887 thoughts on “Dial +44 70 (UK number) for international online fraud”

1. @engily montagot:

   What you have reported is a 419 scam.

   Please break off all contact with these swindlers now, if you haven’t already done so.

   No UK bank ever uses a +4470 number. Any email from a “bank” listing a +4470 number is sent by fraudsters trying to trick you into sending money to them. These +4470 numbers usually forward calls to mobile phones in Nigeria. They are primarily used to make people think they’re dealing with someone in the UK when that person is really in Nigeria, South Africa or elsewhere.

   If your fiance already sent money there then most likely the money is lost. If it was sent by Western Union and hasn’t been picked up yet, try to cancel the transfer. Once the money has been picked up it can’t be retrieved or traced.

2. I recently recieved message from this lawyer maitre_cheikh@consultant.com who is in senegal dakar asking me to pay his airticket and hotel fees with a total cost of $3,320 U.S DOLLARS to national bank of kuwait plc london branch to sign a transfer slip for me+44)8447743736.e-mail to the jonathan.a@accountant.com claiming as account for national bank of kuwait london branch which i have already sent them$1200 dollars with my bank details.

3. @Daniel,

   this sounds like an advance fee fraud. A bank would never use an @accountant.com webmail account, which is a free email account like Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail, AOL.

   The money they promised you does not exist. It is a scam to trick you into making payments to strangers.

   If you have been asked to send money by Western Union or MoneyGram, such payments are not traceable. These instant wire services should *never* be used to send money you don’t know personally and trust.

   You may receive other scam emails in the future. You can quickly verify or report any suspicious email online: Simply copy and paste the entire text of that email message into the “Scam-O-Matic” webform to get instant advice about it:

   http://www.scamomatic.com

4. Hi Joe,

   I do see u have done a very excellent work which will surely save a lot of people from being affected. I know it coz i am one of affected victim…

   Joe your blog started a little late else even i could have been saved from this..

   I was trapped in 2007 -2008 and still paying the consequences for this…

   if nothing more than can you please help me how can this people be caught.. even if i get half of the money paid it will truly help me..

   going through a very bad phase of life since then.. Joe like my last hope coz the other facilities dont really seem to help.

   Thanks again

5. I figured out three days ago that I had a romantic scammer (yes, I was stupid, fell for his lines, sent money). Here are a couple more numbers for your scammer list:

   +447572146367
   +447024063097

6. Well….the don’t stop…my fiance received 2 e-mails the same day with subject “appointment notification”, one from LISBON OIL & GAS COMPANY LONDON and the second one from CAIRN ENERGY PLC. The first looks like a fake from the first moment, but the one from Cairn look as original, more if you go thrugh internet and you find out that company really exist and it is located in Edimburg…they even sent 3 files, one with the “Appointment letter), the second one is the “terms and conditions of the contract” and the 3rd one is the “UK visa clearance form” to get the UK visa!!!!!!!!

   Numbers here: +44-70-2408-8530 and +44702403175

   They offer you a job with very good economical conditions, and ask you to send a money in advance to a lawyer to help you with your UK visa and then, whn you “get the papers” the’ll reimburse the money and give you your first salary in advance for your travel to UK…

   Find below the text:

   FROM THE DESK OF CAIRN ENERGY PLC
   CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS:
   50 LOTHIAN ROAD
   EDINBURGH
   EH3 9BY
   UK
   PHONE: +44-70-2408-8530
   FAX: +44 527 51 5560

   This is an affirmation t hat you have emerged successful and being
   appointed for the position stated above. The mode of selection was based on the following;

   1. CV and qualification
   2. Mode in which your data is being presented on the employment data sheet.
   3. Work experiences.
   4. We employ staff based on four core values namely Productivity,

   Talent, Ambitions and Character and we expect all our staff to exhibit These Core values. Also we ensure that all our staff especially our International employees are comfortable. Attached here which is your

   1. Appointment Letter
   2. Terms of agreement that you are to read very well, accept by
   Printing and signing it and sending to us via email attach.
   3. Filled the Work permit Visa form

   The resident work permit clearance certificate that is needed for any Employee to work in UK should come from the UK Immigration herein UK. There for attached to this mail is UK work permit form that will be Filled in capitals and submitted.

   We will take care of the expenses and the provision of work visa to UK,

   Work and resident permits. Employees would have to provide a Scan Copy of their International passport to enable us undertake the of processing your work and resident permit in your favor.

   Due to past experiences the company has had with international staff that absconded when they got to the UK the company now makes it mandatory for every international staff to summit an affidavit of guarantee from the British High Court in UK.

   This ensures that any staff coming to work with us will not leave the company on getting to The UK. you are required to contact the attorney if you accept the terms and conditions of work to enable and assist you procure an affidavit of guarantee, which must be presented to us within one week of receipt of this offer letter so that we would commence the processing of your travel papers.

   Below is the contact information of the attorney whom you are to contact immediately to obtain an affidavit of guarantee from a British high court.

   Contact Name: Barrister Illsley Adams
   Designation: Legal Practitioner & Senior Advocate
   Telephone: +447024080986, +447024037897
   Email: illsleyadams@live.com
   Address: Goldsmith Chambers , No. 3 Madingley Road,
   Cambridge CB3 0EE, DX 5809 Cambridge

   Contact the attorney if the terms below and attached are suitable with you. Indicate your telephone numbers and resident Address while contacting the attorney.

   Note that failure to provide the affidavit of guarantee within the 10 days of getting this appointment means an automatic termination of appointment. Note you are to bear the cost of the fee for the affidavit of guarantee and on the confirmation of the affidavit from the British high court you are to submit the affidavit to us along with an account information on where you will be reimburse on the expense you incur as regards to procuring the affidavit of guarantee.

   You are advised to write a Letter for reimbursement Addressed to the Chief Accountant Mrs. Jennifer Parker showing a scanned copy of payment receipts, approval letter from the attorney here in UK, letter for the 75% advance salary of the first month and account information where the reimbursement will be paid.(This is only payable once an evidence of the affidavit of guarantee is shown by our legal representatives here in the UK) Note: Please do present an account information that is accredited and money receivable by you.

   Best regards as we are waiting to receive the duplicate copy of your affidavit of guarantee.

   Thank you.

   Mr. Richard Wilson
   Head of Employment Service
   Phone: +44-70-2408-8530

7. Sir i have a bf from US but he tell me that he is now working in Negeria his mobile no. is 002348134952420 he tell me that he want to send money for me to give me a little business when i give him my accnt. no. in Philippines he said he cannot send because of problem of wire transfer then i told him that in Western Union only he said that the Negeria is only receiving cannot send money. Its is true? He tell me he send in Corrier. I dnt know about sending money in Negeria, he wants to send me 2,300USD. Can you please help me this is scam or not. If not how can he send money to the Philippines?

8. Hello engily,

   as far as I know it’s true than US$ can not be sent by Western Union (WU) from Nigeria, only to Nigeria.

   However, what you describe is almost certain to be a check cashing scam. It is a very common format of romance scams, where a criminal (usually a man) sends fake checks and money orders to a person he pretends to be in love with. Then he asks the person to send back money from those checks or money orders by Western Union or MoneyGram.

   In one common variant the victim is told the person having sent the check was involved in an accident and needs surgery, which needs to be paid upfront in cash by WU. There are any other fake reasons given for sending money to Nigeria.

   If the forgeries are detected later then the person depositing the checks will lose the entire amount withdrawn against the check. Any money already sent by WU can not be traced.

   Do not cash checks for other people.

   Never send money to strangers by Western Union or MoneyGram.

   Avoid any propositions involving +4470 numbers and be highly suspicious of anything involving Nigerian mobile phone numbers (+23480, +23470, +23481).

9. Fairmile Road
   ChristChurch,Dorset
   United Kingdom.
   BH23 2JX
   0044-702-405-9362
   0044-702-408-8048
   20. 03. 2011.

   Takács Zsolt

   SZ-096567721

   Periquisites For Funds Transfer

   It is our periquisite for funds transfer that you open an account with our bank before funds Above 10,000.00GBP could be transfered out of the United Kingdom.

   This is in accordance with section 18(6) of the international transfer act as adopted in 1993 and amended on the 12th of August 2006 by the constitutional assembly.

   In other to fight the menace of multiple claims and identity theft you are to provide the documents stated below for an account opening.

   1) A jpg passport photograph
   2)A utility bill reciept; which could either be an electricity,water,bus or telephone.

   Alternatively, a Tax payment receipt or your Pan Card.OR
   A valid identity card:which could either be an International Passport or a drivers licence.

   Since you are not Resident in the United Kingdom,
   You are required to Scan and Forward to us your Account Opening Document so we can create your account.

   Your Account Opening Document is a Valid Means of Identification which could either be a drivers licence or a school or work Identity Card or a PAN Card or an International Passport and a Duly Completed and Signed Accounts Opening Form.

   You will also scan and forward to us your passport photograph.
   Upon recieval of the Aforesaid document, your account will be Created but not ACTIVE.

   You are then required to activate your account with a minimum deposit of 480.00GBP which is Payable Via WUMT

   As soon as your Account is activated, your winning check is then Credited into your Active Account, this process takes a maximum of 24 hours.

   Print, Complete and Duly Sign the Accounts Opening Form in Ink.

   Scan and Forward to us the Accounts Opening Form with Your Passport Photograph Attached to the Cover page.

   You are Required to State Your Local Bank Name in Your Home Country, Account Holder’s Name and Account Number Which you require your Winning Funds to be Transfered into.

   Your Winning Funds Will be Transfered into your Local Bank Account Stated Within 48hrs of Activating Your Account.

10. ther is a guy called DR rajveer singh
    i hav sent him ma account no… do u thing he wil harm ma account
    in ne way ………..he had asked me to send the item through courier

11. he has given me his address wer in i hav to send him the item let me noe if it is of any use

12. @shwet:
    You don’t say what item you have been asked to send, but if the transaction involves a +4470 phone number then it’s almost certain to be a scam.

    The staff at Fraudwatchers have come across a total of *two* legitimate users of +4470 numbers in all the years we’ve been dealing with online scams. All others we have come across were scammers.

    Avoid any transactions with others who use +4470 numbers, because they’re virtually guaranteed to be scams.

    Don’t forward goods purchased online or money sent by check or wire transfer through your bank account. Do not return money by wire transfer that was sent by check or money order. Don’t send international credit card orders anywhere but to the registered billing address.

13. I met a guy from yahoo. He wants to make relationship with me. He told me that he work at the oil rigs in UK and gave me phone number +447045743714 and an email address p.mccalister@yahoo.com. After that he said he is getting a new contract with NNPCGROUP in Nigeria. And gave me a new number +2348162763608 that he said he already in Nigeria now and he said he will go to Jakarta to see me, he sent me a confirmation of booking ticket from KLM journeys and inspiration. I was try to call n we connected but still I’m worry and I want to know that’s a scam or not. Thanks joe…I need your information very much. you can send the answer to my email also.

    Confirmation Manage my Booking
    Complete your trip
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    Flying Blue

    Confirmation
    Your booking is confirmed

    Flight – Booking code 7996FG

    USD 7,111.02

    Flight summary

    Flight: Lagos – Jakarta – One way USD 7,111.02
    Mon 4 Apr 11

    Departure: Lagos – Jakarta
    Mon 4 Apr 11 22:20 Lagos (Murtala Mohammed Airport, Nigeria) –
    06:10 Amsterdam (Schiphol, Netherlands)

    Tue 5 Apr 11 20:55 Amsterdam (Schiphol, Netherlands) –
    17:20 Jakarta (Soekarno-Hatta International, Indonesia)

    Total travel time 37h00

    Passengers

    Mr peter mccalister (adult)
    Telephone number 002348162763608
    E-mail address p.mccalister@yahoo.com

    Miss joy mccalister (child)

    Price specification

    Adult
    Price 1,878.00
    Booking fee –
    Taxes and surcharges 492.34
    Price (per passenger) 2,111.1
    Number of passengers 2

    Total price for all passengers 4,111.02
    Total price: USD 4,111.02

    Ticket conditions

    Departure flight : Lagos – Jakarta
    • Changes are allowed at a fee of USD 100.00 per change/per person
    • If you change your ticket, the price of the ticket may change due to tax recalculation and fare availability.
    • Changes are not allowed in the event of a no-show.
    • Cancellation fee USD 200.00 per person
    • For cancellations made after departure, the amount of the refund given will be the difference between the total fare paid and the fare for any flights actually taken.
    • A ticket is non-refundable in the event of a no-show.
    • Flying Blue members earn 7672 Miles, upgrade with Miles is possible.
    • You will be travelling in M class with fare basis MLSPOWNG.

    Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. geregistreerd in Amstelveen, Nederland, onder handelsregisternummer 33014286.

14. Hi everyone. Yes, I have also received several emails of different types. Lottery,bank,inheritage, you name it. But this one right here has been taking money from my credit card and i have the statements on line to proove it. Now they come back with another scam same name that will appear on your bank statement. Can I still do something about it with the authorities?

    http : // www . autowealthmaker.com/?hop=billkill

    that is the website for the scammers who have been sending me emails like crazy and have taken money from me. They told me it would be a $10 dollar 14 day trial fee then after that it would be a $79.89 one time membership fee. well i called before the end of the trial to cancell but they never did. So they went and took the $79.89 and another of $16.99 and another of $6.99. I noticed my money was gone too late. I made several calls but no luck. So I knew my money was for ever gone. So what I did was I cancelled my card and got a new one. I knew I wasn’t going to get that money back but now I know that at least they won’t be taking anymore. here is their link. Do not fall for it.!!! That man tells you a very sad story yes pretty convinsing but its A BIG SCAMM…..!!!!!!!

    Once you go into their page its hard to come out of there!!!

    Thank you.

15. add +44(0)7045787733 and +44(0)7045797042 to your list of scam phone numbers. I was offered a job from this number. They had me submit my real employment documents and answer questions as though I was being interviewed. After this phase, then they offered me a job in the UK. I am very dissapointed and disheartened in my job search now. Life sucks.

16. conoci a alguien por internet y me dio su telefono
    +447031869232, al los pocos dias me dijo que necesitaba urgente que recibiera un paquete en su nombre,donde habia dinero, la compañia de envios poslaju de malasia tiene el siguiente link http://www.pos-malaysia.page.tl
    me sicitan pague por el envio 1300 dls
    me negue . es un absoluto fraude verdad

17. I met someone in the site and after some communication he gives me this number : +447031830665 and +447817924835

    Would you please help me that all the mobile number begin +447 is always fraud ?
    Thanks a lot

18. do you know Mark A. Bright?
    I want to know if this is a scam.
    I want to be sure if he is connected with Idea Accessories Ltd in UK.
    I am not sure if that company really exists.
    They provided me a website that can process my work permit/visa.

    Mr. Mark A. Bright
    HR Director for the Employee Selection Team
    Idea Accessories Ltd.
    16 Southall Enterprise Centre
    Brid Southall Middlesex
    UB2 4AE United Kingdom
    +447586083526
    +447024046150 or 52
    +447024083073

19. I want to know if he is connected with Idea Accessories Ltd. and if this company really exist and if they have an employee named Mark A. Bright.

    I was provided with 2 emails that process work permit/visa. I want to check if its true or not

    Mr. Mark A. Bright
    HR Director for the Employee Selection Team
    Idea Accessories Ltd.
    16 Southall Enterprise Centre
    Brid Southall Middlesex
    UB2 4AE United Kingdom
    +447586083526
    +447024046150 or 52
    +447024083073

20. @SAM:

    Any UK job offer that lists any +4470 phone number is a scam. Real UK-based companies do not use +4470 numbers, whose whole purpose is to forward calls made to a UK number onward to a non-UK phone (such as an anonymous prepaid mobile phone in virtually any country worldwide.)

    UK HR directors have no need to forward calls from prospective employees to say, a mobile phone in Nigeria. They would simply give you a land line number for their office in London or whatever city their business is based in. For example, if you Google that postcode, you’ll find various businesses with 0208 numbers (i.e. +44208 from abroad). These are real London numbers.

    You can assume virtually any +4470 number to be fraudulent (I’ve come across only two exceptions in 10 years). For employment offers there *no* exceptions – every job offer with a +4470 number is a scam.

    The scammers will offer well-paid jobs, then tell you you’ve been accepted and you need to get in touch with some immigration official or lawyer or travel agent, who will tell you that you need to send cash to pay for visa processing. In reality visas are always issued by the embassy in *your* country, not by officials in the employer’s country.

    You may receive other scam emails in the future. You can quickly verify or report any suspicious email online: Simply copy and paste the entire text of that email message into the “Scam-O-Matic” webform to get instant advice about it:

    http://www.scamomatic.com

21. Hi Joe,

    I’m from Malaysia. I’m glad that I’ve found this website because I got some questions to ask.

    Recently I met someone at Tagged, he said that he’s a businessman from London, and after some chat at msn (his email address: johnsndennis444@yahoo.com), he give me his phone number: +447031821820.

    He’s asking for my phone number so that he could call me or message me sometimes. And he said that he want to send me a gift and asked for my full name and address. I’ve kept doubting if this is true, but the problem is, I still gave him my phone number, my full name and address. (Yeah, I know that I’m stupid, but the way he asked for it just made me hard to resist!)

    Can you please tell me if this is a scam? What should I do? I’m really worried that something bad would happen.

    Looking forward to your reply~
    Thanks a lot~~

22. Sorry, a correction here: his email address is johnsondennis444@yahoo.com

23. I am very thankful to this site, the man who’s created it saved a lot of people from mistakes!
    I appreciate it so much!
    Thanks a lot!

24. I met this guy from social website and he gave me a number for me to call him – +44 7031866825. I called him and could not go through. Is this scam? his email is rednaxela101@hotmail.com.

25. Hey mate you can add this one with world mobile lottery. They ask to send a stupid code to this email wmdraws@ymail.com or to call this number +447024084983

26. SHAN,

    Pertaining your queries, i had a friend facing the same situation. Now he told my friend that he sent a gold wrist watch to her and the next thing, the custom called asking for unpaid duty payments sums up to Rm4000. We are from malaysia and this crook is the same judging by the way he chose his victim. I hope we can cooperate to nail this conman. I hope you can contact me at horsemate1@hotmail.com

27. SHAN,

    Plse reply here how are you going to contact me. I don’t simply accept any mails. Just create a new acc to contact me and post here to let me know if you’d received/read my msg/posting.

28. hello shan,

    i have the same problem like you… i have recently met this person at tagged too, johnson dennis… the problem is, i’ve already gave him my address… i dont know what to do now…

29. hi shan,
    i also from malaysia.
    my situation also like u.i met a same guy like u at tagged and he also asked me to give my full name and adress.now the problem is i had recived a parcel from him and the parcel still at KLIA.I refused because the curier company want me paid costom duty worth rm 3k…so i had lodged a police report as preventive (because i had recieved sms text..”just wait now for police & 2nd text is … now want to give police ur information to arrest n take u to court”).they ask me to bank in at CIMB account.so beware with this guy.

30. Serina.

    report your matter to the police in your country.

31. hi Crime buster,

    sorry for late reply… I just read your post today… you can e-mail me at shann89@live.com.

    aside serina/hunny,

    thanks for letting me know that I’m not alone in facing this situation. This guy johnson dennis have sent me a mail said that he already sent me the gift. Below is the mail he sent to me:
    Hello Dear!
    I have send the gift to you,
    I send it through universalexpresscargo company,
    The items are as fellows,Hand Bag,Perfume,Necklace,Wrist Watch,
    Black Berry Phone and 5,000 Pounds etc,
    Bellow are the company website and the tracking number,
    Let me know as soon as you receive it okay.

    http://www.universalexpresscargo.com

    Tracking Number…..UC5763310273UK

    I’ve googled above website and found that it’s a scam. I don’t know whether this action is correct but I’ve replied this guy told him I already knew that this is a scam and I’ll never response to any suspicious phone call/msg/mail again. I already cut off all my connection with this guy johnson dennis (I’ve blocked and deleted his e-mail address from my contact list) as soon as I confirmed that this is a scam. I’ve received 3 suspicious phone calls (2 with no caller ID & one is +6075992102) but I didn’t answer them. After that I never receive any other suspicious mail/msg/call again.

    I just have a concern now. They now have my full name, mobile no., e-mail address and my home address. Can they do anything with these information?

32. Hello Shann,

    your concern is understandable. Nobody wants their personal information in the hands of criminals.

    In the case of Advance Fee Fraud, most of the time the criminals won’t do anything with such data once the potential victim stops responding. They simply move on to other targets. They’re too busy scamming to try some sort of retribution for dropping out.

    In relatively few cases, scammers use the personal information sent to them, such as scans of drivers licenses, passports etc. to impersonate the victim while commiting another fraud. For example, if someone tells you they work for a lottery that you’ve won and send you some form of ID, there’s a good chance the ID belongs to somone else they were trying to scam before (unless it’s an outright forgery).

    In most cases that doesn’t happen though and if it does, there is little one can do to prevent it.

    Also, physical violence is usually not much of a concern, unless you travel to the countries where scammers are living and risk meeting with them (there have been kidnappings in 419s in West and South Africa).

33. Attention Nitin Thakur!

    The above subject matter refers:

    This bank wishes to acknowledge the receipt of the transfer of some amount of money {Rs 31,050.} paid in by Dr.Vinod Agarwal to be transferred and released to your bank account and we respond thus. Sequel to the letter of authority/directives received from Sir. Stephen Hester, The CEO of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc. and in line with our payment transfer release procedure, be informed that our bank is ready to effect the payment transfer to the tune of Rs 31,050 . to your local bank account.

    In line with our payment transfer proceedures, note that we usually effect payments directly from our clients bank account to your own (third party) bank account that has a line of receiving bank transfers. This is for record and bank monitoring purposes since past experience have shown in the past that payments transfer receiving agent / sellers often convert such payment transfers from the buyers bank for their personal use without sending the demanded merchandise.

    In such situation, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc. will be needing you to make a valid proof of the shipment of the merchandise ordered from you. The bank is liable for the payment transfer of the money into your bank account, as such your bank account stands as a guarantee to the funds received from our bank on behalf of the buyer of your item.

    We are committed to protecting our customers’ privacy and security. This disclosure explains what information we collect about you, with whom we share it, and how to enable us make the payment transfer to your bank account.

    The Royal Bank of Scotland will never ask you for your Security number or Password in an e-mail. Never disclose this information to anyone.

    Informations:-
    Bank Name:
    The Royal Bank Of Scotland Group.
    ®
    M T. Number:
    *************

    RBS-3105 071 400UK
    *********************
    Bank Details :

    Dr.Vinod Agarwal Banking Informations:
    Bank : The Royal Bank of Scotland Group.

    Account Owner:Dr.Vinod Agarwal

    IBAN N°: GB79 RBOS 8326 2800 2792 95
    IBAN BIC: RBOS GB 2L
    Credit Card Number: 446************3
    Credit Card Type: Visa
    Credit Card Expiration Date: 10 / 01 / 2015

    Status: Verified and Money Withdrawn!
    Payment To : Nitin Thakur
    Bank Details:

    Account Holder Name:Nitin Thakur.
    Account Number:***119141***.
    Bank Name:Standard Chartered Bank.
    Bank address = kasturba gandhi marg connaught place delhi-110001

    Amount To Be Deposited:Rs 31,050.
    Email:
    nathakur@rediffmail.com

    At The Royal Bank Of Scotland, we want to help you protect yourself from becoming a victim of identity theft and online fraud.

    RBS is committed to protect and maintain your trust in our Bank and our customers.

    We are here to act upon instructions received with respect to the transfer of money to your bank account.
    You are therefore required to forward to us the valid proof of shipment such as the shipment receipt and the tracking number as to enable us fulfill our financial bank transfer obligation to your bank account details stated above. You are also to send us the name of your bank and double-check your banking account number stated above to make sure it is correct.

    On receiving this email notification of payment transfer to your bank account, you are expected to send the item to the verified address below and keep us informed as soon as possible to enhance the transfer of the money to enter into your bank account.

    ***SHIPPING INFORMATION***
    ***DISPATCH AS EXPRESS / URGENT***
    Name: Jibril Agarwal
    Address: 78 Upper Mission Extension Road,
    Benin City, Zip/Postal Code: 23452,
    Edo State.
    Country: Nigeria.

    Thank you for accepting the RBS to make a safe payment transfer of the money to you!!! We will do this with all pleasure!

    We remain most obliged to the immediate transfer of the money to your bank account.

    Yours sincerely,
    Sir. Stephen Hester
    CEO of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc.

    Phone Number: +44 703 598 1008
    Fax Number: +44 709 287 4260
    The Royal Bank Of Scotland Transfer Dept.®! For Enquirers, Please Call: +44 703 598 1008
    http://www.rbs.com

34. Thank you so much for having this website. I was approached by “Financial Cloud Services Limited” to invest in a business project I have raising funds for. I emailed back a few times. Today I get an offer to fund the entire amount from the U.K. My first clues that I should investigate was the really bad English in the letter, the fact that all emails were gmail or aol accounts, the name sent from was different from the letter signed by, etc. The number is 44-702-406-0760. Here is what they said.

    Sir,

    Thank you for presenting your Business Opportunity and Funding Request to our Investment Committee. We found your presentation to be inspiring and a basis for which to further explore a potential funding relationship.

    Congratulations! After several discussions with Members our Investment Committee about your funding request and based on the information you have provided us which includes your Executive Summary and Business plan.

    I have been mandated to inform you that our management (on behalf of Karol Carpenter) is in favour of investing in DecemberDilemma.

    Please refer to the attached file for our terms/conditions for this investment.

    I’d be glad to address your questions with regard to the proposed investment.

    Yours truly,
    Craig Johnson (Deal Manager)

    Nb,

    Please bear with us, our website is currently undergoing reconstruction/updating, it will be back soon

    The attached PDF had a phony looking masthead pasted on and said:

    FINANCIAL CLOUD SERVICES
    LIMITED
    105 OXFORD GARDENS, LONDON
    W10 6NF .UK. RC#. 07393446
    Tel: 44-702-406-0760
    Fax, 44- 7005-931-084
    http://www.financialcloudservicesltd.com
    E-mail: deal@ financialcloudservicesltd.com
    Our Ref: FINCLSERLTD/PROJECT/01
    Your Ref: Date: 17- 06-11
    FROM: Robert Philips (CEO)
    ATTN: Adam Reeves,
    Sir,
    RE: EQUITY INVESTMENT
    IN LINE WITH OUR ONGOING DELIBERATIONS REGARDING THE FUNDING OF YOUR
    COMPANY BY OUR CLIENT Karol Carpenter, LISTED BELOW ARE THE TERMS AND
    CONDITION FOR THIS INVESTMENT.
    1. AMOUNT: THE AMOUNT TO BE ADVANCED IS $400,000.00 (FOUR HUNDRED
    THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS). THIS AMOUNT WILL BE ADVANCED AS
    EQUITY INVESTMENT.
    2. EQUITY: FOR THIS AMOUNT $266,000.00 FINANCIAL CLOUD SERVICES LIMITED WILL
    HOLD A 25% EQUITY STAKE WITH DECEMBER DILEMMA EQUITY CERTIFICATE WILL BE
    HANDED TO FINANCIAL CLOUD SERVICES LIMITED UPON TRANSFER OF INVESTMENT
    AMOUNT.
    3. REPAYMENT: FINANCIAL CLOUD SERVICES LIMITED WILL BE RECEIVING 25% OF
    THE NET PROFIT DECEMBER DILEMMA AT THE END OF EVERY FISCAL YEAR. THIS WILL
    BE PAID INTO AN ACCOUNT THAT SHALL BE PROVIDED BY FINANCIAL CLOUD SERVICES
    LIMITED
    4. EXIT: FINANCIAL CLOUD SERVICES LIMITED RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SELL ITS EQUITY
    STAKES AT THE CURRENT VALUATION TO ANY PARTY OF ITS CHOICE AT EXIT PERIOD
    WHICH IS SET AT FIVE YEARS, BUT DECEMBER DILEMMA RESERVES THE RIGHT TO A
    FIRST BUY OR REJECT.
    5. COLLATERAL: COLLATERAL SHALL CONSIST OF A SHARE CERTIFICATE WORTH
    FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS FROM DECEMBER DILEMMA ALSO
    A BINDING AGREEMENT WILL BE WRITTEN, VETTED AND APPROVED BY YOU AND
    FINANCIAL CLOUD SERVICES LIMITED.THIS AGREEMENT WHEN APPROVED WILL BE
    SIGNED, SEALED AND NOTARIZED AT THE ROYAL COURT OF JUSTICE ENGLAND AND
    WILL BE BINDING ON BOTH PARTIES.
    WE WOULD REQUIRE A FORMAL ACCEPTANCE LETTER TO THE ABOVE ON YOUR
    COMPANY LETTER HEADED PAPER SENT TO US THROUGH FAX OR E-MAIL ATTACHMENT
    ATTACHMENT.YOU ARE REQUIRED TO CONTACT LAW ADVICE LIMITED CHAMBERS AT
    (EMAIL:lawadvicelimted@gmail.com,lawadvicelimited@aol.co.uk Attn, Peter Finn TO
    COMMENCE THE DRAFTING OF THE BINDING AGREEMENT THAT MUST BE EXCUTED
    (NOTARISATION AND STAMP-DUTY IN THE UK) BEFORE THE FUNDS CAN BE
    TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT.
    PLEASE NOTE THAT LAW ADVICE LIMITED IS NOT RETAINED BY FINANCIAL CLOUD
    SERVICES LIMITED.WE LOOK FORWARD TO A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL BUSINESS
    RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DECEMBER DILEMMA AND FINANCIAL CLOUD SERVICES
    LIMITED
    Best regards
    Robert Philips (CEO)

    You saved me more wasted time in dealing with this “potential” investor. Thank you.

    It is horrible that they can get away with this.

35. Thanks for this info. I got a text along these lines this morning and googling the very awkward number brought up nothing (011447968987914) It said to call +44-70 itself.
    Thanks for the help.
    -Jess.

36. how about this number +447031818604
    owner is Barry White (London)
    it’s that true or not ?
    Thanks for answer.

37. Man from Netlog
    They send me privat massage to know me, but at least, they just liar…..
    Be carefull with man from Netlog…

38. Purnamawati,

    if this person gives you a +4470 number it means he’s not in the UK. In the last 10 years I’ve come across only two cases of legitimate use of +4470 numbers, i.e. someone who was *not* a criminal somewhere in Africa pretending to be in the UK. If this person was really in London, he should have a +44 20x geographic number.

39. Got a new one today from an apparently hacked friends gmail address.

    I hope you take no offense in my sudden approach. I took a trip this weekend to London, England and was robbed luckily they didn’t really hurt me. My belongings including my cash, credit card and cell phones were all stolen. I’ve made contact with my bank but the best they can do is to mail me a new card which will takes about 5 working days to arrive here, while am currently concluding my documentation at the embassy so i can fly out. Please I need you to lend me some funds to settle some bills.

    Please let me know if you can assist me in anyway.

    You can reach me via email or the hotel’s desk phone +447045786731.

    Waiting for your mail.

    Then it was signed with their name. I am 99.99999…8% sure this was a scam but have contacted friend through their other email address, to let them know of the situation. And further requested they reply via another method, just incase that account is also compromised.

40. Hi All,

    I also wanna share about the scam. I knew this guy named “Calvin Jones” from Facebook and he claimed he’s from UK. After it’s about 3 months mailings and chats also phone call (but he denied when I have asked him to video call), he said he have bought things to proof he’s love and he want to send the things. He informed that when the package arrives in my country that will be a Clearance Charge I should pay, but the payment must by transfer, it can’t pay by COD (he said must PBD, pay before delivery).
    Thanks GOD before I do that I search information first at Google, from the web of the Diplomatic Delivery Company till the mail of the Company which is not use own domain of their company, they use Free Mail. His email and phone numbers are :
    calvin_j69@hotmail.co.uk
    +0149268913
    +447031843945
    +447547969241

    To Joe Wein,
    Can we publish the pics they have sent into this blog? Because maybe there are same pics they gave with different email.
    Anyway, thanks so much I found this blog which is a lots information of scam with different way.

41. there is those numbers from a scammers ?? she said to be called Lia Jones and she gave this email : liajones4ever22@yahoo.com and the numbers are..
    +447024072558
    +447024015595
    +447024053852
    please i m almost sure its a scam…just confirm me …thanks.

42. Hi all;

    Last June 27, 2011 I search for an amazing online jobs in USA JOBS ONLINE they offered lots of position on the ads. i read this blog give me hint that maybe the number +447045570899 is one of the fraud number too as stated all fraud numbers started at +447???, and they are using @live.com for each email given.

    please advice as they are asking for a visa fees.

43. Hello Jessica, yes it’s a scam. Any job offer that lists a +4470 number is a scam.

    Also, any job offer that involves you sending money for visa fees to someone nominated by the person offering the job is a scam. In real jobs abroad you apply for the work visa at the embassy of the employer’s country in your country and pay at the embassy.

    Independently, assume any transaction to be a scam if it involves both the Internet and Western Union. The two don’t mix. Never send money by WU to people you don’t know personally in real life.

44. Hi, I’m from Malaysia. I recently received an email from the Apostle (Dr.) Hayford Alile Ikponmwonsa which told me that I have given money, courtesy of UN.dan here I share the email I had received from him.

    Attention: Barry David

    This is to let you know that I have received your mail, Mr Barry David
    I want you to understand that this is compensation fund from united
    nation and secretary General of united nation Mr Ban Ki-Moon signed on
    your behalf as the legal beneficiary of the said fund.

    United nation is monitoring this compensation fund and I will advise
    you to feel free and comply with my instruction I promised you that I
    will deliver your ATM card without any problem .listen I am a well
    known person here so I can not deceive because of money and if in plan
    to deceive you God will Reward I Dr Hayford with bad.

    I am Christian and I have fear of God so as long as united nation have
    appointed me to deliver your compensation fund through ATM card, I
    will never fail to work with their instruction to make sure I deliver
    your ATM card to you as soon as you comply with me.

    Listen I will advise to just try and comply with me and see what will
    happen because I know very well that I will deliver your ATM card and
    you will start making use of it over there without any problem during
    usage.

    Feel free and go to western union money transfer or money gram and
    send the DHL delivery fee, I promised you never regretting of known me
    just count on me.i sent you a copy of my working ID card you can use
    it to trace me if I fail to deliver your ATM card.

    Use below information to send the fee.

    DHL Mailing……………….$430 For 2 days Delivery

    Receivers name: Okoye Adaora.
    Receivers address:Lagos Nigeria
    Text Question: What is your Age?
    Answer: 57
    MTCN Control number:

    Call me immediately you receive this email so that we will discuss for
    you to have more informations ok.
    My phone is: +234-8022983818 call me as soon as you receive this mail.

    I am looking forward to hear from you .

    Apostle (Dr.) Hayford Ikponmwonsa Alile
    OCEANIC BANK OF NIGERIA PLC

    I do not know if this is true or not. but what surprised me is why I have to pay shipping costs of the atm card. then I want to ask your help to detect whether this is true or device only.

    tq.

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46. I met this guy on facebook who has moved from the UK to Nigeria, his old # was 44-702-407-7539 (in the UK) . When he moved to Nigeria, he then started using (234)803-658-2162, and has also called me more than once from (234)806-722-4584, but says he does not have a second phone #. Can you tell me if you know or can find out if any of these #’s are scam numbers? Thank You, hope to hear back from you @my e-mail either way

47. i have been called by this nr.
    it look like the same
    +4470 14515404

48. .. When i try to call back i get a voice an tape or something…

49. Hi! Been doing some research about scamming. I never really thought that this is one very serious and damaging reality – that its various forms have wreaked havoc on unsuspecting people everywhere!
    Reading from all that’s been shared in the previous posts helped me recall all those I’ve received the past several years in my email address/es. The most common ones are the lottery and inheritance thing. I still recall receiving a few emails from supposedly UK law firms claiming that a distant relative from UK had left me a considerable inheritance. LOL!!! Now that was an obvious outright scam as clearly, I am 101% certain that I have no surviving distant relative with my family name in UK. hahahaha.
    But wait, the story doesn’t end here. Thank goodness for this site and all the other sites like fraudwatchers.org and the like, I finally got to confirm what I had been suspecting all along. I should have done an internet search in the beginning but this guy came in the guise of ‘spiritually mature’ front and all that stuff – appearing to be respectable, courteous, gentleman, educated, etc…
    I did an initial background check on the information he had given me regarding the company where he works in UK which he said he had inherited from his father – note, he meant that it was his father’s business. Well, I googled the company name – Power Front Marketing and the site seems legitimate but I found out a few discrepancies. One, it wasn’t exactly a company owned by one person. Two, the address he mentioned did not match what was stated in the site and three, the website company obviously employs hundreds of people as opposed to what he said that there were only a few, him being the hmmm…head of company.

    Using http://whois.domaintools.com (a tip I got from fraudwatchers.org), I checked the URL of the so-called company below,

    http://powerfrontmkt.com/default.aspx

    (which was supposed to have been founded in 1995 and based in Castle-upon-Tyne in UK), it turned out that the ip address was registered from California, USA under a woman’s name. This is what I got:

    Domain Name………. powerfrontmkt.com
    Creation Date…….. 2008-01-13
    Registration Date…. 2008-01-13
    Expiry Date………. 2012-01-13
    Organisation Name…. maribeth andolina
    Organisation Address. PO Box 61359
    Organisation Address.
    Organisation Address. Sunnyvale
    Organisation Address. 94088
    Organisation Address. CA
    Organisation Address. US

    Admin Name……….. Admin PrivateRegContact
    Admin Address…….. PO Box 61359
    Admin Address…….. registered post accepted only
    Admin Address…….. Sunnyvale
    Admin Address…….. 94088
    Admin Address…….. CA
    Admin Address…….. US
    Admin Email……….
    Admin Phone………. +1.5105952002
    Admin Fax…………

    Second, I checked the home address he gave in UK:
    41b Forthlin Road, Allerton, Liverpool, England. Funny thing is, this property website from UK that I used to search and locate such address came up with even-numbered properties on Forthlin Road EXCEPT 41b. I checked the map and could not find exact house number in fact.

    Third was the recent ‘quarrel’ we had when he hmmm…went over to Madrid, Spain to close a chemical supply contract. Earlier, he asked me to do a ‘market research’ on this certain chemical called ‘Veguire oil’. True, I found a contact and though I had a suspicion that this company based in Malaysia was suspicious, I didn’t give it a serious thought nor did I bother to do a serious check on it.
    The ‘quarrel’ came about because he had requested me to ‘purchase’ a sample of that chemical to be presented to the company in Spain so that the contract would be awarded to him. The cost of one bottle of that ridiculous chemical was more than $4,000 USD – which of course I did not buy!
    I work hard for every penny I earn and since I was doubting at that time, I simply told him that I do not have such amount!
    Oh the gentleman turned into a swearing and cussing guy overnight! It was like Jekyll and Hyde! hahahaaha…
    But then, by some ‘heavenly intervention and inspiration’ as he claimed, he got the contract even without the sample chemical and went back to Liverpool a few days after – just a day after the riots erupted!
    Anyway, the last straw was just yesterday. He had flown in from Liverpool to Sarawak, Malaysia – the source of the chemical he was supposed to purchase after a bank loan from UK and to be shipped to Madrid, Spain to ‘fulfill the so-called contract.’

    And ooooppss…He called to tell me that he was very upset as the company increased the price of the chemical per bottle and that he had to call up his mum to send the remaining balance.

    Here’s the catch. Since it was an ‘unexpected delay’ in his trip, he needed to extend his reservation at the ‘apartment’ he’s currently staying and called to ask for my help.
    Could I please send him $670.00 by tomorrow as he needed to pay cash for his 3-day extension and accommodation.
    And as what he needed was cash, could I send it through Western Union?
    I asked for the ‘apartment/hotel’ address and all I got was a street number and street name without the name of the establishment.
    Also, I checked this company in Sarawak and obviously, it’s another one of those scammers – 3 different addresses and none of which exists. Even the beneficiary address of what I was supposed to have sent the payment for the chemical turned out to be non-existent.

    Here’s the company name (that you may all be warned) – from B2B network Alibaba which is full of ‘fraudulent companies’!

    MyChems SDN BHD
    Address: Jkr 180 Jalan Temasya Pantai, Batu Buruk, Kuala Terengganu (does NOT exist!)

    As I’m sure the other 2 addresses in their company profile are bogus as well!

    Yes, I may be single but a friend’s experience taught me to be wary and careful of ‘romance scams’ like this. Well, what is not possible with internet these days?

    The UK number is: +447031812855 (i checked with the list above but didn’t find this number)…. But if it begins with 4470….it’s sure to be bogus? (numberingplans website analyser says it’s a personal number).

    I am sooo thankful that though part of me thought he was the real thing (duh!), I didn’t easily succumb to the sweet talks, promises and even his show of anger. Oh he can call me all the names he wants, doesn’t matter.

    The only stupid thing I did and which I am rather scared of is that I sent him family photos!!
    Would any scammer be able to do some thing with those photos? That’s what I’m fearful of – I was foolish enough to think I could trust him with information about my family and sent photos (me, family and a few close friends!). I hate myself for doing this particularly!

    His full name doesn’t even register in any thing in google.

    Mikel Fred Garry – claiming to be a Civil Engineer and yet I couldn’t trace his name in any registered engineers in UK. I know that countries have databases of all the duly registered professionals, especially those who take and pass state board or national examinations!
    (‘address’ & ‘phone number’ given above).

    God help us all and protect us from these conscienceless and despicable internet criminals! Talk about preying on the innocent and unsuspecting!

    Thank you so much for this site and all those I got from fraudwatchers.org. They were all very helpful in making everything clear.

    So be warned and be safe!

50. To all..

    There is this person pretending to be a woman loving in UK for the past few years, she told me that needs my help that she is from Indonesia and she married to a British man, so the husband is died past two years then she needs to go back to Indonesia her country because she wants to her secure her money which i accept to do so for her, all of a sudden she call me from Indonesia asking for me to help her and pay that authority officers hold her because of the money she come in with.. luckily to me i didn’t send any money to her as my friend was with me and he help me to track down this person..pls i want everyone to be careful with somebody who is bearing this name; Lusyana and the phone numbers there used and calling me is: +6285813676717 OR +6281286675575… be careful with this person..

    Name; Lusyana
    Phone number; +6285813676717 OR +6281286675575
    email; misucie@hotmail.com