what country he is in.

a few tips that I hope will help peeps from getting fucked over in the future by thieving assholes like this...they just saunter around casting their net and it's despicable. but there are a few clues as to whether you're dealing with one of those:


1) established web presence. like S, I couldn't find anything about this company in goog search. a marketing company. I do suspect OP you were led to a web property that either isn't theirs and you didn't notice, or maybe just a simple transfer of a site from one disposable URL to another or something. but still, a marketing co without a social presence be it media or boards? huge red flag right there

it happens, and I'm not blaming you for what transpired in any way. just something everyone should look out for


2) what is the contact info on the site? not a contact form, an actual domain email address where you can verify you are indeed speaking with person X from the board


3) website and domain ownership of the property confirmed: how long has the site existed? do they have reviews anywhere?


4) any positive feedback here? how long have they been here and how active are they? taking into account that those who frequent the 'business needs' stuff might not be all that active up here, you can still get a sense of someone you're thinking of sending money to based on their behaviour over time. post history searches are easy


5) never arrange agreements over telegram/skype/signal/whatsapp or anywhere that messages can be deleted, unless trust has been both proven and established

with someone new-to-you when arranging parameters, stick to email. no one but you can delete that. important if you ever need to do a pp dispute/credit card cb against someone trying to steal from you


(all this is general stuff unrelated to the OP)


@CamTraffic, I hope you tell xbiz about this if any info there matches this dude. again sorry you got burned

I commented on the thread, I am not surprised he scammed someone else so quick.

https://www.xbiz.net/u/alexxxb

ha, looks like he's banned over there now. good job :thumbsup

Wow, he got another guy for 2k. So he's stolen over 5k just from what we know here. You guys should get together and file a police report in the country he lives in. The other guy in the thread said he lives in the same country as he does. Might want to try that...It's better than nothing.

That socks. All scammers have to be banned from the board

So Milton Fabri is the same as EvolveAd scammer?

Sorry to those of you who got scammed :( but please, expose all their info! This is the way to fight scammers, need to expose them, and thanks to those who're naming names :thumbsup

It does suck. I think I have already prevented a few from getting banned.
He was reaching out to people on Xbiz already. His account has been banned over there and over here.

Different scammer, the issue is that thread get buried very quick and google is not picking up the scammer's Email, name, PayPal Info on GFY.

What we do need is a Forum section dedicated to Scammers.

Agreed :thumbsup

blocklist is getting long ...:1orglaugh

Please post their skype addresses.

That wouldn't help, the dude literally has 10s of gfy, skype and telegram accounts.

It came to the point where he was using someone else's website and company info as his, hoping that none of us would check the accuracy of his claims.

live:.cid.51e1b16aa542c61d
live:.cid.ad5e58716a356d1c

There was a site at the time. Hours on the phone talking to the guy.
Never again :Oh crap

Bump for potential future victims. :upsidedow

First and Last name is dangerous to begin with :1orglaugh

https://i.ibb.co/C5XVG8H/alexb.png

I should ban all Alexes huh? :winkwink:

A new site just popped, I am not sure if related to the scammer or not:

I still get their spam every single day, so they're still aggressively trying to find new ppl to scam :(

Careful out there ya'll!

Sorry to hear you got burned, and thanks for sharing the info with all of us. Hope you get some resolution (and at least a refund) from all of this..

Hope you stay safe from them Alexes Scam Douches!

He's had a new account for a while, Galaxy Media Something, Aaron, maybe...

I knew there was something off there...