"Aubert Conscience"? That sounds like a strange name to me. The guy looks a typical whitey-white westerner, and I've never heard of someone with that last name--it's like a name that someone in Asia/Eastern Europe would think of when creating a scam like this. Or maybe I'm over-analyzing it. I did look into anagrams of Aubert but nothing suspicious popped up.
Good catch, OP.
I am posting for someone else. This has caused my account to be flagged. can I remove this link and will it remove my accusation ?
I think that before you endorse a project in the forum, you should have thoroughly reviewed and checked their website for possible accusations. In addition, you should have also indicated that you were posting this for someone else so you could at least have a reason for it.
I agree, though perhaps coldice doesn't have the knowledge or tools to do a deep dive into the fakery that was employed here--I don't know what was going through coldice's mind when he decided to endorse the project, but I'd be willing to give him the benefit of the doubt so long as he knows better next time. Maybe lovesmayfamilis could share his research methods with him so that he doesn't end up in a situation like this again (assuming, of course, that coldice doesn't know what to look for)?