There is also Özel Yatırım Bankası, translating as Private Investment Bank. There is no bank with that name legally registered anywhere in Turkey, but that doesn't mean it cannot have a website. Since they have no history, the scammers stole the content of the Trustco Bank website and re-used it for their bogus bank.
From the fake website:
Özel Yatırım Bankası has been the low cost provider of high quality products and services since opening for business in 1902 in Istanbul. Throughout this time Özel Yatırım Bankası has remained true to core banking principles and did not get caught up in any of the latest banking fads that have caused so many other banks to close their doors over the years.
Today, Özel Yatırım Bankası has 148 branch locations. The Bank believes in old school, personal service and welcomes each customer by name as they enter the branch. Offering a wide variety of great deposit and loan products, the bank specializes in residential mortgage lending. As of December 31, 2017, Özel Yatırım Bankası' s assets were $4.9 Billion. Özel Yatırım Bankası has paid dividends to its shareholders for over 100 consecutive years, and has remained profitable throughout its history, including the recent financial crisis. In April 2018, S&P Global Intelligence rated Özel Yatırım Bankası the 15th best performing savings bank in the country. Özel Yatırım Bankası is traded on the NASDAQ under TRST.
Contact details:
+905310111111
Number billable as mobile number
Country or destination Turkey
Original network provider* Turkcell Iletişim Hizmetleri AŞ
They have even a fraud alert on their website:
There is just one problem:
the fraud alert is dated August 7, 2018. The fake bank was created a year later.
Entry in the aa419 Database of fraudulent websites:
https://db.aa419.org/fakebanksview.php?key=144954.
From the domain name registration:
Domain Name: OZELYATIRIMLAR.COM
Registrar URL: upperlink.ng
Updated Date: 2020-02-18
Creation Date: 2019-02-12 Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2021-02-12
Registrar: UpperLink Limited
Registry Registrant ID: Not Available From Registry
Registrant Name: Ruben Manson
Registrant Organization: Ruben websolutions Ltd.
Registrant Street: Winston & Strawn LLP 333 South Grand Avenue 38th Floor 0
Registrant City: Los Angeles
Registrant State/Province: CA
Registrant Postal Code: 90071-1543
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: +1.2136151750
Registrant Email:
ruben.websolution@hotmail.comThis is what the fake website looks like:
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