I got your points & will remember it dearly =) I guess a lot of people out there are either not educated enough or simply blind by greediness. I hope that anyone before plunging into a online transaction is to learn through other people’s lesson & tips, so as to learn to be wiser and not fallen under a victim of its own.

Cheers,
All the best in your business!

Yes, I think there are legitimate wholesale companies and suppliers on Alibaba, but like with all formerly good things, evil do-ers like the scammers and spammers out there have made it hard to separate the good from the bad.

You can still find honest companies on Alibaba, but you’ll need to thoroughly do you detective homework. Remember, legitimate companies will rarely try to force you into immediate action. Honest companies understand the inherent fraud risks of conducting business online and will usually be very willing to provide substantial verification information of their authenticity. To avoid an Alibaba scam, you’ll need to make sure you thoroughly vet the company. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is…

Best of luck in the future!

I’ve sent a few letters to listed addresses before but the letters always bounced back to me due to failure of delivery receipt.

I don’t know about everyone else, but I personally refuse to do business with anyone who is not from the United States anymore. American laws do a substantially better job of protecting consumers from scams and illegal online activities.

French and English addresses are frequently used by scammers for some unexplained reason.

77 RUE DU SERGENT BLANDAN. 54000 - Nancy - France

Also i could publish the transferred receipt here. Where the destination into one of the bank in France.

I think scammer is around the world now. Perhaps on your country too.

My experience occurred a few years ago, but at the time I did manage to speak to him over the phone and threaten police action and criminal prosecution (empty threats obviously). I recall his voice clearly and couldn’t figure out what type of accent he had. He definitely was not American…the accent was just foreign…Indian almost. I remember him trying to avoid the conversation saying that he needed to travel to Singapore or something weird like that.

Yes I’ve Googled his name many times and have tried to figure out his identity but I can’t say for sure that one of those links is definitely him. I highly doubt he would be so dumb as to post photos and use his real name though.

Scammers…live and learn I suppose.

http://www.jakartaphotoclub.com/public/deviansyah/profile.php
http://www.fotografer.net/isi/galeri/index.php?xxthn=2007&page=11016
http://www.korantempo.com/korantempo/2007/07/17/Metro/krn,20070717,55.id.html

do you think you got scammed by photographer Raymond??? Exactly !! There are few names or even hundreds of deviansyah on the GOOGLE search. Which one is the right one?? each information should be responsible. otherwise others will be a victim of wrong information. Internet could using for free. But since its Free must be responsible also

I highly doubt that the individual you spoke to was from France. Most established European countries and the United States have little tolerance for scam activity and would crack down. I’m 99.99% positive your scammer is probably from Eastern Europe (Romania, Ukraine), Africa (English speaking countries like Nigeria), or South East Asia (Indonesia).

Unfortunately, there is little that you can do if the scammer is actually from one of those countries. I’ve heard of people visiting those countries to confront the scammer - not a good idea though. Oftentimes the experience can prove dangerous or fatal.

Feel free to post your e-mail conversations with this particular scammer - perhaps the most relevant segments at least. He’s a pretty convincing guy I’ll give that to him. Of course, I was blinded by greed at the time.

I actually find it sort of funny your suggestion that I am somehow trying to “corner” someone with my “fake information”. All I am trying to accomplish here is warn others of what had personally happened to me in the past by one unscrupulous online scammer from Alibaba.com

No one has to listen or heed my warnings or advice, but I’m trying to do a public service warning in case the same scam attempt ever happens again to anyone else in the future. By all accounts reflected in the comments, it appears others have fell for this particular scammer’s tricks and skills of persuasion as well.

I’m hoping that those who search in Google or Yahoo for the names: Deviansyah Kurniawan Manoch or Deviansyah K. Manoch will find their way here so that they can be forewarned.

You are correct that there are plenty of fake information sources and misleading articles online - but that’s why it’s important to use your own judgment as well.

You know, internet are using for free and people could saying a lots of things in internet. How to prevent from fake information? Somebody else please answer this questions. Who’s going to responsible for all of the article written on the internet?