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Western Trust screenshot - 01-May-2009
Western Trust screenshot - 01-May-2009
This fraud should not be confused with any other company of the same or similar name - the following fraud evidence defines and refer to this fake company alone and no other. 

Western Trust is just another fake financial site used as a vehicle to legitimise a money laundering mule recruiting fraud scam. It's an identical follow on scam to the Navitex scam which was a zombie botnet hosted 'Rockphish' site so the criminal's pedigree is absolutely clear. Their site content has been stolen in part from the Carrley Business Consulting website, their initial domain westerntrustinc.com was only recently registered for the usual criminals domain minimum period of one year only, they have no web presence, their website uses an off the shelf generic template, (Template 19813 - Navitex Website Template), (and it doesn't work properly using Firefox), their location details are bogus and they are not a registered company. They are hosted on the Cayman British Islands Offshore Network IP address 78.129.166.5. This is also the IP address that host(ed) other frauds such as AREM Networks and the Great Expedition scam. Reverse IP checks indicate it is home to a number of fraud and attack domains.
Evidence of Criminal Fraud:

i) From the above screenshot "We have many years experience" but their domain westerntrustinc.com was only registered with Enom, Inc. (Rustelekom) on 13-Mar-2009 for the usual criminal domain period of one year only. A clear indication of a fake website.

ii) The fake Western Trust website content has quite clearly been stolen in major parts from the genuine company Carrley Business Consulting and modified to suit the criminal's purposes - for example, the criminal's 'About Us' page content is a clear copy of the Carrley Business Consulting 'About Us' page content. Clear evidence of site theft and fraud.

iii) As is usual for these criminals, a Google search shows that they have no internet presence at all.

iv) The fake testimonials in the above screenshot appear all over the place as they have been generated by this fake testimonial generator hence this meaningless nonsense from the screenshot above: "This is the most reliable thing of thing we've ever used". Try a Google search for the phrase and you'll see what I mean... the same fake testimonial also appeared on the AmexFinance scam so there's another likely alias for this crook.

v) The true purpose of the website is to lend legitimacy to a money mule recruiting campaign. Here is another fraud reference.

vi) If you show an interest in their spam you are contacted by one "Thomas Pack" as follows:
Our web site is www.westerntrustinc.com.

Our phone number is +44 (0) 20 3287 4310, please feel free to call us.

We care to explain to you thoroughly the entire process that will possibly be the best job you will ever have. You will work from home until we open our US branches.
This job is possible because our company has its headquarters in Halifax, UK, and as such we do not yet have our offices in the USA. Until we do we will always need
representatives in the United States to take care of some financial matters. The problem we are facing is the time necessary for our company to
receive the funds from money orders and cashier checks, or bank transfers paid by our customers from the USA after they have received our
financial products and/or services. It takes approximately 2 to 3 weeks including shipping to clear these
funds in United Kingdom. This is where you can help us. It would speed up the
process tenfold. We have already made a signed agreement with the US officials and we are paying all the necessary
taxes for our business. This job is legal according to the US legislation as it is today.

We do make background research on all our US customers before we sell
our products/or services. We also verify the checks for funds availability before it arrives to you. In an outstanding case of any problem,
we offer a full guarantee to cover the fees and the whole amount on any check. This way you can feel absolutely protected and safe.

The training will be provided when we open our US branches, it's not necessary at this stage.

I would like to confirm that your basic salary is US 750.00 per week. Also you receive 8% from each transfer you process as your commission.
we pay bi-weekly paychecks (salary plus earned commission).

Please confirm your interest and I will send you our Application Form.

Thank you,

Thomas Pack,
HR Manager,
HR Administrative Operations and Support Department
vii) A site contact who responded has sent me this 'Job Description' that was received from them:
 SERVICE MANAGER JOB DESCRIPTION

About Our Company (Western Trust Inc.com)

Our field of activity includes financial and commercial services to people and organizations. We make all the necessary arrangements for the delivery of the chosen financial services to our clients. Today our plans include further development of the company. We are going to widen our range of services and become an international network, providing services for clients all over the world. Our 1st US branch will be opened in mid-June, 2009.

To offer the most convenient and profitable environment for our patrons we have decided to create a network of regional agents, so we can have representatives of our staff in every corner of the world. It will allow our clients to have access to a wider range of our services and financial products - Service Managers are the lifeblood of our company.

Job Details

Main duties:

• Receive payments from our customers in your area. (The payment from our customers for services provided under the contract. Because we work all over the world, the customers will have easier access to transfer money to our finance managers who are in the same state/region).

• Report to our manager about payments received

• Follow the instructions from the manager

• Create reports for each transfer

• Create weekly and monthly reports

• Customer Contact

All customers pass security & verification checks, for your own security.

We offer:

• $750.00 per week plus 8% of each payment processing operation

• Comprehensive medical and life insurance for you and your dependents

• Set work schedule

• Variety of shift options

• Training and skill building
That is a crystal clear illegal money mule function of accepting funds into a private account and transferring them back to the criminals less your percentage and on its own defines the company without doubt as criminal and bogus and is clear evidence of criminal fraud. It will get your account closed, your assets frozen and could earn you a criminal record - do not be tempted.

No legitimate company is going to advertise for this sort of illegal part time, 'work from home' money transfer position among the untrained, inexperienced and uncertified general population overseas, to do so defines the company as both bogus and criminal.
viii) Fake 'Contact Us' Details from website:

Western Trust, LLP

39 TRINITY ROAD,
HALIFAX,
WEST YORKSHIRE HX1 2RG, UNITED KINGDOM

Phone: United Kingdom: +44 (0) 20 3287 4310; United States of America: + 1 (239) 603-7493

Fax: +44 1422 500029

E-mail: admin@westerntrustinc.com

• - A Google search for the address 39 TRINITY ROAD, HALIFAX simply returns a fraud site listing and nothing else.
• - A UK postcode search on the postcode HX1 2RG shows that it belongs solely to the Halifax bank - clear evidence of fraud
• - The telephone number +44 (0) 20 3287 4310 is a London number and not a Halifax number and connects to the usual voice mail these crooks use - clear evidence of fraud
• - Dialling the Fax. number +44 1422 500029 results in a "this number is not in use" message - it is a fake number - clear evidence of fraud
• - A Google search for the number "+ 1 (239) 603-7493" returns no results apart from the crooks own website.
All irrefutable evidence of fake location & contact details.

ix) Western Trust, LLP are not registered at the UK 'Companies House' as a UK trading company - irrefutable evidence of a fake company - check for yourself.

x) A webcheck shows that Western Trust, LLP are not registered with the UK FSA, (Financial Services Authority), which means they are not authorised to trade in the financial sector in the UK. Clear & absolutely irrefutable evidence of fraud. - check for yourself.
The above evidence clearly demonstrates beyond any doubt that the Western Trust website has been set up very recently by 'Rockphish' money laundering criminals purely for the purpose of soliciting for money laundering 'mules'. If you are an abuse team that has received an abuse report regarding these fraudsters, please consider immediate termination of their services in view of the absolutely undeniable evidence of criminal activity - please don't delay - these criminals will not respond to any communication from you, (all their whois data is false), but will simply take advantage of any attempt at communication as a delaying tactic to allow them time to carry on their criminal activity and prepare their next network.
 
Main Website Domains

westerntrustinc.com

 Registrar

Enom, Inc.(Rustelekom) - 13-Mar-2009

 Host

KY-PRVT-NWRK-019231 (Cayman British Islands Offshore Network)
 IP Address

78.129.166.5
Active
Suspended/Disabled
Parked

DNS Data (Valid for domain westerntrustinc.com)

How I am searching:

Searching for westerntrustinc.com A record at i.root-servers.net [192.36.148.17]: Got referral to M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. (zone: com.)
Searching for westerntrustinc.com A record at M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. [192.55.83.30]: Got referral to ns1.srvdns.co.uk. (zone: westerntrustinc.com.)
Searching for westerntrustinc.com A record at ns1.srvdns.co.uk. [78.129.166.5]: Reports westerntrustinc.com. Response:
Domain Type Class TTL Answer
westerntrustinc.com. A IN 14400 78.129.166.5
westerntrustinc.com. NS IN 14400 ns1.srvdns.co.uk.
westerntrustinc.com. NS IN 14400 ns2.srvdns.co.uk.
ns1.srvdns.co.uk. A IN 14400 78.129.166.5
ns2.srvdns.co.uk. A IN 14400 78.129.166.6

Looking up at the 2 westerntrustinc.com. parent servers:

Server Response
ns2.srvdns.co.uk [78.129.166.6] 78.129.166.5
ns1.srvdns.co.uk [78.129.166.5] 78.129.166.5

The host for this criminal is KY-PRVT-NWRK-019231 (Cayman British Islands Offshore Network) on IP address 78.129.166.5. This is also the IP address that hosted other frauds such as AREM Networks and the Great Expedition scam. Reverse IP checks indicate it is home to a number of fraud and attack domains.
***Latest News*** 1st. May 2009
Webpage created
***Latest News*** 2nd. May 2009
News from Simon Bear - the domain westerntrustinc.com has been suspended - please notify me of any active domains for this criminal.