{"id":142106,"date":"2026-05-18T17:53:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T00:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onewestmagazine.com\/magazine\/?p=142106"},"modified":"2026-05-18T17:53:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T00:53:51","slug":"customer-alert-from-black-diamond-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onewestmagazine.com\/magazine\/customer-alert-from-black-diamond-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Customer Alert from Black Diamond Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Official Notice Regarding Fraudulent Impersonation Activity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Black Diamond Security is issuing an important public alert to all clients, partners, celebrities, businesses, and members of the public regarding an individual allegedly impersonating company leadership and falsely claiming affiliation with our organization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">It has come to our attention that an individual identified to us as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/steelcore.protectiongroup?igsh=M3B3M3F1bmh5M25x\"><strong>Derrel Joseph Simpson Jr<\/strong><\/a>.,\u201d who has also allegedly been using the name \u201c<strong>Alex<\/strong>,\u201d has reportedly been contacting businesses, public figures, entertainers, and industry professionals while falsely representing himself as the CEO of Black Diamond Security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s2\">For clarification:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The official <strong>CEO<\/strong> of <strong>Black Diamond Security<\/strong> is <\/span><strong><span class=\"s1\">Xavier Davis<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-142107\" src=\"http:\/\/onewestmagazine.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5619-500x416.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"416\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Any communications claiming otherwise should be treated with caution. Black Diamond Security has not authorized any individual outside of its verified leadership team to represent the company in executive matters, contracts, partnerships, or financial dealings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">We are actively reviewing reports from individuals who claim they were contacted by someone misrepresenting himself as affiliated with or leading the company. These alleged impersonation attempts may include outreach through phone calls, social media, email, text messaging, or business proposals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\"><strong>Black Diamond Security<\/strong> encourages anyone who receives suspicious communications claiming to be from company leadership to:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s2\">-Verify identities through official company channels<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s2\">-Avoid sending money, confidential documents, or sensitive information <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s2\">-Report suspicious activity immediately<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Protecting our clients, partners, and community remains our top priority. We take allegations of impersonation and fraudulent misrepresentation seriously and are evaluating all appropriate actions regarding the matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">For official communication or verification requests regarding Black Diamond Security, please contact the company directly through its verified channels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Official Statement Issued By:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s2\">Black Diamond Security<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Official Notice Regarding Fraudulent Impersonation Activity Black Diamond Security is issuing an important public alert to all clients, partners, celebrities, businesses, and members of the public regarding an individual allegedly impersonating company leadership and falsely <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/onewestmagazine.com\/magazine\/customer-alert-from-black-diamond-security\/\" title=\"Customer Alert from Black Diamond Security\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":142108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1617],"tags":[6142,5158,6140,6139,6141,5837,6143],"class_list":["post-142106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-black-diamond-security","tag-celebrity-news","tag-derrel-joseph-simpson-jr","tag-fraud","tag-impersonation","tag-industry-news","tag-xavier-davis"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - 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