Not sure why the previous thread with this title was removed from here. It was rather an interesting and informative subject about a crook on the Dominican Republic that runs LatinAffairs.com
I nearly got sucked into Hans Dieter Mertes property scams in 2009 until I came into contact with one of his angry ex customers. seems he has taken a lot of peoples money and they got nothing in return. fortunately I found before I got sucked in. my advice is do not use latinaffairs.com