Inside the mind of a serial liar – and a new company name!

The tactics of scammers Cristian Mihai and Alin Chiriac remind me of the time when I investigated a case which involved a husband who cheated his wife out of all her assets. He would sleep with other women, rape one woman (about which we found video evidence), have several secret bank accounts, ten or more

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Search engines bring the Chiriac/Mihai Saga to the front page

Here are the results for Google, Yahoo, and AltaVista searches for the terms ‘Alin Chiriac’ and ‘Cristian Mihai’. It seems that the world does want to know about these con men. The only thing they can do next is change their name. But someone will find them and we will tell you about them. This

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Banks, Paypal, and Elance have joined the fight

Good news. Banks, Elance, and Paypal are now investigating the conduct of Alin Chriac and Cristian Mihai of Twenty.ro.

Some good outcomes have been achieved. A lot more to do.

Thanks to the efforts of readers who have come together to tell their stories, better information was furnished to these insitutions who will no doubt find out

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Spreading the news about Alin Chiriac and Cristian Mihai

It seems that the unethical and disgraceful behaviour of Cristian Mihai and Alin Chiriac is of interest to a lot of people.

Last year, an ad-agency executive was speaking with me about social networking sites. He was explaining how amazed he was at how quickly news travels through viral means. He pulled out his iPhone and

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Staff members speak up about Cristian Mihai and Alin Chiriac

Every day we receive new information about Alin Chiriac and Cristian Mihai, the failed con-men who have no problems lying and cheating anyone and everyone, from clients to staff to Elance to Paypal.

Last week we received a long note and a fantastic description of how Cristian Mihai had conducted himself badly by lying to

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Would the real Alin Chiriac and Cristian Mihai please stand up?

If you are going to lie, be sure it’s a good one. Bad lies destroy your credibility. There is a slang expression in Australia that says, ‘Stone the crows’. This means:

‘Bloody hell

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Elance rating for Alin Chiriac and Cristian Mihai of Adevox and Twenty

Here is a snapshot of an Elance interaction between Adevox/Twenty and a client.

Elance rating for Alin Chiriac and Cristian Mihai of Adevox and Twenty

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Another victim points the finger at Alin Chiriac and Cristian Mihai

Every day, someone steps forward with a horror story about Twenty or Adevox, owned by Cristian Mihai and Alin Chiriac of Romania.

Often, the victims are too ashamed

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Cristian Mihai and Alin Chiriac take the money as well as the client data

It was bad enough that Alin Chiriac and Cristian Mihai took the money and never delivered. One client who was ripped-off complained that Adevox and Twenty, owned by these two con men, developed a site for him. Although everything was a disaster, and he never got what

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Photos of Mihai and Chiriac – The faces behind the scam

Their names are rather common. There are many people whose name happens to be Cristian Mihai or Alin Chiriac.

Google lists 2640 and Yahoo lists 1360 hits for Alin

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The price of injustice – thanks to Alin Chiriac and Cristian Mihai

A lawyer friend of mine once told me how much money he charges his clients. The expenses for one client had stacked up to $40 million dollars. The initial dispute was in relation to only one million dollars. The

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George Orwell's 1984 gives us a reason to move

Dear friends,

Find someone who has read ‘1984’ and ask them what George Orwell was writing about. Most people talk about the concept of ‘Big Brother’. They remember the cameras in the street. What many forget is the idea that one central system can erase all the news, so

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Catch me if you can: How Mihai and Chiriac lead from the back

If a terrorist wanted to smuggle a bomb from one town to the next, who do you think he would ask for help? He would ask someone who knows how to smuggle, such as a drug lord. Someone who ought to know everything about smuggling, border control, security, bribes, and networks, and who

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Mando – A new company for Cristian Mihai and Alin Chiriac

It would be a good idea if every child, at birth, were given a name, a phone number, a passport number, an IP address, and a company name. That’s your lot mate!

In this way, if you stuff it up, you can’t just go and con other people as

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Six degrees of separation for Mihai and Chiriac uncovers Screentek USA

In 1995, Will Smith starred in a movie called ‘Six degrees of separation’. Since then, this expression has been used when people speak, with amazement, at how small this world is. We all can reach each other via six people.

Since posting the entry about Alin Chiriac and Cristian

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Cristian Mihai and Alin Chiriac become American tycoons

I once knew a husband and wife who started by loving each other. Then one day the husband started carrying a second mobile phone.

I wondered why anyone would need two phones and two phone numbers? Of course there could be many

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Twenty Interactive, Twenty Mark, twenty different names

Cristian Mihai and Alin Chiriac seem to have twenty different companies. Fraud and theft and scams are easier when you have lots of companies.

Here’s another one to add to the list. This was an old company. But hey, old or new, it is still a useful instruments. This is one of the companies they used

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Is Twenty in liquidation? Cristian Mihai & Alin Chiriac say no but yes. We say SOON!

Last week, Cristian Mihai and Alain Chriac tried to cover one lie with another lie. That must be a master-stroke. What can a liar do? When asked to tell the truth, he will lie, and say: Trust me, this time I am telling the truth!

Is Twenty in liquidation? Cristian Mihai & Alin Chiriac say no but yes. We say SOON!

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Paypal disputes against Twenty

If you have paid Twenty, or any of its many other names and incarnations (via PayPal), you are encouraged to lodge a complaint via PayPal.

If the work is over 45 days old, PayPal cannot help you. But PayPal, with whom we spoke today said

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The bankruptcy insult – Facts speak the truth

Dear reader

Indeed, the previous blogs were emotional. They were a reaction to the underhanded and unethical behavior by Alin Chiriac and Cristian Mihai. The blogs were trying to save other people from becoming victims, because it really hurts when we are conned.

It is

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