Carola Johnson Gemologist carolajohnson.co / Date of posting: May 19, 2022

by Samantha B.G.

Phony gemologist

Phony gemologist

Name / Alias: Carola Johnson


Supposed Credentials: GIA Certified Gemologist and Jewellery Appraisal Professional with over 20 years of experience.

Website: carolajohnson.co Where one can find the facial image?: Home page

Date that website was first registered: 2022-04-15

Website domain registrar: NameCheap
Website hosting provider: Cloudflare
Physical address(es) cited on website:704 Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78701, USA

Phone number cited on website: US :+1408-634-5837
Uk :+447361635140
Does area code of phone number correspond to physical address?: No, not in USA at least.

Physical address in the USA is for Texas, whereas the phone number area code is for California.

Email address cited on website: info@carolajohnson.co

Content served up by Amazon AWS?: Yes. Key images are served up via Amazon AWS.

eg. https://carolakemp.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/2022/03/carola-kemp.png

https://carolakemp.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/2022/04/carola-johnson.png.png

also features a link to: https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/kochellgems.com/2021/10/map2.png

(A reference to Kochell Gems, a site featuring a jewelry appraiser named Tony Kochell -- another scam site.)

Other related scam sites featuring the same woman's face under different names:

sandrahall.co
zaeeharris.com
carolakempgems.com
royalglamourgems.com
universalgemsdiamondexperts.com
andreeasasser.com<
sandrasmithgems.com
claudiadenisewallace.com

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 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 10, 2023
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starstarstarstarstar 		Stay away from her
by: Anonymous

I was contacted by this lady now going by Kathryn Craner. She claims she has a great job but yet needs money and gift cards for her godson.

Stay away from her!
May 26, 2023
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starstarstarstarstar 		Melisa, Reenie, Stacey, Cornelia & Emily. The aliases for this woman just keep coming
by: Samantha B.G.

Dear John,

I am glad to hear that you didn't fall for the ploys of 'Julie Cooney.' You are right in identifying the discrepancies. Sadly, this 'jewellery appraiser' may still trip up the odd person.

Actually, I posted something recently for the Julie Cooney alias via Watch for Scams:

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

By contrast, the Carola Johnson website is now down.

This woman does seem to get her name changed pretty often.

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 -- 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

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.


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 'Julie Cooney' / 'Carola Johnson' 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/

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 21/23. As of May 26/23, the homepage seems to just offer 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 21/23 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.


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

(or 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 sites were previously mentioned in a June 6/22 comment.)
May 25, 2023
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starstarstarstarstar 		New name of Julie Cooney
by: John Holden

Julie Cooney started texting me - claiming to have contacted me on Facebook dating, problem is I'm not on there.

juliecooneygems@gmail.com

None of the links are valid from her website. Again - she is in Turkey, but returning to Phoenix AZ in the next 2 weeks.

Website profile image looks like a 10 year old put in on there. Looked up the business address - Cali. Called the owner and guess what - never heard of her on seen her before.

This one is a keeper!!
Jun 27, 2022
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starstarstar 		Update for carolajohnson.co as of June 27, 2022
by: Samantha B.G.

Amazon AWS no longer appears to be feeding content for this website. This includes both from https://carolakemp.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/ and https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/kochellgems.com . Thank you to Amazon AWS for discontinuing its services to the scammers behind Carola Johnson and carolajohnson.co

The photo of this woman and the logo of the website, along with other image content, do still pop up on this website, but they no longer appear to be fed via Amazon AWS.

The registrar of this site is still NameCheap and the website hosting provider is still Cloudflare.


Other related Watch for Scams pages in regard to jewelry appraisal scam websites featuring the same woman's face under different names are as follows:

Julia Dimaggio juliadimaggio.co -- see https://www.watchforscams.com/julia-dimaggio-gemologist-juliadimaggioco-date-of-posting-june-20-2022.html

Sandra Hall sandrahall.co -- see https://www.watchforscams.com/sandra-hall-gemologist-sandrahallco-date-of-posting-may-19-2022.html

Zaee Harris zaeeharris.com -- see https://www.watchforscams.com/zaee-harris-gemologist-zaeeharriscom-date-of-posting-may-19-2022.html

Carola Kemp carolakempgems.com

Cynthia Lewis, Royal Glamour Gems royalglamourgems.com

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

Andreea Sasser andreeasasser.com see https://www.watchforscams.com/andreea-sasser-gemologist-andreeasassercom-date-of-posting-june-27-2022.html

Sandra Smith sandrasmithgems.com

Claudia Denise Wallace claudiadenisewallace.com


Additional scam sites that may share features with some of the above sites, but which feature different faces, are as follows:

Gabrielle Barlowe gabbygems.com -- see https://www.watchforscams.com/gabrielle-barlowe-gemologist-gabbygemscom-date-of-posting-june-20-2022.html

Christoffel Berend christoffelberendgems.com -- see https://www.watchforscams.com/christoffel-berend-gemologist-christoffelberendgemscom-date-of-posting-june-20-2022.html

Holly Bradarsh bradarshdesignsgems.com -- see https://www.watchforscams.com/holly-bradarsh-gemologist-bradarshdesignsgemscom-date-of-posting-may-22-2022.html

Samantha Hudson glamoriagems.com -- https://www.watchforscams.com/samantha-hudson-gemologist-httpsglamoriagemscom-date-of-posting-june-20-2022.html

Alison Kochell alisongemstones.com -- see https://www.watchforscams.com/alison-kochell-gemologist-alisongemstonescom-date-of-posting-may-22-2022.html

Tony Kochell kochellgems.com -- see https://www.watchforscams.com/tony-kochell-gemologist-kochellgemscom-date-of-posting-may-22-2022.html

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