At work today, fellow Jetcareerer BJ and I happened to be discussing fraud on the internet and the situation with Tomcatter came to surface. After sbe mentioning his AIM name being shown in one of the threads, we decided to do a little detective work. Coincideces? You tell us....
Aim: sachin phadke
Here's the evidence:
1) A search of sachin phadke online came up with a webpage of a guy who resides in Pensacola, FL working for the Navy as a software developer. From the website, we found that Sachin has a love of aviation and virtual airlines. Sachin is a captain for Delta virtual airline's Boeing 767 (sbe?). Coincidence? Actually scary that I pointed as an example someone coming on the forum and posing as a Delta airlines 767 pilot in my example.
2) A trace of a few of Tomcatter's IP addresses all resulted in machines belonging to a NAVAL office at Pensacola, FL. Other IP addresses were traced to another computer in the Pensacola region. If you click the "United States Navy" link in his bio, it comes to the Navy Education and Training at Pensacola, the same place where the IP addresses from TomCatter end up. Coincidence?
3) Look at the "Interests" section of his webpage, he lists "Top Gun" as being his favorite movie of all time Must love the F-14 action in it.
4) For those of you who have been following this drama, take a look at some of the writing styles on Tomcatter's posts and compare them to sachin's website at http://www.sachin.us/aboutme.htm Coincidence?
5) (circumstantial)...on the "Any Indians Thread" in the Squawk Box, TomCatter corrects Iain on the spelling of "Chicken Tikka Masala." Wonder how he knew that. Coincidence?
6) I am only saddened to see that on the "favorites" section of his website, that he doesn't have jetcareers.com listed.
Conclusion: Sachin Phadke = TomCatter = Poser
MikeD and BJ
Aim: sachin phadke
Here's the evidence:
1) A search of sachin phadke online came up with a webpage of a guy who resides in Pensacola, FL working for the Navy as a software developer. From the website, we found that Sachin has a love of aviation and virtual airlines. Sachin is a captain for Delta virtual airline's Boeing 767 (sbe?). Coincidence? Actually scary that I pointed as an example someone coming on the forum and posing as a Delta airlines 767 pilot in my example.
2) A trace of a few of Tomcatter's IP addresses all resulted in machines belonging to a NAVAL office at Pensacola, FL. Other IP addresses were traced to another computer in the Pensacola region. If you click the "United States Navy" link in his bio, it comes to the Navy Education and Training at Pensacola, the same place where the IP addresses from TomCatter end up. Coincidence?
3) Look at the "Interests" section of his webpage, he lists "Top Gun" as being his favorite movie of all time Must love the F-14 action in it.
4) For those of you who have been following this drama, take a look at some of the writing styles on Tomcatter's posts and compare them to sachin's website at http://www.sachin.us/aboutme.htm Coincidence?
5) (circumstantial)...on the "Any Indians Thread" in the Squawk Box, TomCatter corrects Iain on the spelling of "Chicken Tikka Masala." Wonder how he knew that. Coincidence?
6) I am only saddened to see that on the "favorites" section of his website, that he doesn't have jetcareers.com listed.
Conclusion: Sachin Phadke = TomCatter = Poser
MikeD and BJ