Tips and Tricks from Cambodia

March 20, 2018

I'll start with a short warning story first, then the details later.

Simply do not hire Ashima Khanna or Rohit Kishore for any content writing or SEO work for writing any articles or for SEO work because these guys from DigiSolution Services would blast your sites with spammy links until Google penalizes your site once you leave a bad rating on her UpWork profile. My case was that I left a 4.4 star rating and with a feedback as below:

Also, you will know how I discovered Ashima Khanna and Rohit Kishore as the same person in the bottom of this article.

Look at his face, Remember this Indian's face Rohit Kishore

Below is the review I left on Ashima Khanna's Upwork (Same person to Rohit Kishore).

Who would know that leaving an honest feedback result in revenge? Under a different name, she came to my facebook profile and sent me a private message that my another site is under an attack.

msg to me in facebook messenger
Coming to do blackhat on my site? This is an absolute bad person and bad company DigiSolution Services to hire. You delivered a low quality work, but expect a 5-star rating?

Simply block out this company and their people. Well, she used another name to send me private messages in facebook to alert that my site is under attack. Above is one screenshot, and
below more screenshot to prove that he did send spammy links to my sites.

Now let's talk about her work quality. The last assignment was to write about baby registry. To begin with she copied and paste the intro from another blog just like that.
You can also find this statement "Congratulations! you are pregnant!" on momtricks.com. So, leaving 4.4 star rating was a bargain already. I did not leave 1-star rating which was her luck.

This was her second assignment from me and the first one for her was to write Best Baby Nail Clipper. That was the first work I assigned to her; and it's important for you to remember this first assignment because the following screenshots will make you know clearly that even she used another name to attack me, still I'm pretty sure that was her.

Back to after I block her in UpWork, she/he used another name to contact me and my wife in facebook. Anuraag Das is just another facebook profile belong to him. His real profile is Rohit Kishore who came to spam my site after receiving 4.4 star rating in Upwork.

also sent msg to my wife in messenger
Here comes the first message from a stranger I never talked to. What Ashima/Rohit meant was that she published the article I hired her to write in her own blogspot blog. That was my case and she later deleted the blog post. Well, I doubt if other posts in the blog was the result of leaving her low star rating in UpWork. You may check the blog if one of the articles belong to yours.

(Update 21.03.2018: Today I checked and found that he/she re-posted the two articles delivered to me in that blog.) 

He/she might delete later because he deleted once, now reposted. 

http://theblogsabouteverything.blogspot.in/2018/03/7-best-baby-nail-files-and-baby-nail.html

Post before deleted
Later deleted the blogpost so UpWork won't know
Even she deleted the blogpost. So, who knows that she wouldn't post my article elsewhere? 

Anyway, this was not the only thing she did. She also spammed my site as her warning in chat. I did not printscreen all of them, but here are two of them. 

And here is another website comment I received today in wordpress site. So, as you can see. If you happen to hire her or her agency, you are obligated to leave a five star rating or else don't hire any one of them at all - DigiSolution Services in UpWork

Later, I unblocked her in Upwork to talk more; but she pretended that she knows nothing and did not send me any messages in facebook, did not spam my site. She did not do anything to my sites. Well, I am not afraid of their blackhat tactics. The problem is that I'll need to spend time checking and disavow bad links every week. Sigh.  




She even said that I came back to blackmail her? LOL I did not even talk about the $25 that I spent. Well, $25 is nothing. Not meaning to blackmail him/her for such a small amount. Even UpWork gives it to you, I don't care.

Just stay away from these people their agency DigiSolutions Services. 

Update on March 20, 2018:
Now it is pretty obvious that Ashima Khanna is a male. So, she cheated in Upwork.

Come read the screenshot below.

Updated evening of March 20, 2018:
Today I browsed through the facebook posts by DigiSolution Services and found a share to a blog, that was to a web site. I went into that blog and read the Contact me page, and it took me to Rohit Kishore facebook profile.

So, I sent that guy a message "So, this is you". And look at his reply LOL
So, finally, it revealed that Ashima Khanna (UpWork) and Anuraag Das (random person who sent me facebook message is actually an Indian Rohit Kishore in facebook and this guy kept cursing me everywhere, yet pretend to be so nice in UpWork because he knows that UpWork will use the nice tone of conversation that he has to fight in dispute.

So, now we know whom not to hire because this idiot Rohit Kishore would blast your site with spammy links if you happen to rate his service lower than 5 stars.

Have a look at the mughot and screenshots below:
This idiot would spam your site if you rate his service lower than 5 stars.








January 31, 2018

I and my wife were making a decision on what hotel to book for our trip in Bangkok during the Chinese New Year 2018. We plan to stay there for 4 nights. 

I was on my laptop seeing price of D Varee Hotel Xpress Makkasan at $41 per night, while my wife was on Agoda app of her iPhone and the price shown was $29. So, this is lesson number 1- Price on Agoda app could be cheaper. 

Later, my wife tried checking the $29 per night, we tried to change the date back and forth, whether we should book 4 night in one booking or separate booking. We found that the first two nights could be grouped together and the price would be $29 per night, while the other two nights could be grouped together and the price would be $41. Thus, we could save some money. 

While if I happen to view from my laptop, it is $41 per night, no matter what day I want to choose among the 4 nights in total. Lesson learned - try grouping the dates you might pay less because if you want to do only one booking, they would flatten the rate by using the highest rate $41. 

Separate bookings, make up to $878.88
So, after making separate bookings, the total that I spent was $878.88 for 4 night and 6 rooms. 
Well, I just wanted you to understand the concept. For the math, please excuse me. You probably try to calculate and find an error then consider my information misleading. At least, the trick worked for me.

January 3, 2018

លោក ជិន ជ័យណារ៉ា ម្ចាស់ផលិតកម្ម Star Film Cambodia (ឈ្មោះក្នុងហ្វេសប៊ុកគឺ "ភាពយន្ត និងកសិកម្ម") ជាមនុស្សបោកប្រាស់ និងគេចវេសពីកាតព្វកិច្ចកិច្ចសន្យា នេះបើតាមបទពិសោធន៍ខ្ញុំ ដែលគាត់មិនព្រមសងលុយ ៦០០ដុល្លារអោយខ្ញុំនោះទេ។ តោះ មុននឹងអានពត៌មានបន្ថែម សូមមើលមុខគាត់អោយចាំសិន

ថ្មីៗនេះ គាត់បានប្លក់ខ្ញុំក្នុងហ្វេសប៊ុក គេចវេស មិនសងលុយ ៦០០ដុល្លារ។​ តែមុននេះ គាត់បានសូមលើកការបង់ប្រាក់នេះពីមួយខែទៅ មួយខែ ខ្ញុំបានព្យាយាមយល់ពីគាត់ ដោយព្រមអោយគាត់ពន្យារពេល តែទ្រាំលែងបាន ក្រោយពេលគាត់គេចវេសរហូត។

ខ្ញុំអាចពន្យល់បានថាប្រាក់ ៦០០ដុល្លារ នេះកើតចេញពីណាខ្លះដូចខាងក្រោម៖ 

- ប្រាក់២០០ ដុល្លារគឺកើតចេញពីការដែលគាត់មានកាតព្វកិច្ចលាបពណ៌ផ្ទះខ្ញុំអោយមានសភាពដូចដើមវិញ ក្រោយពេលជួល។ ព្រោះនេះជាអ្វីដែលបានចែងក្នុងកិច្ចសន្យា គឺត្រូវធ្វើអោយមានសភាពដើមវិញ ក្រោយពេលជួល។ ខ្ញុំមិនបានទាមទារអោយគាត់ជួលជាងមកលាបអោយសវិញនោះទេ ហើយក៏មិនបានទាមទារច្រើនហួសហេតុដែរ សូមត្រឹមអោយសង២០០ដុល្លារ ដើម្បីខ្ញុំរកជាងមកលាបជាន់ផ្ទាល់ដីទាំងមូល។ បានន័យថាវានឹងអស់ច្រើនជាងនេះ តែខ្ញុំសូមគាត់ត្រឹមប៉ុណ្ណឹង ខ្ញុំនឹងចេញលុយបន្ថែម។ គាត់យល់ព្រម ហើយលើកពីមួយខែទៅមួយខែ និយាយដដែលថា បើមាននឹងអោយហើយ។ ខ្ញុំក៏ធ្លាប់សួរគាត់ដែរថា បើមានត្រឹម១០០ដុល្លារ អោយ១០០សិនក៏បាន ព្រោះមើលទៅវាយ៉ាប់ពេក។ តែគាត់នៅតែមិនផ្ញើអោយ។
បងអាចមើលរូបភាព SMS និង Messenger ខាងក្រោម គឺគាត់ព្រមអោយ។ តែប្រហែលរាប់ឆ្នាំទៀតទើបសង រកវិធីស៊ីដាច់តែម្តង។
- ១០០ដុល្លារកើតចេញពីថ្លៃភ្លើងដែលគាត់នៅតាំងពីខែបីមកហើយមិនបង់។ EDC បានកាត់ភ្លើងផ្ទះជួលនោះយូរហើយ ដោយគាត់មិនបានបង់នោះទេ ហើយគាត់បានរើទៅនៅផ្ទះជួលគាត់មួយទៀតក្បែរនោះ។ ក្រោយពួកគាត់រើចេញ ខ្ញុំបានទៅបង់ដើម្បីភ្ជាប់ភ្លើងវិញ គឺអស់៣៩៥០០រៀល។
លុយភ្លើងកំឡុងពេលជួល ដែលគាត់មិនបង់រាប់ខែ
- និងប្រាក់ ៣០០ដុល្លារទៀតកើតចេញពីថ្លៃទឹកតាំងពីជួលផ្ទះមកគឺគាត់មិនបង់។ ខ្ញុំបានសួរគាត់រកក្រដាសទឹក ក្រដាសភ្លើងតែគាត់ថាអត់មាន ហើយបានអះអាងថាចាំគាត់បង់។ តើចាំដល់ពេលណា? រហូតដល់ថ្ងៃ០៣ ខែ១ ឆ្នាំ២០១៨ បានទទួលក្រដាសទឹកថ្មី ទើបដឹងថា អស់ដល់១លាន២សែនជាង (៣០០ដុល្លារ) សរុបគឺខាតអស់ ៦០០​ដុល្លារ 
លុយបង់ទឹកក្នុងកំឡុងពេលជួលដែលគាត់មិនបង់

គឺគាត់ចេញទៅទាំងមិនបង់ទឹកភ្លើងអ្វីទាំងអស់ នេះគឺមិនមែនអត់បង់ខែចុងក្រោយទេ គឺអត់បង់តាំងពីដើមតែម្តង។ ហើយកាតព្វកិច្ចសន្យាអ្វីក៏មិនខ្វល់។ 

បើនិយាយពីកាលនៅជួលវិញ ខែណាក៏ដូចខែណា សន្ទនាខ្ញុំនឹងគាត់ គឺទារលុយជួលប្រចាំខែ ដោយគាត់លើកយ៉ាងហោចណាស់ក៏បីដងដែរ ទើបបានបង់ថ្លៃជួល ខែខ្លះអាចដល់ថ្ងៃ២០ទើបបង់អោយ។

តែរហូតដល់ខែ១១ ឆ្នាំ២០១៧ ខ្ញុំបានអោយកូនចៅគាត់រើចេញពីផ្ទះខ្ញុំ ដោយឃើញថាទ្រាំលែងបាននឹងការបង់យឺតយ៉ាវ។
ក្រោយមកទៀត ខ្ញុំបានដឹងថា ផ្ទះមួយទៀតដែលគាត់ជួលនោះ គឺគាត់អត់បង់លុយដូចគ្នា រហូតដល់ម្ចាស់ផ្ទះគេចាក់សោរម៉ូតូកូនចៅគាត់ជាប់នៅក្នុងនោះ។ ទាល់តែគាត់បានយកលុយមកបង់គេ ទើបគេអោយម៉ូតូនោះវិញ។

- រូបភាពខាងក្រោម គឺផ្ទះដែលខ្ញុំបានជួលអោយគាត់ ហើយខ្ញុំបានព្រមអោយគាត់លាបផ្កាឈូកបែបនេះ ក្រោមលក្ខខណ្ឌដែលចែងក្នុងកិច្ចសន្យា ដោយលាបពណ៌ដើមវិញពេលឈប់ជួល តែគាត់បានដាក់មេប្រ៉ូចបាត់។ នេះមិនទាន់និយាយពីបន្ទប់ទឹកខូចគ្រប់បន្ទប់ទេ ជួសជុលនឹងអស់ច្រើន ក្រោយពួកគាត់ជួលហើយ។ បើចង់បានរូបភាព ក្នុងផ្ទះក្រោយពេលជួល ថាបំផ្លាញយ៉ាងណា ចាំខ្ញុំបន្ថែមអោយតាមក្រោយ។


- រូបភាព SMS ទារលុយប៉ុន្មានខែចុងក្រោយ 



- ផ្ញើសារតាម Messenger ក៏ទារលុយ តែមិនដែលខ្ចីអោយ លេសមួយលានលេស ឥលូវប្លក់ខ្ញុំចោលបាត់ :D






- រូបភាពខាងក្រោម គឺកិច្ចសន្យាជួលផ្ទះខ្ញុំ






បើបងអានចប់ហើយ នៅរកស៊ីជាមួយគាត់ទៀត ក៏តាមយថាកម្មបងចុះ។


April 23, 2017

John Elliott Quarrie, the company formation scammer, remains at large

Reading to avoid this scam. Scam alert, people! 

This post will explain to you how I lost $500 to scammer John Elliott Quarrie and this post is to compile complaints against John Elliott Quarrie so that we together can file a complaint to UK fed.

If you are a victim of John's, please submit your evidence and all relevant conversation to vtconcloud@gmail.com.

By April 22, 2017, I have found two other people (Bony and Narola) who had been scammed by John Elliott Quarrie. 

How I met scammer John Elliott Quarrie: 

I had posted in my blog that I could help local Khmer people withdraw their money via Paypal since in Cambodian people can't receive and withdraw money from Paypal. I charge little % for that service. That scammer John Elliott Quarrie had read the service and sent me the below email on February 26, 2016.


After that email, we also chatted in Whatsapp and Skype, he tried to explain what he does for a living, then I got to know more about him, built trust and that's how I fell into his scam believing that this guy is real. He sent me a copy of his ID card matching his pictures, and I know his local telephone number and knew he stayed in Hang Tep hotel, in Siem Reap. So, I totally believed him.

Before that $500 transaction, he called my mobile number and asked me whether I could help him withdraw $500 daily or $6k a week and he tried to explain his business models. So, it sounds so nice well who does not want the % of $500 daily.

Lucky enough, I did the job only one time and have realized this is a scam. What John did was to ask me to request for payment in Paypal from Bony, who owns Tech United 247 and who later I realized was another victim of this scammer John Elliott Quarrie. Bony had to pay $1550 as a part of the agreement with John before offering service to John's company. $1000 was sent to John via credit card and $550 was sent to John via Paypal (my paypal account)

I requested for payment from Bony in Paypal as commanded by John. Bony then sent $550 (deduct $25 paypal transfer fee) to me and I forwarded $500 to John Elliott Quarrie via eMoney (local money transfer). Why only $500? Because I had received only $525 and I had to charge my % service fee and thus, I forwarded $500 via eMoney to John. John used the hotel manager to be the receipient of the emoney transaction. Thus, the Khmer hotel manager came to pick up payment from emoney and confirmed receive.

All was okay and looked like a normal deal I used to do for other people. It was quiet for about a week. Then, on March 9, Bony sent another email to John and kept me in the loop.

By then, Bony mentioend that John Elliott Quarrie had stopped responding to Bony, and Bony who sent me the $550 later filed for a refund in Paypal since John had scammed him. Not only this $550, but Bony also filed for a chargeback at his credit card company for his other $1000.

I do not mind Bony when he requested for a refund in Paypal, since he was also a victim and he just wanted all his money back. I explained to Bony a few times until he believed that I am not a scammer although I received money on John behalf and I only earned my % and I should not lose $500 for nothing. Bony started to realize that we are both victim, pitied me and promised to offer $200 to compensate my loss by John the scammer. That means I still lost another $350 as the refund was $550.

Since Bony filed a dispute in Paypal asking for a refund, it was taking almost 10 days before Paypal decided whom to give the $550. By that time, John still responded to me and asked me to wait for the result in Paypal dispute. He kept saying that he is not a scammer and would be responsible for my loss because it was his error. He would return the $550 to me. At the same time, he also tried to explain to me about his businesses and asked me to work for his LiveNews5. I'm pretty sure this guy only waited for another chance to scam me more.

I kept on chatting with John in Skype as I had to wait for Paypal dispute result. I also begged John to return my $500 in advance so that I could afford the expense of my family until the end of April. You see, I'm begging for my own money. I also mentioned that I would return John another $500 if I win the Paypal dispute and if I don't win, I'll just keep the money since he said he is responsible for his error, but he did not agree and asked me to wait for the Paypal result and report to him.

On April 20, 2017, Paypal released the result in favor to Bony. Thus, I sent two emails to John and also asked him in Skype. By now he does not respond.

So, John no longer replied to both me and Bony. Is he a scammer yet? Yes, he took my $500 and he was trying to take $1500 from Bony. Absolutely, yes he is a shameless 50 years old British scammer.

During my waiting time, I also did research about John and found a few notorious work he had done before.

1. Forming companies to scam your money:
By now I have to explain to you more about John the scammer and his fake companies. His scam involves forming companies and gathering investors or techies to pay for contracts before working with him. I also heard complaints that he asked other to work but did not pay for service. Only later that I realized he opened and closed more than 97 companies.

Flexyhotels.com is a website that will never launch. John would explain to you the details about flexyhotels by sending you a Word file and also ask you to read a post in LinkedIn and it is so detailed that it somehow grabs your attention. It also shows how it interlinks to his other businesses and prove that it's going to work and once in a while would tell you it will launch next week, and that next week a few more times to come. On February 27, 2017, he said this FlexyHotels.com would launch next Monday but it didn't, a few more times until April 22, 2017, this website never takes off although he repeated his shitty words. This website is probably only to wait to get more investors or scam more people since he also sells shares of the company.

Each company below belong to John and it has its way to make money. He tried to get me to work for his LiveNews5 and explained that I would earn $10000 a month. LOL He himself said he used to be multi-millionaires. Really. Just another shameless British hiding in a foreign country.

More complaints in online forums about John Quarrie. 
This name has been scamming since 2004. Well, I'm not saying this is the same John. It's just coincidence enough, John mentioned in the link below scammed through investment, asking people to buy shares which is similar to Flexyhotels's concept, and the name happened to be John Quarrie. Just coincidence maybe, you decide. You will have to read link below to see the scam.

http://www.talkgold.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7813&page=3

Below is another forum way back in August 2004. Again, I'm not saying this is the same John Quarrie, but it happens to be the same name and people in the forum did mention about OrangeCheck which was similar to above post. One user also talked about buying shares and refund the share. Basically, it's the same thing as what he is promoting these days with his flexy hotels. Probably, not the same John, you decide.

http://www.moneymakergroup.com/MoneyBucketBIZ-t2058.html&st=30


A comment I found under real John Elliott Quarrie's LinkedIn post
Article posted by John Quarrie and commented by Narola Manish

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/do-you-stay-hotels-looking-holiday-well-free-john-quarrie


I then added Narola in Skype and chatted to him. He still did not get his money from John Elliott Quarrie and that happened back then in 2014.

After all, these negative comments about John Elliott Quarrie, be aware not to get into business with this shameless British scammer.


Scam alert!!! John Elliott Quarrie, British, born on October 19, 1967. Last known location: Hang Tep Hotel, Siem Reap, Cambodia. His telephone numb: +855 9657 592 45

WhatsApp: +855 9657 592 45

Photos of the scammer John Elliott Quarrie:



Photo of him in Hang Tep Hotel, Siem Reap
His Google+, Youtube Channel, his facebook John Stockwagon, LinkedIn,
Email:  facebook@stockwagon.com, calljunky@gmail.com, Skype ID: flexymoneyworld
Rocket Holding Ltd


References:
John is still quiet. Not being responsible for the lost money. 

I sent an email to Hang Tep hotel last night providing this post link for him to read and explained about John's scam. I also gave them my phone number if they want to talk.

Today at 09:00 AM, the hotel manager called me and also told me that John has owed the money to the hotel as he's been staying but has not paid the room fee. The manager called the police to make an agreement that he has to pay before packing and leave the hotel. So, by now you know he's still able to scam more people since he is not in jail.

The hotel manager also said that now John looks half-wit and hang out with gay friends. He will definitely ask John to leave when he has paid up. And I also explained to the manager about John's scam and about two other victims. 

Well, John is heading to that direction. 

Today I also sent email to the UK embassy and also contacted them in facebook page. No response from them in the email, but I got response in facebook.

 


02/05/2017 Update:
John talked to me on the day I posted this post and he asked me to delete this post and he would consider returning my $500.

He kept saying that he did not scam since Bony did not give John any money as John did not receive that $1,000 via credit card. John did not know what a chargeback mean.
He needs to see a successful scam to call it a scam. So, here if you read, John, it is called a failed attempt to scam. It's still scamming people though.

John told me to revert the post and I did. I reverted the post to draft once again until Saturday, April, 29, 2017 so he could arrange money to pay me. I gave him that chance. I also told him I would delete this post permanently if he returns my money. By Saturday, the 29th, he did not return the money.

He asked me to wait till Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017, so here is his second chance to return the $500 that he took from me. If he did not, then this post is back live.

John who keeps saying he is not a scammer but never wish to return my $500 that he took.




22/05/2017 Update:
John sent me update that he would send me $125 two or three times, to make it $550. However, he did not send me a cent. Since the day I reverted this post into draft, he kept telling me that he would return my money, but did not do it.

He even said he gave cash to his friend to send to me via e-money, but did not. At the end of the day, scammer is scammer.




Update September 14, 2017

On August 30, 2017, I knew more people who had been scammed by John. John continued to scam more people. He did not pay his web site developer Mr. Kumar. He is supposed to pay Mr. Kumar almost USD 2000 in total, but Kumar got nothing. Kumar developed flexyhotels.com for John, but didn't get paid. His friend who developed site for John also did not get paid.




September 27, 2016

Look what I've found today! I found another victim through google search result when I typed "John Elliott". He changed the hompage of http://1dronepilot.com/ to this!

Funny, isn't it?