VICTIM#1: TINA KLIDERIS
OF WWW.ARTEMIX.COM, 646-526-3252,
(A HOTWIREMEDIA.COM CLIENT) WAS CHECKING HER CREDIT CARD ONLINE AFTER RECEIVING
THIS FRAUD ALERT EMAIL, AND SAW 2 CHARGES FOR $200 EACH ($400.00
TOTAL) THAT MATTHEW FRIEDMAN CHARGED JUST 2 DAYS BEFORE, USING THE
"NATPARTYSVC" PAYPAL ACCOUNT.
TINA KLIDERIS CALLED HOTWIREMEDIA.COM BECAUSE SHE SAW HER HOTWIREMEDIA.COM
BANNER AD ON PlanningForEvents.com,
ALONG WITH THE HOTWIREMEDIA.COM PARTY VENDOR DATABASE, ON MATTHEW FRIEDMAN’S
WEBSITES HE CREATED JUNE 10th 2009. TINA CALLED DETECTIVE SULZ, MANHASSET
POLICE DEPT, MANHASSET, NY, 516-573-6652, AND FILED CREDIT CARD FRAUD
CHARGES AGAINST MATTHEW FRIEDMAN. ALL VICTIM'S ARE ASKED TO FAX THERE CREDIT
CARD STATEMENT TO 516-573-6674, ATTENTION DETECTIVE SULZ. DETECTIVE SULZ IS
IN CHARGE OF THE MATTHEW FRIEDMAN CREDIT CARD FRAUD, THEFT AND CONSPIRACY
INVESTIGATION.
VICTIM#2: MATTHEW FRIEDMAN'S "NATPARTYSVC"
PAYPAL ACCOUNT ALSO FRAUDULENTLY CHARGED DEBORAH BURMAN CARASSO
(A HOTWIREMEDIA.COM CLIENT) OF UNIQUE INVITATIONS, INVITATIONSBYDEBORAH.COM,
215-728-0328, $101.97 WITHOUT HER AUTHORIZATION.
DEBORAH READ THIS EMAIL, REVIEWED HER ONLINE RECENT CREDIT CARD HISTORY, SAW
THE FRAUDULENT "NATPARTYSVC"
CHARGE BY PlanningForEvents.com,
CALLED ME, AND I SUGGESTED SHE DISPUTE AND CANCEL THE CARD ASAP, AND CALL
DETECTIVE SULZ, MANHASSET
POLICE DEPT, MANHASSET, NY, 516-573-6652, SHE DID. ALL VICTIM'S ARE ASKED
TO FAX THERE CREDIT CARD STATEMENT TO 516-573-6674, ATTENTION DETECTIVE SULZ.
VICTIM#3: FREDRIC W MALEK OF TIGGLOBAL.COM,
(A HOTWIREMEDIA.COM CLIENT) 301-841-4700, (ASK FOR KESHA NEVERS, TIG GLOBAL
ACCOUNTING ASST.) HAS PlanningForEvents.com
FRAUDULENT UNAUTHORIZED CREDIT CARD CHARGES JUNE/2009, CHARGED BY MATTHEW
FRIEDMAN, USING THE "NATPARTYSVC PAYPAL
ACCOUNT. FREDRICK & KESHA ARE COOPORATING WITH DETECTIVE
SULZ, MANHASSET
POLICE DEPT, MANHASSET, NY, 516-573-6652, WHO IS INVESTIGATING CREDIT
CARD FRAUD CHARGES AGAINST MATTHEW FRIEDMAN. MATTHEW FRIEDMAN STOLE
HIS FORMER EMPLOYER'S CLIENT CREDIT CARD DATABASE, AND IS CHARGING THE CREDIT
CARDS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF JUNE, 2009 USING THE "NATPARTYSVC"
PAYPAL ACCOUNT. ALL VICTIM'S ARE ASKED TO FAX THERE CREDIT CARD STATEMENT
TO 516-573-6674, ATTENTION DETECTIVE SULZ.
VICTIM#4: HOTWIREMEDIA.COM RECEIVED A PHONE CALL
ON 7-8-09 BY THE OWNER OF A SUCCESSFUL NEW YORK ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY, AND
HOTWIREMEDIA.COM CLIENT. VICTIM#4's CREDIT CARD WAS CHARGED BY PlanningForEvents.com
WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION ON 6-25-09 FOR $103.00
USING THE "NATPARTYSVC" PAYPAL
ACCOUNT. VICTIM#4 SAID MATT FRIEDMAN CALLED HIM, AND SAID "HE" WAS
WITH BARMITZVAHS.ORG
(A HOTWIREMEDIA.COM
WEBSITE) AND THAT VICTIM#4 WAS "HIS" CLIENT. MATT FRIEDMAN ALSO
STATED THAT HIS COMPANY HAS ADDED HIS WEBSITE TO 18 OF MATT FRIEDMAN WEBSITES.
VICTIM#4 STATED HE WAS NOT INTERESTED AND HUNG UP. VICTIM#4 THEN RECIEVED
THE FOLLOWING EMAIL 5 DAYS LATER, FROM MATTHEW FRIEDMAN:
----- Original Message -----
From: djezfried@aol.com
To: info@XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 1:42 PM
Subject: Planning For Events Websites for XXXX
Hi XXXX,
Here are the new sites if you have any questions pleae email or contact me
directly at 917-388-3101.
Have a great day,
Matt Friedman
PlanningForEvents.com
----- End Of Message -----
THAT SAME DAY, AT 10:18PM MATTHEW FRIEDMAN EMAILS VICTIM#4 THE FOLLOWING EMAIL:
----- Original Message -----
From: customerservice@planningforevents.com
To: info@XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 10:18 PM
Subject: Thank you for joining PlanningForEvents.com
Welcome to PlanningForEvents.com, a part of World Vender Directory, Inc. Thank
you for your recent business. It is a pleasure to have you with us
on all 18 of our party planning web sites. Since June 21, 2009 we have had
over 707 page views from 254 absolute unique visitors. Our visitors have come
from New York, Florida, California, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Kentucky, New
Hampshire, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, and Michigan. We've had visitors
referred by many popular search engines including Google, Yahoo, Bing, and
SearchSight. By choosing to do business with us we would like to thank you
by giving all of our existing customers an extra 6 months free. Our normal
rates are $100 for a text advertisement and $200 for a banner ad. Depending
on the service you paid for that is a free gift valued between $50-$100 per
site added! With your purchase you have been added to all 18 of our premium
domain name web sites, and as our client list grows so will our search engine
visibility and that means more clicks and subsequently more business for you.
We would like all of our customers to be happy with the service that we are
providing them and if there are any suggestions, concerns, or comments we
would love to hear them. All customer service inquiries will be returned with
48 hours. We have graphic designers, web designers, as well as search engine
optimizers on staff with portfolios including major label recording artists.
For samples of work or for more information please contact us. The sites you
have been listed on are listed below. We will be growing our list of domains
as our client list expands and you can be assured you will be getting the
best possible promotion for the price. Again I would like to thank you for
your business and I hope that we can help with all of your of your future
web marketing needs.
Ben Tesser - Webmaster - 914-715-6336 - webmaster@planningforevents.com
Matt Friedman - Customer Service - 917-388-3101 - customerservice@planningforevents.com
----- End Of Message -----
VICTIM#4 HAS CANCELED HIS CREDIT CARD AND HAS CONTACTED DETECTIVE SULZ, MANHASSET
POLICE DEPT, MANHASSET, NY, 516-573-6652 TO FILE CREDIT CARD FRAUD CHARGED
AGAINST MATTHEW FRIEDMAN. VICTIM#4 ASKED THAT HIS IDENTITY NOT BE LISTED IN
THIS FRAUD ALERT. ALL VICTIM'S ARE ASKED TO FAX THERE CREDIT CARD STATEMENT
TO 516-573-6674, ATTENTION DETECTIVE SULZ.
VICTIM#5: JOAN GLENN, 6DEGREESOFCELEBRATION.COM,
908-247-6745 (A HOTWIREMEDIA.COM CLIENT), AFTER READING THE HOTWIREMEDIA.COM
FRAUD ALERT EMAIL HAS DISCOVERED MORE THAN ONE UNAUTHORIZED PlanningForEvents.com
JUNE, 2009 CREDIT CARD CHARGES BY THE "NATPARTYSVC
PAYPAL ACCOUNT". JOAN
HAS CLOSED HER AMERICAN EXPRESS ACCOUNT AND DISPUTING THE "NATPARTYSVC"
CHARGE'S. JOAN HAS BEEN ASKED BY HOTWIREMEDIA.COM TO ALSO CONTACT DETECTIVE
SULZ, MANHASSET
POLICE DEPT, MANHASSET, NY, 516-573-6652, AND FAX HIM AT 516-573-6674,
THE CREDIT CARD STATEMENT. DETECTIVE SULZ IS IN CHARGE OF THE MATTHEW FRIEDMAN
CREDIT CARD FRAUD, THEFT AND CONSPIRACY INVESTIGATION.
VICTIM#6: MICHAEL CARDAMONE, NEWYORKPARTYPRODUCTIONS.COM,
877-U-HAVE-FUN (A HOTWIREMEDIA.COM CLIENT), AFTER READING THE HOTWIREMEDIA.COM
FRAUD ALERT EMAIL, AND CALLING HOTWIREMEDIA.COM FOR CLARIFICATION, HAS DISCOVERED
AN UNAUTHORIZED $200.00 PlanningForEvents.com
CREDIT CARD CHARGE ON JUNE 26, 2009 BY "NATPARTYSVC".
MICHAEL HAS CANCELED HIS VISA CARD AND IS DISPUTING THE "NATPARTYSVC"
CHARGE. MICHAEL HAS BEEN ASKED BY HOTWIREMEDIA.COM TO CALL DETECTIVE SULZ,
MANHASSET
POLICE DEPT, MANHASSET, NY, 516-573-6652, AND FAX HIM AT 516-573-6674,
THE CREDIT CARD STATEMENT. DETECTIVE SULZ IS IN CHARGE OF THE MATTHEW FRIEDMAN
CREDIT CARD FRAUD, THEFT AND CONSPIRACY INVESTIGATION. THE FOLLOWING EMAIL
IS FROM MICHAEL CARDAMONE TO HOTWIREMEDIA.COM ON JULY 10, 2009.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael J. Cardamone" <blaide@optonline.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:53:49 -0400
To: hotwiremedia@hotwiremedia.com
Subject: Mat Freidman Scam
Hi Nick,
Just got off the phone with you. As per request, here are the details of the
fraudulent charge Matt Friedman made to my credit card. I noticed a $200.00
charge on my MBNA Vista card from Natpartysvc through PayPal on June 26th.
I didn't recognize the charge and saw it had a 516 and 914 telephone # on
it. I called and got Matt on the phone who told me it was my
annual renewal. He said since I have been with
the company since it's start 4 years ago, I would get top listing on
all the categories of the 18 websites. 3 hours later, my site and link did
appear at the top of all the categories as well as my banner. I was very pleased
until I got your fraud alert. I read the entire alert and followed your instructions.
I called Officer Sulz and left my name, # and breif description of what had
happened. the officer I spoke with said he would pass the info. on to officer
Shulz when he gets back to the precinct. I also called my credit card company
and told them of the fraud and they suspended the charge and are sending me
an affidavit to sign so they can investigate and remove the charges.
My company is based in Shirley, NY which is on Long Island, not far from Matt
Friedman. I appreciate your alert, otherwise I would not have known what was
really going on. I also appreciate and thank you for your offer of the lifetime
membership at no charge and placement at the top of your sites, although if
you are making the same offer to everyone else who got scammed, there is no
way for us all to be on top unless we are rotated which will give each person
a top listing at various times. Eitherway, I APPRECIATE THE GESTURE AND ALERT.
IF I CAN BE OF FURTHER ASSISTANCE, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT ME.
Michael Cardamone
New York Party Productions
1-877-842-8338
www.newyorkpartyproductions.com
----- End Of Message -----
VICTIM#6 HAS CANCELED HIS CREDIT CARD AND HAS CONTACTED DETECTIVE SULZ, MANHASSET
POLICE DEPT, MANHASSET, NY, 516-573-6652 TO FILE CREDIT CARD FRAUD CHARGED
AGAINST MATTHEW FRIEDMAN
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VICTIM#7: JULIA COPPOCK, HOTELSUNLIMITED.COM,
609-632-0006 x 628 (A HOTWIREMEDIA.COM CLIENT), AFTER READING THE HOTWIREMEDIA.COM
FRAUD ALERT EMAIL, HAS DISCOVERED A UNAUTHORIZED JUNE, 25TH 2009 CREDIT CARD
CHARGE BY THE "NATPARTYSVC",
PlanningForEvents.com
IN THE AMOUNT OF $299.00. ON 7-13-09
JULIA TOLD ME THAT SHE DID NOT GIVE MATTHEW FRIEDMAN AUTHORIZATION TO CHARGE
THE HOTELS UNLIMITED HOLIDAY INN EAST WINDSOR AMERICAN EXPRESS CARD. JULIA
CALLED MATTHEW FRIEDMAN, AND MATT TOLD JULIA IT WAS A "BILLING ERROR",
AND THAT HE WOULD ISSUE A REFUND. I INFORMED JULIA THAT MATTHEW FRIEDMAN HAD
STOLEN A HOTWIREMEDIA.COM LAPTOP, HER CREDIT CARD NUMBER, ALONG WITH 800 OTHER
HOTWIREMEDIA,.COM CLIENTS. JULIA HAS AGREED TO CONTACT DETECTIVE SULZ,
MANHASSET
POLICE DEPT, MANHASSET, NY, 516-573-6652, AND FAX HIM AT 516-573-6674,
HER CREDIT CARD STATEMENT. DETECTIVE SULZ IS IN CHARGE OF THE MATTHEW FRIEDMAN
CREDIT CARD FRAUD, THEFT AND CONSPIRACY INVESTIGATION. THE FOLLOWING EMAIL
IS FROM JULIA COPPOCK.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Julia Coppock" <jcoppock@hotelsunlimitedinc.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:45:24 -0400
To: "'HotWireMedia.com'" <hotwiremedia@hotwiremedia.com>
Cc: "'Jessica Conner'" <jconner@hotelsunlimitedinc.com>, "'Scott
Silvey-Acctg'" <ssilvey@hotelsunlimitedinc.com>, <bgirvan@hotelsunlimitedinc.com>
Subject: RE: HOTWIREMEDIA.COM
Hello Nick,
Per our conversation... Please let us know as soon as you can who we should
contact and what information we should provide to the police re: the fraudulent
charge to Hotels Unlimited (**1066).
Thank you,
Julia Coppock
Marketing Manager
Hotels Unlimited, Inc.
399 Monmouth Street
East Windsor, NJ 08520
Phone: 609.632.0006 x628
Fax: 609.371.2475
jcoppock@hotelsunlimited.com
----- End Of Message -----
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VICTIM#8: ON 7-22-09 MARK FROM NYPARTYWORKS.COM,
(631) 392-0193, (A HOTWIREMEDIA.COM CLIENT) CALLED HOTWIREMEDIA.COM AND TOLD
HOTWIREMEDIA.COM HE RECEIVED A $150.00
FRAUDULENT CHARGE ON HIS AMERICAN EXPRESS CARD ON JUNE 25, 2009 BY "NATPARTYSVC".
MARK CALLED THE 917-388-3101 NUMBER NEXT TO THE "NATPARTYSVC"
STATEMENT, AND MATT FRIEDMAN ANSWERED THE PHONE, USING THE NAME MATT TESSER.
MATT TOLD MARK HIS WEBSITE LISTING HAS BEEN ADDED TO ADDITIONAL HOTWIREMEDIA.COM
PARTYPLANNING SITES, AND THE CREDIT CARD HE HAS ON FILE HAS BEEN CHARGED A
$150.00 RENEWAL FEE. MARK HAD PREVIOUSLY READ THE HOTWIREMEDIA.COM FRAUD ALERT
EMAIL, AND KNEW MATTHEW FRIEDMAN HAD STOLEN HIS AMERICAN EXPRESS CREDIT CARD
NAME AND NUMBER BEFORE MATTHEW FRIEDMAN QUIT HOTWIREMEDIA.COM JUNE 13, 2009.
MATT ALSO TOLD MARK THAT NYPARTYWORKS.COM WAS NOW ON "41 PARTY PLANNING
SITES". MARK TOLD MATT HE KNEW ABOUT THE PlanningForEvents.com
SCAM, AND TO REFUND HIS $150.00 ASAP, AND TAKE NYPARTYWORKS.COM OFF HIS FRAUDULENT
WEBSITES. MARK KNOWS MATT IS A COMPULSIVE PATHOLOGICAL LIAR, THIEF AND CON-MAN
IN A DESPERATE FINANCIAL SITUATION. MARK HAS AGREED TO CONTACT DETECTIVE SULZ,
MANHASSET
POLICE DEPT, MANHASSET, NY, 516-573-6652, AND FAX HIM AT 516-573-6674,
HIS AMERICAN EXPRESS CARD STATEMENT. DETECTIVE SULZ IS IN CHARGE OF THE MATTHEW
FRIEDMAN CREDIT CARD FRAUD, THEFT AND CONSPIRACY INVESTIGATION.
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VICTIM#9: ON 7-24-09 PATRICK HARRINGTON FROM
HARRINGTOONS.COM,
(267) 304-3230, (A HOTWIREMEDIA.COM CLIENT) EMAILED HOTWIREMEDIA.COM TO CONFIRM
A $200.00 JUNE 24,2009 FRAUDULENT CREDIT
CARD CHARGE BY MATTHEW FRIEDMAN ("NATPARTYSVC").
PATRICK HAD PREVIOUSLY READ THE HOTWIREMEDIA.COM FRAUD ALERT EMAIL, AND KNEW
MATTHEW FRIEDMAN HAD STOLEN HOTWIREMEDIA.COM CLIENT CREDIT CARD NUMBERS, AND
ABOUT THE MATTHEW FRIEDMAN/BENJAMIN TESSER PlanningForEvents.com
CREDIT CARD FRAUD CONSPIRACY. PATRICK DISPUTED THE $200.00 FRAUDULENT "NATPARTYSVC"
CHARGE AND CANCELED HIS CREDIT CARD.
VICTIM#10: ON 7-27-09 DANA FROM CHELSEAPIERS.COM,
(212) 396-6889, (A HOTWIREMEDIA.COM CLIENT) EMAILED HOTWIREMEDIA.COM TO CONFIRM
A $300.00 JULY, 2009 FRAUDULENT CREDIT
CARD CHARGE BY MATTHEW FRIEDMAN, "NATPARTYSVC".
DANA HAD PREVIOUSLY READ THE HOTWIREMEDIA.COM FRAUD ALERT EMAIL, AND KNEW
MATTHEW FRIEDMAN HAD STOLEN HOTWIREMEDIA.COM CLIENT CREDIT CARD NUMBERS, AND
ABOUT THE MATTHEW FRIEDMAN/BENJAMIN TESSER PlanningForEvents.com
CREDIT CARD FRAUD CONSPIRACY. DANA DISPUTED THE $300.00 FRAUDULENT "NATPARTYSVC"
CHARGE AND CANCELED HER CREDIT CARD, AND HAS CONTACTED DETECTIVE SULZ AND
BRIAN HEID TO PRESS CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST MATTHEW FRIEDMAN.
ALL PlanningForEvents.com,
"NATPARTYSVC", MATTHEW FRIEDMAN
CREDIT CARD FRAUD VICTIMS ARE ASKED TO CONTACT:
On 7-23-09 Assistant District Attorney
BRIAN HEID has started working with Detective Sulz on the Matt Friedman/Ben
Tesser credit card fraud case. All credit card victims are asked to contact
Detective Sulz & Mr. Heid, to confrim you did not give Matthew Friedman
authorization to charge your credit card in June-July 2009.
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MATTHEW FRIEDMAN'S (FORMER HOTWIREMEDIA.COM
SALESMAN) FRAUDULENT WORLDVENDORDIRECTORY.COM
WEBSITES CREATED BY BENJAMIN TESSER CONTAIN
THE STOLEN HOTWIREMEDIA.COM PARTY VENDOR DATABASE, BANNER ADS, AND NATIONWIDE
MAP. ALAN WENDORF FROM SAYINGSFORYOU.COM
845-639-9700 (A HOTWIREMEDIA.COM CLIENT) TOLD HOTWIREMEDIA.COM & THE NASSAU
COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT MATT FRIEDMAN SENT HIM SEVERAL EMAILS REPRESENTING
HIMSELF AS "ANDREW STIEN" FROM "WWW.BARMITVAHSDJS.COM".
MATT FRIEDMAN STOLE ALAN WENDORF'S CREDIT CARD NUMBER FROM HOTWIREMEDIA.COM,
AND IS LOOKING TO CHARGE THE CREDIT CARD USING MATTHEW
FRIEDMAN'S & BENJAMIN TESSER'S FRAUDULENT WEBSITE SCAM. ALAN TOLD ME
HIS CREDIT CARD WAS CLOSED DUE TO A RECENT FRAUD CHARGE.