Sandra Hall Gemologist sandrahall.co / Date of posting: May 19, 2022

by Samantha B.G.

Phony gemologist

Phony gemologist

Name / Alias: Sandra Hall<

Supposed Credentials: Sandra Hall, AGS-ICGA, ASA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CHIEF GEMOLOGIST
Website: sandrahall.co
Where one can find the facial image?: About page of above website

https://sandrahall.co/about
(Image of face not on home page, but on the 'About' page)
Date that website was first registered:2021-11-23
Website domain registrar: NameCheap
Website hosting provider: Cloudflare
Physical address cited on website: 5387 Harriet Pl West Palm Beach, FL 33407
Phone number cited on website:
US Phone: +4915214973352
US Phone: +1 (754)222-7062
Does area code of phone number correspond to physical address?: Plausible. Area code of phone number is for Florida.
Email address cited on website: info@sandrahall.co

Content served up by Amazon AWS?: No. Some other related websites featuring this woman do have content served up by Amazon AWS, but this site does not seem to have such.

Other related scam sites featuring the same woman's face under different names:
zaeeharris.com
carolajohnson.co
carolakempgems.com
royalglamourgems.com / Cynthia Lewis

universalgemsdiamondexperts.com / Martina Paugh

andreeasasser.com
sandrasmithgems.com
claudiadenisewallace.com
Also to note: Significant portions of this website appear to have been recycled from the Royal Glamour Gems site (another jewelry appraisal site, featuring a photo of the same woman, but under the alias of Cynthia Lewis).

The Sandra Smith Gems website appears to have borrowed recycled elements from the Royal Glamour Gems site as well.

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, though, it's hard to say how many angles there could be for different targets and how many people may be working behind the websites and their presumably related profiles on various dating / social networking sites.

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Sep 13, 2024
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starstarstarstarstar 		New Alias
by: Anonymous

She is now posing as Nicolyn Amari. Same MO and story about being in Turkey. This contact came through Facebook dating. She sent a couple of pictures and a short video.

Nothing salacious and the same images as those reported here. Email contact only so far and no broken laptop as yet.
May 15, 2024
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starstarstarstarstar 		Irene Allen LOL
by: Anonymous

Oi! I'm in Turkey. Gemologist. Picture in "gem mine" (found same pic online with different head), Fell and spraied ankle, (appropriate pics), broke laptop. Love love you. Home in three weeks.

She/he/they/it never got around to asking for anything yet but avoided direct questions such as "just where in Portland do you live?"

Met on "Match.com" and then quickly got me off into email.

Game over on this end.
May 02, 2024
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starstarstarstarstar 		Goes by Laura Inger Robertson
by: Jon Haas

Sent me a picture recently. Same as Emily Layla, Sandra Hall. Have lost life savings and other amounts. Spoken to this person today.

Beware. She is still in Turkey of course with the same MO. Still using 727 phone number. Very tricky but believable. Contacting LE and FBI.
Nov 10, 2023
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starstarstarstarstar 		Selina Wiley
by: Anonymous

Another scam site https://precisiongemlab.com

Same lady's face going by Selina Wiley
May 28, 2023
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starstarstarstarstar 		Subject: Still more aliases -- Lauren, Reenie, Stacey & Cornelia
by: Samantha B.G.

I see that there have been comments referencing Melisa Emma and Julie Cooney. There have now been Watch for Scams pages created for these two aliases.

Melisa Emma, Allure Gems Lab alluregemslab.com -- see https://www.watchforscams.com/melisa-emma-gemologist-allure-gems-alluregemslabcom-date-of-posting-may-9-2023.html - New site, registered via NameCheap on March 17/23

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

As per the Sandra Hall page (sandrahall.co)? The Sandra Hall site appears to have been down as of Jan 21/23. As of May 26/23, the homepage seems to just offer links to searches. An archived version of the site is available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20220517041420/https://sandrahall.co/about/

This woman does seem to get her name changed pretty often. I have not come across jewellery appraisal scam sites for aliases Irene Constanzaro, Sue Meyer or Irene Ehalt. It would appear that someone may be active on dating sites under one or more new aliases, but if so, perhaps a full website for any of these aliases has yet to be created.

But if anyone does encounter such a site, please feel free to add a comment to this post and/or create a new Watch for Scams page about it. (Creating a new page is not too hard.

Please be sure to include the image of the woman's face. Also, if creating a new Watch for Scams page for a new alias of 'Sandra Hall,' much appreciation to you if you can include a reference to this 'Sandra Hall' Watch for Scams web page.)

Even in the absence of a full scam site, if a presence on a dating site or some other Internet presence has been detected, someone can feel free to create a Watch for Scams page.

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:

Lauren Angelo -- laurenangelogems.com -- see https://www.watchforscams.com/lauren-angelo-gemologist-laurenangelogemscom-date-of-posting-may-12-2023.html -- New site, registered via NameCheap on March 18/23

Reenie Hanson reeniehansongems.com -- see https://www.watchforscams.com/reenie-hanson-gemologist-reeniehansongemscom-date-of-posting-may-9-2023.html -- New site, registered via NameCheap on April 19/23.

Stacey Lambert /staceylambertgems.com -- see https://www.watchforscams.com/stacey-lambert-gemologist-staceylambertgemscom-date-of-posting-may-10-2023.html -- New site, registered via NameCheap on April 21/23

Cornelia Williams corneliawilliamsgems.com -- see https://www.watchforscams.com/cornelia-williams-gemologist-corneliawilliamsgemscom-date-of-posting-may-11-2023.html -- New site registered via NameCheap on April 21/23.


Though previously referenced, some more sites featuring the same woman are as follows:
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 26/23.

Cynthia Lewis, Royal Glamour Gems royalglamourgems.com * Royal Glamour site still online, as of May 26/23.

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 26/23.

Sandra Smith sandrasmithgems.com -- see https://www.watchforscams.com/sandra-smith-gemologist-sandrasmithgemscom-date-of-posting-jan-22-2023.html * Sandra Smith Gems site still online, as of May 26/23.

Claudia Denise Wallace claudiadenisewallace.com * Claudia Denise Wallace site still online, as of May 26/23.


Other sites featuring prior variations of this woman are as follows:

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 26/23. 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 21/23 and is still down as of May 26/23. Archived version of site available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20220620091102/https://juliadimaggio.co/

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 21/23 and is still down as of May 26/23. 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 * As noted above, Carola Johnson site appears to be down, as of May 26/23. Archived version of site available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20230123034251/https://carolajohnson.co/

Carola Kemp carolakempgems.com * Carola Kemp site was still online, as of May 6/23, but as the domain expired on May 8/23, it appears to be down as of May 26/23.

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 * Universal Gems Diamonds Experts site appears to have been down as of Jan 21/23 and is still down as of May 26/23. Archived version of site available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20220517224028/https://universalgemsdiamondexperts.com/


Another recently-created jewellery scam site, which 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.


While it is possible to offer a comment in relation to any of the Watch for Scams web pages noted above, this Sandra Hall web page may appear to be the central place for commenting. Hence, this may be the best web page to reply to.
https://www.watchforscams.com/sandra-hall-gemologist-sandrahallco-date-of-posting-may-19-2022.html

* Albeit comments on any of the Watch for Scams web pages could be helpful. They can help ward would-be victims away from whomever is behind these jewellery appraisal scams.

(To find this 'Sandra Hall' web page again, Google 'Watch for Scams Sandra Hall')


Last checked, the scam sites for Gabrielle Barlowe, Christoffel Berend, Holly Bradarsh, Samantha Hudson, Alison Kochell and Tony Kochell are all down, as of May 26/23. (These six jewellery appraisal websites each have their own respective Watch for Scams web page.)
May 27, 2023
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starstarstarstarstar 		My sympathies
by: Samantha B.G.

To the person who made the anonymous post on May 17/23, please allow me to extend my sympathies.

The activities of this entity, whether they're 'Sandra Hall' or 'Irene Ehalt' or whichever alias are disturbing.

In terms of the question of whether it's a woman or a man, my guess is that it is an organization, or possibly organization(s). Likely coordinated and largely operated out of West Africa. With a couple of photos and a couple of videos, one can go a fair ways in scamming. I would have to think that a number of scammers have access to the videos by now and they can attach the videos to any given email.

Nowadays, if you're looking to start a romantic relationship or make a big purchase, and if someone is unable to communicate with you in real time, that should be a big red flag. With AI advances, some voices may be faked too. Before going too far -- and especially before even remotely contemplating the sending of funds -- it may be best to have real-time video chat.

That being noted, it is unfair to blame the victim, when they are on the end of predatory behavior.

As per trying to recover funds, while I would hate to be a downer, if the funds have been transferred to an account on a different continent, the chances of recovering funds would not be good.

In terms of trying to fight scams like this, one would hope that dating sites could do more. Given all the various iterations of the jewellery appraisal scam sites featuring 'Sandra Hall' and her look-a-likes, one would think that dating sites could screen more closely. One would especially think that the image of the woman for a profile could be set up to be an immediate flag.

As per internet registrars, one might hope that entities like NameCheap could do more and would do more. But I think that they have figured out that they can make more money by facilitating scams than by stopping them. If the makers of web browsers were to start posting pop-up warnings for any websites for which NameCheap was the registrar, I wonder if their position might change. Yet, until something seriously changes, I would have to think that NameCheap is unlikely to change their stance.

Also, at a higher level, major Internet players like Google could do more. If Google detects the photo of 'Sandra Hall' within a website -- under any alias or in any context -- it could then associate this Watch for Scams Sandra Hall Gemologist web page with that, so that this web page would always be the first one to come up. That could seriously slow the pace of fraud done in connection with the jewellery appraisal websites.

In the meantime, though, one can do Internet searches for Sandra Hall look-a-likes, using aliases for which she still has websites up. Look for the Watch for Scams pages that come up. For instance, for 'reenie hanson gemologist,' when I did a search for this, it did bring up a Watch for Scams listing, albeit as the 8th search result, with several search results for the scam site coming up first.

For 'Melisa Emma gemologist,' the Watch for Scams listing came up as 4th, with the first two search results being for the Emma's Allure Gems scam site.

For 'cornelia williams gemologist,' the Watch for Scams listing came up as 3rd. Even then, the scam site came up first.

But, the more that people search for these items, but then click on the Watch for Scams page from the search results pages, the higher the ranking for the Watch for Scams page. This will serve as a future warning for those who might search and immediately click on the first result or one of the top three results without first scrolling down in doing Internet searches.
May 17, 2023
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starstarstarstarstar 		Irene Ehalt Geologist Scam May 2023
by: Anonymous

This person scammed my father in April/May of 2023. Still dealing with the fallout. It began on Silver Singles online dating site with profile name Irene Ehalt.

Irene and her financial planner had him send six figures to phony accounts at Chase Bank in FL.
May 01, 2023
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starstarstarstarstar 		Melisa Emma Gemoligist in Turkey
by: Anonymous

She goes by Melisa Carisa Emma as of May 1, 2023. On FB dating app.

If it looks too good to be true it probably is.. LOL

Still in Turkey, in 3 weeks she will be back in Kent, Ohio where she wants to meet. I will play along and see if she breaks her laptop. Wow some people.

melisaemma232@gmail.com

If someone is trying to track this down I am actually getting videos
Apr 28, 2023
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starstarstarstarstar 		New Name: Sue Meyer
by: Anonymous

She is still at it on Senior Singles. She goes by the name Sue Meyer, 65, East Waymouth MA. Same story is mining in Turkey and she falls and breaks her apple laptop. Don't fall for it.
Apr 19, 2023
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starstarstarstarstar 		Sandra is now Irene
by: Anonymous

She is on dating sites as Irene Constanzaro. Still at the Turkish mine but this time her husband died of cancer.

Look out.
Apr 02, 2023
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starstarstarstarstar 		View
by: Anonymous

This page is terrible. It's cut in half. This person contacted me as Julie. Has she committed a crime? I don't see the sense in explaining when I can read only half of them. Again, if no crime committed, why the fuss?
Mar 12, 2023
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starstarstarstarstar 		Goes By Julie Cooney
by: Ron

juliecooneygems@gmail.com


https://juliecooney.com/
Mar 03, 2023
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starstarstarstarstar 		I am actually working with LE to bust this woman... probably man
by: Anonymous

https://exquisitegemslabs.com/
https://andreeasasser.com/
https://sandrasmithgems.com/
https://claudiadenisewallace.com/
https://royalglamourgems.com/
https://juliecooney.com/
https://carolakempgems.com/about-us/


Too bad because she's pretty hot.

IP traces out of KC Mo.

Feb 14, 2023
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starstarstarstarstar 		I'm in contact by email with 'Emily Layla '
by: Anonymous

Yes, whomever contacted me thru Facebook dating got me on personal email now. Told me she's a gemologist in Turkey with the same mo (husband died from COVID). I don't think this person can be caught with with emilylayla308@gmail.com address?

Only the first email. Hasn't asked for a laptop yet. Says she will be home in a week to meet haha.
Jan 22, 2023
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starstarstarstarstar 		Emily Layla now has a page on Watch for Scams too!
by: Anonymous

Thank you for the updates, Anonymous!

As per your feedback, a web page for Emily Layla has now been created. You can find it at:
https://www.watchforscams.com/emily-layla-gemologist-exquisitegemslabscom-date-of-posting-jan-21-2023.html

In the meantime, the Sandra Hall scam site appears to now be defunct, or at least appeared to be down as of Jan 21, 2023. All the same, you can find an archived copy of the 'About' page of this scam site (which includes the image of 'Sandra Hall' -- the same image as 'Emily Layla') via the Internet Archive at:
https://web.archive.org/web/20220517041420/https://sandrahall.co/about/

Updates on related scam sites are as follows:

Naomi Pat Collins naomipatcollins.com -- https://www.watchforscams.com/naomi-pat-collins-gemologist-naomipatcollinscom-date-of-posting-aug-14-2022.html
* The Naomi Pat Collins scam site is still online, as of Jan 21, 2023. The homepage of this scam site features the image of the face of 'Naomi Pat Collins,' which just happens to be an exact match for 'Sandra Hall.'

Julia Dimaggio juliadimaggio.co -- see https://www.watchforscams.com/julia-dimaggio-gemologist-juliadimaggioco-date-of-posting-june-20-2022.html
* The Julia Dimaggio scam site appears to be down as of Jan 21, 2023. It used to feature the image of the face of 'Julia Dimaggio,' which just happens to be an exact match for 'Sandra Hall.' All the same, you can find an archived copy of the homepage of this scam site (which includes the image of 'Julia Dimaggio') via the Internet Archive at:
https://web.archive.org/web/20220620091102/https://juliadimaggio.co/

Zaee Harris zaeeharris.com -- see https://www.watchforscams.com/zaee-harris-gemologist-zaeeharriscom-date-of-posting-may-19-2022.html
* The Zaee Harris scam site appears to be down as of Jan 21, 2023. It used to feature the image of the face of 'Zaee Harris,' which just happens to be an exact match for 'Sandra Hall.' All the same, you can find an archived copy of the homepage of this scam site (which includes the image of 'Zaee Harris') via the Internet Archive 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
* The Carola Johnson scam site is still online, as of Jan 21, 2023. The homepage of this scam site features the image of the face of 'Carola Johnson,' which just happens to be an exact match for 'Sandra Hall.'

Carola Kemp carolakempgems.com
* The Carola Kemp scam site is still online, as of Jan 21, 2023. The homepage of this scam site features the image of the face of 'Carola Kemp,' which just happens to be an exact match for 'Sandra Hall.'

Cynthia Lewis, Royal Glamour Gems royalglamourgems.com
* The Royal Glamour scam site is still online, as of Jan 21, 2023. The 'About' page of this scam site features the image of the face of 'Cynthia Lewis,' which just happens to be an exact match for 'Sandra Hall.'

Martina Paugh, Universal Gems Diamonds 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 scam site appears to be down as of Jan 21, 2023. It used to feature the image of the face of 'Martina Paugh,' which just happens to be an exact match for 'Sandra Hall.' All the same, you can find an archived copy of the homepage of this scam site (which includes the image of 'Martina Paugh') via the Internet Archive at:
https://web.archive.org/web/20220517224028/https://universalgemsdiamondexperts.com/

Andreea Sasser andreeasasser.com see https://www.watchforscams.com/andreea-sasser-gemologist-andreeasassercom-date-of-posting-june-27-2022.html
* The Andreea Sasser scam site is still online, as of Jan 21, 2023. The homepage of this scam site features the image of the face of 'Andreea Sasser,' which just happens to be an exact match for 'Sandra Hall.'

Sandra Smith sandrasmithgems.com
* As noted above, the Sandra Smith Gems scam site is still online, as of Jan 21, 2023. The 'About' page of this scam site features the image of the face of 'Sandra Smith,' which just happens to be an exact match for 'Sandra Hall.'

Claudia Denise Wallace claudiadenisewallace.com
* The Claudia Denise Wallace scam site is still online, as of Jan 21, 2023. The homepage of this scam site features the image of the face of 'Claudia Denise Wallace,' which just happens to be an exact match for 'Sandra Hall.'
Jan 13, 2023
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starstarstarstarstar 		Emily Layla
by: Anonymous

She is on / was Facebook dating as Emily Layla from Wells, Nevada. Same story same mine same BS. When exposed to her about this information the profile was deleted.
Jan 03, 2023
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starstarstarstarstar 		scammer
by: Anonymous

This woman is now on Facebook dating as Dawn Mcneely and claims to be a mining zultanite and needs money for a new Mac book
Nov 17, 2022
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starstarstarstarstar 		At it again as Emily Layla
by: Anonymous

This person has changed the MO to Emily Layla and the new website is exquisitegemslabs.com

Same pics, Same M.O. some amazingly detailed emails including flight itineraries and death of husband ETC.

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