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Monday, December 7, 2009 - Thursday, December 31, 2009
Pro Rugby Scam - Be Aware The fraudsters are posing as a new professional rugby club with bases in various countries including the USA, Canada and Europe and asking for upfront fees. -----Original Message-----
From: Ashley Voss <avoss@usarugby.org>
To: usar-tu-pres@usarugby.org; usar-lau-pres1@usarugby.org
Sent: Fri, Dec 4, 2009 10:02 pm
Subject: Hoax Pro Rugby
Dear TU and LAU administrators,
Please see the forwarded message from USA Rugby CEO Nigel Melville below and relay the information to the clubs in your respective areas.
Thank you,
Ashley Voss
Inspiring America to fall in love with Rugby
Ashley Voss | Communications Coordinator | USA Rugby
2500 Arapahoe Ave, Suite 200|Boulder CO 80302
T: 303.539.0300 x124 | C: 720.514.3426 | F: 303.539.0311
All,
I have been informed about a recent fraud that is going around in Europe, USA and Canada and extracting money from unsuspecting players. Please pass this around,
Nigel
We have been made aware of a scam targeting unsuspecting rugby players and coaches.
The fraudsters are posing as a new professional rugby club with bases in various countries including the USA, Canada and Europe.
They are basically inviting players to join a new professional team and are asking for an upfront registration fee to be paid. Under no circumstances should players pay any club a registration fee in advance of arrival.
The club names that we have seen being used so far are:
ORC
Olen Rugby Club
LUC Rugby Academy
Swiss Rugby Union
Denmark Rugby Union
Ole Neilson and Luc Baatard are names being used fraudently by these people.
Please ensure that you ignore any approaches from clubs with these names and these people and if you are ever asked to pay a registration fee in advance with a club in all reality it is likely to be a scam. Further if something seems to good to be true then it is likely to be.
If you have any information regarding this please forward it on to me at nmelville@usarugby.org so we can try and locate the people responsible.
Please forward this on to any other players/coaches that you know of.
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