Suspicious Entities: Alp Trust Bank
A widespread home-loans spam-scam promotes a link with "ALP Trust Bank." Just one small problem: it doesn't appear to exist.
The following spam scam is circulating widely:
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"Good Day, 100% Project Funding with secured and unsecured loans available to our numerous clients all over the world not withstanding their credit score.With our flexible lending packages, loans can be processed and funds transferred to the borrower within the shortest time possible. We operate under clear, flexible, transparent and understandable terms.
We offer very low interest due to the on going slow down in economic activities(Recession) in most countries of the world.Are you losing sleep at nights worrying how to get a Legit Loan Lender?Are you biting your finger nails thinking of how to get a quick loan?Instead of beating yourself up,contact Williams Blacksmith of UNITY INVESTMENT affiliated to Alp Trust Bank or contact our specialist for advice and finance planning.If you need a quick loan contact us via this email below: unity_02@hawamail.com
Name:
Location:
Amount Needed:
Country:
Phone Number:
Yours in Service,
Williams Blacksmith
General Consultant,
Unity Investment Ltd.
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The e-mail contains many of the hallmarks of a typical financial scam originating out of West Africa.
The scam is not new but it has been reactivated. "Alp Trust Bank" used to have a website: http://www.at-bonline.com, but it has been dead and in the domain in the hands of an ad-farm for some time. Only one page has been indexed at archive.org and that page is blank. The domain was created on 6 August 2008.
In previous issues of this scam, the domain alptrustbankonline.com was used: that address is currently unregistered.
Research shows that previous scams have claimed that Alp Trust Bank is based in "Bermingham" (this is a spelling mistake) UK and provided a non-geographical telephone number. No such name is authorised by the UK's FSA.
The spam is being distributed by e-mail and by posting to bulletin boards including support boards for software.
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