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The issue reported is a a sophisticated scam scheme with a fake flight ticket agency currently using name/domain "https://www.mangoflights.com". Previous name was "http://airtrvl.com/" (you can check they are the same on archive.org, e.g. https://web.archive.org/web/20220429230341/http://airtrvl.com/ ) The way they work is: - advertise on Facebook & co promising big discounts - convince the "customer" the credit card is not working and they need to make a bank transfer to a Lithuania bank account - reinvest part of the "incomes" in bogus reviewers - this is the most scaring part, there are hundreds if not thousand of fake reviews, leading to most "trust" site giving the site a 100% trust - when enough customers start flagging the site, they move to a new domain - note the current one looks like 14 years old, but in reality it was on sale and bougth just a few months ago (again, this can be verified on archive.org). I have a close friend that got fished for a flight to Argentina, of course he never got the flight ticket.

Dollars Lost

$5000

Targeted Person's Location

NY, USA- 11430

Scammer Information
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Unknown Location

Mail logo

Unknown Email

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Unknown Phone Number

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https://www.mangoflights.com/

Scam Type

Travel/Vacation/Timeshare

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Business name

MangoFlights

Date Reported

May 22, 2023

Scam ID

711468


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