Comments on: Harvard Alliance Scam / Venturis International Fraud

By: Evy

Evy — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:44:27 +0000

The fact that they are not a member of any Realtor’s Association, or even the Brazilian / Spanish Chamber Of Commerce makes you wonder.

By: red-wite-blue

red-wite-blue — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:49:03 +0000

hi,

i know dies poppelier from bric investments for along time.
And let me tell you he is the biggest scamer i ever met in my life.
STAY AWAY FROM BRIC INVESTMENTS !@!!
Dies Poppeliers will ripe you ,he seems like a nice guy but stay away from him or his company!!

By: Rather not say

Rather not say — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:46:27 +0000

Any word on the police investigation into Neil Plowman?

By: Coconutgroveinvestor

Coconutgroveinvestor — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:59:35 +0000

you hit it on the nail John, I asked to sell months ago.

By: john

john — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:20:46 +0000

im sorry to be the one to tell you this but coconut grove is the same as coral bech. it is a scam being run out of a tiny office in marbella. the guy who runs the office david is an absolute crook and has a lot of investors after him already for his past dealings. no doubt he or someone will write back on here pleading how genuine they are. i have met him and beleive me if you knew what i knew their would be nothing in the world that could be writen on here to defend him. to prove my point why dont you try and sell you plots…..i gaurentee you wont be able to.

By: hunter

hunter — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:08:05 +0000

Sam Rogers who also uses Sam Franks is not clean in all this mess. He told me it was his project and his idea and he was also behind cocnut grove. Interesting that his mother Pauline was also involved.

By: john

john — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:26:13 +0000

By: Coconutgroveinvestor

Coconutgroveinvestor — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:09:59 +0000

I’m interested to hear people’s thoughts on Coconut Grove, I have invested there and lately I have been a little concerned about it so would like to here from other investors.

By: neil plowman

neil plowman — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:16:35 +0000

Plowman is now being investigated by sussex police

he is still around living in sussex ,

we all need to get together to nail this crook

By: Rather not say

Rather not say — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:14:55 +0000

Glad to hear it!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:39:27 +0000

You will be pleased to know the net is closing around Plowman. These days you cant run far even if you lay low. People love to talk and if I were Plowman I would start getting used to a hard bed and bars on the door.

he has ripped off loads of poeple and thinks he can just walk away and live off others hard work. I have evidence against him that he cannot deny, including some people that he has maliciously wrecked.

His day of reckoning is nigh!!

Andrew

By: Rather not say

Rather not say — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:01:08 +0000

Please trust me when I say that if the name Neil Plowman EVER comes up in a conversation about investment/money/business/anything RUN A MILLION MILES!!!!

You will lose. Do not risk your money no matter how good it sounds!

A lot of people have lost a lot of money because of this man!!

He is pond life!

By: Ana

Ana — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:43:30 +0000

Hi there,

it all sounds like Florida in the 50s, 60s, 70s…

In Brazil do not buy land if there is no construction on top, unless in a established neighborhood. Period.

By: Peim

Peim — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:11:06 +0000

http://www.ripoffreport.com/Credit-Debt-Services/Coconut-Grove-Flexei/coconut-grove-flexeiras-brazil-59626.htm

http://www.ripoffreport.com/Coral-Lake-And-Beach-Resort/Business-Consultants/Coral-Lake-And-Beach-Resort-D-26PP2.htm

http://www.bustathief.com/harvard-alliance-scam-venturis-international-fraud/

All you need to do is google for these names ….

By: Avina Wurd

Avina Wurd — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:16:41 +0000

I have an interest in Caere and have long been attracted to having a stake in the region.

I stumbled across the BRIC ‘Coral Lake and Beach Resort’ proposition on the net early in the year.

I was contacted by phone by Rob Buckland, who presented in a very plausable way and we exchanged info etc with a view to my further advising myself of the BRIC ‘Coral Lake and Beach Resort’proposition.

The following day I was telephoned by a character straight out of central casting dept’s ‘Spiv, does not need to be nice, intelligence a disadvantage’ section.

This was Sam, right on character, so much so that I thought I would do a little research on this guy and of course came across the Ventura scam etc. On the same pass, came across his mother in the international property press under a variety of names pushing ‘The Coral Lake and Beach Resort’.

I emailed the previously plausable Rob Buckland to say that I did not wish to have anything more to do with Bric and delete me from the mailing list.

His reply in full:

Dear Mr “Wurd” (Name withheld)

I understand that you may well have viewed some information regarding The BRIC Group on the internet.

I obviously feel compelled to write back to you and fight, not only my corner, but also that of The BRIC Group. I am an upstanding investment broker who has, and will only continue to sell strong and legal investments. I think from our conversations and the fact that you were giving me advise in your last email, goes a long way to tell me that you also believe in me. Yes Sam Rogers was associated with Venturis and this turned out to be something that it wasn’t.

The owner of The BRIC Group was looking into a purchase of lots within the old resort, but when it was bought to his attention that this was not legal, he promptly saw a gap in the market, bought and legitimised the land. Venturis are a company which folded almist 2 years ago and HAVE NO AFFILIATION WITH THE BRIC GROUP. I would like to say that Mr. Rogers is still affiliated with the company and this is due to his wealth of knowledge and the fact that the old owners of Venturis, who were the ones who took the money, blamed Mr. Rogers and went into hiding. This was by no means Sam’s project.

I do fully understand your concerns, but there was also a certain amount of mud slinging from other companies because we have the financial clout and beat them to the purchase of the land. This has now been rectified and we are in a position to offer our full DUE DILLIGENCE to any clients who would like to see this and also welcome you to speak with the Town Hall in Fortaleza who will also be able to confirm the legality.

I am not trying to convince you to buy, but I would say that we have turned around a lot of previous Venturis clients due to the nature of our legal status. If you now check these reports and in particular that from a one Andrew Lewis Dixon, you will see that he has now undergone his own rigerous due diligence and has bought into OUR project. I hope that this would go someway to reassuring you that the BRIC Group is selling a fully legal and legitmate project, but please do YOUR OWN RESEARCH AND DO NOT JUST MAKE ASSUMPTIONS FROM WEBSITES.

I would like to hear your thoughts on the above and would invite you to respond to this email at your earliest opportunity and I will look forward to receiving your response.

Best Regards,

Rob Buckland

(Private) Senior Account Manager – Spain & Brazil

r.buckland@bric-investment.com

Now, I have niether the time or inclination to pursue this any further but offer this opinion to anyone comtemplating doing business with BRIC.

Don’t even think about it.

By: Rather not say

Rather not say — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:31:44 +0000

Any further news on this sad state of affairs?

By: Anita

Anita — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:35:27 +0000

Sam Rodgers is working for BRIC investment as I have an email with his name on it from the company itself!!! I can forward this to anyone who would like to see a copy.

By: john

john — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:37:49 +0000

please be aware andrew that im am not trying to get neil and reg off the hook. of course they are to blame for what happened but none of this mess ever would of happened if it had´nt been for sam rodgers. sam spent your money as well. it was split three ways.
you can see from the statement that bric has made above that they cannot help but lie. you yourself andrew have phoned their offices to be told that sam will be back in a week because he is in dubai which is where he met the investigator. i used to see sam personally when he was on his way to work and he has told me personally that he works for bric. dies is the dutch guy who used to work for venturis so how can they say it has nothing to do with them.
like i said they are just all lies, lies, lies and you will find this out very soon.
how many more clues do people need before they realise that this is a bad investment. there should´ve been alarm bells ringing when this forum was first posted let alone all the other stuff that has been writen and said since.

By: Andrew Dixon-Lewis

Andrew Dixon-Lewis — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:06:27 +0000

John

Dont try and get Neil Plowman and Reg Winters off the hook. I know they took my money after they had basically collapsed. I also know all anout Neil Plowmans past dodgy dealings at the timber business in Brighton. Why is there a writ out for him in the UK and why is he wanted by the Police for money laundering offences.

If Neil Plowman is so innocent why has he not returned the money that he took from me under false pretences seeing as he is the money man.

By: BRIC Group Marketing Department

BRIC Group Marketing Department — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:50:43 +0000

Dear John,

Regarding your comments about Mr. Andrew Dixon it is my understanding that once he actually researched BRIC Group and did due diligence on our project he came to the conclusion that.

1 – Sam Rodgers is not employed by our company.
2 – BRIC Group never had anything to do with Venturis.
3 – All our paper work is correct and the development is 100% legitimate.

I would like to encourage you and other contributors to this post to do some research before making statements that are misleading.

For instance, the area of Flexeiras is an established tourist area famous for kite surfing, eco tourism, adventure holidays, sun and beach holidays and much more. Not only is this area well established it is also growing in popularity with both Brazilian and international holiday makers.

Of course real estate development here is an emerging market. (Even a stronger reason to invest.)

To help you and other contributors with your research I would like to invite you to visit http://bric-investment.com/client-area.html. Here you can download due diligence reports, investment reports and local tourism information reports.