Complaint / Review
Sgt Derek Tang
My Name is Sgt Derek Tang of the Persian Gulf, with members of the Hawai'i Air National Guard's 154th Security Forces Squadron

I received an email inquiry to my horse advertisement in the California Horsetrader. The inquiry was obviously not from a legitimate horseperson, doesn't know the questions to ask, so I checked out where he said he is from, and discovered another horseperson had reported this suspicious email also. That report included the email response to their horse ad, which is worded identically to the one I received but the name had been changed. Following is the email response to my ad..."* My Information Follows *

Derek Tang
Please contact me by email at mailto: [email protected]. (just click "Reply")

My Name is Sgt Derek Tang of the Persian Gulf, with members of the Hawai'i Air National Guard's 154th Security Forces Squadron.in respect of your advert, I am planning a surprise wedding gift package for my Godson and his newly wedded wife while currently on an active duty. Please update me if the horse is still available to purchase in your very last asking price. L would be looking forward to read from you soon.

Sgt Derek Tang "

I have received other email inquiries from two other individuals which are worded similarly to this inquiry but not representing to be a miltary person. I suspect they are all the same individual.

Horsepeople beware, nothing comes of this except you will be wasting your time with this scammer.