Reenie Hanson Gemologist reeniehansongems.com / Date of posting: May 9, 2023

by Samantha B.G.

Phony gemologist / Jewellery and gemstone appraiser scam

Name / Alias: Reenie Hanson

Supposed Credentials:
* On her phony website, it is noted: 'Reenie Hanson is a highly qualified and experienced Certified Independent Gemologist and Jewelry Appraiser, with over two decades of experience in the industry.'

Website: https://reeniehansongems.com

Where one can find the facial image? Homepage of Reenie Hanson Gems website

Date that website was first registered: 2023-04-19

Website domain registrar: NameCheap
Website hosting provider: Cloudflare

Physical address cited on website:
US Office : Fresno (Inside Fashion Fair Mall) 485 East Shaw Avenue Fresno, CA 93710

Phone number cited on website:
+1 (916) 318-1035

Does the area code of the phone number correspond to physical address?: Not exactly. The area code does relate to California. However, the 916 area code serves Sacramento, California and surrounding area. Whereas Fresno, California is served by the area codes 559 and 209. Fresno is about 170 miles from Sacramento.

Email address cited on website: hello@reeniehansongems.com

Also to note:
* Unlike many other previous iterations, the Reenie Hanson Gems scam site actually offers to sell jewellery, rather than to just appraise jewellery.
* One other previous, now-defunct jewellery appraiser scam site, juliadimaggio.co , listed a physical address in Fresno, California. While citing Fresno, it was not an identical address to the address listed on the Reenie Hanson Gems site.

Content for Reenie Hanson Gems site served up by Amazon AWS?: No
While some related websites featuring the image of the same woman's face have had content served up by Amazon AWS in the past, this website does not appear to do likewise.


This woman may attempt to reach out to men on dating / social networking sites, under whichever alias.

After having supposedly busted her laptop, she may attempt to get someone to send her a replacement laptop to her, in Turkey, where she claims to be working temporarily. Given the high number of websites in question, it's hard to say how many angles there could be for different targets and how many people and/or organizations may be working behind the websites and their presumably related profiles on various dating / social networking sites. However, one possibility is that a proverbial targeted victim is being recruited, via a romance scam, as a conduit to ship other people's jewellery -- from the U.S., in this case -- off to Africa and/or the Middle East.

It's possible that people may send their jewellery for appraisal, possibly to a home address listed on a jewellery appraisal website. (This would be the supposed business location.) The 'jewellery appraiser' may have an address located somewhat close to the person who wants an appraisal. The romance-targeted-victim, netted via the romance scam, may then, in turn, ship that jewellery off to their loved one, under the context of doing her a service, as she is temporarily traveling abroad. The romance-targeted-victim may then be facilitating a theft against a jewellery appraisal customer. In doing so, the individual shipping jewellery out-of-continent may be an unwitting accessory to a crime. Once the jewellery reaches Africa or the Middle East, it won't be coming back.


Other related scam sites, which feature the photo of the SAME WOMAN'S FACE, but each under a different alias, including some sites with corresponding Watch for Scams report pages, are as follows:

Melisa Emma, Allure Gems Lab alluregemslab.com -- New site, registered via NameCheap on March 17/23

Lauren Angelo laurenangelogems.com -- New site, registered via NameCheap on March 18/23

Stacey Lambert staceylambertgems.com -- New site, registered via NameCheap on April 21/23

Cornelia Williams corneliawilliamsgems.com -- New site, registered via NameCheap on April 21/23

Julie Cooney juliecooney.com -- see https://www.watchforscams.com/julie-cooney-gemologist-juliecooneycom-date-of-posting-may-6-2023.html -- Somewhat new site, registered via NameCheap on Nov 9/22

Carola Kemp carolakempgems.com * Carola Kemp site still online, as of May 6, 2023.

Emily Layla, Exquisite Gems Labs exquisitegemslabs.com -- see https://www.watchforscams.com/emily-layla-gemologist-exquisitegemslabscom-date-of-posting-jan-21-2023.html * Exquisite Gems Labs site still online, as of May 6, 2023.

Cynthia Lewis, Royal Glamour Gems royalglamourgems.com * The Royal Glamour site still online, as of May 6, 2023.

Andreea Sasser andreeasasser.com -- see https://www.watchforscams.com/andreea-sasser-gemologist-andreeasassercom-date-of-posting-june-27-2022.html * Andreea Sasser site still online, as of May 6, 2023.

Sandra Smith sandrasmithgems.com * Sandra Smith Gems site still online, as of May 6, 2023.

Claudia Denise Wallace claudiadenisewallace.com * Claudia Denise Wallace site still online, as of May 6, 2023.


Naomi Pat Collins naomipatcollins.com -- see https://www.watchforscams.com/naomi-pat-collins-gemologist-naomipatcollinscom-date-of-posting-aug-14-2022.html * Naomi Pat Collins site appears to be down, as of May 6, 2023. All the same, you can find an archived copy of the homepage of this scam site (which includes the image of the same woman) via the Internet Archive at: https://web.archive.org/web/20230123033833/https://naomipatcollins.com/

Julia Dimaggio juliadimaggio.co -- see https://www.watchforscams.com/julia-dimaggio-gemologist-juliadimaggioco-date-of-posting-june-20-2022.html * Julia Dimaggio site appears to have been down as of Jan 21, 2023 and is still down as of May 6/23. Archived version of site available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20220620091102/https://juliadimaggio.co/

Sandra Hall sandrahall.co -- see https://www.watchforscams.com/sandra-hall-gemologist-sandrahallco-date-of-posting-may-19-2022.html * The Sandra Hall site appears to have been down as of Jan 21, 2023. As of May 6/23, the homepage now just offers links to searches. Archived version of site available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20220517041420/https://sandrahall.co/about/

Zaee Harris zaeeharris.com -- see https://www.watchforscams.com/zaee-harris-gemologist-zaeeharriscom-date-of-posting-may-19-2022.html * The Zaee Harris site appears to have been down as of Jan 21, 2023 and is still down as of May 6/23. Archived version of site available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20220628010826/https://zaeeharris.com/

Carola Johnson carolajohnson.co -- see https://www.watchforscams.com/carola-johnson-gemologist-carolajohnsonco-date-of-posting-may-19-2022.html * Carola Johnson site appears to be down, as of May 6, 2023. Archived version of site available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20230123034251/https://carolajohnson.co/

Martina Paugh, Universal Gems Diamond Experts universalgemsdiamondexperts.com -- see https://www.watchforscams.com/martina-paugh-projectconsultant-manager-universalgemsdiamondexpertscom-date-of-posting-may-20-2022.html * The Universal Gems Diamonds Experts site appears to have been down as of Jan 21, 2023 and is still down as of May 6/23. Archived version of site available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20220517224028/https://universalgemsdiamondexperts.com/

Another recently-created jewellery scam site, involves a woman wearing a medical mask:
Suzanne Sasser suzannesasser.com - Somewhat new site, registered via NameCheap on Nov 11/22

Yet another jewellery scam site, which does not presently appear to feature a photo of the supposed jewellery appraiser, is GemPro Lab -- gemprolab.com - Site registered via NameCheap on March 24/23.

For more discussion of this romance scam interfacing with a jewellery appraisal scam, please go to the aforementioned Watch for Scams page for the now-defunct Sandra Hall site: https://www.watchforscams.com/sandra-hall-gemologist-sandrahallco-date-of-posting-may-19-2022.html