Carol Smith Trust - drjordanleo@gmail.com

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Grant scam.

I represent the Carol Smith Trust, I am reaching out to you as regards the handling of a project together with our Trust, we are impressed with your works, hence my contacting you.

I will give you more information upon your response.

Sincerely yours
Dr. Jordan Leonard

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From: Dr Jordan Leonard <drjordanleo@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2022 16:19:01 +0100
Message-ID: <CAOLCewagT1WeixoeHubkUYoaMFdEGkvK2k5u66K9z6tn0cF6Zw@mail.gmail.com>
Subject: CAROL SMITH TRUST REFERENCE.
To: undisclosed-recipients:;

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The fake website used in scam claims to be Carol Smith Trust.

Content on the fake website:

ABOUT CAROL SMITH TRUST
1912-1993
Born on November 22, 1912 in United Kingdom, Carol Smith was the only child of Richard Buchan Smith (R.B.S), a founder of the Huke Energy Company. When R.B.S died in 1925, he divided his fortune between Carol, who was then only 12 years old, and the Huke Endowment—a foundation he established to serve the people of the United Kingdom.

(...)

In her will, Carol Smith left her fortune, her properties and her extensive collections of art to a foundation to be created in her name: the Carol Smith Charitable Trust (CSCT).

(...)

Since the Trust was established, it has paid more than £7 million in grants to good causes, the natural heritage and environment, community projects, education, recreation and sport, and the vulnerable and disadvantaged.

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The Carol Smith Trust is able to consider applications for financial support from charitable organisations helping people with disabilities, advancement in christain religion, mental health problems, children in need, older people, homeless people, hospitals, hospices and towards medical research.
We are an independent, family Trust that supports charitable work around the globe.

(...)

Please note there is no funding limit, we are guided by our investment income and the quality of proposals received.

Contact details:

+44 7747 248711
contact@carolsmithtrust.com

"Carol Smith" never existed. "Her" story is copy-pasted from various articles about Doris Duke; the only edit done was to replace Duke name with Smith.

+447747248711
Number billable as mobile number
Country or destination United Kingdom
Original network provider* Vodafone Uk Ltd

Entry in the aa419 database of fraudulent websites: https://db.aa419.org/fakebanksview.php?key=154782

From the domain name registration:

Domain Name: carolsmithtrust.com
Updated Date: 2021-12-23
Creation Date: 2021-05-09
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2022-05-09
Registrar: NameSilo, LLC

Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: Domain Administrator
Registrant Organization: See PrivacyGuardian.org
Registrant Street: 1928 E. Highland Ave. Ste F104 PMB# 255

This is what the fake charity website looks like:

The so called charity allegedly in the UK is active on a name server located in Nigeria.

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Reply received:

Hello xxx,
Thanks for your email, in my quest to fulfill the obligations of the Carol Smith Trust, I came across your works and was impressed, hence my contacting you. I am a representative of the Trust. Our founder Late Mrs. Carol Smith had part of her growing up days in your city, in her memory, we would like to execute Charitable and Humanitarian works there.

Since we do not have any presence there, we would like to work with you towards achieving this goal.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

We will look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely yours
Dr. Jordan Leonard
For Carol Smith Trust
www. carolsmithtrust.com
WhatsApp: +44 774 724 8711

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From: Dr Jordan Leonard <drjordanleo@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:55:41 +0100
Message-ID: <CAC-3fBuH4CdNzFH+HUUDVoXBAtDf5MZmrJWTiW1rvpBXLoS5-Q@mail.gmail.com>
Subject: Re: CAROL SMITH TRUST REFERENCE

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Reply received:

Hello xxx,
Good to hear from you, in executing Charitable and Humanitarian works, we prefer having direct connection and in order to achieve this purpose, we need someone who is grounded in the locale, this is where you come in. We will release the funds meant for the Charitable works directly to you, I will travel to meet with you and we will undertake a feasibility study on how best to utilize the fund towards achieving our desired goal and which project to be executed that will have a direct and positive impact in the lives of many there.

Your major responsibility will be to execute and monitor projects, make disbursements and make regular reports and representations to us. After we have identified the projects we would like to execute, it would be your responsibility to assemble the optimal team to have the project finalized. You will work as our representative, our continued partnership will depend on your performance.

The duration of the work will be within 12 to 18 months and will be subject to review. Our Trust has earmarked 4.8 Million Dollars for this exercise and we will pay you 5% of the total fund for your services.

Upon confirming your readiness to work with us, we will start preparing the necessary paperwork.

We look forward to your response.

Sincerely yours
Dr. Jordan Leonard
For Carol Smith Trust
www. carolsmithtrust.com
WhatsApp: +44 774 724 8711

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From: Dr Jordan Leonard <drjordanleo@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 00:22:49 +0100
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Subject: Re: CAROL SMITH TRUST REFERENCE

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Reply received:

Hello xxx,
Good to hear from you, our Executive Director will be in direct communication with you and will send you the necessary paperwork.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Sincerely yours
Dr. Jordan Leonard
For Carol Smith Trust
www. carolsmithtrust.com
WhatsApp: +44 774 724 8711

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The "direct contact" is established with an email forwarded from the same email address of "Dr. Jordan Leonard":

Dear xxx,

Based on your communication with Dr. Jordan Leonard, you will find a copy of our Grant Award Letter attached to this email, do go through it, fill out the spaces provided and have it returned back to us for processing

Thank you for your understanding and co-operation.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely yours
Earl Bloom
Executive Director
Carol Smith Trust
www. carolsmithtrust.com
Carol Smith Trust (Combining, Shaping and Transforming lives)

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From: Dr Jordan Leonard <drjordanleo@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 20:30:34 +0100
Message-ID: <CAC-3fBtBwPfKUK7TUGj7WupRmJ940yvpk2+r2E6=mpNqcYL9iw@mail.gmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: CAROL SMITH TRUST REFERENCE
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From: Carol Smith Trust <contact@carolsmithtrust.com>
Date: Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: CAROL SMITH TRUST REFERENCE
To:
Cc: Dr Jordan Leonard <drjordanleo@gmail.com>

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Fake document received with the message:




Content of the fake document:

Grant Award Letter & Conditions

The Carol Smith Trust

Following careful consideration, the Carol Smith Trust is pleased to award a grant
to you/your organisation. This grant is subject to the general terms and conditions
which are set out below. By accepting the grant money, you are deemed to have
accepted these terms and conditions.

January 19th, 2022
To: xxx

Dear Ms. xxx,

On behalf of the Board of Trustees of the Carol Smith Trust, it is my pleasure to inform you that a grant
to the tune of Four Million Eight Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling (£4,800,000.00) has been approved
in you/your organization name in support of Charitable and Humanitarian Works.
Conditions:
1. Grant funds must be used in accordance with the purpose of release.
2. Grantee warrants that funds will only be used for the purposes allowed by the
government agencies relating to grants from private foundations. In particular, no funds
will be used for lobbying purposes or to aid in the election of a public official.
3. Grantee will furnish to the Trust any information concerning a change in
the purpose of the Grant or a change in grantee’s tax status (If Any).
4. If funds are not used for the purposes for which the Grant is given, the Trust reserves the
right to have all remaining grant funds immediately returned.
5. (If appropriate) Grantee must provide a written report within six months describing conclusions,
progress, and/or status of objectives including how funds were expended to attain objectives.

6. Grantee will be given 5% of the total fund as commission for his/her services.
Please acknowledge your receipt of this letter and your agreement with the terms of this
letter by signing and returning a copy of this letter as soon as possible.
The Carol Smith Trust is proud to support your mission.
Thank you for your good work!

Sincerely,

Earl Bloom
Executive Director
Carol Smith Trust
I certify that the person / organization named above accept the terms outlined in this letter.
ACCEPTED BY:

__________________________________________________________________________________

Title, Name and Signature

__________________________________________________________________________________

Address

__________________________________________________________________________________

Telephone Number and Date

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Same message and fake document also received from:

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Received: from beige.elm.relay.mailchannels.net (beige.elm.relay.mailchannels.net. [23.83.212.16])
X-Sender-Id: whogohost|x-authuser|contact@carolsmithtrust.com
Received: from wgh3.wghservers.com (wgh3.wghservers.com [192.3.202.210])
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 19:44:23 +0100
From: Carol Smith Trust <contact@carolsmithtrust.com>
To:
Cc: Dr Jordan Leonard <drjordanleo@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: CAROL SMITH TRUST REFERENCE
User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.4.12
Message-ID: <fe5cec53f6194909e56bf1490138a183@carolsmithtrust.com>

Originating IP: 192.3.202.210
Originating ISP: As-colocrossing
Country of Origin: United States

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Same grant scam, another fake charity.

To Whom It May Concern

Attn:

I represent the Esther Mary Smith, Trust Foundation. I am reaching out
to you as regards handling of a project together with us as we intend
to invest huge sum in Farming, production, Hospitals, Schools and or
in any profiting business of your choice to handle as long our capital
safety is guaranteed with you.

We are impressed with your works, hence my contacting you. I will give
you more information upon your response.

Sincerely Yours

Engr. Dawid Orma
For Esther Mary Smith Trust Foundation.
WhatsApp: +44 7436 435984
Website: www. estherrmarysmithtrust.com
Email: iqdinvestmencompany@gmail.com
@ Investment & Project Manager,
London, United Kingdom.

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From: "Engr. Dawid Orma" <igdfarmar@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2023 16:22:11 +0100
Message-ID: <CAGDk5ZqiB+CLB8P-TzQ=xHCqVgJd67y3Euqs6minCfygGs_ydA@mail.gmail.com>
Subject: To Whom It May Concern
To: undisclosed-recipients:;

+447436435984
Number billable as mobile number
Country or destination United Kingdom
Original network provider* Vodafone Uk Ltd

The scammers are impersonating a real charity legally registered in the UK, Esther Mary Smith For Poor. The website estherrmarysmithtrust.com mentioned by the scammers in their message is not even registered.

The scammers misspelled the domain name in their message to avoid detection.

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The fake site used in scam claims to be a charity named Esther Mary Smith Trust.

From their fake website:

ABOUT ESTHER MARY SMITH TRUST
1912-1993
Born on November 22, 1912 in United Kingdom, Esther Mary Smith was the only child of Richard Buchan Smith (R.B.S), a founder of the Huke Energy Company. When R.B.S died in 1925, he divided his fortune between Esther, who was then only 12 years old, and the Huke Endowment—a foundation he established to serve the people of the United Kingdom.

(...)

In her will, Esther Mary Smith left her fortune, her properties and her extensive collections of art to a foundation to be created in her name: the Esther Mary Smith Charitable Trust (EMSCT).

(...)

Since the Trust was established, it has paid more than £7 million in grants to good causes, the natural heritage and environment, community projects, education, recreation and sport, and the vulnerable and disadvantaged.

(...)

The Esther Mary Smith Trust is able to consider applications for financial support from charitable organisations helping people with disabilities, advancement in christain religion, mental health problems, children in need, older people, homeless people, hospitals, hospices and towards medical research.

(...)

Please note there is no funding limit, we are guided by our investment income and the quality of proposals received.

Contact details:

44 Cavendish Avenue, Allestree, Derby, DE22 2AR, United Kingdom
+44 786 972 0936
contact@esthermarysmithtrust.com

+447869720936
Number billable as mobile number
Country or destination United Kingdom
Original network provider* Hutchison 3G UK Ltd

Entry in the aa419 database of fraudulent websites: https://db.aa419.org/fakebanksview.php?key=163201

From the domain name registration:

Domain Name: esthermarysmithtrust.com
Updated Date: 2023-08-16
Creation Date: 2022-07-21
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2024-07-21
Registrar: NameSilo, LLC

Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
Registrant Organization: See PrivacyGuardian.org

This is what the fake charity website looks like: