Department for Social Development
Complaint 126189 Details

  • Date Occurred: 05/26/2014
  • Reported Damages: $500.00

The complaint is against an online dating profile

The complaint is a listing fraud posted on public forums or sites against an anonymous entity

The complaint is mobile text spam or smishing related against an anonymous entity

The company or person contact no longer exists

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Date may 7,2012


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Date may 6 2012

Thanks for the address, the invitation letter is under processing, while waiting for it, we will like you to apply for a crime satisfaction letter from the Department of Social Development.

Please contact the address below.

Véronique Miró Quesada
Department for Social Development
+44-702-402-2374
www.dsdni.gov.uk
[email protected]

Regards,

Michael Johnson
DGC Records
A&R Department
Téléphone /Telephone : +44-702 401 4011
www.dgcrecords.com
[email protected]


Date may 5,2012


Hello Paul Brown,

Your information’s has been forwarded to our legal department to start the preparation of your traveling documents, and the arrangement of your Flight Ticket,

I will like you to send me your mailing address once again and also we will like to get the 40% of the air ticket charges, so we can have all the files send in one parcel.

Await your response.

Regards,

Michael Johnson
DGC Records
A&R Department
Téléphone /Telephone : +44-702 401 4011
www.dgcrecords.com
[email protected]


Date may 5,2012

Also i will like to know if you or your artist have any bad crime background please get back to me asap

Regards,

Michael Johnson
DGC Records
A&R Department
Téléphone /Telephone : +44-702 401 4011
www.dgcrecords.com
[email protected]


Date may 5,2012

Sorry the signal is poor, like i was saying we will prepare the invitation letter and also have it stamped by the British Immigration for easy accesses to obtain his visa without any stress, we will also make the flight reservation/ticket and have it send to you along with the official invitation letter, so once you are ready please get back me with the 40% so we can proceed.

Regards,

Michael Johnson
DGC Records
A&R Department
Téléphone /Telephone : +44-702 401 4011
www.dgcrecords.com
[email protected]


Date may 5,2012

Thanks for the informations you sent to us, i am asking if your artist will be needing visa to enter into the united kingdom,please get back to me asap.

Regards,

Michael Johnson
DGC Records
A&R Department
Téléphone /Telephone : +44-702 401 4011
www.dgcrecords.com
[email protected]



Date May 4,2012

Hello Paul Brown,

Thanks for your email, we receive the flight rate so therefor the company will cover 60% of this fee for you, so please get back to me so we can proceed.

Regards,

Michael Johnson
DGC Records
A&R Department
Téléphone /Telephone : +44-702 401 4011
www.dgcrecords.com
[email protected]


Date may 3 2012

Hello Brown,

Thanks for your information i will like to inform you that your entry was sucessfully, please check the cost of your flight ticket down to the United Kingdom for the audition and get back to us with the cost.

We look forward to hear from you ASAP.

Regards,

Michael Johnson
DGC Records
A&R Department
Téléphone /Telephone : +44-702 401 4011
www.dgcrecords.com
[email protected]



April 26, 2012

Dear Artists,

We are DGC Records, a registered label; we have been operating with great success in the music industry in bringing up many young and talented upcoming artists. For now we really need some new artists in all kind of genre, for some new deal, we check through your profile and your songs, and we found interest in them. So we will like to invite you to our audition which will be coming up in UK on the 27th July, 2012.

You can reach the director on the following as we will like to hear more of your songs and know about you and your group (if available).

Michael Johnson
DGC Records
A&R Department
T +44-702 401 4011
www.dgcrecords.com
[email protected]


Regards,

DGC Records



Date June 15,2012

We are not aware of this

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First name: Paul
Last name: Brown
Email: [email protected]
Country: USA

Message:
Can you please let me know if this person is associated with your company. Michael Johnson DGC Records A&R Department Téléphone /Telephone : +44-702 401 4011 www.dgcrecord [email protected] P.S He called stating he is interesting in my Artist out of Jamaica W.I
Yes, it's all highly suspect. A major record label would not make such requests of prospective artists.

UMG Privacy Officer

From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:53:12 +0100
To: Privacy Officer <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: UMG Privacy Inquiry Form

Thank you for your reply. I send $400 BET dollars doing background Check for both me and my artist "Prropa Ting".
So I quest the background check was a scam too!. WOW

Thanks
Sent from my Android phone on T-Mobile. America’s first nationwide 4G network.
----- Reply message -----
From: "Privacy Officer" <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: UMG Privacy Inquiry Form
Date: Mon, Jun 11, 2012 11:58 am

Thank you for contacting Universal Music Group's privacy office.

We do not have any record of anyone named Michael Johnson working for Universal Music Group, and have received other inquiries such as yours which leads us to believe that this might be a scam.
We have forwarded your inquiry to the appropriate group within UMG responsible for the DGC Records label for their ongoing investigation.

Kind regards,
UMG Privacy Officer

From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 00:54:01 +0100
To: Privacy Officer <[email protected]>
Subject: UMG Privacy Inquiry Form


This inquiry was sent via UMG's Privacy Office Inquiry at http://privacypolicy.umusic.com/email

First name: Paul
Last name: Brown
Email: [email protected]
Country: USA

Message:
Can you please let me know if this person is associated with your company. Michael Johnson DGC Records A&R Department Téléphone /Telephone : +44-702 401 4011 www.dgcrecord [email protected] P.S He called stating he is interesting in my Artist out of Jamaica W.I Thanks Paul Brown Date June 11,2012

Thank you for contacting Universal Music Group's privacy office.

We do not have any record of anyone named Michael Johnson working for Universal Music Group, and have received other inquiries such as yours which leads us to believe that this might be a scam.
We have forwarded your inquiry to the appropriate group within UMG responsible for the DGC Records label for their ongoing investigation.

Kind regards,
UMG Privacy Officer

From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 00:54:01 +0100
To: Privacy Officer <[email protected]>
Subject: UMG Privacy Inquiry Form


This inquiry was sent via UMG's Privacy Office Inquiry at http://privacypolicy.umusic.com/email

First name: Paul
Last name: Brown
Email: [email protected]
Country: USA

Message:
Can you please let me know if this person is associated with your company. Michael Johnson DGC Records A&R Department Téléphone /Telephone : +44-702 401 4011 www.dgcrecord [email protected] P.S He called stating he is interesting in my Artist out of Jamaica W.I Thanks


Date June 12,2012

Hello Paul Brown,

I will like to know if your receive my message.

Await your confirmation.

Regards,

Michael Johnson
DGC Records
A&R Department
Téléphone /Telephone : +44-702 401 4011
www.dgcrecords.com
[email protected]


Date June 9,2012

Hello Paul Brown,

After speaking to the management about this is,i am sorry to inform you that you will have to cover this expenses, since they can only offer assistance in respect to the traveling ticket only.

So please get back to me ASAP so we can proceed.

Regards,

Michael Johnson
DGC Records
A&R Department
Téléphone /Telephone : +44-702 401 4011
www.dgcrecords.com
[email protected]

Date may 5,2012

Thanks for your email,the documents has been confirmed, i will also like to inform you that we have commence with the Visa request from the Home Office we will keep you updated.

Regards,

Michael Johnson
DGC Records
A&R Department
Téléphone /Telephone : +44-702 401 4011
www.dgcrecords.com
[email protected]

Date may 4,2012

Hello Paul Brown

Your documents has been sent to our legal department to commence with the processing of your Artist Visa, but i will like to inform you that there are some charges like Visa and also the passport of your artist has expired. In respect to that the company expect you to cover all visa processing charges requested by the UK Immigration Service.

Please get back to me for confirmation before proceeding.

Regards,

Michael Johnson
DGC Records
A&R Department
Téléphone /Telephone : +44-702 401 4011
www.dgcrecords.com
[email protected]


Date may 31,2012

Hello Paul Brown,

Your crime records are ok, we will forward it to our legal department to commence with the visa processing of your artist.

Regards,

Michael Johnson
DGC Records
A&R Department
Téléphone /Telephone : +44-702 401 4011
www.dgcrecords.com
[email protected]



Date may 31,2012

Hello Daniel,

Your crime records are ok, we will forward it to our legal department to commence with the visa processing of your artist.

Regards,

Michael Johnson
DGC Records
A&R Department
Téléphone /Telephone : +44-702 401 4011
www.dgcrecords.com
[email protected]

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Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 17:00:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: paul brown <[email protected]>
Reply-To: paul brown <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Hello Mr.Paul Brown
To: Department for Social Development <[email protected]>
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
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Date may 30, 2012

Hello Paul Brown,

Attached is the crime satisfaction letters of you and your colleague.

If you have any questions feel free to contact us.

Regards,

Véronique Miró Quesada
Department for Social Development
+44-702-402-2374
www.dsdni.gov.uk
[email protected]


Date may 29,2012

Thanks for your email, we will send your documents to you asap

Regards,

Véronique Miró Quesada
Department for Social Development
+44-702-402-2374
www.dsdni.gov.uk
[email protected]

Date may 28,2012


Hello Mr.Paul Brown,

This is to inform you that your crime satisfaction letters are ready. we will have the documents send to you tomorrow

Regards,

Véronique Miró Quesada
Department for Social Development
+44-702-402-2374
www.dsdni.gov.uk
[email protected]


Date may 11,2012
Hello Brown,

This is to notify you that we receive your payment, and your crime background verification will commence from on Monday.

We will keep you inform.

Regards,

Véronique Miró Quesada
Department for Social Development
+44-702-402-2374
www.dsdni.gov.uk
[email protected]


Date may10, 2012

Hello Brown,

Please kindly send us the below information of the transfer:

Sender's Name:
Sender's Address:

Await your ressponse.

Regards,

Véronique Miró Quesada
Department for Social Development
+44-702-402-2374
www.dsdni.gov.uk
[email protected]



Date may 10,2012

Hello Brown,

This is to inform you that we have made a refund of your payment,please we will like you to make the complete charges so we can proceed with your verification

Regards,

Véronique Miró Quesada
Department for Social Development
+44-702-402-2374
www.dsdni.gov.uk
[email protected]




Date may 9, 2012

Hello Brown,

I will like to inform you that we received some payment from you, in respect to your crime background check and that of your partner also, but unfortunately the payment is not complete below are the estimated charges for your application.

ESTIMATE :

?150 GBP x 2 applications = ?300 GBP
Conversion Rate: ?300GBP = $485USD { www.oanda.com/currency/converter/ }

Amount received from you via PayPal = $194.86 USD

Balance: 485USD - $194.86 USD =$290.14 USD

Total Balance: $290.14 USD

Await your urgent response and reconfirmation.

Regards,

Véronique Miró Quesada
Department for Social Development
+44-702-402-2374
www.dsdni.gov.uk
[email protected]





Date may 8, 2012

Hello Brown,

This is to inform you that we received your docments and it is under processing.So therefore we will like you to send us the verification charges so we can proceed. Below is our payment information.

Paypal: [email protected]

You can also make your payment via Western Union to:
Receivers Name: Véronique Miró Quesada
Recievers Address: 1 Hillman Street, Hackney, London, E8 1DY.

Please confirm with us once the payment has been made,attached is my ID for verification if needed by you.

Regards,

Véronique Miró Quesada
Department for Social Development
+44-702-402-2374
www.dsdni.gov.uk
[email protected]







Date may 7, 2012

Hello Brown,

Thanks for contact Department for Social Development.

Following your request attached is the crime questionnaire form, please fill it carefully and to the best of your knowledge before sending it back via email, with the required documents below:

REQUIREMENTS:

Passport Photograph
Valid Identity Card

INSTRUCTIONS:

Verification is free to all British. National .
International applicant attract verification fee of ?150 GBP.
Incomplete application will be rejected.
False Statements and documents will be rejected.
Crime Questionnaire Form should be completed individual and should be submitted with the above requirements.
Verification take 2weeks from the date of submission and all verification is done by the homeland state security Agencies.

Once i get the form and the above requirement i will send you our account information so we can proceed.

Regards,

Véronique Miró Quesada
Department for Social Development
+44-702-402-2374
www.dsdni.gov.uk
[email protected]
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I filled out two forms, With both my artist and myself personal information on both forms. SS#,TRN# ADDRESS, DATE OF BIRTH’S, PHONES#….ect

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