by FraudInfo

Date First Reported: March 2013

Primary Name Associated: Anton Affentranger

Description of Potential Fraud:

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Lawyers in Texas and Arizona have notified us that they have received an email from the purported Anton Affentranger of Implenia AG with regards to a commercial debt litigation scam. For examples of other names attached to this kind of fraud see our Confirmed Fraud Page. For an explanation of how this fraud works see our Fraud Fact Sheet.

Here is the initial email:

From: Anton Affentranger [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 4:19 AM
To:
Subject: contract dispute

From: Anton Affentranger
Subject: contract dispute

Message Body:
I need a breach of contract lawyer to assist me with a legal matter.

Thank you.
Anton Affentranger

A lawyer who replied got this response and fake documentation:

Thanks for your response, we provided a business associate of ours Jacobs Engineering Group an unsecured business loan in the amount of $7,950,000.00(USD) The loan was needed to boost investment in one of their companies. The loan was for 12 months with interest rate of 4%. JEC have defaulted on the last instalment of the loan in the amount of $676,941.74(USD) which was supposed to be paid on 1/12/2011. Kindly let me know if this is a matter you could consider handling on our behalf, we will provide you with all the necessary information and answer any other questions you might have.

Regards,

Anton Affentranger
Chief Executive officer
Implenia AG
Industriestrasse 24
8305 Dietlikon
Switzerland
Telefonnummer: +41 335 349218begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +41 335 349218FREE end_of_the_skype_highlighting
Faxnummer: +41 325605010begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +41 325605010FREE end_of_the_skype_highlighting
http://www.implenia.com/

Affentranger Implania email correspondence

Affentranger Loan agreement

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