The most serious of these cases though comes in the form of extortion. “In a few situations, patients threatened to post negative comments and ratings about our practice on social and forum websites if we did not refund their money once their procedure was completed”, explained Dr. Simoni.

One con artist requested $100,000 or she threatened to ruin Dr. Simoni’s reputation online. Soon finding out they were not the only victim of her scam (she has done this to handful of other plastic surgeons) they were quick to turn her down, and in no time hundreds of negative posts against Dr. Simoni were scattered throughout the Internet. Thus resulting in potential patients -who were not aware of this type of deception- seeing and believing the postings and then canceling their procedures.

These scam artists know these facts and use it to their advantage.

To make matters worse, some websites are taking part in this online fraud themselves and requesting exuberant amounts of money from plastic surgeons to remove these fake posts. Websites like ripoffreport.com and pissedconsumer.com are at the forefront of these extortion schemes.  These websites invite negative comments and block positive ones to force plastic surgeons in to paying them kickbacks.

Online extortion has become an important expenditure for many plastic surgeons.  These con men target top plastic surgeons to better ensure their paybacks.  Many assume that plastic surgeons make enough money –“so who cares”.  But in reality, once these unnecessary expenses occur, plastic surgeons have more difficulty easening up on their fees to try to help their patients in this tough economy.  So once again, ultimately, the honest people are the one who get hurt, patient and their doctor alike.

Many say that a tough economy brings out the worst in people, but in terms of plastic surgery offices it’s bringing the worst people IN.

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• Medical Board of California for Payman Simoni:  http://licenselookup.mbc.ca.gov/licenselookup/lookup.php?LicenseType=A&LicenseNumber=94347
• New York Medical License for Payman Simoni: http://www.nysed.gov/coms/op001/opsc2a?profcd=60&plicno=224593&namechk=SIM

For all readers out there, it is important to understand that as wonderful as internet could be, it could also be dangerous.  Anyone can make a claim without the need to validate their claim.  The best way to evaluate a physician is through state licensing sites that control and authenticate their contents.

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As of late, plastic surgeons have been the main target of an extortion scam in which patients threaten to post negative comments and ratings about doctors and their practices on social and forum websites. Having this happen to him- famed Beverly Hills facial plastic surgeon Dr. Payman Simoni explains how “one con artist requested $100,000 or she threatened to ruin my reputation online. Soon finding out we were not the only victim of her scam (she had done this to a handful of other plastic surgeons) we were quick to turn her down, and in no time hundreds of negative posts against us were scattered throughout the internet. This resulted in potential patients, not aware of this type of deception, reading the posts and canceling procedures”

To make matters worse, some websites are taking part in this online fraud themselves and requesting exuberant amounts of money from plastic surgeons to remove these fake posts. Websites like ripoffreport.com and pissedconsumer.com are at the forefront of these extortion schemes. “These websites invite negative comments and block positive ones to force plastic surgeons (among others) in to paying them kickbacks” states Simoni.

So next time you head to review sites to read what “patients” have to say about a doctor or his practice, take into consideration the fact that not all these reviews may be in good faith. The best way to see if a doctor is right for you is to go in for yourself, have a consultation, and see his or her work by way of before and after photos etc. We all know choosing a doctor is an important decision and being cautious is wise, just be wise enough to know not to believe everything you hear…or read.

She is using many different user names portraying as different people.  However, She continues to post the same type messages which reveals she is just one person.  She is claiming to have liposuction done that went wrong.  She is recently claiming she had a nose job done, interestingly she uses the same user names; thus exposing her lies further.

She has used many sites such as ripoffreport, complaintsboard, complaints, ratemds, yelp, vitals, makemeheal, pissedoffcustomers, and many more to defame Dr Payman Simoni.  Thanks to Google’s advanced technology, she has been positively identified and being legally pursuit by local authorities.  Many of these sites have removed her post when recieved our legal paperwork revealing her false reviews.  Since few of these rating sites are making money out of popularity of “Payman Simoni” keyword they refuse to remove her posts.  These sites enjoy high traffic to their sites by having known physicians on their sites (high search word).

She is using different user names such as V.S. or Jennie and…etc.  She has done this to other physicians. 

Payman Simoni Malpractice

This person claims that Payman Simoni has many malpractice lawsuits.  That is absolutely false.  Payman Simoni has two unrestricted medical license with clean records. These are public records and bellow are the links to these official sites to check for yourself.

• Medical Board of California for Payman Simoni:  http://licenselookup.mbc.ca.gov/licenselookup/lookup.php?LicenseType=A&LicenseNumber=94347
• New York Medical License for Payman Simoni: http://www.nysed.gov/coms/op001/opsc2a?profcd=60&plicno=224593&namechk=SIM

For all readers out there, it is important to understand that as wonderful as internet could be, it could also be dangerous.  Anyone can make a claim without a need to validate their claim.  The best way to evaluate a physician is through state licensing sites that control and authenticate their contents.

If you need to speak with Payman Simoni’s real patients  we will help you get in touch with real people and their experiences with payman simoni, MD.  contact us at 310 360 1360

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