Lovely plumage! Winebuyers Group Ltd – a phoenix rises
(Please note that this post is a work in progress with some additional material added in the next few days.) On 1st April 2021 (April Fools Day) the recently created (8th March 2021) Wine Buyers...
View ArticlePremier Capital Finance Ltd – Irish company cloned by fraudsters?
£ Invoice sent by 'Premier Capital Finance'to John B 19th August 2021 Underwritten guarantee from 'Premier Capital Finance' to John Bwith signature by...
View ArticleLondon City Vintners Ltd – incredible progress despite COVID
There are times when you just have to salute and admire the eye-watering progress made by a young company. Step forward Alex John Bond's London City Vintners Ltd. The company was formed on 19th August...
View ArticleStorage Resources – another advance fee fraud scam
On Friday I was contacted by WV, whose late father unfortunately bought a number of years ago some wine from scam investment companies. She had recently received a letter (see part below) sent to her...
View ArticleScam alert: Barrett Storage in Canning Town – another cloned bonded warehouse...
Scam Alert Warning If you are contacted by Barrett Storage or anyone associated with it put the phone down. It's a fake site. It's purpose could be to assist advance fee fraud. Barrett Storage,...
View ArticleShopping and staying local and safe during McCovid
As we head into the last two months of this strange year there is no sign of us 'turning the corner' in the fight against Covid-19 as the deadly joker in the White House likes to claim. Instead,...
View ArticleWarning scam cloned site: Fidelity International
Scam Alert Yesterday I received the email below from someone (JR) who had been emailed by 'Linda Parker' (almost certainly not her real name), an 'administrator' in the supposed 'Financial...
View ArticleMetropolitan Bond – another scam clone of the legitimate London City Bond site
NB: There are no miraculous stashes of wine left over from bust European Fine Wines. 'I can confirm that all the wine purchased by the Company has been sold and I am not awre of any wine held in bonded...
View ArticleBarkingside Premier Storage/TMT Investments: more cloning (Part 2)
Home page of the TMT Investments site the site is a scam using a company name that has also been cloned This second post on the Barkingside Premier Storage scam includes coverage of TMT Investments...
View ArticleWarning scam clone site: Barkingside Premier Storage
About us: Barkingside Premier Storage Last week I was contacted by a former client investor of now bust European Fine Wines who had been contacted and told that miraculously they had some additional...
View ArticleThe enduring myth of wine's exemption from CGT
From the UKV International AG site One of the signs of a dubious wine investment company is the bold claim that profits from wine investment are tax free in relation to capital gains tax. Unfortunately...
View ArticleCapstone Formations Ltd – a truly remarkable history! Compare and contrast
Traded £9.6 million worth of wine between 2013 and 2015!!It is always interesting to compare and contrast! The history of Capstone Formations Ltd by James Hutton, the company's director:He studied at...
View ArticleDow & Jones wound up in High Court – overpriced wine investments and stock...
Dow & Jones, a wine investment company that investdrinks has long warned against using, was would up in London's High Court on Tuesday 17th March. Wine was sold at double its value, much of the...
View ArticleMayfair Worldwide Trading etc: fraudsters jailed for duping wine investors...
Home page of Mayfair Worldwide Trading Ltd Mayfair Worldwide Trading Limited– 'Trusted Worldwide' !!!!Christopher Brummittcurrently on the run Press release: 5th April 2019'A group of fraudsters were...
View ArticleTwelve-by-Seventy-Five Ltd: in compulsory liquidation
Following a petition in the High Court London by three creditors it was ordered that the company – Twelve-by-Seventy-Five Ltd – be wound up. The order was made on 30th January 2019. The petition was...
View ArticleWine investment scams: Court success for Essex Police
Christopher Brummitt sought by Essex Police for skipping bail prior to sentencingAn update on Mayfair Worldwide Trading, Commodex Global and Winchester Associates involved in wine investment and...
View ArticleTwelve By Seventy Five Limited – exchange DRC for an unsaleable investment
Twelve By Seventy Five Ltd, now run by sole director Sultan Rashid, pride themselves on their expertise: 'We ensure your portfolio is expertly and reliably managed for the best results and keep in...
View ArticleMontevino Partners/ Spirited Ventures – police warning of possible recovery...
PS Escrow – about us Claiming 15 years experience but website set up in May 2018A warning from Hertfordshire Police's Serious Fraud and Cyper Unit has recently been sent to clients of the now failed...
View ArticleCrimson Fine Wines – two directors banned 20 years in total
Craig Cooper and Jefferey Kushner, the two directors of Crimson Fine Wines Ltd, which was closed in the public interest on 17th August 2015 in the High Court in London, have been banned from acting as...
View ArticleJancis Robinson MW and Nick Lander (Mr Jancis Robinson) do not sell wine!
Jancis Robinson MW @Montreux November 2014Warning to wine producers and négociants: Jancis Robinson MW is one of the world's leading wine communicators. However, neither she nor Nicholas Lander, the...
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