WARNING - Portuguese guy selling FAKE rare ports

[Henrik Lilja]

I have been cheated by a portuguise guy named Vitor Teixeira.
He sold me a fake NIEPOORT BLUE RIBBON. He did admit and accepted, that it was a fake bottle. I paid/transfered 625 euro. We agreed that I could return the bottle and get my money back (refund). Did ship the bottle back. But many month has gone now - and still NO refund. He do not communicate with me anymore. He is a fraud. He cheats people. Very bad business-morale. Watch out - he has more than one fake BLUE RIBBON - and I believe he has other fake socalled rare port bottles.
Please make og communicate WARNING in your network - DO NOT - do business with this guy.
If needed - I can post a picture of the guy.
This is his facebook-profile: https://www.facebook.com/vitor.teixeira ... ts&fref=ts

[Andy Velebil]

Henrik
Sorry to hear about this. There are a LOT of fakes coming out of Portugal right now and I would advise everyone to be very cautious about buying older Ports. Please do post a picture of him and any details you may have. The more people know who is selling fakes the better of we are so we can avoid them.

[Henrik Lilja]

At facebook his alias is Vitor Teixeira. But that is obviuos an fake alias - his real name should be Antonio. He should have been reported to the portuguise police. IVDP know who he is. He uses the following email: falcao228@hotmail.com
If you search by that email at facebook, you come to a profile with the name Luis Dias. No info at that profile.

When I returned the fake bottle, I shipped the bottle to a:
Vitor Ribeiro Teixeira
Rua Agra da seara 51
4445-009 Alfena
Portugal

But I think this is a "Cover-Address"!

[Eric Ifune]

Have seen fake Madeira as well on the market, again seemingly from within Portugal.

[Roy Hersh]

Henrik,

I am really sorry to hear this and we will keep this atop the marketplace to insure that others get to see this too!

How did he first contact you?

[Al B.]

Henrik

Have you reported this to the police either in Portugal or in Denmark?

[Roy Hersh]

I sent him a private message today:

"It has come to my attention from numerous sources that I know and trust, that you are scamming people and selling fraudulent bottles of Port. I want you to know that I have alerted the President of the IVDP and also police authorities in Porto. Expect there to be follow up and legal actions by these authorities that have already begun to look into your dealings and fraudulent selling of "rare Ports" that you have been representing. Good luck from here!"

[Andy Velebil]

I sent him a private message today:

"It has come to my attention from numerous sources that I know and trust, that you are scamming people and selling fraudulent bottles of Port. I want you to know that I have alerted the President of the IVDP and also police authorities in Porto. Expect there to be follow up and legal actions by these authorities that have already begun to look into your dealings and fraudulent selling of "rare Ports" that you have been representing. Good luck from here!"

Not the best of ideas. Tipping the suspect(s) off assures you won't be able to capture him and look into the background to see who may be helping him or where he may be getting them from. Just saying.

[Roy Hersh]

What's done is done. I am sure that this will put a crimp in his style and likely scare him enough to stop taking advantage of others. That was the real point. The likelihood of any investigation is minimal at best.