Fraud alert: Dubai International Blockchain Summit Scammed our 2.16 Bitcoin

[Inno_ASIC]

Fraud alert: Dubai International Blockchain Summit Scammed our 2.16 Bitcoin

The organizers of so-called Dubai International Blockchain Summit are cheaters, liars and criminals https://dibs.ae/ . (Here after referred to as DIBS) DIBS double charged our sponsor fee and denied to refunding even they promised they will.

(DIBS’s promise to refund)

We paid them through both Bitcoin and wire transfer. Firstly, DIBS claimed that the wire transfer was not completed, and induced us to pay through Bitcoin again with promise that they will refund back the amount of Bitcoin once they confirmed the wire transfer.

（Captures of Innosilicon’s Bitcoin payment）

Later on, we proved to DIBS that the wire transfer was confirmed, but the so-called co-organizers of DIBS--- Alaa Mohra (Tel: +971 508800842/ Email: alla@dibs.ae)
and Yaser Mohra (Tel:+971-505055001) completely disappeared. We tried to contact them many times, but, they took the double charged money, went on hiding and won’t respond anymore, which is a classic criminal fraud behavior.

(No response to refund)

Now this case is being filed for Dubai police station, and we are prosecuting them.
At the same time, we would like to alert the whole community that DIBS is cheaters, liars and criminals. They should not be tolerated, and they will be punished.

Innosilicon Marketing Team

PS: Supplementary Evidences--- Innosilicon confirmed the wire transfer to DIBS:

 

(Smart servr electronics limited is the Hongkong branch of Innoslicon)

[drmilind2004]

I would like to know on what basis you decided to participate as a sponsor at this event? What was the lure?

One of my associates received a connection request (and invite to sponsor, exactly like yours) from a Business Development Executive of theirs on LinkedIn, so we investigated further. All of their salespeople on Linkedin are female, with presentable profile pics, and impeccable academic credentials traceable to Ivy League or top US Colleges. We suspected something was amiss when we initiated correspondence, and received monosyllabic responses to our detailed queries, something unexpected from a 'Stanford alumnus'!

Hope you divulge some more meat, and other folk join in with their own experiences. If not for your post above, DIBS seems like a 'respectable' blockchain event that we'd have (un)happily wasted money on.

[St4yInTh3D4rk]

I think it needs to be moved to the scam accusation section where other people may come to know about that site or project and can stay away from it.MOve option can be found in the lower bottom left side.

[buwaytress]

Definitely for Scam Accusation section... Move it there.

The website's been suspended apparently, so couldn't look it up myself. Should have done a bit of due diligence. Hopefully you can at least get your wired money back, bank should do that quite easily with the police report.

Seems like we've got a new breed of scam here. Good to be wary now of all these new superstar startups churning out these luxury blockchain conferences. Conferences are the new way to network and drum up support for token sales or conclude private sale rounds, and guys like CoinDesk now make almost all their money from organising events, moving away from advertorials. I guess the scammers have picked up on this.

[LeGaulois]

Hey, you were too late to join it. On August 9th they emailed you to sent the 2.16 BTC but it was the day of the summit. Even on August 8, the speaker list was already closed and set up.
Since now I suppose it's too late because everyone left the house since. Even their website left the house