Has anyone else been contacted by Arnaud Massartic in Los Angeles? He sent me a LinkedIn invitation about six months ago? I checked out his profile and accepted. At the time (he's since changed it), his profile said he ran a multi-billion dollar media fund. Oh, his profile also said he lived in Monaco. Here's a link to his current LinkedIn profile:
arnaud massartic | LinkedIn
Soon after adding me as a LinkedIn contact, he emailed me suggesting we do business together. That's when the nightmare began. He seemed legit at the time. There's a Fortune article online which mentions that Arnaud Massartic owns an $8 million Maybach. Here's the link to the Fortune article:
Birdman's Billion Dollar Dreams - Forbes
Also, Arnuad claimed to have made his billions of dollars from the oil business and even has an email address at the following domain name:
http://www.panamerica.ca/
So I had every reason to believe Arnaud Massartic is a legitimate businessman, right? What followed was an intricate web of lies which recently fell apart. Here's a list of things Arnaud Massartic represented to me:
-He owns multiple cars including Maybachs and Ferraris
-He owns a $30 million house in Bel Air
-He has access to billions of dollars
-He owns property in Monaco
-Owns Panamerican Group
-He personally knows Vladmir Putin
-He owns multiple private jets
-He owns three office buildings in Beverly Hills
All of these things (and many other things he told me) are all lies. I ran a background check which said his residence was a small apartment in Hollywood. According to property records, the house he claimed to own in Bel Air belongs to someone else. I have a very strong business network in Monaco and can say with confidence that Arnaud Massartic does not own property there. I'm guessing Arnaud Massartic's net worth is zero, or less than zero.
Over the several months in which I believed Arnaud Massartic was actually legit, he sent me numerous contracts, bank commitment letters and other documents I now believe to be forged and fraudulent. All of this was an attempt by Arnaud to get me to access debt financing from US hedge funds with which I have strong business relationships.
Arnaud Massartic claimed to be a "business partner" with Hollywood legend Skip Paul. This is absolutely false. I wrote an email to Skip Paul and he admitted knowing Arnaud as an "acquaintance" but said they had no business together.
Please chime in here. I know Arnaud Massartic is a world-class con man, and has been scamming people for years.
Thanks for reading!