Desmarais Private Investments

Scam Company pretending to be part of Victor Pinchuk investments

5th of Aug, 2012 by scamming informer

Our company has been approached by a MAURICE BRABHAM of Desmarais Private Investments claiming to be a Manager of this company.

There is no company formation information against this scammer, their website was set up in January 2012 and looks semi-professional, however there is absolutely nothing behind them.

Further we were initially contacted by a Vincent Peterson claiming to represent something called Pinchuk Funds. The email address used for this initial introduction was vincent.peterson@pinchuk-funds.com.

Victor Pinchuk is a Ukrainian private investor who we know personally through our corporate finance business and through EastOne Group Ltd and they have never heard of either of these websites or the scammers behind them.

This scammer is representing that they provide cash from Mr. Pinchuk, they do not and have no access to funds of any kind and are based in Cannes France and nowhere near where they say they are based.

If you wish to view any and all information please contact info@novo-cura.com and include either or all the names in your message subject header,

You have been warned.

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315 days ago by Scamminginformer

As usual Novo Cura can back up its claims and we are here to provide you with the actual facts against this fraudster.

Below is an email directly from Victor Pinchuk's company regarding this idiot fraudster Vincent Peterson or Maurice Brabham as he also likes to be called:

From: Andriy.Rybalchenko@eastonegroup.com [mailto:Andriy.Rybalchenko@eastonegroup.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 2:39 PM
To: rpenning@novo-cura.com
Cc: office@eastonegroup.com
Subject: Re:>>: RE: ***Email Scams, Security Concerns and use of Mr Victor Pinchuk's name***

Dear Mr Penning,

Thank you for your letter. I am the Security officer in EastOne company, management company of Mr. Pinchuk.

We are to inform you that Pinchuk Hedge Funds is a fake company, and is not connected or associated in any way with Mr. Victor Pinchuk and/or his Foundation. Thus, having relations with Pinchuk Hedge Funds, you may become a part of a fraud scheme.
pinchuk-funds.com is a fake domain, the actual web-site of The Victor Pinchuk Foundation is http://www.pinchukfund.org/ . The phone numbers, associated with the Pinchuk Hedge Funds, are fake. The individual writing on behalf of Pinchuk Hedge Funds is fraudster. There have been some similar cases recently, and investigation is in process.

Your letter provided us new information regarding Maurice Brabham, since this person and domain desmarais-investments.com never appeared in the scheme before. Also, previous letters from Vincent Peterson originated from Italy. Thank you again.

We've tried to clarify with domain provider, Publicdomainregistry.com, the reason of hosting fraudulent website, but so far they are taking the side of their client. If the fraudster will continue to target you, we would recommend you to write your complaint to abuse@publicdomainregistry.com and/or appropriate federal agency.

Best regards,
Andriy Rybalchenko,
Security Officer,
EastOne.

Feel free to drop Mr Andriy.Rybalchenko a line at Andriy.Rybalchenko@eastonegroup.com if you want further proofs of this fraudster

306 days ago by Brilianti

This idiot fraudster, Vincent Peterson or Maurice Brabham as he also likes to be called, is back on line and is trying to defraud more companies. He tried buying expensive watches from our company, but we were able to expose his criminal intents. Do not waste your time with him. The MO is the same: "come to Milano to do business." This is the guy's info:

Vincent Peterson
Financial Adviser

Pinchuk Hedge Funds Telephone +38 044 390 5927
Ivana Mazepy Street 22b
01010 Kiev Ukraine
v.peterson@pinchuk-funds.com
Fax +38 044 390 5900
www.pinchuk-funds.com
Mobile +44 783 653 1052