James Michaels

A fabricated professional identity used in the DPRK remote IT-worker scheme. Everything below is transcribed from the cited post, in which a named researcher attributes these accounts to a single operator, James Michaels. The attribution is theirs, not this site's.

IT Worker Fraud First reported 2026-08-19 · last reported 2026-09-23

Identifiers attributed to this persona

5 indicators the source attributes to this operator, each with its sources.

IndicatorTypeAccount status
James Michaels alias —
jamesmichaels9212@gmail.com email address —
jamesmichaels951@gmail.com email address —
+13522189664 phone number —
+13524371007 phone number —

James Michaels

alias IT Worker Fraud RESEARCHER POST

First seen 2026-08-19 · last seen 2026-08-19

Source

  • Hayden McKenzie publishes this as one of the aliases tracked across the three investigations the site cites, on a per-alias record that gives its location as Floral City, Florida, and the contact details above. The alias pages carry no date of their own, so the date cited is the site's own "Updated 19 Aug 2026" stamp, the last date it states anything was published. When the site published its fourth report on 23 September 2026 the record grew by a mailbox and a number drawn from the persona's own working files, cited to that date. The name is the identity the operation presents, not the operator's; a real person whose name or details it may have been assembled from is not the worker.
    haydenmckenzie.com/aliases/james+michaels — Hayden McKenzie · under “James Michaels” · published 2026-08-19 · pulled 2026-09-22

jamesmichaels9212@gmail.com

email address IT Worker Fraud RESEARCHER POST

First seen 2026-09-23 · last seen 2026-09-23

Source

  • Hayden McKenzie publishes this as one of the aliases tracked across the three investigations the site cites, on a per-alias record that gives its location as Floral City, Florida, and the contact details above. The alias pages carry no date of their own, so the date cited is the site's own "Updated 19 Aug 2026" stamp, the last date it states anything was published. When the site published its fourth report on 23 September 2026 the record grew by a mailbox and a number drawn from the persona's own working files, cited to that date. The name is the identity the operation presents, not the operator's; a real person whose name or details it may have been assembled from is not the worker.
    haydenmckenzie.com/aliases/james+michaels — Hayden McKenzie · under “James Michaels” · published 2026-09-23 · pulled 2026-09-22

jamesmichaels951@gmail.com

email address IT Worker Fraud RESEARCHER POST

First seen 2026-08-19 · last seen 2026-08-19

Source

  • Hayden McKenzie publishes this as one of the aliases tracked across the three investigations the site cites, on a per-alias record that gives its location as Floral City, Florida, and the contact details above. The alias pages carry no date of their own, so the date cited is the site's own "Updated 19 Aug 2026" stamp, the last date it states anything was published. When the site published its fourth report on 23 September 2026 the record grew by a mailbox and a number drawn from the persona's own working files, cited to that date. The name is the identity the operation presents, not the operator's; a real person whose name or details it may have been assembled from is not the worker.
    haydenmckenzie.com/aliases/james+michaels — Hayden McKenzie · under “James Michaels” · published 2026-08-19 · pulled 2026-09-22

+13522189664

phone number IT Worker Fraud RESEARCHER POST

First seen 2026-09-23 · last seen 2026-09-23

Line type

Line typeVoIP
CarrierSINCH
Rate centreMELROSE, FL

Looked up 2026-09-30 at phonevalidator.com. This is a lookup of the line itself. A VoIP line is not evidence on its own.

Source

  • Hayden McKenzie publishes this as one of the aliases tracked across the three investigations the site cites, on a per-alias record that gives its location as Floral City, Florida, and the contact details above. The alias pages carry no date of their own, so the date cited is the site's own "Updated 19 Aug 2026" stamp, the last date it states anything was published. When the site published its fourth report on 23 September 2026 the record grew by a mailbox and a number drawn from the persona's own working files, cited to that date. The name is the identity the operation presents, not the operator's; a real person whose name or details it may have been assembled from is not the worker.
    haydenmckenzie.com/aliases/james+michaels — Hayden McKenzie · under “James Michaels” · published 2026-09-23 · pulled 2026-09-22

+13524371007

phone number IT Worker Fraud RESEARCHER POST

First seen 2026-08-19 · last seen 2026-08-19

Line type

Line typeVoIP
CarrierSKYPE COMMUNICATIONS
Rate centreDADE CITY, FL

phonevalidator.com labels the line LANDLINE while naming Skype Communications as the carrier in the same row. The carrier is an interconnected VoIP provider, which is what the classification here follows.

Looked up 2026-09-30 at phonevalidator.com. This is a lookup of the line itself. A VoIP line is not evidence on its own.

Source

  • Hayden McKenzie publishes this as one of the aliases tracked across the three investigations the site cites, on a per-alias record that gives its location as Floral City, Florida, and the contact details above. The alias pages carry no date of their own, so the date cited is the site's own "Updated 19 Aug 2026" stamp, the last date it states anything was published. When the site published its fourth report on 23 September 2026 the record grew by a mailbox and a number drawn from the persona's own working files, cited to that date. The name is the identity the operation presents, not the operator's; a real person whose name or details it may have been assembled from is not the worker.
    haydenmckenzie.com/aliases/james+michaels — Hayden McKenzie · under “James Michaels” · published 2026-08-19 · pulled 2026-09-22

Sources

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Disclaimer An entry here is not proof of DPRK affiliation or wrongdoing. A listed name, account or address may belong to an uninvolved person, so each entry is a lead to verify independently. What inclusion means. James Michaels as the name of the operator is the cited researcher’s assertion, repeated here as their claim.