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Con Man Fakes A Loan Shark

Tracing A `Wonga' Spam - Discovered a Con Man faking as a loan shark to collect call charges.

• Spam Masqueraded As From Wonga Jan 2014. Spam had .uk. in domain, (but not as TLD (top level domain) - the senders were using a TLD of .pn for Pitcairn Islands. to hide behind
  & had a +27 (South African) phone number (not that unusual, for decades some firms have used SA firms to supply English language markets.)
• Reply To Spammer to get traceable evidence): "I don't have an ID card, ... Can I still apply for a loan without an ID card ?"
• Reply From `Wonga' Enclosed application form, footnote was the only sign of Wonga Finance SA (Pty) & not UK. They gave no UK or SA address. Was this spamming from/ for SA or UK ?

Wonga:

• Wonga loan sharks UK TV puppet adverts mislead the gullible & attract child viewers. Their adverts for Usury, should be banned.
  When you see them remind people "Shylock's pound of flesh!". Find a credit union, ask at a citizens advice centre, or ask a bank to compare their rates versus loan shark.
• http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/james-quinn/9307589/Rainmaker-Wonga-needs-respectability-and-regulation-ahead-of-stock-market-listing.html
• http://labourlist.org/2013/12/straight-talking-politics-beats-straight-talking-money/ (Author: Stella Creasy is Shadow Minister for Competition and Consumer affairs)
• http://labourlist.org/2013/10/milibands-plan-taxing-the-predators-to-fund-the-producers/

Con Man

• Other Rip offs con men tried with Tel +27-713-199-200 :
• http://fakeletters.org/419/highly-secure-urgent-reply-needed-2 Try http://fakeletters.org/
• http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=45551

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