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Scammer: Peter Bragansa - petebrag@gmail.com - Tech Support Payment Gateway

Peter Bragansa provides at his Facebook profile, that he is janitor at 76 Truck Stop, 104 N Dogwood Drive, Berea, KY (Kentucky). The picture on the right side is from his Facebook profile. I have only enhanced the picture a little bit, because it has been too dark and nobody could recognize his face. In any case you cannot be sure that it is really his own face.

Maybe he even don't know who he is really by himself. He has registered some domains at his name and email address by providing the address 35 Fort Washington Ave 3-g, New York, NY 10032, USA and the phone number +1-347-450-7084. Between this two places is a distance of 728 miles (1,172 km) using the fastest route, which takes around 11 hours to drive. Anyway the provided phone number is from Broklyn, New York and provided by Bandwidth.com Clec.

That Peter Bragansa does not know, who he is and what he is doing, gets shown at his LinkedIn profile. He is even not able to show his own face at LinkedIn. There he presents himself in the following way:

That Peter Bragansa has never seen a University as a student from inside gets confirmed by a forum entry at compgroups.net. There you'll find the following entry:

On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:34:29 -0700, SAS_learner <proccontents@GMAIL.COM>
wrote:

check for the logic

if number < 0 then Number = Number*-1

this should make all the -ve numbers +ve

On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Abc Unha <abcunha@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Is there any function to convert negative to positive numbers?
> Or Is there anything to make all numbers positive for that variable,
> Regardless number is positive or negative.
>
> Thanks

On May 17, 2014 Peter Bragansa answered:

hey I have a good question: HOW DO YOU REALLY CONVERT NEGATIVE NUMBERS TO POSITIVE? this is all BS to me. anyone actually know so a human who speaks English can understand ? thx!

I believe in any case more to his occupation from his Facebook profile, where he likes to be a janitor at a truck stop, because the above posting shows his lack of intelligence.

Peter Bragansa is also not able to show his face at his profile at Google+. There he provides the information shown on the picture at the right. He is using the Name Pete Brag at Google Plus and at some other places found at the Internet.

During the year 2015 Peter Bragansa has tried to trade tech support leads and his payment gateway by himself and by using the online platform CampaignProvider. At this time he has been using the email address newyorkcity1414@gmail.com. With the same email address he has been active as Pete Brag at CallCentersIndia.

The company Internet Marketing Inc. has been located at 405 South 16 Avenue, Hollywood, FL 33020. This company is inactive since September 25, 2009. By taking a look at the domain registration data from hairextensionsnewyorkcity.net (the last one found at this article), then get found as registrant, admin and tech contact Internet Marketing, Inc. As email address of the admin and tech contact gets the address from Peter Bragansa (petebrag@gmail.com) used. In such a case is the reputation from Internet Marketing Inc. has been questionable too. Normally gets a domain registered (registrant) with company name or with the name of the owner from the business. 

In the US are not get found many people with the name Peter Bragansa. At PlainSite we'll find a case USA v. Bragansa Ferderal Court Proceeding. I think that not many people believe in coincidences. There is another Internet Marketing Inc. with their headquarter in San Diego and Peter Bragansa is living in New York. The state attorney from the southern district of California files a case in New York against a defendant with the name Peter Bragansa for the reason of racketeering conspiracy and conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. Additional is written in the offer for the payment gateway:

No pharma or anything else allowed.

In the San Diego Union-Tribune we'll find an article from February 18, 2010 with the title 7 plead guilty in 2007 Internet pharmacy case. The last sentence in this article of the San Diego Union-Tribune is very interesting in this case:

Those who pleaded guilty are Peter Bragansa, Tracy Oneal Tyler, Jeffrey A. Light, Philip Bidwell, Richard Koch, Mary Aronson and Dolores Lovin.

Normally scammers like to hide themselves where ever they can do it. They don't like to provide a man hunt picture by themselves. By taking a look at the information above, then we see already that Peter Bragansa is not really trustworthy when he likes to offer payment gateways for tech support. With such background information you can expect, that you would not receive any payment from him for your work.

By taking a look at his offer, we see already that he is even too lazy to copy and to paste the general information about his offer into an email. It seems to be easier for him to provide a link from Google docs than to provide simple conditions:

From: Pete Brag [mailto:petebrag@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 1:22 AM
Subject: Tech Support Gateway And Process Information

 

Hi, you had requested information on the payment gateway and process for tech support.

click below to see the terms:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l_2tJ9hTYx2j4gAthDYx30orzmfmo4S7rIa1NxzF7cU/edit#gid=0

Feel free to ping me on skype: petebrag or email me at petebrag@gmail.com. Also: my phone is(347) 450-7084.

 

Thanks,
Pete

His phone number 347-470-7084 can be a virtual number too. In any case, we'll find an entry in the public phone directory with the address:

Peter Bragansa
35 Fort Washington Avenue 3-g
New York
347-450-7084

Public Info Directory provides a little bit more information about Peter Bragansa:

Also known as: Pedro Bragance From: New York, NY
29 Oliver St #4R, New York, NY 10038 (212) 475-8246

Previous Addresses: 315 14th St #3D, New York, NY 10014,
614 157th St #SW, New York, NY 10032,
29 Oliver St #1R, New York, NY 10038,
85 10th St #6C, New York, NY 10003,
481 Commercial Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33334,
25 Union Sq #C17AA, New York, NY 10003,
315 14 #67 60, New York, NY 10014,
21 15th St, New York, NY 10003,
9321 31st Pl, Sunrise, FL 33351

Associated Names: Pete Bragansa, Maria Gallardo

Possible Relatives: John M Bragansa

Other Phone Numbers: (212) 254-0390, (212) 242-3075

The content from the provided link is not really something what needs to get stored at Google documents. For the case that the offer gets deleted, I have saved a copy as Adobe Acrobat file. The link gets found at the end of each quotation. Such a tiny information could be already inside the email:

Gateway country USA
Payment Methods Accepted: Visa, Mastercard (any country), Checks in USA
Payout Commission percentage: 70-80 % ( Depends on Volume, click for more info )
Wire Payout Schedule: Paid Fridays weekly. 8 Business Days After Capture Of last sale.
Sales Period start Wednesdays and end Tuesdays.
Calendar View Of Payout: https://goo.gl/lRaH7D
Countries Allowed To Charge In: Any Country
Monthly Volume: No Limit On Volume
Sign-Up Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-5V_juKzIoviUPRptwSQhpsylyVRpECXI_IrilDHPnw/viewform
Agreement Sample: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AMsm4RREuP6KIB6LTj5krvXRT_CZWRPv30vmCApICgE/edit
Product: Tech support, web development, hosting. No pharma or anything else allowed.
Checks Checks (USA only) are paid 1-2 days faster than cards and are +5 % commission.

1129 gateway terms USA EP Document DN1129 BD1 - Sheet1.pdf (53.93 kb)

Which kind of deadbeat Peter Bragansa is, gets shown by the included link of the Payout Commission percentage. The content of this Google docs link is:


407CommissionStructureTablebd1dn407.pdf (39.28 kb)

And the Google doc link for Calendar View Of Payout is not better. It looks like that he feels himself better if he can show that he is able to use Google docs:


400payoutschedulegatewayEPbd1ga1DN400.pdf (77.03 kb)

The confirmation of the scam gets found inside the last Google docs Link. There is written:

This Agreement is entered into on start date above 2015 (“Effective Date”) by and between and Midas Techs and its Group of Companies (together known as MTcorp) at 511 Avenue Of The Americas, Suite 95 New York City, NY 10011 , a USA company, and the company (Company) listed in the data set and the blank below.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives as of the Effective Date.

__COMPANY NAME_____ & Midas Techs and affiliated companies

I AGREE TO THE CONTENTS OF THIS ENTIRE AGREEMENT:

 

BY: _________________________ BY: ____________________

(sign above ) (sign above )

PRINTED NAME: ______    printed name: Pete Bragansa

Date: ________________ DATE: _______________

Please email from official company address.
INSTRUCTIONS: SIGN ABOVE AND EMAIL SCANNED COPY OF CURRENT GOVERNMENT ISSUED IDENTIFICATION TO centers@midastechs.com

894TemplatecenterAgreementMidasSC1dn894.pdf (234.25 kb)

The following facts, shown above, are confirming the scam:

  • There gets nowhere shown something about a group "known as MTcorp", found at 511 Avenue Of The Americas, Suite 95 New York City, NY 10011"

  • The address 511 Avenue Of The Americas, Suite 95 New York City, NY 10011 is only a virtual address as Opus Virtal Offices - the ultimate office solution is showing.

  • Midas Techs domain, midastechs.com, got registered by David Gordon, 2017 Glenwood Way, Midlothian, TX 76065.

  • As the contract should get signed between the call center and Midas Techs, why is the printed name in this case Pete Bragansa? He is not the owner from Midas Techs!

  • As Peter Bragansa has sent the offer to someone outside the US, the contract will not have any value, because border crossing contracts need to get signed in front of a notary and need at least an apostille. Without an apostille the contract will even not have the value of the paper it will get printed.

  • David Gordon from Texas is part of the scam as the signed contract should get sent to centers@midastechs.com.

As mentioned before, are scammers very lazy and like to earn even without thinking and without making any effort for it. So has Peter Bragansa registered the domain alldaytechq.com on September 16, 2014 and has never put any content at his domain. Maybe it is too much work for him. Here are the registration data from alldaytechq.com:

Domain Name: ALLDAYTECHQ.COM
Registry Domain ID: 1875992935_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com
Registrar URL: http://www.godaddy.com
Update Date: 2016-09-10T18:43:53Z
Creation Date: 2014-09-16T15:39:44Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2017-09-16T15:39:44Z
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 146
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@godaddy.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4806242505
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited
Domain Status: clientRenewProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientRenewProhibited
Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited
Registry Registrant ID: Not Available From Registry
Registrant Name: PETER BRAGANSA
Registrant Organization:
Registrant Street: 35 fort washington avenue
Registrant Street: 3-g
Registrant City: new york
Registrant State/Province: New York
Registrant Postal Code: 10032
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: +1.3474507084
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax:
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: petebrag@gmail.com
Registry Admin ID: Not Available From Registry
Admin Name: PETER BRAGANSA
Admin Organization:
Admin Street: 35 fort washington avenue
Admin Street: 3-g
Admin City: new york
Admin State/Province: New York
Admin Postal Code: 10032
Admin Country: US
Admin Phone: +1.3474507084
Admin Phone Ext:
Admin Fax:
Admin Fax Ext:
Admin Email: petebrag@gmail.com
Registry Tech ID: Not Available From Registry
Tech Name: PETER BRAGANSA
Tech Organization:
Tech Street: 35 fort washington avenue
Tech Street: 3-g
Tech City: new york
Tech State/Province: New York
Tech Postal Code: 10032
Tech Country: US
Tech Phone: +1.3474507084
Tech Phone Ext:
Tech Fax:
Tech Fax Ext:
Tech Email: petebrag@gmail.com
Name Server: NS57.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
Name Server: NS58.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http://wdprs.internic.net/
>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2017-02-23T16:00:00Z <<<

It even seems, that Peter Bragansa does not know how to publish some content at a website, because he has registered the domain truetekk.com on September 11, 2015 too and has never put some content on it. Here are the domain registry data from truetekk.com:

Domain Name: TRUETEKK.COM
Registry Domain ID: 1959156720_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com
Registrar URL: http://www.godaddy.com
Update Date: 2016-09-11T11:29:00Z
Creation Date: 2015-09-11T00:25:16Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2017-09-11T00:25:16Z
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 146
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@godaddy.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4806242505
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited
Domain Status: clientRenewProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientRenewProhibited
Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: PETER BRAGANSA
Registrant Organization:
Registrant Street: 35 fort washington avenue
Registrant Street: 3-g
Registrant City: new york
Registrant State/Province: NY
Registrant Postal Code: 10032
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: +1.3474507084
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax:
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: petebrag@gmail.com
Registry Admin ID:
Admin Name: PETER BRAGANSA
Admin Organization:
Admin Street: 35 fort washington avenue
Admin Street: 3-g
Admin City: new york
Admin State/Province: NY
Admin Postal Code: 10032
Admin Country: US
Admin Phone: +1.3474507084
Admin Phone Ext:
Admin Fax:
Admin Fax Ext:
Admin Email: petebrag@gmail.com
Registry Tech ID:
Tech Name: PETER BRAGANSA
Tech Organization:
Tech Street: 35 fort washington avenue
Tech Street: 3-g
Tech City: new york
Tech State/Province: NY
Tech Postal Code: 10032
Tech Country: US
Tech Phone: +1.3474507084
Tech Phone Ext:
Tech Fax:
Tech Fax Ext:
Tech Email: petebrag@gmail.com
Name Server: NS35.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
Name Server: NS36.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http://wdprs.internic.net/
>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2017-02-23T17:00:00Z <<<

The situation is a little bit different when Peter Bragansa is only the admin and/or the technical contact of a domain. In such a case a content of a website can get found. Here is one example from the domain registration of hairextensionsnewyorkcity.net:

Domain Name: HAIREXTENSIONSNEWYORKCITY.NET
Registry Domain ID: 1552075256_DOMAIN_NET-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com
Registrar URL: http://www.godaddy.com
Update Date: 2017-02-11T20:22:56Z
Creation Date: 2009-04-13T01:33:09Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2018-04-13T01:33:09Z
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 146
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@godaddy.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4806242505
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited
Domain Status: clientRenewProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientRenewProhibited
Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited
Registry Registrant ID: Not Available From Registry
Registrant Name:
Registrant Organization: Internet Marketing, Inc.
Registrant Street: 559 w 156 #55
Registrant City: new york
Registrant State/Province: New York
Registrant Postal Code: 10032
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone:
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax:
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: nocontactsfound@secureserver.net
Registry Admin ID: Not Available From Registry
Admin Name: pete Bragansa
Admin Organization: Internet Marketing, Inc.
Admin Street: 559 w 156 #55
Admin City: new york
Admin State/Province: New York
Admin Postal Code: 10032
Admin Country: US
Admin Phone: 347-482-1726
Admin Phone Ext:
Admin Fax:
Admin Fax Ext:
Admin Email: petebrag@gmail.com
Registry Tech ID: Not Available From Registry
Tech Name: pete Bragansa
Tech Organization: Internet Marketing, Inc.
Tech Street: 559 w 156 #55
Tech City: new york
Tech State/Province: New York
Tech Postal Code: 10032
Tech Country: US
Tech Phone: 347-482-1726
Tech Phone Ext:
Tech Fax:
Tech Fax Ext:
Tech Email: petebrag@gmail.com
Name Server: NS73.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
Name Server: NS74.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http://wdprs.internic.net/
>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2017-02-23T17:00:00Z <<<

The only funny thing is, that the provided address at the homepage from hairextensionsnewyorkcity.net is the address from Peter Bragansa:

 

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