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He's a con-artist
By: Aug 19, 2018Amintore Confalonieri was outed as a liar in 2016 for declaring that Lebain & Co was a million dollar consulting company when in reality it was a no-income shelf corporation he formed online. Since then he’s persistently scammed people and have unceasingly attacked those who dare to expose him as a fraud.
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When in doubt of hiring suspicious applicants like Confalonieri my advice is that you complete a thorough background check including foreign countries. It’s worth the effort and money.
Think about how much you can save now vs. hiring such person and he then destroys your company from the inside because of his lack of experience and misconduct.-
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Stop this scammer & create awareness
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Stay away
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Unresolved
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Identity Theft Risk:
- HIGH RISK Click for the explanation.
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Agents:
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Amintore Confalonieri, Jesus Chavez, Jose Saavedra
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Managers:
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Amintore Confalonieri
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212-752-1890, 414-308-1028, +58-414-308-1028
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Monetary damages:
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$675.00
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Pretending to be a recruiter
By: Aug 18, 2018Found an engineering job on LinkedIn from a trustworthy company. I liked the recruiter’s post and asked a question about the exact location of the job. Within a few minutes I received an invitation to connect from Amintore Confalonieri. He asked me to take the conversation to WhatsApp. Claimed he was helping the recruiter at the company I wanted to work for with prescreening because she had 100s of applications. Asked me to email him my resume in word format and told me there was going to be a fee to apply for the job in order to expedite the application.
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It made no sense to me that a notorious company was using WhatsApp to do prescreening and charging candidates to expedite applications so I checked with the recruiter and as I suspected Confalonieri was trying to scam me because she didn’t know him.
On a daily basis he reposts 10+ jobs from legitimate companies. I reported him to LinkedIn.-
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Stop this scammer
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Stay away
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Unresolved
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Identity Theft Risk:
- HIGH RISK Click for the explanation.
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Confalonieri Amintore
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Confalonieri Amintore
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+58-414-308-1028
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$0.00
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Fake job reference
By: Aug 05, 2018I'm with a non-profit organization in Dallas, TX. Someone with the name Amintore Confalonieri is claiming to be working for us as a consultant but we don’t have anyone here with that name. We are a small office so we'd know for sure if that was the case ;-)
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We’ve received several calls about this person so I google his name and I found scam guard.
Thank you for warning others about this scam. We are taking the necessary steps to stop this scammer from using our name.-
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This person must stop using our non-profit name
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Stay away
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Unresolved
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Identity Theft Risk:
- HIGH RISK Click for the explanation.
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Amintore Confalonieri
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305-618-1000
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$0.00
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Racketeering from Mexico and Venezuela
By: Jul 21, 2018This company communicated with my investment partner in Italy. CEO Amintore Confalonieri said he representing a powerful investor from Mexico. He offered bitcoin at discount price. This was a racket to attain bank account information from my partner. Now we reported Amintore Confalonieri and his representatives in Mexico and Venezuela Andres Lozano, Giuseppe Belpiede, Gonzalo Sanchez
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Report scam
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Stay away
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Resolution:
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Unresolved
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Identity Theft Risk:
- HIGH RISK Click for the explanation.
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Amintore Confalonieri, Andres Lozano, Giuseppe Belpiede, Gonzalo Sanchez
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Amintore Confalonieri, Andres Lozano, Giuseppe Belpiede, Gonzalo Sanchez
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+58-414-308-1028, +52-55-100-0500
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$200.00
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Scammer!
By: Jul 16, 2018If you receive an email from any of the multiple addresses associated with www.amintoreoficial.com you should know you are being scammed.
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The person managing this site is Amintore Confalonieri an international con artist. He created his own website on 5/24/2018 as a supplementary tool to fool and deceive people all over the world with his various scams.
This is the same guy in;
twitter.com/amintoreoficial
twitter.com/mrboova
www.linkedin.com/in/amintoreconfalonieri
The website was registered anonymously in GoDaddy.com
Please google: Lebain & Co and the perpetrator's name Amintore Confalonieri. There are hundreds of victims reporting all kind of scams from fake jobs to extortion attempts.
You can also check his name on scamguard and reportscam-
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Reporting this scammer. Hoping to get my money back
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User Recommendation:
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Stay away
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Resolution:
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Unresolved
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Identity Theft Risk:
- HIGH RISK Click for the explanation.
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Phone:
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+58-414-308-1028
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Monetary damages:
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$900.00
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The Ghost of LinkedIn
By: Jul 08, 2018To Amintore Confalonieri
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I’ll park your scam bits aside because those require its own post. But allow me to go over your so-called experience here to make my point.
As per your LinkedIn profile you are the former founder and principal consultant of an American company based in New York called Lebain & Co. You claim to have operated such company in the U.S. from 2015 to 2017 where you were "Responsible to lead consulting in the areas of procurement, supply chain, private equity and venture capital."
My question to you is: How could you do all this without having a green card, a social security number, an ITIN or at least a work permit?.
The USCIS can be reached at: 1-888-464-4218
They can confirm your ineligibility to work in the United States because you have no work authorization. In reality you have never resided in U.S. territory. Though you have visited in the past with a now-revoked tourist visa, you never stayed for longer than 7 days at a time and you have never opened a business here.
The Internal revenue Service (IRS) can be reached at: 1-800-829-4933
They can confirm that Lebain & Co was incorporated in 2015 as an LLC in the State of New York by a now defunct online broker however it never had a brick & mortar address in the "Greater New York area” as per your LinkedIn . The same LLC was dissolved by you 4 1/2 months after incorporation and there was no final tax return filed. The IRS can also confirm that you could not possibly had any "consulting engagements in the areas of procurement, supply chain, private equity and venture capital" because as stated, such company had no real operations and nobody has ever reported doing business with you or Lebain & Co in the U.S.
Next as per your LinkedIn profile you worked at ZTE Corporation in Venezuela, Panama, Chile and Colombia from 2007 to 2013.
You "Developed and implemented the Vendor Management program obtaining supplier’s grow by 400% in 2008 | 700% in 2009 | 1.300% in 2011 | 2.000% in 2012."
You also "Increased the Managed Spend from US$ 1,2mm in 2007 to US$ 40mm in 2008 | US$ 95mm in 2009 | US$ 145mm in 2010 | US$ 860mm in 2012."
ZTE Human Resources Department in Caracas can be reached at: +58-212-7932229
They have confirmed that you worked for ZTE only in Caracas (Venezuela) but not during the dates you have implied. Also after checking internally, they’ve certified that both statements as indicated above are 100% fabricated by you and the rest has been embellished.
These are just two of your lies for illustration purposes. Everything in your background is fake sir.
I advise you to stop wasting everyone’s time with your tales and exaggerations.
My name is Leonardo Rojas and I’m a Private Investigator. I can be reached at [email protected]
P.S. Since you constantly change or update your information around on social media, I’m pasting below the information noted on your LinkedIn profile as of 7/8/2018
https://www.linkedin.com/in/am...
Founder - Procurement, Supply Chain and Venture Capital Advisor
Company Name LeBain and Co
Dates Employed Jul 2015 – Feb 2017
Employment Duration 1 yr 8 mos
Location Greater New York City Area
Responsible to lead consulting in the areas of procurement, supply chain, private equity and venture capital.
ZTE Corporation
Dates Employed Mar 2007 – Jan 2013
Employment Duration 5 yrs 11 mos
Location Venezuela, Panama, Chile, Colombia
Developed and implemented the Vendor Management program obtaining supplier’s grow by 400% in 2008 | 700% in 2009 | 1.300% in 2011 | 2.000% in 2012.
Increased the Managed Spend from US$ 1,2mm in 2007 to US$ 40mm in 2008 | US$ 95mm in 2009 | US$ 145mm in 2010 | US$ 860mm in 2012.-
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My client needs to recover $5000 she lost with this scammer
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User Recommendation:
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Stay away
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Resolution:
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Unresolved
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Identity Theft Risk:
- HIGH RISK Click for the explanation.
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Amintore Confalonieri
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Amintore Confalonieri, Boova Valentino
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414-308-1028, +58-414-308-1028
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Monetary damages:
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$5,000.00
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Comments:
Eva R.
Aug 17, 2018 5:21 AM
Hi Nancy; I talked to him and I felt the same way. He was asking me personal questions like if I had a boyfriend and he made inappropriate comments about my profile picture. Plus he wanted $1500 to recommend me to a hiring manager in Mexico for a job anyone can find online.
Eva R.
Aug 17, 2018 5:16 AM
He's asking me for $1500 for connecting me to the hiring manager of a job in Mexico. I know I can apply online myself. Thanks for the advice. I will check with the company to see if they even know Amintore
Aaron Brown
Aug 11, 2018 10:19 PM
Godaddy, Twitter, Linkedin, Medium no one cares as long as the cash is flowing. Unless of course something reaches the news then it's all hands on deck
Aaron Brown
Aug 11, 2018 10:17 PM
I don't think he's stopping but adapting because of the pressure he's getting. He's on LinkedIn now playing the good-guy-helping-others-get-a-job card
Aaron Brown
Aug 11, 2018 10:15 PM
That's of course angersome but hysterical. This Confalonieri knows everyone everywhere. Thanks for posting @disqus_un9PgWEmH0:disqus
Aaron Brown
Aug 11, 2018 10:10 PM
He's the #1 teleporter online
Gabbi Madrigal
Aug 06, 2018 12:31 AM
I'm interestedr. Please contact me. Thank you GM
Steve Goclowski
Aug 05, 2018 5:38 AM
Looks like a kid did his site. So fake!
Natalia Orlandi
Aug 03, 2018 2:36 AM
I've counted 68 companies so far that Confalonieri has claimed he's worked for or consulted with. 68 lies!. It just takes a phone call or email to know the truth
Leo Rojas
Aug 03, 2018 2:27 AM
There is no reliability on LinkedIn's fraud protection systems. There are a lot of people like Confalonieri getting away with murder because LinkedIn literally doesn't care
Mariana Escobar
Aug 03, 2018 2:19 AM
I agree with you Diego
Mariana Escobar
Aug 03, 2018 2:19 AM
pm sent thank you!
Mariana Escobar
Aug 03, 2018 2:17 AM
pm sent RT Quirantes
Pilar Castillo
Jul 30, 2018 10:43 PM
That's what's happening to me. I sent you a message Claudia
Pilar Castillo
Jul 30, 2018 10:41 PM
I have so my own grievances about Amintore Confalonieri. He keeps looping back into my life no matter how much distance I put in between us. I don’t know him!. Have never met him!. He is someone I networked with on LinkedIn. But he’s using my name everywhere without my consent. I get calls and emails from random people asking me how was my work with Confalonieri but like I said we’ve never worked together on anything. I asked him to stop and he blocked me but he keeps doing this to me
RT Quirantes
Jul 26, 2018 11:37 PM
I am filing a lawsuit in Florida against Amintore Confalonieri for INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS against me and my family. If you are also a victim please contact me. We are ready to bring down this bs con-artist
Natalia Orlandi
Jul 21, 2018 7:54 PM
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Cody R.
Jul 19, 2018 6:30 PM
That's true, shame
Cody R.
Jul 19, 2018 6:27 PM
Thank you very much for sharing this
Leo Rojas
Jul 19, 2018 5:43 PM
Thanks
Mariana Escobar
Jul 19, 2018 5:31 PM
GREAT! Now he is using websites... :-(
Mariana Escobar
Jul 19, 2018 5:29 PM
He's probably planning to lay low for a while and then strike again. Why is LinkedIn not banning this con-artist for life???. How can someone claim to work in venture capital or banking and then remove it without raising alerts???
Mariana Escobar
Jul 19, 2018 5:25 PM
absolutely!
Mariana Escobar
Jul 19, 2018 5:24 PM
Exactly!
Diego Aguilar Jr.
Jul 19, 2018 5:18 PM
This is new. Godaddy shouldn't be hosting a scammer
Diego Aguilar Jr.
Jul 19, 2018 5:17 PM
I sent you a message. Contact me when you can. Thanks JGilbert
Diego Aguilar Jr.
Jul 19, 2018 5:17 PM
That pisses me off so much
Diego Aguilar Jr.
Jul 19, 2018 5:15 PM
Yes I agree
Matt Pierce
Jul 19, 2018 2:41 PM
He tried to sell me his influence as consultant to the boss of a Mexican company to get me a procurement job. He asked for $1000. He didn’t know I had already applied with the same company and had two interviews. When I asked various executives including the CEO if they knew Amintore Confalonieri their answer was “no”
Jeff R.
Jul 16, 2018 7:13 AM
I just DM you
Jeff R.
Jul 16, 2018 7:12 AM
Website scam alert on Amintore Confalonieri His new scamming tool: www.amintoreoficial.com The person managing this site is the scammer himself Amintore Confalonieri . He created his own website on 5/24/2018 as a supplementary tool for his cons and as an attempt to boost his credibility in the business world. This is the same guy from; www.twitter.com/amintoreoficial www.twitter.com/mrboova www.linkedin.com/in/amintoreconfalonieri The website was registered anonymously in GoDaddy.com and is using a domain by proxy registration to mask his real location.
Mike Diaz
Jul 16, 2018 1:37 AM
Liar Liar Pants on Fire!. Confalonieri told one of my H.R. consultants he was filling in for the head of procurement at Zara the Spanish retailer. We reached out to Zara corporate and their local business units as part of a reference check and no one knew Amintore Confalonieri or his Lebain company. It’s unbelievable how sites like LinkedIn or Twitter allow these cons to go on
Cinthia Melendez
Jul 13, 2018 3:24 AM
Every week there is a different take on his @linkedin profile!
Cinthia Melendez
Jul 13, 2018 3:22 AM
7.12.2018 Amintore Confalonieri removed any trace related to venture capital, investment baking, recruiting or entrepreneurship from his LinkedIn and he left a basic profile about procurement. Good job people!! but the question remains..why is LinkedIn allowing him to make such changes without questioning his legitimacy?. I can't get an answer on that
Aaron Brown
Jul 10, 2018 4:24 PM
He tries to be smart so if you confront him I ber he'd tell you that his attorney was actually dining at the restaurant lol
SEBASTIÁN DÍAZ
Jul 10, 2018 3:37 PM
Confalonieri has been jobless for 5+ years. No one hires him for evident reasons
Paula Miller
Jul 10, 2018 1:31 PM
My issue was that because Carso has so many subsidiaries and foreign businesses I was giving this guy the benefit of the doubt but it's clear he's totally out of a job..!
Paula Miller
Jul 10, 2018 1:29 PM
Cheers Phil. I enjoyed our talk as well. I agree probably he'll work for NASA next time..! :-)
Jackie Downing
Jul 10, 2018 1:24 PM
@LinkedIn doesn't care as long as they are making money and this guy is paying for a premium membership
Jackie Downing
Jul 10, 2018 1:21 PM
And if he actually did have the experience at least that would make up for it but in this case his CV is wet paper all fake
Jackie Downing
Jul 10, 2018 1:19 PM
You are right he's a sad man
Mariana Escobar
Jul 04, 2018 6:09 AM
Good to know all along I was talking to Mr. Boova the paparazzo ::::))))
Mariana Escobar
Jul 04, 2018 6:06 AM
That's just wow
Mariana Escobar
Jul 04, 2018 6:04 AM
That's some serious teleporting :::::::)))))))
Mariana Escobar
Jul 04, 2018 6:02 AM
Dude posts a recruitment update on his LinkedIn (link below) claiming he has (quote) "a procurement & supply chain candidate with a little over 10 years of experience in various industries" and (quote) "If someone needs a similar profile in Mexico please let me know". I asked him for the candidate's profile because I was filling a similar vacancy and he responds (quote) "I'm sorry but that candidate has already found a good job thanks to my powerful networking however I'm a procurement executive with more than 30 years of experience in various industries. I'm working temporarily as a recruiter but I want to make my next career move. Here is my Resume for your review". So this is the new standard of bait and switch for some wackos __bangs head against wall__ https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6418542519155511296
J. Pesantes
Jul 03, 2018 4:46 PM
Too easy to see this is a scam. Just Google the owner or the name Lebain & co
Habib El-Zein
Jun 29, 2018 7:02 PM
"Teleport miles..." L.O.L.
Habib El-Zein
Jun 29, 2018 7:02 PM
I’m laughing at some of the comments. I’m glad people use humor to cope with con-artists. Guys I was a victim of Amintore C. and Lebain too and what helped me get through was putting myself in the scammer’s shoes. It’s a sad life and they deserve every bit of it. Imagine being Amintore Confalonieri. Imagine being 50 years old and unemployed with no money. Imagine having to wake up every morning to hustle for a job. Pretend to be someone you are not all day long. Imagine having to invent that you are successful so you can actually con others to survive. Imagine being a stooge that lives in a motel in a foreign country not knowing if you are going to eat next when the money you have stolen from your victims runs out. Imagine having thousands of followers online but your hundreds of daily posts on your multiple profiles have no likes and no interactions because 95% of your followers know who you are and what you really do and you are actually their laughing stock. Imagine being turned down for one job after the other because of your lack of experience and your criminal record. That’s the life of a scammer like Amintore C. Now picture how much hatred he must have towards successful people and how much he might actually hate himself. It does hurt a lot when you get ripped off by one of these scammers but at least you should have some comfort knowing that in the case of Amintore C. he is a f---d up nobody with no future.
Diego Aguilar Jr.
Jun 29, 2018 5:57 PM
Amintore Confalonieri stole my daughter's identity and crippled her credit
Patel
Jun 28, 2018 3:40 AM
Don’t be victimized by this guy and his fake company. Take your time, do your research and read all the headlines of his dubious and questionable activities..
Patel
Jun 28, 2018 3:30 AM
Why is his fake profile up on LinkedIn?
Patel
Jun 28, 2018 3:28 AM
I believe it because he's done the same to me and other colleagues
Patel
Jun 28, 2018 3:28 AM
Thank you for this
Patel
Jun 28, 2018 3:27 AM
He also claims to be a top executive @ Grupo Carso in Mexico
Patel
Jun 28, 2018 3:26 AM
I had a very similar experience. He doesn't work for Carso and Lebain doesn't have a real business address
JGilbert
Jun 24, 2018 8:28 AM
Thanks
JGilbert
Jun 24, 2018 8:27 AM
I know of one victim that had her social security number stolen and sold online after dealing with Lebain & co. She was also damaged by the lies Confalonieri posted about her
JGilbert
Jun 24, 2018 8:25 AM
Now I make the connection. That's pretty common with scammers like this scum. They change their story all the time
JGilbert
Jun 24, 2018 8:23 AM
This made my day. Thanks
JGilbert
Jun 24, 2018 8:22 AM
I’m a PI with experience chasing down all kind of scammers and this is my assessment of Lebain & co. It's not a real business. Amintore Confalonieri @amintoreoficial is a social media beggar and an obsessive liar suffering from severe megalomania. His background, his credentials and his upbringing are fake or totally exaggerated. It doesn’t matter if he knows you or not. Once he targets you online he will unceasingly try to plug himself into your life without any regard or respect. He will tear you apart when things don’t go his way. He’s a walking liability in deep debt and he's openly taken a lot of money from unknowing victims to pay for his obsession of being an Instagram star @mrboova Anyone wanting to know more about Lebain & co or Amintore Confalonieri can contact me. Thanks
Phil Gilmore
Jun 24, 2018 3:30 AM
Now he "works" for Grupo Carso?...every week Confalonieri works for a different employer. It was nice talking to you Paula thanks for the feedback
Paula Miller
Jun 22, 2018 3:09 PM
Thank you
Paula Miller
Jun 22, 2018 3:08 PM
Thank you. I'm trying to recover my money from Amintore Confalonieri
Paula Miller
Jun 22, 2018 3:07 PM
Amintore Confalonieri from Lebain and company?. F***g wasted time and money!!. Didn’t have time to check his references and I hired him to do a business plan for my startup to present to potential investors. But when he delivered his business plan OMG OMG OMG it has no value!. Ludicrous!. My partner asked me where is the camera? because this didn’t just happened to us. This ‘’consultant’’ Confalonieri or whatever his real name is redefines the meaning of copy & paste. The ''executive business plan'' pacakage we purchased from him for $200 is hopeless. With little effort anyone can find the exact same text online. He plagiarizes other people’s work adds his letterhead and your company name to it and presto!. His pre & post consultations are the worst I've seen in my career. We didn’t understand a word of what he was saying because of his thick accent and poor English so a Spanish-speaking member of my team had to translate every word he said and then he was the one getting frustrated with us!. Supposedly he is a top executive at Grupo Carso in Mexico and he owns a consulting company but I don’t believe any of it because he failed to show me and to show my team that he even understands basic business concepts. IDK what or who he is but he is not a business consultant!. If you are reading this Amnitore Confalonieri I want my money back!
F. Jean-Baptiste
Jun 21, 2018 11:00 PM
Amintore Confalonieri is a swindler and Lebain & co is a hoax. I encourage everyone to do a thorough international background check on Confalonieri. He is a convicted felon with no experience in business..
Phil Gilmore
Jun 19, 2018 12:55 AM
Joe: He was caught a while back because of the similar pictures on the two profiles and at that time he had no choice but to claim he was both Mr. Boova the international Instagram photographer sensation and a millionaire businessman LOL
Joe Lessard
Jun 08, 2018 1:00 AM
He has no shame. @mrboova has the same pictures as @amintoreoficial and vice-versa
Joe Lessard
Jun 08, 2018 12:59 AM
We also had a good laugh with Confalonieri. He sent us a "letter" from his "attorney" but the phone# listed on the letter was a local restaurant in Mexico City :-)
Joe Lessard
Jun 08, 2018 12:57 AM
Owner of this fake company Amintore Confalonieri is a goblin that exists only on social media. My company sent him a cease and desist letter because he was irritating and harassing our employees. We had never done business with him or with his “company” but he was claiming to 3rd parties that he was a consultant working with us. He sent us back a fake attorney letter stating he was suing for $1 million in a Mexican court. When we tried to call his “attorney” in Mexico his number turned out to be a local restaurant..it was worth a laugh..
B. Brennan
Jun 05, 2018 2:54 PM
He (Cunfalonieri) told me he co-owned Battery Ventures in FL. They've never heard about him or Lebain & Co
B. Brennan
Jun 05, 2018 2:52 PM
Thanks for letting me know
B. Brennan
Jun 05, 2018 2:52 PM
Lost $3K on consulting services that he never provided. Confalonieri was the person I was talking to from the beginning
Paula S.
May 29, 2018 3:16 PM
Well in my case he claimed that Guidepoint was the parent company of his business but the address he gave me in Mexico was bogus
Paula S.
May 29, 2018 3:15 PM
I sent my resume answering a post for a job in Mexico. Received an email from Amintore Confalonieri, MBA founder of Lebain & Co. After a short chat he asked for my social and other personal information to run a background check. All the information he gave me like addresses etc was bogus. Beyond doubt this is a fake company and a scam!
Aaron Brown
May 17, 2018 5:30 AM
I remember Confalonieri telling me he owned another company named Battery Ventures but when I checked their website I couldn't find his name there
Aaron Brown
May 17, 2018 5:26 AM
He does that to everyone. He's vindictive if you don't play his games. I've been even getting direct threats from him. As I said before on my report..block & run
Mauricio Correa
May 17, 2018 2:36 AM
Good to know. Thank you
Claudia Robledo
May 15, 2018 1:53 PM
Grifter. Caused me a lot of damage on LinkedIn. Falsely claimed we had worked together in the past to hassle my connections for a job
Terry H.G.
May 11, 2018 6:29 PM
Le Bain @ The Standard in NYC is not associated in any way with Lebain & Co or Amintore Confalonieri
W. Gonzalez
May 10, 2018 2:28 PM
A word of caution to this tale. If you ever gave anyone from Lebain & Co or Amintore Confalonieri any personal information you should double check your credit report. I applied for a job with Lebain & Co last year thinking they were Bain & Co and I filled out a standard job application. I then realized that it was a fraudulent company but since then strange things are popping up on my credit report like inquiries to obtain credit cards or cell phones. I don’t think Confalonieri does that because he is overseas but I’m pretty sure he is selling applicant’s information to others. Also be careful with this scammer turning the tables on you. I recently had a heated exchange online with Confalonieri and on the same day my company was approached by an anonymous source stating that I was a sociopath. On the same exact day Confalonieri posted on his @mrboova profile something about a ‘sociopath’ that was ‘harassing him’. I came clean with my management about what was going on and they understood the situation. Anticipate he is going to attack your reputation. Having a plan is the best thing to do. I hope my experience is of service to everyone.
Michelle Scarborough
May 08, 2018 4:47 PM
Don't blame yourself. I was also a victim of this con. It’s not your fault!. Lebain & co is not real, it never was. There is no such company. It’s only in paper. Battery Ventures is real but the scammer Amintore Confalonieri never worked for them. Amintore is a sociopath with a lack of conscience. If he targeted you on social media it’s because you were worth it. He wanted something from you. If he took your money too bad, but imagine how sad his life is. You’ll learn from this and move on. You'll earn that money back. He won’t. If he trashes you on social media so what? ignore him. Don't engage. Block him, no one is falling for his cons anymore. But please don’t blame yourselves. Life is full of people like Confalonieri.
Elena Martinez
May 07, 2018 5:01 PM
Replying to: ElizabethVera Report him to Twitter and Linkedin if he is still harassing you. I understand what you are saying because every female that has reported Confalonieri complains about his unprofessional dealings with females. He is not only a con artist but a predator. Reach out to me if you need help
Aaron Brown
May 04, 2018 6:28 AM
I agree. He has the same M.O. with different companies
Nancy Cruz
Apr 30, 2018 1:02 PM
Elena you should also reach out to the victim's groups online. We have two, one in English and another one in Spanish. I can't post the URL here but just google his name and it will come out. Regards
Phil Gilmore
Apr 29, 2018 7:19 PM
Aaron; I speak for every victim to tell you that you have accurately described on your post the laughable life of the owner of Lebain & Co Mr. Confalonieri
Elena Martinez
Apr 25, 2018 4:10 PM
Thanks Phil Gilmore. I couldn't have put it better myself
Diana Serna
Apr 21, 2018 11:55 AM
Yes that is the person I sent the money to
Diana Serna
Apr 21, 2018 11:53 AM
Scam. Got me for $150
Phil Gilmore
Apr 17, 2018 7:54 AM
I’ve dealt with this scammer before. It's a one-man show, not a company. I spent $200 on an online consultation with Amintore Confalonieri that was a disaster. Instead of giving my company thoughts for obtaining VC funding he kept offering his services as COO. Basically he was begging me for a job. Anything he discussed was stuff widely available online. Like he reads the industry news every day and then he uses that information to sound smart but once you start drilling him down with specifics he can’t keep up. I lost the $200 who cares but I learned the valuable lesson of not trusting everything you see online. If you look closer this guy has thousands of followers on his twitter account @amintoreoficial and on Linkedin but barely no one ever interacts with him. This is the information era. Folks are clever and it doesn’t take a lot to realize that Confalonieri is not what he claims to be. He is also distancing himself from the Lebain & Co name and he's using his online involvement with an authentic company named GuidePoint. All this is surgically done by Confalonieri in order to boost his credibility. I’m shocked to find out that he also has the @mrboova alias
Ernesto Beltrán
Mar 27, 2018 12:17 AM
I had several calls with Mr. Valentino from Lebain & Co Colombia to help me get funding for my business. He promised to invest his own money or at least to have one of his affiliated partners invest on me. He told me that it would take about 30 to 45 days before I receive the funds but the first step was for me to pay for some fees around $500 for due diligence. I followed the instructions and I wired the money to someone named Amintore Confalonieri. After waiting patiently for three months my business partner and I decided to give Valentino a call to see if he had any new updates since the last time we spoke. He kept dodging the calls and he didn’t respond to our emails. We finally spoke with Mr. Confalonieri on March 9 and he told us that regrettably no one was interested in investing on our company and that they were keeping the $500 because it was used for paperwork. When pressured by my partner he was suddenly very hostile and told us that if we keep hassling him he would blacklist us so we wouldn’t get funding anywhere. He also denoted that he had thousands of social media followers and that he could seriously damage us if we kept it up. Before I wired the money to Lebain Valentino was always very nice and very attentive to my needs. He was always there to answer any questions that I had and he responded to my emails in a matter of minutes. After I sent the money, he was a totally different person. I don’t know how this Confalonieri person fits on their hierarchy but he is a very nasty man. Without a doubt they are a scam. I am so disgusted with this company ripping honest people off. I truly hope they have a special section in hell for all these con artists.
Jorge Guillen
Mar 23, 2018 1:56 AM
Thank you for sharing :-)
Jairo Vega, DP
Mar 20, 2018 5:59 AM
I welcome any information about Amintore Confalonieri. Please send me a message
SEBASTIÁN DÍAZ
Mar 15, 2018 3:17 AM
Where can I find information about Guidepoint? Many thanks
SEBASTIÁN DÍAZ
Mar 15, 2018 3:15 AM
This is a scam perpetrated from Venezuela by Amintore Confalonieri
Jorge Roldan
Mar 09, 2018 11:04 PM
Thank you very much. I would like to connect with you Silvia H. Chamorro
Paula Zuniga
Mar 06, 2018 3:31 AM
Thanks so much for the tip
Elena Martinez
Feb 16, 2018 8:40 AM
Thank you!
Elena Martinez
Feb 16, 2018 8:40 AM
He is from Venezuela. He lives in Caracas the capital
Elena Martinez
Feb 16, 2018 8:39 AM
My friend and I were duped by the owner of Lebain Co Confalonieri. I lost the equivalent to $2000 on a fraudulent transaction with a company that he didn't have the right to represent. I corroborate his company is a ruse with the intent of deceiving others. Lebain Co never had a website but the owner is on twitter #MrBooba operating under the name Boova Valentino. His real last name is Confalonieri. You can reach @IsidroArmas or @emartrinez67 for more information
Aaron Brown
Feb 11, 2018 8:05 AM
Unfortunately with ghost scammers like this Confalonieri oddball the only thing one can do is report them relentlessly to the sites where they are promoting their deception. Last December he found me on Medium and couple of other sites and reached out to me portraying himself as the CEO of Lebain & Co a multi-million-dollar investment company. It took me 10 minutes to realize I was being scammed. He really is determined I give him that but he falls short in execution. Too many holes in his narrative. What you all need to do is have some fun with these scammers if you have some extra time. Make them waste their time the same way they are wasting yours. This is part of the email I sent him when he kept coming back at me with all kind of BS after I had already researched him online and made myself clear to him that I knew he was trying to con me: “Dear Mr. Confalonieri thank you for reaching out for the 15th time. Persistence is a virtue. So let me get this straight: You live in Venezuela, you work at an office in Mexico and you double as a photographer in New York. I always wanted to know more about teleportation. Do you get a lot of teleport miles in your current position?. Also while data-mining your data from the inconsistent information you have provided to others I now realize your company Lebain & Co was acquired by Bain & Co on 2017, by Samsung on the same year and recently by Guidepoint. I’m not confused at all. I’m very interested to know how you accomplished that my friend. That’s what I call a triple whammy!. In regards to what you told me about your brilliant career as a business writer and author with @Inc, @startupsco, @HuffPost and @AlleyWatch I’m sorry but it seems like they have all taken down your articles because I can’t find anything with your name on any of these sites. I did find the junk you wrote on your own blog but nothing on the mainstream sites you mentioned. That’s just terrible!. I’m sure the editors are just jealous or they feel intimated by you. Finally I see you worked in the procurement field in Venezuela for a short period of time but since you pointed out to me that you have 20+ years of experience in venture capital around the world I was wondering if that’s something that you just decided to do one day. Like you woke up in the morning and said to yourself in the mirror: Today I’m going to have 20 years of experience in venture capital!. I always like to explore the effect of positive affirmation, visualization and spell-casting but this is really a big achievement my man. You must be from the house of Gryffindor. Perhaps you can teach me one day.” I never got a reply back from Lebain & Co or Confalonieri but like many others have reported a few of my online connections received anonymous negative tips about me. And this all happened on the exact same day I had sent Confalonieri this email exposing his BS. I have a simple advice for anyone researching this man: Block & Run.
Sunder Singh
Feb 08, 2018 7:26 AM
Thank you for this information Silvia Chamorro. I noticed that as well. He changes company names, titles and dates of employment very often. I don't get why LinkedIn overlooks this type of member behavior. Until recently he was working as Principal and CEO of Lebain & Co and then suddenly he changed the dates of employment like he left Lebain on Feb 2017. I also checked with the Guiedpoint office in Mexico just like you did and it's true there is no one with his name in their team. They told me he could be listed as a consultant on their online consulting website but that's something anyone can do it does not mean that he is an executive with Guidepoint or that Lebain & Co is even related to Guidepoint. I didn't know the MrBoova bit. Putting it mildly it's ridiculous.
Federico M.
Feb 03, 2018 2:11 AM
Thank you for sharing this important information. Definitely he is not in Mexico. He is in Venezuela
Silvia H. Chamorro
Jan 27, 2018 4:30 AM
Yes! I went back online as far as 1998 with his company "Armytel". Search for @IsidroArmas too there is a lot of information there
Silvia H. Chamorro
Jan 27, 2018 4:26 AM
That's exactly what happened to me!
Silvia H. Chamorro
Jan 27, 2018 4:24 AM
Confalonieri is no longer using the fake Lebain&Co name but now he states to be a shareholder of another company "GUIDEPOINT". On his email broadcast yesterday he said he is “working at Guidepoint’s Mexico office after his company Lebain & Co merged with Guidepoint” and he is allegedly "helping startups with venture capital funding” and "managing complex venture capital deals for Guidepoint”. He is not. This is all fiction. If you get an email or LinkedIn or Twitter invitation from him asking you to apply for a job or to submit your startup idea it’s fake. You should research his MRBOOVA aliases on instagram and twitter because there he is a “photographer in New York City”. Also fake! And on his dating profile on POF he is supposed to be the CEO of Samsung Colombia!. He is a complete joke! He is completely delusional and he is desperate. Do not believe a word this man tells you.
Federico M.
Jan 19, 2018 5:57 AM
I answered to a job ad posted at opcionempleo.co.cr from Lebain&Co a company in United Sates looking for consultants. The owner Amintore responded and we had an interview online. He told me his investment firm was acquired by Samsung Latin America and he was looking to expand his consulting workforce for startups in Costa Rica Mexico and Colombia. He asked me to send $250 to his bank account for a starter kit. Here I am several months later and he blocked me off of his phone whatsapp and everywhere else. This is fraud and I intend to press charges against this company and the owner.
Jesus Martinez
Dec 01, 2017 4:30 PM
He's been stealing money from innocent people since the 1990's. Confalonieri is a Venezuelan con-artist
Sunder Singh
Oct 08, 2017 7:52 PM
I wrote my report earlier. We are a small company in Simsbury CT and we were scammed by Confalonieri from Lebain. We lost 3K
Allison Noel
Sep 23, 2017 6:17 AM
Thank you scamguard and OP. Message me if interested in joining forces I was scammed too and my lawyer is looking for more victims of Confalonieri
Nancy Cruz
Sep 14, 2017 2:33 PM
I can confirm he is from Venezuela because of his accent
Nancy Cruz
Sep 14, 2017 2:33 PM
I responded to his job offer in Mexico and had a skype call this morning. Had a creepy feeling all over because he was mostly hitting on me instead of being professional! bragging about how connected he was and how much money he has WTF?. At the end of the call he asked me to fill out a form and send his office in Caracas $1000 to conduct a criminal and credentials check. Quite a scam beware
Iliana
Aug 29, 2017 6:27 PM
Last name used are Confal****** and Valent*** (redacted for privacy). My experience talking to this guy is that he is a scam. One day he was in New York following day he was in South America and next day in Singapore. He doesn't remember his own lies. Also he claims to have invested over 100 million but he can't produce the name of a single investment "for security reasons"
Ef Salazar
Jul 07, 2017 8:29 PM
Unemployed extortionist from Venezuela