Scammer Award Organization: Global Business Insight Awards
We got an email from an agency in the crypto industry that has been scammed. They were contacted by Charlotte Abbott (probably a fake name) from the following business email:
charlotte@globalbusinessinsightawards2022.com
She told them that they have won Blockchain Development Agency of the year 2022 in their Global Business Insight Magazine and asked them to make a contribution to the organization if they wanted to.
1- Diamond Digital Package £75 — one only
· Main front cover image & headline
· Supporting front cover image & headline
· Two pages of editorial supplied by client
· Personalised Winners digital logo
2- Logo & Certificate Package — £15
Why not add a trophy or plaque?
· Crystal trophy £75
· Wall plaque £75
· A mounted Certificate £75
· Personalised digital logo £10
· Personalised winners’ certificate £10
3- Complimentary Media Package
· Copyright of your award
Instead of asking for the free Complimentary package, they wanted to support the organization and pay them for more promotional services. They paid for the Diamond Digital Package £75 to this Business bank account:
New Age Digital Media Ltd
CITIBANK EUROPE PLC
IE39CITI99005171023066
CITIIE2XXXX
Once they made the payment, they kept telling them that they will announce the winners the next day, then the next week, then two weeks later, etc. They were probably buying more time to scam tons of other businesses. Then they just disappeared and stopped answering their emails totally.
Their website: http://www.gbimagazine.com/
Another website: https://www.global-businessinsight.com/
So I guess the real company behind the scam is New Age Digital Media Ltd. They are a registered company apparently, it seems that they operate in England.
Here are a few articles about other agencies announcing that they won and linked one of the domains above in their article. I guess they jumped the gun with this announcement before they realized they were scammed when the actual awards weren't distributed:
https://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/target-river-earns-award-as-best-target-marketing-company-of-2022
https://increasily.com/increasily-wins-global-business-insight-awards-2022/
