It started with the Wing-Hang Bank

The approach of the Brazilian-born scam message of the Wing Hang Bank in Hong Kong is becoming more and more popular. Big business behind - which is nothing from the beginning, except the greed of the perpetrators to launder money or collect fantastic commission. Don't answer, this mail is like that of grandchild con artists. One would not believe what happened afterwards. 

Here is the story: 

 

Dear Friend,

 

I am very sorry for my late response, due to the fact i'm a banker, i'm always busy.

 

Thank you for giving me your time, Let me start by introducing myself, I'm Mrs Chen Yang, a staff of WING HANG BANK here in HONG KONG.
I am contacting you concerning a customer and an investment placed under our bank's management; as a matter of fact it was 4 years ago.

 

I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this mail private and also to kindly respect the integrity of the information you come by as a result of this email.

 

I contacted you independently of our investigation and no one is informed of this communication.
I would like to intimate you with certain facts that I believe would be of interest to you.
It is of great importance for you to take care and understand every word which i will share with you.
I await your urgent response via (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

 

Chen Yang.

 

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Weeks later, in late September 2020, the same story came from a Chinese e-mail address.  It reminded us of a scammer group in France, but we never received an answer. And within hours we found out that there was a "branch" of the Scammers in England. So the online presence of Alister Bank was used to move non-existent millions. But we found out that there were riding on this story for more than ten years.
 

Bonsai story starts

Dear Friend,

I am very sorry for my late response, due to the fact i'm a banker, i'm always busy.

Thank you for giving me your time, Let me start by introducing myself, I'm Mrs Baozhai Yang, a staff of WING HANG BANK here in HONG KONG. I am contacting you concerning a customer and an investment placed under our bank's management; as a matter of fact it was 4 years ago. I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this mail private and also to kindly respect the integrity of the information you come by as a result of this email.

I contacted you independently of our investigation and no one is informed of this communication.
I would like to intimate you with certain facts that I believe would be of interest to you.
It is of great importance for you to take care and understand every word which i will share with you.
I await your urgent response via (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

 

 

 

Baozhai Yang

 

 

Hello ,

 

In 2015, the subject matter; Ref: HI/DSB/458/4 03/05 77 came to our bank to engage in business discussions with our Private Banking Services Department. 

 

He informed us that he had a financial portfolio of ($11.700.350,00 USD) Eleven million Seven Hundred And Three Fifty United States dollars, which he wished to have us turn over (invest) on his behalf. 

 

I was the officer assigned to his case; I made numerous suggestions in line with my duties as the de-facto chief operations officer of the Private Banking Services Department, especially given the volume of funds he wished to put into our bank.

 

A few months later his attention was needed regarding a business which I was going to discuss with him but I was unable to reach him, I made futile efforts to locate him I immediately passed the task of locating him to the internal investigations department of our bank. 

 

Four days later, information started to trickle in, that he was apparently dead, a person who suited his description was declared dead of a heart attack in Cannes, South of France; we were soon enough able to gather more information and the cause of death was confirmed. 

 

The bank immediately launched an investigation into possible surviving next of kin to alert about the situation and also to come forward to claim his funds. 

 

I await your response.

 

Baozhai Yang.

 

A few minutes after a mail of ours came the answer was this:

 

Dear Friend,

 

I want to thank you for your email response, I sincerely appreciate your interest to assist me in this transaction,

 

However I would like to be sure of your: 

1. Willingness

2. Trustworthiness 

3. Lastly commitment to execute this transaction with me

 

I cannot afford to compromise these virtues because this transaction is highly sensitive.

 

I have my principles which will profit both of us. I will need you to follow my instruction to enable us to have this transaction completed on time.

 

I know you might be wondering where I got your email contact but to be honest with you, I got your contact email discretely on the internet during my search for a reliable partner who would be of assistance to me in order to have the funds transferred out.

 

Considering the money involved, it is necessary for me to be sure of the person to whom I will be entrusting this transaction, my trust is not given out lightly and I do not expect you to trust me that easy too, so I need to be convinced that you are a matured person with some integrity and I will also prove my integrity to you.

 

With regards to the legality of this transaction, I want to inform you that the attorney I am using will prepare the affidavits which shall legally put you in place as beneficiary.

 

My attorney will obtain the necessary clearances which will cover all the aspects involved in this transaction from the Hong Kong authorities including the Justice Department. 

 

I await your feedback.

Sincerely,

Baozhai Yang.

 

 

Every document will be done to meet all international beneficiary claim standards and I will be responsible for his payment on my side so don't think about that.

 

I must also inform you that you will not have to travel to anywhere for any reason because the attorney shall be handling all matters of probate on your behalf.

 

You will be duly represented here by the attorney, he is an accredited lawyer with past experience in issues of inheritance here in Hong Kong. 

 

He will have all the documents perfected, and with these documents, he shall come forward to apply for the immediate release and transfer of the funds to you. I do not need you to send any money to me for any reason as I will take care of all expenses that will come my way on my end.

 

What I expect from you are trust and commitment, I want this large sum of money transferred with your assistance, and as a banker, for many years I know that if we follow up this transaction diligently it would be completed within 12 working days without any question. 

 

I want to know if you are willing to follow up this business seriously before I can give you more details about this transaction, as a result of which I shall be waiting for your response and assurance, you need to be someone whom I can rely upon, at least for absolute commitment.

 

I await your response.

Sincerely,

Baozhai Yang.

 

The story was bought from Nigeria, we found out. Ready for use:

 

Dear Friend,

 

Thank you once again for your genuine interest in this transaction.

 

I am very glad to note that you are a noble, matured, and trustworthy person whom I can rely on for your capabilities to handle this transaction and for a person of your status and experience I am very confident doing this business with you.

 

Like I said before, due to this issue on my hands now it became necessary for me to seek your assistance. 

 

I appreciate the fact that you are ready to assist me in executing this project and also you might help me in investing some of my money in your country or somewhere else. 

 

You should not have anything to worry about, I will do everything legally required to ensure that the project goes smoothly, it shall pass through all Laws of International Banking and beneficiary claim, you have my word and i am a woman of my word.

 

Having resolved to entrust this transaction into your hands, I want to remind you that it needs your commitment and diligent follow up. If you work seriously, the entire transaction should be over in a couple of days.

 

READ THE FOLLOWING AND GET BACK TO ME:

 

Firstly, I will want to know precisely the type of occupation that you do?

 

Note that this project is highly capital intensive, this is why I have to be very careful, I need your total devotion and trust to see this through.

 

I know we have not met before but I am very confident that we will be able to establish the necessary trust that we need to execute this project.

 

I am now in a search of a foreign online bank which I may require that you open an account in your name in this foreign bank. (To make the scam just possible)

 

I will find a bank that you can open an account online with request your fiscal present. 

 

The money would be transferred to your account which you will open in this bank for both of us, this is one of the ways I have found and it will protect us from my local banks in my country.

 

I want us to enjoy this money in peace when we conclude, so you should listen to my instructions and follow them carefully.

 

I cannot transfer this money in my name as my bank will be aware that it is from me, this is where I need your assistance.

 

As a result of this, you may have to open an account in the corresponding bank that has the same transfer telex-type with my bank. 

 

I will obtain a certificate of deposit from my bank, it will be issued in your name.

 

This will make you the beneficiary of the funds. 

 

After the money is been released it will be transferred to your account for both of us and we can then instruct the bank to transfer our various shares into our respective home bank accounts bit by bit.

 

I will also perfect the documentation with the assistance of my attorney to give the transaction the legal right.

 

Before we commence all these things, I will need to do the paperwork that will place you as the beneficiary of the fund so I will need you to send me your:

1. International passport OR Driver's License 

2. Your current residential address 

3. Your phone number

 

I will give them to the attorney who will do the paperwork and it will also prove to me that I am transacting with the correct person and as soon as I get all these from you I will commence the paperwork that will place you as the beneficiary.

 

I hope you will understand why I need all these, the money in question is a huge sum of money and I want to ensure that I know you well before I proceed to give you all the details to commence the project.

 

Ensure that you keep this project confidential; do not discuss it with anybody, because of the confidential nature of this transaction and my work.

 

Please reply soonest.

 

Sincerely,

Baozhai Yang.

 

Baozhai Yang-the Muenchhausen of Hongkong or a Nigerian in South Africa?

Dear Friend,

 

You should be aware that the bank we are going to use for this transaction is situated in United Kingdom and for me as a banker it is my duty to ensure that this transfer is done in a quiet manner and one of the reasons we are using this bank is because the bank is of the same telex-type as my bank in China.

 

Which means that any transfer between this bank and my bank would be seen as an in-house transfer, this will avoid the attention of certain international financial bodies that have strict monetary policies, you have nothing to worry about regarding this.

 

The authorities would simply believe this transfer to be a bank to bank affair and it would not raise eyebrows or trigger any red flags.

 

It is necessary to take precautions on issues like this, and I have to ensure that our interest is protected in this transaction.

 

I am a professional banker and I expect you to follow my instructions, for the success of this transaction.

 

I have explained the reason why I need your assistance and the fact remains that I cannot transfer the funds in my own name, this is the major reason your assistance as a foreigner is required.

 

I have already made some inquiries on who to contact directly to open an account as an international customer and contact her to make inquiries on offshore/online account opening.

 

Please contact the bank with the information below to speed up your account opening.

 

Tell her that a bank in Hong Kong gave you this contact information.

 

Bank Name: ALISTER  BANK (Alister Saving Bank) (Fake Bank)

 

Bank Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Alternative Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

Bank Manager: Mrs Grace Walker

 

CONTACT PERSON: Mrs Grace Walker

(GeneralDirector of Operations)

 

Head of Private & business clients

 

Sincerely,

Baozhai Yang.

 

Then, about a quarter of an hour later, on a late Saturday afternoon, came a letter from a certain Grace Walker. Surprisingly, the same phone number that belonged to Grace Walker also matched a page of attorneys who used the same pattern as Doris Müller. (German)

The IBAN Swift Code was assigned to an investment bank in Transvaal Gauteng, in Sandton - Johannesburg. (Iban Swift: IVESZAJJXXX) Always in the background of an alleged bank, which even has a website in England.

 

We checked the address in 1a Plough Place. An office building at High Holborn in London. Probably carefully selected by the alleged perpetrators. Everything was known there - but not the bank. The phone number was a different picture; it was listed under the fake numbers for the UK. Brutal debt collectors, (German link) who simply invented claims to squeeze one more cent out of the victims were related to this number.

There were countless notes on the internet. It confirmed our view that the phones are being passed around within the criminal organisations. Probably the necessary information came from romance scamming or other spamming attempts that the perpetrators had used in vain. In this context, gambling companies in Malta kept turning up which at the time were operated by Wirecard. How the perpetrators got hold of the e-mail addresses cannot be proven. But it is already suspicious. 

Is there an interface between the half-silk gambling houses, which were among the clients of Wirecard Bank, and the African scammers? We soon realised that it was a network of scammers in this world and was not a unique phenomenon. 

 

We actually managed to talk to the SFO of Scotland Yard in London about this issue. A statement from the investigating authority cannot be and was not expected. Even not, if they are investigating yet or not. 

Even the FBI was behind these people after Baozhai Yang scammed for other banks as well.

Baozhai Yang seemed like a program of African scammers like Alina Becker.

 

 

Alister Electronic Online Wire Transfer

You are required to open a Non-Resident transit account with us to clear
your funds into cash and i will furnish you with your new account number
and account pins to access and transfer your funds. Please note that
your new account with our bank will serve as your offshore transit bank
account here in United Kingdom and you can access your account via
online in any part of the world. To register for a Non-Resident account
with us, ALISTER BANK (Alister Saving Bank) UK expects you to choose
your convenient type of account you wish to open from our list of
Non-Resident account options below and effect payment of the account
opening fee, Therefore, to ensure that we open your account as quickly
as possible, make sure you have

completed all the following steps below:

Step 1: Select the account type you wish to open and effect the account
initial balance deposit.

TYPE OF ACCOUNT MINIMUM OPENING DEPOSIT
1. Savings Account................ USD 680 $
2. Current Account................. USD 830 $
3. Premium Account.............. USD 1050 $

1.Saving Account allows for easy transfer of fund,but do not impact fund
on account until 3working days.

2.Current Account allows for easy transfer also,but the transfer get
impacted on your account after 24hours.

3.Premium Account allows for instant transfer and instant impaction of
fund in your account.It is the fastest and safest.

The account opening fee is not lost or taken by the bank. It will be
used for your account opening/activation as the first initial balance
deposit to maintain your account for banking service{Cheque clearance
and International wire Transfer.}and can only be withdrawn when a
customer intends to close the account and is fully refundable.

Step 2: Enclose your documentation below by e-mail attachment. a] One
original document to confirm your identity, i.e. Current signed passport
or Photo card driving license.

NB: The Account opening fee/Initial Balance Deposit cannot be deducted
from your Funds Cheque because it was fully insured in your name by a
reputable insurance firm here in United Kingdom. This is a security
measure put in place by the depositors of the fund to ensure that we
transfer the funds in full to your designated checking account and an
attempt to act otherwise will certainly attract serious legal sanctions
to our Bank. Your urgent response, will determine how soon your transfer
will commence as you equally give send me an email for more information on your transfer and the option of
account opening chosen. Yours in service,

ALISTER BANK,
Customer service
Call :{ +(44)741-839-7926 }
Mrs. Grace Walker (Head of Service Director)
1 Plough Place, London EC4A 1DE, United Kingdom
ALISTER BANK.
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This e-mail is intended only for the above addressee. It may contain
privileged information. If you are not the addressee you must not
copy,distribute, disclose or use any of the information in it. If you
have received it in error please delete it and immediately notify the
sender. Alister Saving Bank is authorized and regulated by the
Financial Services Authority and representonly the British Widows and
Bank Of UK Marketing Group for life assurance, pensions and investment
business.Signatories to the Banking Codes.
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©Copyright 2020, All Rights Reserved. Alister Saving Bank.
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 In 1 Plough Place, London, no one finds this bank.  A half-finished page of an Alister Bank in New York is in the www.

 Alister Electronic Online Wire Transfer 

We Alister Bank are in receipt of your mail, You the account holder just
choose the Current Account allows for easy transfer also, but the
transfer get impacted on your account after 24hours., This mean that
once your funds transfer is made into your open current account, The
funds can only reflect (Available) in the account within 24hours of
transfer. This account opening fee charge is 830 $ which is the only fee
charge you are to pay for the current account opening.

Please note that once this account is open in your name and details, You
alone will be able to have access to the funds account, We Alister Bank
will provide you your online account access login.

Current Account................. USD 830 $

2. Current Account allows for easy transfer also,but the transfer get
impacted on your account after 24hours.

We Alister Bank want you to understand that this account will be open
once the fee charge of it cost for opening is paid, And also will be
register in your own name, details. Before we proceed with the account
opening section, We Alister Bank want to know if the fee charge can be
remitted today or next week?

We Awaiting your urgent response as soon as possible.

 

A few minutes later Baozhai Yang wrote again

Okay i will await for those details so i can start up with the necessary document.

 

Dreadful greed for a good deal of money

 

Now it became clear that they were Nigerians who had made the field their own. It was all about the US$ 830 alone, which the perpetrators wanted to obtain utilizing the initiation story.

 

Alister Electronic Online Wire Transfer 

We Alister Bank will proceed with the opening of your account once the
fee charge is paid, and then the account number and information will be
given to you, and you alone will have access to your account. Should i
send you the details information to make the payment?

We Awaiting your urgent response as soon as possible.

ALISTER BANK,
Customer service
Call :{ +(44)741-839-7926 } Link to Fake Number Org
Mrs. Grace Walker (Head of Service Director)
1 Plough Place, London EC4A 1DE, United Kingdom
ALISTER BANK.
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This e-mail is intended only for the above addressee. It may contain
privileged information. If you are not the addressee you must not
copy,distribute, disclose or use any of the information in it. If you
have received it in error please delete it and immediately notify the
sender. Alister Saving Bank is authorized and regulated by the
Financial Services Authority and representonly the British Widows and
Bank Of UK Marketing Group for life assurance, pensions and investment
business.Signatories to the Banking Codes.
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©Copyright 2020, All Rights Reserved. Alister Saving Bank.
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Alister Electronic Online Wire Transfer

The payment details will be sent to you shortly, Can you make the 
payment today if possible? So we can get straigh on opening your online

account?

We Awaiting your urgent response as soon as possible.

ALISTER BANK,
Customer service
Call :{ +(44)741-839-7926 }
Mrs. Grace Walker (Head of Service Director)
1 Plough Place, London EC4A 1DE, United Kingdom
ALISTER BANK.
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This e-mail is intended only for the above addressee. It may contain 
privileged information. If you are not the addressee you must not 
copy,distribute, disclose or use any of the information in it. If you 
have received it in error please delete it and immediately notify the 
sender. Alister Saving Bank is authorized and regulated by the 
Financial Services Authority and representonly the British Widows and 
Bank Of UK Marketing Group for life assurance, pensions and investment 
business.Signatories to the Banking Codes.
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©Copyright 2020, All Rights Reserved. Alister Saving Bank.
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Here is the payment information to remit the 830

Account Name: Georg K.
Account Number: ‪5434xxxxx
BLZ: ‪500 105 17‬
IBAN: DE9050010517xxxxx
BIC: INGDDEFFXXX
Bank: ING-DiBa AG
Bank Adress: ‪Theodor-Heuss-Allee 2‬
‪60486 Frankfurt am Main

We Awaiting your urgent response as soon as possible.

ALISTER BANK,
Customer service
Call :{ +(44)741-839-7926 }
Mrs. Grace Walker (Head of Service Director)
1 Plough Place, London EC4A 1DE, United Kingdom
ALISTER BANK.
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This e-mail is intended only for the above addressee. It may contain
privileged information. If you are not the addressee you must not
copy,distribute, disclose or use any of the information in it. If you
have received it in error please delete it and immediately notify the
sender. Alister Saving Bank is authorized and regulated by the
Financial Services Authority and representonly the British Widows and
Bank Of UK Marketing Group for life assurance, pensions and investment
business.Signatories to the Banking Codes.
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©Copyright 2020, All Rights Reserved. Alister Saving Bank.
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Grace Walker' s number appeared with a new law office in London. In the same house. Plough Place. But there is no office of the EliteGroup in London. Both hostings were done with the same provider in Utah and Panama. 

 

Alister Electronic Online Wire Transfer 

We Alister Bank want you to know that we do have a GB account but it
will be useless for that because the GB market is high now because of
the trade market risk of the Corona virus pandemic. With a GB account,
it will only take 5 working business days before the money will arrive
on the account, and it will cause delay of your account opening because
of where the money is coming from. You are a Germany citizen, and the
payment must come from Germany to Germany account and Mr Georg Kaufmann
is the active financial secretary in the Germany branch for the GB
market. and that's the payment must come in this information. so you do
not have anything to worry about. Please make your confirmation and get
back to me.

Please do note that proof of payment must be sent for verification by
Monday once done..

We Awaiting your urgent response as soon as possible.

ALISTER BANK,
Customer service
Call :{ +(44)741-839-7926 }
Mrs. Grace Walker (Head of Service Director)
1 Plough Place, London EC4A 1DE, United Kingdom
ALISTER BANK.
......................................................................................................................................................................................
This e-mail is intended only for the above addressee. It may contain
privileged information. If you are not the addressee you must not
copy,distribute, disclose or use any of the information in it. If you
have received it in error please delete it and immediately notify the
sender. Alister Saving Bank is authorized and regulated by the
Financial Services Authority and representonly the British Widows and
Bank Of UK Marketing Group for life assurance, pensions and investment
business.Signatories to the Banking Codes.
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©Copyright 2020, All Rights Reserved. Alister Saving Bank.
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Here is the number of Mr G. +4915739604931 (no connection possible)
Iban Swift: IVESZAJJXXX (INVESTEC BANK LTD.)
The 830 can be paid in Pound Sterling as well, but service chooses the
simplest process.


We Awaiting your urgent response as soon as possible.

ALISTER BANK,
Customer service
Call :{ +(44)741-839-7926 }
Mrs. Grace Walker (Head of Service Director)
1 Plough Place, London EC4A 1DE, United Kingdom
ALISTER BANK.
......................................................................................................................................................................................
This e-mail is intended only for the above addressee. It may contain
privileged information. If you are not the addressee you must not
copy,distribute, disclose or use any of the information in it. If you
have received it in error please delete it and immediately notify the
sender. Alister Saving Bank is authorized and regulated by the
Financial Services Authority and representonly the British Widows and
Bank Of UK Marketing Group for life assurance, pensions and investment
business.Signatories to the Banking Codes.
....................................................................................................................................................................................
©Copyright 2020, All Rights Reserved. Alister Saving Bank.
========================================================================================================================

 

Alister Electronic Online Wire Transfer 

Below is the bank website: alistersaving.com

We Awaiting your urgent response as soon as possible.

ALISTER BANK,
Customer service
Call :{ +(44)741-839-7926 }
Mrs. Grace Walker (Head of Service Director)
1 Plough Place, London EC4A 1DE, United Kingdom
ALISTER BANK.
......................................................................................................................................................................................
This e-mail is intended only for the above addressee. It may contain
privileged information. If you are not the addressee you must not
copy,distribute, disclose or use any of the information in it. If you
have received it in error please delete it and immediately notify the
sender. Alister Saving Bank is authorized and regulated by the
Financial Services Authority and representonly the British Widows and
Bank Of UK Marketing Group for life assurance, pensions and investment
business.Signatories to the Banking Codes.
....................................................................................................................................................................................
©Copyright 2020, All Rights Reserved. Alister Saving Bank.
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Hello, 

 

Good morning, I am in receipt of your mail, and i want you to know that this very bank that Mrs Walker is the operator is the only bank that is good for this transaction and that is why i choose her and the bank. I would suggest you do everything possible to get the fee they ask you to pay and let's get this funds transfer by this coming week and not delay please.

 

Trust her and she will handle everything, How much were you asked?

 

Twenty minutes later the next message came

830 USD?

that's is your part which you must do, Your part is to open an account and i will make arrangement to transfer the funds to that account.

Do you know how much we are talking about here?

830 USD is not what you should be complaining about my friend. Get it done please and get your account ready.

 

Ten minutes later the next message came

 

There is not way we can use Lloyds (free account) my friend, do you want this transaction to involve so many things? I need a clean and neat job to move this money. If you can not continue this transaction, we can terminate it and please every information that has been sent to you by me, must be erase, i do not want trouble .

 

Have a good day.

I can not force you to do this deal my friend because i know my worth. 

 

 

Note: These people, who hide behind the "global players" from Hong Kong and London, are most dangerous. Life means nothing to them. If they do not reach their goal, blackmail and possibly beat, torture, will be the next step. Never send data, passport copies or identity cards. The papers would be used for other deeds, like trafficking human beings and international money laundering etc.. No matter what kind and no matter how much pressure the gangsters put on you. 
The culprits are the scum of Africa. 
If the perpetrators get too close to you, do not pay, you would pay for your whole life.  Go to the police.