Complaint Review: Anglo American Investments

Lesson #1: Do your homework and research the company before getting affiliated with them in any way.

I did and bumped into 2 ripoff reports on Anglo American Investments and must admit they were right.

Nevertheless, I wanted to try them myself and the test turned out to support the previous ripoff reports posted by other people. You know, mind plays a nice trick to you when people are talking about giving you money. You believe what you want to believe and not what you see. I experienced it myself but hopefully switched my logic on just on time.

Here's the story.

I've been posting my Cyprus Apartments to Let project all around the Internet and guys from Anglo American Investments contacted be by e-mail.

The guy's name was Al Dobins. He was writing on behalf of somebody named Anthony Oppenheim (not the famous Oppenheim apperantly) and expressed interest in my project.

Then I was bombarded with pre-fabricated e-mails that did not really relate to the project at all. In those standardized e-mails (which I received sometimes several times), they answer the questions I never asked. They wrote something "Thank you for asking the questions 1, 2, 3... of course we don't charge... blah-blah-blah." Something like that.

Then they requested 10 copies of the business plan sent to them, then they invited me for the meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. They advertized some luxory hotels where I could stay. They wanted be to stay for 2 days and 1 night to meet the "investors consortium" to present my project.

When I refused to come, they probably forwarded my case to Cyprus and somebody named Sotiris Demetriades (a.k.a. Sotiris D. Dimitriades) contacted me from Cyprus both by phone and e-mail.

After signing a couple of NCND agreements and filling in some forms, he invited me in Cyprus to make the same project presentation to a "investments consortium". Then he started sending me the same pre-fabricated e-mails I already saw.

The most curious thing about this is that he mentioned that I'd have to pay him 1500 CYP, which is roughly $3000 so that the meeting could take place.

When I wrote him that I got embarassed by this, he said he never inquired about any money but instead said that this money is for my trip to Cyprus and expenses on hotel, lawyer, and limousine (aha, he said Limo!)

So, at the very last moment, I refused.

Oh, there's another name appearing in this ripoff. He's Mr. Bert who travelled to India and wanted to meet me as well because we also have an office in Delhi.

It never happened.

Just take care guys!

Alex
Lewes, Delaware
U.S.A.