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This content is based on victim and potential victim accounts. Government agencies and legitimate business names and phone numbers are often used by scam artists to take advantage of people.

Description

Just received this random text message, that I'll paste below. The moment I dropped the phone number listed in Googe Search, a similar scam appeared using the same number. ??’?? ???????? ????????, ?????? ?????????????????? ???????????? ???? ?????? $40 ?????????????? ?????????? ?????????????? ?????????? ???? ?????????? 1, 2023. ??’?? ???????????? ???????? $800,000 ???? twenty ?????????? ???????????? ??????????????. ???? ?????? ?????????????? ???????? ??????????????, ???????????? ???????? “?? ?????? $800,000” ???? ???? ???????????????? ?????????????????? ???? (213) 569-9359

Targeted Person's Location

TN, USA - 37421

Scammer Information
Scammer location logo

Chattanooga, TN

Mail logo

Unknown Email

Mobile logo

(213) 569-9359

Web logo

Unknown URL

Scam Type

Other

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Business name

Earl Lape

Date Reported

November 3, 2025

Scam ID

1093621


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