A few years ago I created the Scam-O-Matic (www.scamomatic.com), a website that every month has helped thousands of people worldwide by automatically diagnosing online fraud emails that people have submitted to it. Scamomatic.com recognizes fake lotteries, “dead customer” scams, “dying widow” scams and many other common formats from scammers from Nigeria that you may have seen in your inbox before. Even when it can’t pinpoint the exact type of scam, it often recognizes it as a generic scam format, largely thanks to the presence in the email of UK phone numbers that start with +44 70. These numbers are everywhere in Nigerian online scams, regardless of the precise scam format. The +44 70 prefix might as well be called the country code of Nigerian scammers.
If you receive any email that mentions any +4470 phone number, do not reply to it! You can submit the body of any suspicious email message to www.scamomatic.com for instant feedback about what kind of scam it might be.
These +4470 numbers are a gift to online scammers by British phone regulators. They are primarily owned by obscure British phone companies offering an anonymous call forwarding service. The economic model of these services is simple: The caller dials a rather expensive UK number and the UK service provider forwards the incoming call to a somewhat less expensive to call international number (for example a Nigerian mobile phone, which remains hidden from the caller), pocketing the difference between the call rates. For example, the caller might pay 50 cents per minute to call a +44 70 number and the call will then be forwarded to a Nigerian mobile phone that costs 25 cents per minute, leaving 25 cents per minute as a net margin for the service operator. The more successful the scammers are, the more money the phone company makes. Who ever said crime doesn’t pay?
These UK phone numbers are very attractive to scammers: When people can be made to believe that they are dealing with a bank, lawyer or government official in London, UK when they’re actually talking to a scammer on his cell phone in an Internet cafe in Lagos, Nigeria then they are much more easily defrauded by criminals.
As far as I can tell these numbers aren’t really being used for any other purpose than to enable international online crimes to be committed. In some nine years of tracking Nigerian scam emails, I have yet to come across a single legitimate user of a +44 70 number. I really don’t understand why the British government has allowed those services to continue to operate.
Now, of course the service operators can claim that they don’t know that their services are being used for criminal purposes unless someone tells them about it. On the other hand, they are not exactly making it easy to report abuse and the high prices of these services means that it’s unlikely that they’ll get much legitimate use, if any.
There are several ways to curb abuse, other than suspending +44 70 numbers altogether and I would encourage the UK government to seriously consider them:
- The UK regulators could make it a requirement that calls via this service either originate in the UK or terminate in the UK, i.e. to prevent unrestricted global relaying, with say calls from India or the US being forwarded to Nigeria or Côte d’Ivoire.
- The UK regulators could require service providers to announce the country name of the phone number to which the call is being forwarded if the destination number is not a UK number.
- The UK regulators could require service providers to block forwarding to mobile phone numbers in certain countries, e.g. Nigeria
Below is a sample list of +44 70 numbers that appeared in Nigerian scams reported to Scam-O-Matic over the course of the last seven days. These roughly 60 phone numbers per day are only the tip of the iceberg:
+447005801505
+447005802020
+447005810692
+447005934945
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They took away my money 900$!!! yet required to bring in on a custom 2nd about 300$ but I renounced!!! and they do not talk where my parcel in Kiev!!!
MARKTECH SYSTEMS LIMITED
UNIT 5 WESTMORELAND HOUSE
CUMBERLAND PARK
SCRUBS LANE LONDON
NW10 6RE Company No. 02978558 TEL:+44 7024093136 ICQ:606977857
Director: Ahmad Azan Ibrahim
Officers: Adam Olowo, Alinson Rudolph, Akiev Rudolph
I ordered 1 samsung i9100 but to me why that was said that an error happened and sent at once 2 and that I must pay for him and also even in a gift 3 telephone of HTC EVO 3D 32gb. I already 3 times paid in addition them through Western Union 370$+350$+200$ and now they require 2 times 300$ for a custom and it is not talked where my parcel!!!
Since I saw 2 these identical site I understood what is the matter:
http://www.accadservices.com/ – this was carry out transportation of my parcel
http://www.classixpress.com/ – fully identical site (2 words difference)
to whom more proofs for me them yet much – if it is necessary can give…They continue to cheat people help to stop them!!!
thanks for the help this site has given me, i was very nearly taken in by them i had a mail saying i had won 500,000 great british pounds and a samsung laptop, the first one asked me for only my full name and address so i could receive them, which i gave then the second 1 asked me to confirm which i when i got suspicious.
However since i have only given them my name and address and no other details will i get any comebacks?xx
their emails are
mikewilliams@hotmail.com
tntcouriers@yahoo.co.uk
i found a fake lattery scam by +447035945061 number
other numbers were +447773752154 and +447045744673 and the e-mail address was nokia.claimsuk1@live.co.uk
Dear All,
I got the job offer and they told me that they have seen my cv on shine .com.
I do not understand about this below mail is spam or correct?
Please suggest me.
Go through below mail mesage:
“Following careful review and consultations with reference to the resume forwarded by you, you have been shortlisted to be part of the team that will be working with us on the contract mentioned in previous correspondences. To ensure a seamless integration into the team, your designation has been chosen in line with past experiences/designation from previous employment.
Designation: PETROLEUM ENGINEER ,
JOINING DATE: FLEXIBLE
Job Ref: 005/01-KOG/US.
Job location: KENNOX OIL&GAS BRANCH.
ADDRESS 1456 WESTWOOD BLVD,
LOS ANGELES,CA 90024UNITED STATES
In this mail, you will find an employment agreement duly signed by the appropriate signatories. Note that you are employed directly under Kennox Oils, that implies that you are only answerable to Kennox Oils with regards to this project, you do not have any contractual ties whatsoever with Kennox Oils (Principal Client). This connotes that you report directly to Kennox Oils if you have any concerns regarding this process and we shall look into whatever concerns you might have.
Note the we received approval from the USCIS OFFICE today to employ you,
I have attached the approved contract letter issued to me for your
review. You need to contact the office of CARIB TRAVELS immediately as our company is ready to provide necessary payment for the processing of your travel documents.
It is mandatory that you must have an Active Security Clearance issued by the Department of Homeland Security. If you do not have this clearance, you are to apply immediately to the US Department of Homeland Security via the CARIB TRAVELS Office here in the UK with a copy of the signed employment agreement for advice on how to get this clearance, bear in mind that the Homeland Security Permission Certificate will permit you to migrate into the United States Of America as a non immigrant therefore it is a matter of urgency that you proceed immediately with this .
Applicants are required to show competence by providing the active clearance to prove that you are free from terrorism and drug addiction which will permit us to pay for the processing of their travel papers and air ticket.
Note: if you know that you do not have the home land security permission/certificate to enter into the United States temporarily as a non immigrant and to prove you are free from the above mentioned, bear in mind that your application will not be processed as we shall turn you down to find another applicant who possesses the said entry permission certificate.
On our confirmation from the Carib Travels we shall release funds for the processing of your travel papers and booking of your air ticket
Below is the contact information to the CARIB TRAVELS AND TOUR.
CARIB TRAVELS AND TOUR
Contact Name: Anil Colla
Email: travel.inquires@carib.com
Tel: +447024033033
http://www.caribtravels.co.cc
If you have any concerns, then let me know for clarification. Note that the processing of all the necessary papers take quite a bit of time and we have barely three weeks before we are due to report to the US so you are advised to follow up immediately as Kennox Oils would not hesitate to look for replacement to anyone who is not as responsive as required. If for any reason you would not be accepting the contract, please do well to inform us immediately.
PRINT, SIGN, SCAN & SEND BACK TO US AS AN EMAIL ATTACHMENT AS A PROOF OF ACCEPTANCE.
REGARDS
NG YEW WEE
HR/Recruitment Coordinator
Kennox Oil Gas UK
35 Great Sutton Street,
London, EC1V 0NB, Rating
Tel:+447024035968
Fax:+447024076363
vacancy@kennoxoilngas.com
http://www.kennoxoilngas.com
I met a man on Tagged and after chatting for a month and a half wanted to send me a package via diplomatic delivery. I am very wary of this and all the more so when the courier company emailed and called to request that I deposit nearly USD4000 to a local account belonging to a woman for airport and customs charges. I spoke to the delivery officer, he sounded african. The sender is pleading with me to clear the package from customs. I am still in a dilemma….what brought me to this website is that, the man’s phone number is a +4470 number and the courier company’s headquarters number is a +4470
Except lotteries exist as swindlers who offer credits under favourable percent. It too a deceit. It is checked up. They give out themselves for employees of banks or any real-life firms. Such the companies really are, but criminals have to them no any relation. Be careful! Don’t do any transfers. You will lose money, and the credit to you and won’t give. Here some of swindlers:
williams_loan2000@live.com
richardprior01@live.com
nattywest000@live.com
morrisfinance121@gmail.com
goodofferservice@gmail.com
johnpaulson_loanlender@yahoo.cn
brigeloanoffer@gmail.com
anamorganloanservice@gmail.com
Kate Marshal from UK
Your site is very beneficial i will take care in future also regarding these scams thanks alot!
hi my brothers and sisters in africa there is a scam on the internet that you won a lottory promotion by the planet49 which is not true. i am a victim so i advice people to be aware of this scam and the number +447024011191. below is the information u will receive from them.
ATT:ALHAJJ BILAL ALIDU 1
1 recipients
CC: recipientsYou More
BCC: recipientsYou
Hide Details
FROM:
* PLANETS PROMOT
PLANET 49 LOTTERY BOARD INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS CENTRE
124 STOCKPORT,LONGSIGHT
MANCHESTER M 60 2DB -UNITED KINGDOM
PLANET49.CO.UK
PLANET49.CO.UK/WINGAME/MULTISPONSOR/PAGE_WINNER.HTM
planetboards1@live.com
Tel: +447024011191
Fax: +44667689066
http://WWW.PLANET49.CO.UK
ATT: ALHAJJ BILAL ALIDU
YOUR WINNING CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN PROCESSED AND THE SWISS BANK OF LONDON SHALL PROCESS YOUR PAYMENT . KINDLY FORWARD THE ATTACHED WINNING CERTIFICATE TO THE SWISS BANK OF LONDON AND SEND TO THEM THE BELOW DETAILS
1} ONE PASSPORT PICTURE PHOTOGRAPH
2} FORWARD THE ATTACHED WINNING CERITIFCATE
3} YOUR FULL NAMES,ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER .
NOTE: YOU SHALL HAVE TO SEND THE ABOVE INFORMATION TO THE SWISS BANK OF LONDON THROUGH THIS EMAIL swissorg@accountant.com .
SEND THESE DETAILS ONLY TO THE SWISS BANK OF LONDON THROUGH swissorg@accountant.com .
DR.{MRS} MERCY MARTINS
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SCAM… Here is the text of the letter…
The Chambers of William Clegg QC
2 Bedford Row London WC1R 4 BU
E-mail: margaret.dodd_thechambersofwilliamsclegg_qcuk@w.cn
Contact Person: Mrs Margaret Dodd
Phone Number: +44-70-2402-3316
Attention XXXXXXXXXXXX
In Acknowledgment Of Your Consultation Mail To Our Chamber To Represent You In The Signing And Registration Of The Affidavit of Guarantee Certificate Of Your Job Offer with Linde Gas UK.
In Regards To This Issue, We Have Contacted Your Employer Immediately, And They Have Confirmed Their Referendum To Your Contact.
To no Much Avail, We Want To Inform You That We Have Taken Cognizance Of Your Request And Have Accepted To Assist You In This Regards. Right Now, You Are To Send The Cost Of Your Affidavit of Guarantee Certificate Registration Fee As Stated Below And Our Chambers Consultation Fee:
1) Consultation Fee 100pounds
2) Certificate Registration Fee 100pounds
3) Mobilization fee 150 pounds
After Prior Calculation, You Are To Send To Us The Sum Of 350 Pounds as soon as We Receive This Money We Shall Not Hesitate To Move Forward For The Signing And Registrations Of Affidavit of Guarantee Certificate.
TERMS AND CONDITION FOR ACQUIRING AFFIDAVIT OF GUARANTEE CERTIFICATE:
1). Print out and Fill the Affidavit of Guarantee form and send back to us via e-mail attachment within 12hrs for further processing.
2.) The Affidavit of Guarantee Certificate will only take 2 working days to obtain from the British High Court here in UK.
MODE OF PAYMENT:
Kindly confirm the under listed You are required to transfer the processing fee here in UK with this WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER information below asap to enable me register your papers.
Receivers Name: Margaret Dodd
Address: 2 Bedford Row London WC1R 4 BU
Location: London-UK
Once you transfer the fee you are required to send to us the
MTCN NUMBER: ……………………………..
SENDERS NAME:…………………………….
SENDERS LOCATION:………………………
Scan the payment slip and send it through email attachment.
Thanks while we guarantee you a job well done
Regards
Mrs Margaret Dodd
Hi all. i have been contacted thru facebook by a woman who claims that she is a system analyst from UK. She called me few times, stating her interest to move from UK to Malaysia, asking me to help her to find a place for her to do property investment. whenever she called me, no phone number appeared, only “Blocked” text. she gave me her phone no +447031805546 & +447851874960. her email address is nora.faizal@rocketmail.com. so far there’s no sign of asking me for money etc but i want to be cautious before being trapped by any scammers. Do you think this person is a scammer or not? please advise.
@Mr. H:
Yes, that person is a scammer. +4470 is not a regular telephone number, it is only a forwarding service. If this person was for real, she would give you her landline or mobile number, to which the +4470 number forwards. It is much more expensive to call +4470 numbers than to call the number hidden behind it. Almost without exception, +4470 numbers are used by scammers from Nigeria and elsewhere who want to make people believe that they are in the UK when they are not.
About money demands, I have heard of romance scams that went on for 6 months until the victim was asked for money. These criminals can be very patient…
hallo
i got a message to my phone dat i won 7500,00 pound so i must give them my details from this no. +4915143652562 any help sir if its true
It’s a scam.
+4915143652562 is a mobile phone in Germany. No real lottery would ever tell you to call or text some mobile number. If the prize was in pounds (UK / Sterling), why would they give you a German number to call? Also, you can’t win any lottery you didn’t enter.
Hello,
Am davies,i just recieved a lot of emails,saying i won a lottary,unclaimed money etc,i never write back though.
Here is the number of the stupid woman +447035960886,
Take care my follow brothers and sisters,tell your family and friends too about these stupid scammers.
I wont give anyone my hard earned cash so easly,am in east africa.
Thanks all.
Thanks for the extremely important service. Keep up the good work!!!
To all, this person is using a fake woman picture in facebook, her name is; Lusyana Yudhoyono, and her facebook link is; http://www.facebook.com/chys.ana?sk=info, be careful with this fake person pretending to be a woman while she is a man.
Hi! everyone !
being ware of this phone wholesaler
+447011121654
make sure u know the person before sending money!
I nearly got caught on a propert lease scam here in Aberdeen through Citylets website using +447024019278 .
Thank you for your Blog and info!
Regards,
Dave
I got job offer from one company in UK …and contact details are :
For more information please do not hesitate to send me an E-mail or call +44 701 112 9970.
I supose that this is fake offer!!?
I got this number, can u check it out,…
447031852775
the owner is Martin Alex…(perhaps)
i wana to know the link which can help me finding the fake contact detail of any country,
@Dusica: Any UK job offer with a +4470 phone number is a scam.
@queen: Assume that “Martin Alex” is a scammer who in reality is based somewhere other than the UK.
@SUNIL SINGH: If you’re not sure how to verify contact details, post your suspect emails in the online forum of http://www.fraudwatchers.org where experienced members will be able to advise you.
hi..im astrid from indonesia
Same thing almost happened with me.
I met this guy in indonesiancupid site,he said he lives in manchester uk and gave me this number +447031852853.
After a month communicate,he said he want to send me gifts and he gave me this website of the courier company speedair logistic.page.tl.
Anyway,this courier said my package already in malaysia and they asked me to send first 1500RM and stupid me i sent the money thru WU.and they asked me another 4000RM coz they said when they scanned the package there is money in it so they have to pay their customs there to release the package.
But thank God,i read this thread rite before i send the 4000RM to them.
Now,what should i do or say to this guy and the courier people if they keep call me and ask me the money.the courier said the malaysia customs will bring us to the court if i didnt pay.
What should i do to ignore them?they know my address and home phone no.
Thanks a lot…for everything.
@astrid,
it’s a scam, as +4470 numbers forward calls internationally and the only reason one would use them if they were not based inside the UK.
The site page.tl is a free hosting site (TL = East Timor), which legitimate businesses would not normally be using, though they’re used a lot by scammers.
If you have already sent money, report the crime to police. They will unlikely to conduct a serious investigation, but at least it educates the police about this type of crime.
About your contact details, it’s unfortunate but there is nothing that can be done about it and it won’t usually be a serious problem. They may send you more fraud emails or make phone calls, but as long as you don’t respond (delete their emails, hang up the phone) you should be OK.
Dear Joe, Firs of All, thanks a lot for your initiative!! Because of people like you, we still believing in the persons!!
So, my story is a little different, i’ve been looking for a DJ equipment to buy and i find a post from a seller, selling a big list of equipment with the prices lower than the usual.
He gave me his skype and was polite in conversation, but i felt a strange feeling about the business, he sent me the company data http://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/d-j-stores and everything match and send me this email
Hello Carlos,
Below is our accountant details you will need in making the transfer through western union,
Receiver’s First Name: Aazim
Receiver’s Last Name: Yasir
Address, West park house 7-9 Wilkinson Avenue, Blackpool,
City, Lancashire
Postal/Zip Code, FY3 9XG
Country, United Kingdom.
As soon as you make the payment do get back to us with the following details,
Sender’s Full Name
Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN)
Amount to be sent: $670 USD
Or scan copy of the western union receipt,
As soon as our accountant confirm your payment your order will be shipped out immediately and i will get back to you with the shipping information and tracking number so you can monitor your order online as it arrives your destination.
Awaiting your reply soon.
But, i ask his phone and he gave me phone +447035900468 and i searched in the net and bring me direct to your post!
his contacts is
aminuddin008@hotmail.com
aminuddin009@gmail.com
aminuddin203@yahoo.com
Skype: aminuddin009
And if you look by his email on google, you can found a lot of posts selling cell phones, cameras and electronic equipment cheaper than normal
http://forum.tecnologia.uol.com.br/venda-samsung-i9100-galaxy-s-ii-htc-droid-incredible-motorola-photon-4g_t_1764399
http://www.ipodclub.com.br/forum/lofiversion/index.php?t797.html
This is a new kind of fraud???
Thank you a lot!!
@Carlos,
never buy electronics from a seller who uses a +4470 number or who uses a Yahoo / Hotmail / Gmail / other webmail address or who insists on being paid by Western Union.
+4470 numbers usually indicate the person is not actually in the UK.
Webmail accounts are anonymous and untraceable. Major companies do not use them.
Western Union is not meant for paying people who you don’t know personally, as it doesn’t offer any kind of security. It’s the preferred way of online scammers receiving money from their victims.
So, to answer your question, this is certainly a scam!
just want to know this number: +44 7031846849; +447024016612; if this a scammers or not.
Hope to hear from you soon.
thanks,
@arlyn,
Almost certainly they’re scammers. Whether they offer employment, or claim to be a bank, lawyer, lottery, electronics supplier, etc. they are most likely to be outside the UK because these numbers are international call forwarding number. By definition you would only use them if the number the call gets forwarded to is outside the UK. No legitimate business operating inside the UK has a requirement to use a +4470 number as its normal contact. If you’re still in doubt, copy and paste the emails you have received into the web form at http://www.scamomatic.com and see what result you get.
This is also one kind of international Crime.
Example of that crime Message.
Here is my own personal telephone # +447031885537 but I was not allow to be answering calls because of the stage of my kidney problem I am feeling much pains all over my body, because of that reason I left my telephone in the hand of the medical doctor in the hospital may be if there is call he will help me to answer it.
Please enter your information’s SUCH AS YOUR FULL NAME AND YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER in the space created in the bellow message shade with yellow paint, copy the message and forward it to COMPANY Email: w2savesecurities.ltd@hotmail.com to enable them process and transfer the property Box to you as my family Beneficiary.
Email:w2savesecurities.ltd@hotmail.com
Email:w2savesecurities.ltd@securities.gh-com
Tele: 00233-27-4783637
Dear Dr Kelvin Atuji
Please don’t forget to contact me back as soon as you have forward your information’s to the Security Company so that I will immediately email the company and confirm you to them as my BENEFICIARY it is very important.
Yours truly,
Ms. Juliana Salifu
BE CAREFUL ABOUT THIS MESSAGE
The following number is also a scam:
+44 7035904235
He says he s from the Midlands, says he name is James Wood, some story about trouble in Nigeria to export something and ask for money. He is a fraud. It may change the story or name though and he s probably sitting somewhere in Nigeria.
I was targeted on Facebook from the above “guy”. It was a romance scam.
I have been dealing with those spammers every single day. I have received countless emails, either buying inquiries, romance, dead person, or winning billions of money scams.
I used to hate those spammers, but now, I am spamming them back… How? Just pretend to be interested to whatever they are offering and tell them fake ID’s or information. Also, try to make them work harder, just telling them something that they are impossible to do. For example: in business term, I always asked them their business registration and their bank account. Those spammers are capable in creating their own business registration, but you can always tell is it a fake or real.
For business people, do not submit your email and your password to any link that they sent to you. IT’S FAKE AND THEY WILL HACK YOUR EMAIL AND EVERYTHING ELSE!!!!!!!!!!
I don’t believe it and still can’t accept why British government doesn’t do anything about this!!
Thank you for this blog owner to share your information to others.
Salud!
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I met a man on a dating website, purporting to be a businessman in the UK. After doing some research, I found out that he is a romance scammer who has being doing this for at least 4 years. his number is 447011136412
There is this bastard am currently dealin with now she clame to b the only child of late dr patrick madu she said dat her late father left sum amount of money (6.5million us dollars) in standard chartered bank plc London. Her name is jennifer madu i know is a fraud scam but i wont to find out more
cet mail m’a venu a ma compte ,est ce que c’est un homeçonage?(scam)
Greetings to you dear, How is your day over there ? , i hope you’re doing well, i will love to meet you sooner,
am so happy to read your mail and i understood your feelings, I will like to tell you more about the transfer of my claim, am also expecting your details too.
like i said earlier i Inherited this claim direct from my late Father, the deposit was made in my Name as his next of kin, and am the only Child of my parents and i have all the needed documents to present for the claim,
I want you to stand on my behalf as my representative partner to receive the fund into your Account then pending my arrive to meet you there immediately after the transfer,
I have given you my whole trust as you can see, and i will like us to team up together in building a future lasting investment, I was a nursing student and my future dream is to invest on Hospital Equipment this is the area i know very well and is among my plans to invest the deposit over there as soon as i arrive to meet you after this transfer is done,
and my promise to you is that 20% of the total fund is for you, to show some appreciation for the effort you put to assist me and also for your honest concern,
My dear i need the Claim in other to live a better life again please help me the transfer have to be done into your Account, i want to use the Money for a Business project in over there and also for some investment there,
My dear you know i can’t manage this Money alone and that is why i need you by my side so that you can advice me more on how i can make use of the fund for my future investment when i arrive so that we can manage the Money together,
I have already introduced you to my Bank in UK London i wrote to my Bank transfer Manager MR DUNCAN HALL, i told him that you are my foreign partner and my appointed beneficiary and he is expecting a letter from you as my foreign appointed partner to have my claim into your Account,
i have writing to him about you as my partner,
Please I want you to contact the London Bank as soon as you finish reading my mail please,
Just write a letter to the Bank Email addresses below it will go direct to the Transfer Manager, please contact the Bank in their email address you can see below ask him to tell you the possibility of making the transfer into your account there, and you can also ask the Bank to tell you the requirements they need in other to transfer the fund direct into your Account,
I want the Total fund to be transferred into your account,
You can see below the office email contact of the transfer manager send him a letter and he will respond back to you, I’m very sure he will tell you the requirements they need to wire the fund into your Account, I will meet you soon immediately after the transfer is done i will be there to see you after the transfer is done and I will start my project there and stay with you,
Please contact the Bank in their office email address below, you can see my late father Bank Account details below,
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK PLC UK.
1 Basinghall Avenue, London, EC2V 5DD, United Kingdom
Name of the transfer officer is MR Duncan Hall.
Email contact : ( secureinstructions@accountant.com ) Or
( standardbankingplclondon@yahoo.co.uk )
Telephone number: 00447035909076
Fax Number : 0044-0703-5953397
Account Number: SCBUK745608902546/QB/91/A
Name of depositor: Dr Martin Morgan.
Nationality: Sudan
Next of kin : Miss Ruth, Morgan.
Amount deposited:$5.3 Million U.S Dollars.
Here is another Romance scamer, requesting western-union transfer for medical fee for his sick daughter…
Profile available on Tagged.com and FaceBook.com
Name : Greg Slier
Mail : slierg@yahoo.com
Tel : +447045798227
i receivd a text on my cell phone from NOKIA about winning of any NOKIA LOTTERY.. after further contact they are asking me to come personally or to hire a lawyer to receive our money …
number is +447031943280
@anwar: of course it’s not from Nokia, as there is no “Nokia lottery”. It’s a typical fake lottery scam. Even if it didn’t have a +4470 number in it it would be a scam, as you can’t win a lottery that you didn’t enter. Real lotteries don’t ask you to hire a lawyer to claim a prize.
A man named Kelvin Harry send me an email and ask for my phone number. But I already give him my number. he gave me 2 numbers. I want to know if this number is a scam number. +447031997311 and +447851892328 thank you.
Can you please help me? I have been in contact with a man who claims to a Chemical Engineer on an oil rig in the north sea. His number is +447031805643. He claims to be moving to the US to open his own gas and oil company. From what I have been reading here, this number must be a scam number as well. He also claims he is a Senior Chemical Enigineer working for a company called KCA Duetag. I have looked this company up and it does exist. Thank you for any help in this matter
I would like to thank you for your website.. I applied a job for London yesterday and received this email.. “The Milestone Hotel London
1 Kensington Court,
West Kensington,
London.W8 5DL
United Kingdom.
+44 703 596 5999
Dear Applicant,
I will like to inform you that we received your job application
for a job placement here at the Milestone Hotel London, After going through your CV,
the management has considered hiring you for your service.
Below are some questions we would like you to answers. Please kindly
read the questions carefully and provide us with your honest answers.
1- What is your full name?
2-Why do you want to work in Hotels?
3-Why do you want to work here? Why should we hire you over the others
waiting to be interviewed?
4- What can you do for us that others can’t?
5- Can you work well under deadlines or pressure?
6- What are three positive things your Last Boss would say about you?
7-What are the things you like most?
8-What is your greatest strength? Why did you leave your last Job?
9-What do u mean by the words ‘Service’?
10- What three specific job positions do you target from this company?
11- What salary are you seeking?
12-Are you willing to relocate to United Kingdom to do your duty as
soon as possible?
13- Give three reasons why you want to work in United Kingdom?
14-Will you comply with the company laid down rules and regulations?
15-Will you be able to be patient with a customer when they are insulting you?
16- What’s your nationality?
17- Do you currently have a Visa and Work Permit?
18-The CV you sent, are they for you, and best describe you?
19-Your personal Phone Number?
We are expecting the answers to these questions as soon as possible to
enable us carry out further examination. As soon as we receive your
answers we will furnish you with more information as regard your job
application.
Quick Reply”
I tried to search for the hotel and find it online also for the firm of letter of agreement. But when I checked online the email address which is “milestonehotel1@admin.in.th” I was brought here and found out that it was scam.
Thank so much…
I am afraid I have been fooled as well by a romantic aproach at face-book. I am afraid too, that I send some money over. Please check for me the following numbers: 0044-7031864675: 0044-70773273: 0044-7045797946: 0044-7038144943.
Is this a scam?
High Tech Madrid Aeropuerto Calle del Galeón, 25, 28042 Madrid, Espagne
Tel: 702 406 7232 , 702 408 5628 Fax: 060 7738 2617
E-mail: slowtravels@rediffmail.com
Website: http://www.slowtravels.com
Good-day Mr/Ms. Menchu,
We are glad to get you respond and also for the reply you’ve received from the site (SlowTrav) are true, because the (SlowTrav) is a UK site based on rental and vacations. And we want you to know that we are based here in the Spain and the contact website is (Slowtravels) and also well known here in Spain and all Europe.
We do understand why you need to ask those entire questions that you’ve been asking, and we want you to know that you are on the right path and site. Like we told you that you don’t need to be worried about the processing of your working visa. Slow Travel Spain is the best agency here in Spain, and we have been processing working visa, visiting visa and other paper documents for Spain for years now and if you want to process your working visa with us, you have to put trust in us and in processing working visa for you.
Slow Travel Agency Team
Telephone lines are open Monday to Friday 09.00 – 17.30, Saturday 09.00 – 17.00, Sunday CLOSED Telephone (0) 702-407-5839
Please contact us if you are outside Spain and UK for any questions on
+44 (0) 702-406-7232
+44 (0) 702-408-5628
and this:
Good Morning Menchu,
Thanks for the mail… I was so happy to read your mail this morning. Thank you for understanding me better on this and I want to say am sorry for the late mail, I haven’t checked my mail after the last time I contacted you… I’ve been very busy here with work and with the kids too, my husband traveled for a business trip but now his back from his business trip. the kids are doing fine and I believe they will love to meet you soon, and my husband sister is always taking care of the kids, but she will be living the country in no time and that why we want you to take up this job soonest. Am happy the agency requested those information from us and it is also important you also have those information because you will be needing them if you are coming here to my home. My residents address is below and also my family name, with the contact number.
Family Name: JOHNSON FAMILY
Residents Address: Ramon Trias Fargas, 301
08005 Barcelona, Spain
Phone contact: +447024036111
I want you to know that you can reach us also on that contact. And when you contact the agency, ask if they need any more information from us and if they do will be happy to share more with you. I want you to ask them how long it will take to get the working visa. Always keep me inform about this and I will be happy to hear more from you.
Thanks,
Mrs. Mercy
@bench24: yes, it’s a scam. Besides the us of international call forwarding UK numbers (+4470) by both the “travel agent” and the “family”, there are other scam markers. Work visas for work abroad are always obtained through the embassy of the country of employment in your country, not at the other end. This is a fake job scam. They will try to trick you into sending cash for “visa fees”. There is no job, only some criminals out to steal money from you who hide behind +4470 numbers.
They don’t only send you e-mail or a text message, some also let the telephone ring a few times in the hopes you call them back.
The telephone number of this phone call:
+447086636290
Be careful!
Fraudsters send emails on behalf of professors of the British universities and offer financial aid – ostensibly a charity.
In the correspondence it appears that the “professor” currently is in Ghana at the conference and can not do a direct bank transfer. The Bank of Ghana, ostensibly, requires the 10% of the transferring amount commission to pay, while the “poor” Professor do not have cash. Ask you to send the required amount through Western Union and then “in one day you get to your bank account transfer from the professor.”
Letters signed by:
Professor Gordon Blair
Computing Department
Lancaster University
Lancaster, UK
+447024083823
gordon.blair32@gmail.com
and
Gary R. Roberts
Dean and Gerald L. Bepko Professor of Law
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
Lawrence W. Inlow Hall, Room 227
530 W. New York Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3225
They are real persons (you may see it by Google), but do not have any relation to these letters!
As the recipient of the transfer to the Western Union the frauds named:
Reciever’s name: OHANS KOSISOR
Receiver’s Address: 23 Adenta Road,
Adenta,
City: Accra,
Country: Ghana.
Security Question: For What?
Answeer:Help
The text of above mentioned scam letters:
I find pleasure to help people out of my little wealth hereby wish to help you out in whatever situations you are going through presently. I will like to know how you want me to help you with? I want to congratulate you that you are one of the fortunate people i have chosen to help this Month. I will be interested to know more about you, so as to be sure of who am donating to. Am from Raleigh, IN but presently working in the UK as an associate Professor in Indiana University. I have always helped people,and i know God will always reward me for all the good I have done for everyone.
Please feel free to send me an email with your needs, so to know i can know what to do about it.
Hi,
My sister in contact with a man named Sebastien Martin from UK. They chat almost everyday for hours using YM. He even sent his pictures. So far no money involved. But when she asked his mobile number, he gave :+447035950361.
But when she tried to send him text message, always failed and when she tried to call, some strange voice answered the phone.
Is it scam or real as in the pictures he is good looking and my sister already in love with him.
If I can give a proof that he is a scam er, I can make her leave this man.
Thank you.