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Information from a Victim:
Basic information about the scammer "Kevin Smith"
FB account= Smith Kevin (the one he used to contact me) / Kelvin Smith (the
one i searched after knowing his email)
Wechat id= kevinsmith0000
Line id= kevinsmith0000/ +447936448336
Whatsapp/ Tel= +447936448336
Email: smith.kelvin12311@gmail.com (the one he used to email me)/
smith.kevin12311@gmail.com (the one he applied in the fake courier site)
Address= 22 Uxbridge Rd, London W7 3SU, UK
Fake courier website= http:/ /ssc-s.uk ( Sunshine Courier)
Skype ID:
kevin Smith
United Kingdom
kevinsmith0000
The Victim Explanation of the scam:
So let me simply tell u the whole story! Its just like another typical
"romance scam" when i read your site.
It all starts with a "Hi, nice to meet u!" FB message from the scammer with
FB account name "Smith Kevin". I clicked his profile and saw a few of his
"handsome & good looking" photos,
so i decided to reply back and see what he's going to say. So after
chatting a while in FB, he suggested to chat in whatsapp, line or wechat
instead of FB inbox messenger.
I first refused to give my personal contacts to someone i dunno and i
suggested to continue our conversation in FB and said let me add him as "FB
friend" first.
Later on, he added me as FB friend and inbox me his wechat id=
kevinsmith0000 and told me to add him. I did so and this was where the
actual "romance love fantasy" began!
He often sent sweet messages and called me 1-2 times everyday and said he
loved me so much he finally found a life partner. And after 2 weeks,he
bought me a "christmas gift" which were a handbag, teddy bear, phone,
watch and a ring. i was in great surprise.
He then told me to give him my full name, address, telephone number and
email address.
He said he would send me this "gift" with one of his baggage to Me
first coz he didn't want to carry so many things with him as he needed to
go for business trip to Tokyo for 2 weeks before visiting me and i believed
him.
The day when he arrived tokyo, i received another email from him saying
besides the items mentioned before, he also sent me an amount of 20,000GBP
for me to help him book a nice hotel and
the remaining was for us to spend during the 2 weeks we were to be together. i was
totally in great shock and surprise!!!!
The email has also got the courier website link plus the " tracking number"
and he told me to always track the parcel for him and keep update him.
Nothing happened until day 3 after the parcel was sent. the
parcel was tracked and got "on hold" in Malaysia KL airport! I received a
phone call from the "Malaysia security officer" and an email saying I
needed to pay USD3000 for penalty as they hv checked money inside the
parcel and told me to transfer money to a bank account at the same
day.(however, the bank name and accountee was a Chinese bank and name! I
felt so doubt at that time). After the call, i was so scared and I tried to
contact Kevin to tell him the parcel was caught by malaysian customs and he
said if i could settle the penalty for him first coz he was busy and he
didn't hv assets in japan bank so he cant transfer money to the officer. I
agreed to go to the bank and help him settle the penalty at
first coz he said i could deduct the money from his 20,000GBP once i
received the parcel. Luckily, two of friends were there beside me at that
time and they asked me what's going on and I gave them see the email.
They pointed out a few rare things about it:
1/ the "official" email address sent from the malaysia officer "
xxx@gmail.com" and the spelling mistake "Sunshine Counrier" at the email
title.
2/ the sender should take responsilibity instead of the receiver
3/ the bank name and accountee shouldn't be a Chinese bank & Chinese
officer name instead of Malaysia government customs
4/ why the courier needed to go through Malaysia
5/ what if there's no money inside the parcel and what if u helped him to
pay and u discovered there's some money gone after are you affordable to
compensate with his 20,000GBP
and then i started to wake up from this "fantasy"! Thanks God i was saved
by my two smart friends at that time.
i later sent a message to Kevin saying i'm not free the whole day and told
him settle the penalty himself. He called me with great anger and said i
dun show any care and love to him and want his parcel to get lost.
after a few hours, he tried to reach me through calls and video calls from
wechat but i didn't answer and he didn't find me again after that day. So
actually his real face was not exposed to me so far and i guess he's trying
to use this fake face to continue his scamming with other girls.
SUN SHINE COUNRIER SERVICE <sunshinecounrierservice@gmail.com>
SUN SHINE COURIER ORDER NUMBER: GXS/ WFD /2016 (MALAYSIA)
United Kingdom Tel: +447010064895
Malaysia Tel: +601024833040
NOVEMBER 2016
With reference to the delivery of your package, We have tried to reach
the sender on phone but to no avail. I wish to bring to your notice
(Receiver) that your package has been placed on hold by the Malaysia
customs for some reasons which happened to violate the shipping
policies. As the goods Arrived Malaysia at the check point, the
Malaysia custom detected that currency were included in your parcel.
Thereby, certain commissions must be paid as customs duty via us which
is for the immediate clearance of your package .For the main time
refer on the ' status' of your package during tracking , this is in
accordance to the mode of operations in the Courier sector for
financial delivery . We have already taken order number for this
package from the custom.
Outstanding Charges:
Administrative ......................... RM 6,400.00
Clearance............................... RM 5,050.00
TOTAL = 11,450 RM
A total of RM12,450.00 Malaysia
Ringgit only) has been charge.
We are advice to locate the nearest Bank near you to Make this
payment through this Officer Name as stated below:
*NAME: HU XUAN ZHEN*
*ACCOUNT: 6210985840039961*
*BANK. POSTAL SAVINGS BANK OF CHINA *
*ADDRESS: BUILDING 41-43, YITIAN ROAD FUTIAN DISTRICT ,SHENZHEN,CHINA *
*SWIFT CODE:PSBCCNBJ *
The payment should be made with USD 3,000.00 As soon as you made the
payment scan and send us the copy of your payment.
Conclusion: As soon as we receive confirmation and evidence of payment
of the charges, we will dispatch your parcel immediately within hours
to the designated receiver’s address. The date and time of departure
and expected time of delivery will be sent to you
Sincerely Yours.
Mrs. Hasniza Amin
*Head, Customer Propositions*
*Express Management**securedoffice@insightsecuritycompany.uk
<securedoffice@insightsecuritycompany.uk>*
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Phone Numbers:
+447936448336
Number billable as mobile number
Country or destination United Kingdom
City or exchange location
Original network provider* Telefonica UK Limited
+447010064895
Number billable as personal number
Country or destination United Kingdom
City or exchange location
Original network provider* FleXtel Limited
+601024833040
Number billable as mobile number
Country or destination Malaysia
City or exchange location
Original network provider* Celcom Axiata Berhad