What happened:: Fake CEO, and possibly a fake project allegedly being operated in the Philippines.
Scammers Profile Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2193481Reference Link: ANN -
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Additional Notes: Point # 1 : Fake CEO
Fake Name: Demetrius Vallas, a Greek national who allegedly have a project operating in the Philippines with partnership to taxi companies like Grab (Uber-like company in the Philippines)
Real Identity: Dmitry De Mitro, a Russian actor/singer working for a video production company.
Link to their service ad
hereTechnically this dude is literally no one, until his name was credited on a
short film found in Youtube that he was in with a production company. There is also a
video of him being interviewed on Russian television.
Point # 2: Ghost company/project not really operating under the Philippines
The company, Transport Advertising Network (TACHAIN), only has 4 employees based on their Linked in
profile and none of them are currently situated in the Philippines.
Aside from that their only known contact with a transportation company, Grab Philippines, is only through a tweet showing interest of a partnership. Other than that there are no official news followed up or any physical changes within Grab's services showing that they are partnered up with Tachain or any kind of advertising network.
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