Yorkshire Bank
Here is a phishing scam designed to look like it came from Yorkshire Bank; thanks Brian for sharing this information with us!
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YORKSHIRE BANK
10 King Street,Leigh,WN7 4LS, United kingdom.
CCS Tel: +44 7023055563, +44 7024074644, +44 7024074745.
Fax: +44 870 479 1652
Attn : Dear Valued Customer,
You are welcome to YORKSHIRE BANK PLC. We are pleased to be at your service. YORKSHIRE BANK PLC is regulated and Stipulated by the Financial Service Authority (FSA), the financial institutions that govern all financial activities in the United Kingdom.
Be informed that your funds supplied to us is a bonded Cheque/draft in pounds sterlings, so you are required to open an online Account with us to enable us clear and deposit your Cheque into your newly created account to mature before a swift/telegraphic Wire transfer of your funds can be effected/initiated to your designated Bank account which you have provided.
Also be informed that, only when your Account is setup can we clear and deposit your Bank cheque into your account to mature before a swift/telegraphic Wire transfer can be done successfully without any form of delay.
We have different online accounts and this has different minimum deposit depending on which of the account you will like us to set up for you, In the light of the above explanation you are to choose from the following types of online account options below which you will like to receive your funds with. You are to make your preferable and affordable choice from the 4 options. Please note that any amount paid for account initial deposit will be credited to your total funds contained in your bounded cheque. Initial deposit is required for your account to be setup and active. You must pay for the Initial Account Deposit(Minimum Deposit) of your choice of account before we can commence transfer.
Below are the different account options and the fees for their opening;
(1) CLASSIC ACCOUNT: This Requires a minimum deposit of £610 pounds
Benefits of classic account:
1. Better accessibility.
2. Internet access/ online account.
3. Able to transfer £150,000.00 GBP per-day (Fund transfer limit)
(2) NUMBERED ACCOUNT: This has a minimum deposit of £718 pounds
1. Better Accessibility.
2. Benefit for every savings made.
3. Internet access/ online account.
4. Able to transfer £200,000.00 GBP per-day (Fund transfer limit)
(3) VAULTING ACCOUNT: This has a minimum deposit of £820 pounds
1. Better Accessibility.
2. Instant Credit card Issued.
3. Investment Pay back access.
4. Internet access/ online account.
5. Able to transfer £300,000.00 GBP per-day (Fund transfer limit)
(4) PREMIUM ACCOUNT: This has a minimum deposit of £990 pounds
1. Investment Pay back access.
2. Instant Credit card Issued.
3. Bank Cheque Issued.
4. Better Accessibility.
5. Internet access/ online account.
6. Able to transfer £500,000.00 GBP per-day (Fund transfer limit)
To ensure the transfer of your funds your are required to open an international account with us, from where your funds your cheque will be deposited and consequently enhance further transfer to any other bank account of your choice anywhere in the world.
The Premium account has full option banking amenities which involves having a Master Card,credit/debit balance print out and overdraft.
Note that the minimum deposit you made belongs to you as this will be in your account before the crediting of your funds you wish to transfer. We advice you to choose from the 4 options given above immediately and inform us of your choice and it will immediately be created upon receipt of your payment according to your choice of account. Your new account details and online access code will be sent to you to enable you logon to your account for the transfering of your funds. Then your cheque will be deposited into it immediately we activate your account, after which your cheque will be cleared and also reflect on your account balance within 24-48hours depending on your account choice. You can then effect transfers to any account you nominate anywhere around the world.
Therefore, you are to pay an account setup fee (initial deposit) to set up the online account that you have choosen. Please note that the initial deposit paid by you remains your money and will only be use in setting up the account before depositing your cheque.
All banks in the United Kingdom are authorized and regulated by the Financial Services Authority and adheres to the principles of the Banking Codes including YORKSHIRE BANK PLC, UK . To this note, clients are required to abide by the Banking policies of the British Government by making security deposit for ACTIVATION FEES. The Financial Services Authority is the independent regulator set up by Government to look after the financial services industry and protect consumers.
Do note that we can not continue with the online bank transfer until you have an account with us that bears your name because this said cheque has to be deposited into an account before it can be transferred to you. This is in accordance with section 17(1) (n) of the National Online Transfer Act as adopted in 1998 and amended on 3rd July 2001 by Parliament.
Upon your reply and consent I would provide you with the necessary details to effect payment for the INITIAL ACCOUNT OPENING DEPOSIT ON YOUR CHOOSEN ACCOUNT TYPE.
Kind Regards,
MR. CAMPBELL WRIGHT,
Head of Operation/Online Department,
Yorkshire Bank Plc.United Kingdom.
Saturday, August 1, 2009 9:47 AM
From: “Dr. John David Nellor”
Dear Beneficiary,
It is obvious that you have not received your fund which is to the tune of $6.5 Million due to past corrupt Governmental Officials who almost held the fund to themselves for their selfish reason and some individuals who have taken advantage of your fund all in an attempt to swindle your fund which has led to so many losses from your end and unnecessary delay in the receipt of your fund.
The National Central Bureau of Interpol enhanced by the United Nations and Federal Bureau of Investigation have successfully passed a mandate to the current president of Benin His Excellency Dr Boni Yayi, President of the Republic of Benin to boost the exercise of clearing all foreign debts owed to you and other individuals and organizations who have been found not to have receive their Contract Sum, Lottery/Gambling, Inheritance and the likes.
Now how would you like to receive your payment? By Check or by ATM card?
ATM Card: We will be issuing you a custom pin based ATM card with your name written on it which you will use to withdraw up to $10,000 per day from any ATM machine that has the Master Card Logo on it. Also with the ATM card you will be able to transfer your funds to your bank account. The ATM card comes with a handbook or manual to enlighten you about how to use it. Good if you do not have a bank account
Check: To be deposited in your bank for it to be cleared within three working days.
Your payment would be sent to you via any of your preferred option and would be mailed to you via UPS.
Because we have signed a contract with UPS you will only need to pay $190.75 instead of $230 saving you $39.25! So you save $39.25.
Find below the payment information.
Recipient Name: – James Moore
Sender’s Name:
Recipient address: 64 Commercial LEN AVENUE,
City: Cotonou
Country:Republic Of Benin
Text Question:Who
Answer:Me
Mtcn
Take note that anyone asking you for some kind of money above the usual fee is definitely a fraudster and you will have to stop communication with every other person if you have been in contact with any. Also remember that all you will ever have to spend is $190.75 nothing more! Nothing less! And we guarantee the receipt of your fund within the next 3 working days after the receipt of payment.
Below are few list of tracking numbers you can track from UPS website to confirm people like you who have received their payment successfully. You can track the following listed below from ups.com
UPS Tracking Number: 1ZE7360R0350332747
UPS Tracking Number: 1Z4459670352990601
UPS Tracking Number: 1ZE7360R0350751357
UPS Tracking Number: 1Z97R4E60301773117
UPS Tracking Number: 1ZE7360R0349574337
Note: Everything has been taken care of by the Federal Government including taxes, custom paper and clearance duty so all you will ever need to pay is $190..75 This is because UPS C.O.D (Cost on Delivery) service is not applicable to international shipping according to their terms.
To effect the release of your fund valued at $6,5 million you are advised to contact the delivery officer with the information below:
Joseph M. Demarest, Jr.
Phone: +(229) 9634 4682
EMail: jdmrest@webmail.co.za
On contacting him do provide him your:
Full Name:____________________
Address:____________________
Home/Cell Phone: ____________________
Preferred Payment Method (Check or ATM):____________________
Upon receipt of payment the delivery officer will ensure that your package is sent within 24 working hours. Because we are so sure of everything we are giving you a 100% money back guarantee if you do not receive payment/package within the next three days after you have made the payment for shipping.
Sincerely,
Dr. John David Nellor
CC: Federal Bureau of Investigation
CC: National Central Bureau of Interpol
Received a letter from Yorkshire who open an accounts in my name, but ask to pay 2000 pounds for insurance code from AIG.
Wonder if it is real.
Dr. Roy Martin is signing on letters
Would like to keep it confidential for obvius reason.
Thanks
H.Singh
Hello . We have get this email : Yorkshire Online Bank UK (accounts_yorkshirebnk@msn.com) please tell us is this true or not and please can we send the moneys 990 phounds through Western Union in the name of this person :
Account officer: Mr. Chris Powell
Address: 10 King Street,Leigh,WN7 4LS, United kingdom.
Is this a official person of Yorkshire bank ?
This is the complete e-mail who they send to us :
DETAILS ON HOW YOU CAN MAKE PAYMENT FOR YOUR INITIAL ACCOUNT DEPOSIT…(Premium Online Account)????
From: Yorkshire Online Bank UK (accounts_yorkshirebnk@msn.com)
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 9:59:48 AM
10 King Street,Leigh,WN7 4LS, United kingdom.
CCS Tel: +44 703 594 6402.
Fax: +44 870 479 1652.
SELECTED ACCOUNT:
PREMIUM ACCOUNT:
This Requires a minimum deposit of £990 pounds
1. Investment Pay back access.
2. Instant Credit card Issued.
3. Bank Cheque Issued.
4. Better Accessibility.
5. Internet access/ online account.
Able to transfer £500,000.00 GBP per-day (Fund transfer limit)
Dear Valued Customer; Mahir Seferi
Top of the day to you !. I just acknowledge your remittance form which you have sent via e-mail to us.Thanks for your urgent response.
From your Form, we understand you have opted to use our Premium Account Service in having your fund transferred to your Designated Bank account.
Please confirm the correctness of your Bank information, remittance of your fund will be done to the Bank account you provided as soon as you meet with the initial account deposit that is attached to your choice of account(Premium Account)
I have just completed the documentation of your transfer file and I shall be sending it to our payment department as soon as I receive your initial deposit payment confirmation slip so they can approve the transfer of your fund.
As previously stated, you will have to proceed with the immediate payment of £990.00 Pounds equivalent to $1,650 USD which is the initial account deposit attached to your Premium Account that is needed by us to commence with the transfer of your Fund from our Bank to your Bank. Find below the Payment modality for the initial account deposit.
PAYMENT MODE FOR COST OF TRANSFER: WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER
The International money transfer company, Western Union Money Transfer have been choosen as one of the methods of payments for customers. You are to make payment through any regional office close to you. This payment method was adopted to ameliorate and speed up the process of payment and fund remittance because of its wide network of operation.
To make payment for your premium account initial deposit of transfer, you are advise to visit any of the nearest Western Union office close to you and send the sum of £990.00 Pounds(nine hundred and ninety pounds) or $1,650( one thousand six hundred and fifty US dollars)to our account officer with his information below .
WESTERN
UNION
Account officer: Mr. Chris Powell
Address: 10 King Street,Leigh,WN7 4LS, United kingdom.
Immediately after payment is confirmed, you are required to send a scanned copy of the transfer slip, including the following details to this office, as well as your claims officer:
1. Name of Sender
2. Address of sender
3. Money Transfer Control number (MTCN)
4. Amount sent
Note that after your initial account deposit has been made, we will open and online account for you in our bank where you will have to do the transfer of your funds online all by yourself. You will be able to transfer £500,000.00 GBP per-day.
Note that we can not continue with the online bank transfer until you have an account with us that bears your name because this said cheque has to be deposited into an account before it can be transferred to you. This is in accordance with section 17(1) (n) of the National Online Transfer Act as adopted in 1998 and amended on 3rd July 2001 by Parliament.
YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THE INITIAL ACCOUNT OPENING DEPOSIT OF £990.00 POUNDS ON YOUR CHOOSEN ACCOUNT TYPE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN PROCEED WITH YOUR SWIFT ACCOUNT SET-UP.
Have a nice day as I await your payment details/western union payment slip.
Wishing you the best!!
MR.ALLEN MOORE,
Head of Operation/Online Department,
Yorkshire Bank Plc.United Kingdom.
i would like to know,is there any account with my name in the yorkshire bank transfer unit UK
I was the winning of the motorola promotion email 2009 and won £400,000.00,GBP,is it true or not?
Thank you
Dian Cahyono
i would like to know if internet banking is true, because my mom was asked to send 8200 dollars as tax charge and another 3500 pounds for non residential tax certificate…. please, i want to know if the bank really asks for such big money. i am really desperate..
Me gustaria saber si esto es una estafa o saber de que se trata todo esto; alguien en la red que nos aclare, necesito saber ya que tambien me llego un correo similar por un millon de libras esterlinas necesito saer que es lo que pasa
Gracias.
Dear Sir,
I received one mail from one UK group saying that i got some amt through my g mail acccount
now some body send a mail that the money is there in Yorkshire Bank , for relising fund i have to pay some 450 POUND
IS THIS TRUE
Also se below attached mail that i received
PEASE REPLY
Waitnig for u r reply
forworded mail
Dear Nandakumar Shetty,
The attention of YORKSHIRE BANK PLC has been drawn to your transaction as spelled out by the enabling government agency that deposited the award with our bank.It is important to state at this point that there needs to be a meeting held in our bank branch were the funds are domiciled with either you or any person nominated by you to represent you. This bank can only attend to your funds transfer process after verification of documents to show that you are the right and correct beneficiary of the said sum.
It would be our pleasure to conduct your transaction.Thank you for your business and referrals.
Sincerely,
Mr.Duke Cole
Manager
i recieved a notification letter as eligible winner of Sum 500,000GPB from Google lotto concluded recently and asked to contact Mr Campbell Wright. when i contacted him he sent me a remittence letter to feel in the names of Yorkshire Bank. i am requesting to know whether this person is a legal employee of the bank or whether we are dealing with a fraudelant person.
thanks
To Yorkshire Bank,
I would like to have the request to your department that I have inform I have funds in your Bank that your department need me to pay for the c.o.t code for transfer the fund to my country, is it correct?
please let me know of the clarifications at this matter from your department,
Thanks
Inyoman Tisna, from Indonesia,
i recieved a notification letter as eligible winner of Sum 500,000GPB from Google lotto concluded recently and asked to contact Mr Campbell Wright. when i contacted him he sent me a remittence letter to feel in the names of Yorkshire Bank. i am requesting to know whether this person is a legal employee of the bank or whether we are dealing with a fraudelant person.
thanks
i want to know is there have a account officer who is Kenneth White (Mr.). pls give him details.