The truth

Please, everybody who is reading this, if you get paid back, let's hear about it. This is not about making Asif Zamir look bad, this is about reporting the truth. If Asif Zamir ends up paying everybody back, I want to be fair and post that.

Lies, lies, lies

I just found out that Asif Zamir is going on an offensive to clear his name by posting on his blog here.

Look, I don't know the full truth regarding Asif Zamir. I cannot say whether he was actually a victim of identity theft. What I can say for sure is that he has been extremely dishonest with me and others over the past two years.

As I have said before, if I was a victim of identity theft, you can bet that if somebody accused me of taking their money, but not providing a good or a service in return, I would get in contact with that person to find out exactly where they sent the money to. This would lead to the culprit, or it would absolve me. Asif Zamir never did that. Why? My guess is that it is because every last person I have been in touch with is a legitimate victim.

Asif Zamir did not return calls for almost two years. I had given up hope on ever seeing my money back. The only reason I did get my money was because a detective revived the case.

3 people have their money. The rest wait. Read this whole blog and you will see the extent to which people were misled and lied to and robbed. I was contacted by somebody else again claiming to be a brand new victim so it seems to be continuing.

I have been paid back and I am being compensated by Asif. I don't know if that is coincidental with the existence of this blog. I continue to write because I was never given an honest response to why Asif Zamir did what he did. There are far too many questions about my case that simply are not anwered by this claim of 'identify theft'. Also, there are people who are not getting paid. There is a guy owed more than $4000 out there. Asif Zamir had the nerve, after not answering this poor guy for years, to ask him if he wanted to get paid in one payment or in installments!

I would like good answers from Asif Zamir. The only way that I will not believe that I escaped a fraud artist by the sheer luck of having a detective who didn't let it drop is if Asif Zamir explains himself fully and openly, my questions, my terms, not a canned post in his blog that nobody can comment on.

Crickets

So, I got another $25 payment as part of the agreed compensation from Asif Zamir. But, from what I can tell, no other victim has heard anything from Asif. The promised payments at the end of February seem not to have materialized.

Every person I have spoken to seems to be #2 or higher on the list of people to be paid, but nobody is #1.

I feel extremely fortunate to have gotten my money back, and I can only think that Asif is compensating me in order to eventually have this blog taken down. I think it might be time to bring the police in to mediate this situation.

The message is clear

Too many people still have not been paid by Asif Zamir to let him off the hook by taking down this blog. Asif has promised that people will be paid by the end of February, so let's see if that happens.

BTW, I received yet another message from a new victim. The person asked that I not go into any details about the particular case, but the sum we are talking about is significant and far more than the average.

Asif Zamir No Longer Owes me $1190: Time to take down the blog?

Hi All!

Long time no post. The last time I posted I had given up all hope of ever seeing my money again.

In November, I got a call from the detective handling the case for the Peel police department. He had Asif Zamir on the line. The detective demanded that he pay me in full by the following Tuesday (it was Friday). I got $190 on Tuesday, rather than $1190. The following Saturday I got $400, the Saturday after that I got $300 and finally the last $300 owed of the principal the Saturday after that.

When Asif Zamir sent the first amount he said we could discuss compensation afterwards. I suggested that it should be $415 based on interest on $1190 over 1 year and 10 months, plus a penalty for lost time, aggravation etc. He agreed, but said he will only pay me at the end of December. My response was that I didn't believe him and I wanted the compensation immediately. Since that time he has been sending me $25 per week for a total compensation of around $225 or $250 so far.

I have been in touch with the other victims and it seems that of all the people who have contacted me over the last 2 years, there are 2 others who were refunded their money in November. Most of the others have been promised repayment by the end of February.

One of the things that I said to Asif Zamir when I was trying to convince him to give me my money back was that I would take down this blog once I got my money. Asif has asked me to take it down now that we are in the compensation phase, but I would feel guilty taking the blog down because there are so many people who have not been repaid.

So, now I ask you, dear readers, what should I do?

Asif Zamir: Accused of massive fraud

Ok, I wasn't sure if I would post this, mainly because I thought it might go somewhere, but now I'm not so sure.

I was contacted by somebody who accuses Asif Zamir of having committed fraud against individuals and a church. The amount that the accuser says he and the others have lost is $450,000. I have no way of verifying if this is true, but as I have said before, if you have been a victim of Asif Zamir, contact the police in Toronto. Provide proof. File a complaint with the RCMP.

Maybe, just maybe, the police will hunt down Asif Zamir and arrest him. It is my most fervent wish that Asif Zamir spends his life hiding, looking over his shoulder and fearing eternal damnation for what he has done.

Asif Zamir: Call the Toronto police

Hi All,

Sorry I haven't posted in awhile. Here's the deal. The RCMP has the Asif Zamir dossier. They also recommend that each of us contact the Toronto Police Services at the following address:

40 College ST
Toronto,ON
M5G 2J3
(416) 808-7300

Just call them. We all know that the Peel police department doesn't care about this, but seeing as Asif Zamir scams people from the Toronto area, this is the way to go.

Anybody who wants my support on this, just let me know. I will happily spend a few days in Toronto to testify against Asif Zamir.

To RR who left the comment in the last post: Let me know how I can help.

New blog

This takes me no time, so I started a new blog called: http://myacumenisascam.blogspot.com/ check it out.

Asif Zamir and myacumen.com: Just another PO box

Thanks to Mike for checking out the listed address from the www.myacumen.com website. As I suspected it is just a PO box. Of course Asif Zamir does not have an office, he's a two-bit fraudster. Anybody who can pay a private detective can stake the place out and give your letter of demand to Asif Zamir personally. If you do that, make sure you take a picture of him.

www.myacumen.scam

Myacumen is a scam website that demands payment upfront and does not deliver the goods. Chances are it is not a registered company. Give your money to www.myacumen.com and you will never see it again.

Asif Zamir = www.myacumen.com

Hi All.

Asif Zamir is www.myacumen.com.

Asif Zamir used to have a website called Blue Ocean International (www.bointernational.com). This is the site that he used to give credibility to his fraudulent ebay transactions. If you had called the 800 number on the site you would have found it disconnected. The site offered poorly defined business consulting services for a flat rate, paid in advance, of course. I am guessing that the site was not a raging success.

Once Asif Zamir got into trouble and was found out and apparently banned from ebay for fraudulent transactions like mine, his website was taken down for lack of payment.

Now Asif Zamir has set up a new site called http://www.myacumen.com. This site offers similar services to the other, and, although the look and feel are different from bointernational.com, it is clearly based entirely on the old site, right down to the stock photos of offices and the chummy multicultural young people photo.

He now focuses on offering website development for small businesses for a flat fee of $250 (paid upfront, of course). How can he develop a website for such a low cost? Well, that's how I found the site, in fact.

Asif Zamir hired some web developers over the internet. They worked for him and he promised to pay them. The problem is, he never paid them. Then they started to look into what kind of a person Asif Zamir is, and they found my site. Then they gave me the URL for myacumen.com.

So, this time the fraud was committed against the web developers rather than the customers. I am sure, however, that eventually some of these people who pay upfront will not see their products. This is how Asif Zamir seems to work. He starts by actually delivering at an unsustainably low price, then once he has a bit of a track record of delivering, he goes for the big scores and commits larger frauds. He did it with the camera equipment, delivering a few pieces to customers, getting some good feedback and then reeling in the bigger purchases which he never delivers on.

There is already a consulting firm in the Toronto area called Acumen. I am sure that Asif Zamir did not trademark the Acumen name, so I hope this company sues him for trademark infringement.

I am also sure that he has not registered or incorporated Acumen as a company. And I am sure he is not declaring whatever he makes as income. So, all of his ill-gotten income is tax-free, off the books. This is income tax evasion and fraud.

I have not visited the address on the website which is:

250 The East Mall, Suite 1687
Toronto, Ontario M9B 6L3
Canada

I am pretty sure that it is a PO box. There is no way that Asif Zamir can pay rent on an actual office, but if anybody ever gets the chance to look into it, let me know. I have already sent him a registered letter of demand that he refused to accept (because he knew it was an invitation to pay me or see me in court), so the next time I send a letter, it will be in person. On the off chance that there is an office there Asif Zamir is there as well, give him my regards... and call the police.

Asif Zamir: Not a Christian

Just sayin'.

Asif Zamir: Lucky Victim #13

Yes, that's right, another victim has contacted me, bilked out of almost $900 for a Nikon D80 body. That makes 13. Do you think Asif Zamir buys himself little gifts with the money that he steals, or does he live off of this income?

Asif Zamir: What he sounds like...

I have finally obtained a digitized voice recording of Asif Zamir from one of his victims. I can confirm that this is indeed his voice, and all of his other victims will surely recognize its Owen Meany-esque timbre.

Click here to listen to Asif Zamir lie

What you will notice is how nice he sounds. Interesting how Asif Zamir can claim to be a Christian who is involved in homeless charities in Toronto, how he can come across as a benign well-intentioned person on the phone, and then commit acts of fraud that amount to over $30,000 (that we know of).

Asif Zamir continues to hide, to the point of having removed the word "Pickering" from his blog because it may help his victims and the police locate him.

The hunt continues...

Asif Zamir Must Be Brought to Justice

The comment in the previous post seems to indicate that Asif Zamir's whereabouts are known. If that is the case then that information would be of great use to many of us with the desire and means to seek reparations from Asif Zamir.

All I need is the information on where to find him and Asif Zamir will be flooded with lawsuits, so, if you can tell me where to send the bailiffs, I will publish it and it will be all over for Asif Zamir's career as a crook.

Ebay's Opinion? Asif Zamir is a Scammer

I haven't really emphasized this before, but when I filed a dispute on ebay regarding the Asif Zamir's failure to provide the merchandise I paid for, Asif Zamir did not respond. I then filed for compensation as a victim of fraud. Ebay investigated and found in my favour and compensated me $175 USD as a victim of fraud on ebay. $175 is the maximum amount that ebay compensates fraud victims.

So, if anybody has any lingering doubts that Asif Zamir is a crook, think about the above.

Asif Zamir: Thief, Liar

Hi All! I'm back!

There have been some developments since I've been away. There are - let's see - 4 new victims. Two victims from the usual camera equipment scam and two that Asif scammed into doing work for him to the tune of well over $20,000 and then never paid.

It looks like Asif Zamir is getting back into business and he hopes to start anew and forget his sordid little past. Of course, his business is fraud, so if the 12 of us just go away, he'll just create more victims until somebody puts a stop to it.

The good news is that the more victims we have the more interesting Asif becomes as a target of a criminal investigation. The bad news is that there are more victims.

I am amazed by how many people who were scammed 1 - 1.5 years ago still Google Asif to try to find something out about him. He obviously doesn't care about the misery that he creates, but the fact that a victim from July 2006 contacted me after Googling Asif in December 2007 shows that the psychological impact of fraud is profound.

Victims who write me have likened Asif's fraud to the most intimate of violations. I certainly feel violated, stupid and gullible. This is worse than having you house broken into; home theft doesn't involve a gross violation of trust.

Asif Zamir: The Case so Far

I will be taking a break from posting for a little while, so before I go, I want to list the case against Asif Zamir one more time, kind of a one stop shop for people who may be thinking of going anywhere near him:

1. From April 2006 to August 2007, Asif Zamir had received at least $10,000 for camera equipment for which he has provided absolutely nothing in return. This figure is what I have been able to confirm, it is very likely there are other victims of Asif Zamir out there that I don't know about. For all I know, he could have taken ten times as much.

2. Asif Zamir started soliciting "buyers" on ebay. His ebay account was suspended and then cancelled in February 2007. He has never been allowed to advertise on ebay again.

3. Asif Zamir continued to solicit money from others by email right up to July/August 2007.

4. The number of known victims is 8.

5. Despite having many email addreses, at least one of which that was known to be active as recently as October, Asif Zamir has refused to respond to any of the people from which he took money. It goes without saying that he has not taken it upon himself to contact his victims either.

6. Asif Zamir claims to be a charitable Christian. If he performs any charity, it is at the expense of his many victims. If he is a Christian, he flagrantly disregards at least 1 commandment.

7. Asif Zamir has been in hiding since July 2007. His mother claims to not know where he is. The police no longer know where he lives.

I will post again relatively soon. This will not be over for as long as Asif Zamir is not brought to justice.

Stay tuned.

Asif Zamir: The Lowdown on the Police

Ok, I haven't talked about the police up to now because I didn't want to provide an advantage to Asif Zamir by giving him information. Now, I think, there is nothing to lose.

The police detective of the Peel Police department is, by his own admission, not very knowledgeable about computers. When Asif Zamir said that he had had his ebay account hacked, the detective took him at his word. Where most of us would have thought, "that's a convenient excuse", the detective automatically started treating this case as though all parties acted in good faith.

To complicate matters, the detective had an existing relationship with Asif Zamir and his mother for a matter involving fraud against a church where the Zamirs were the complainants (I know, I also wonder what the story from that case is...).

I must admit, even though I know that the detective has been trying to help, and has apparently managed to get Asif Zamir to repay some of his victims, he has treated me more like a pain in the ass than a legitimate complainant (I would like to clarify: I am a pain in the ass and a legitimate complainant). That is most likely because he wants me to let it go, agree with him that Asif Zamir is just a very bad, stupid, inexperienced businessman.

This detective has also read Asif Zamir's blog and he expressed doubt that it was the same Asif Zamir. He says that Asif Zamir refers to having been in Pickering in 1992, which would have made him only 6 or 7 years old. I don't see an issue with this, given that he could well have been there with his mommy. In any case, it illustrates the detective's tendency to doubt pretty much every piece of evidence that I provide him. He did say (and I agree with him on this) that knowing that Asif Zamir is in Pickering doesn't really help us to find him.

So, his suggestion is simply to sue him. Unfortunately, that was the route I was pursuing until the detective got involved and told me that he would recover my money for me. So, I waited for the detective to work on Asif Zamir, and then Zamir got evicted. Now, since Asif Zamir has gone into hiding, I must find him before I can sue him.

The RCMP has shown some interest as well. I expect once they hit this one on their list of priorities, they will act. This is why it is so vitally important for all victims of Asif Zamir to file a complaint with them. They need to appreciate the scope of the fraud. Unlike the detective from the Peel police department, I think they will evaluate this more objectively and give the benefit of the doubt to the victims rather than to the accused.

I know that Asif Zamir hopes that if he lays low for awhile, all of this will blow over. I am working towards not letting that happen. I want to teach Asif Zamir that you cannot steal from people with impunity.

Asif Zamir: Of course, he could be lying

He might not be in Pickering at all. He may be laying a false trail. Given that he has lied so much to so many people, there is really no reason to believe him when he says that he is in Pickering.