machinery-limited.com

[Big Al]

8 E-mails received.

Thank You.

[firefly]

From the fake website:

Based in Southern England, we work with local, national and international smallholders and contractors, offering cost-effective delivery on quality machinery to destinations worldwide.

We have sold many used machinery within Europe including Ireland, Poland, Germany, Switzerland, France, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Holland, Cyprus, Norway and many more. Outside of the EU, we have sent machinery worldwide – including Japan, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.

Our company delivers used machinery worldwide via container shipment or roll on-roll off (RoRo). If you prefer container shipment we can load the container and deliver it to your port of choice. We can accommodate any size of container and will select the most affordable size for your cargo. If RoRo is the most appropriate method of shipping, we will again deliver the machinery to the port, where it will be driven onto the ship.
Note: Payment has to be made before goods are dispatched.

Contact details:

Lee Cutler Plant Ltd.
Machinery and Construction Equipment
Company Registration Number: 03531558
VAT Number: GB446824920
+44 (0) 238 106 1440
contact@leecutlerplant.co.uk
Address
22 Osborne Road
Warsash
Southampton, SO31 9GG
England, United Kingdom
financing@leecutlerplant.co.uk
warranties@leecutlerplant.co.uk
lee.cutler@leecutlerplant.co.uk
steven.frie@leecutlerplant.co.uk
mark.wu@leecutlerplant.co.uk
ann.davids@leecutlerplant.co.uk
roy.graham@leecutlerplant.co.uk

+442381061440
Number billable as geographic number
Country or destination United Kingdom
Original network provider* Localphone Limited

There is only one problem: the company using the Registration Number: 03531558, and using that specific location, named Cutler Plant Limited was dissolved in November 2015.

Online, the "company" seems very much alive, offering equipment for sale:

For the fake site details: https://db.aa419.org/fakebanksview.php?key=138304.

From the fake site details:

Domain name:
leecutlerplant.co.uk

Data validation:
Nominet was able to match the registrant's name and address against a 3rd party data source on 14-May-2019

Registrar:
Register.com Inc

Relevant dates:
Registered on: 07-May-2019
Expiry date: 07-May-2020
Last updated: 14-May-2019

Registration status:
Registered until expiry date.

Name servers:
dns1.register.com
dns2.register.com


This is what the fake site looks like:

[firefly]

Posted on behalf of the targeted victim - emails received:

Sent: Monday, 24. June 2019
From: "Lee Cutler Plant Ltd." <info@leecutlerplant.co.uk>
To:xxx
Subject: 2015 JCB 65 R-1

Hello,

My name is Steven Frie and I'm writing in response to your inquiry.
First of all I would like to be thanking you for your interest in our excavator.

Now, lets revise the details of the excavator you have expressed your interest in:

2015 JCB 65 R-1 ( https: // www. leecutlerplant.co.uk/jcb-65-r-1---2015.html )

Manufacturer: JCB
Model: 65 R-1
Operating Hours: 2,231
Year of Manufacture: 2015
Price: 12.000 €

Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Kind Regards,
Steven Frie
Head of Sales Department
sales@leecutlerplant.co.uk
22 Osborne Road
Warsash
Southampton, SO31 9GG
England, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0) 238 106 1440
Web: www. leecutlerplant.co.uk
Lee Cutler Plant Ltd.
Machinery and Construction Equipment
Company Registration Number: 03531558
VAT Number: GB446824920

Sent: Monday, 24. June 2019
From: "Lee Cutler Plant Ltd." <info@leecutlerplant.co.uk>
To: xxx
Subject: Re: Aw: 2015 JCB 65 R-1

Hello Sir,

Yes it can be seen in our yard located in the United Kingdom.

22 Osborne Road
Warsash
Southampton, SO31 9GG
England, United Kingdom

We can also arrange transportation to your place.
Let us know your shipping address so we can offer you a transportation quotation.

Kind Regards,
Steven Frie
Head of Sales Department
sales@leecutlerplant.co.uk
22 Osborne Road
Warsash
Southampton, SO31 9GG
England, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0) 238 106 1440
Web: www. leecutlerplant.co.uk
Lee Cutler Plant Ltd.
Machinery and Construction Equipment
Company Registration Number: 03531558
VAT Number: GB446824920

[firefly]

Sent: Tuesday, 25. June 2019
From: "Lee Cutler Plant Ltd." <info@leecutlerplant.co.uk>
To:
Subject: Re: Aw: Re: 2015 JCB 65 R-1

Hello again,

The transportation price to your location will cost 780 EURO.

The total cost and also final price including shipping is 12,780 EURO.

Please let us know you final decision. We can release an invoice and start this at your earliest convenience.

Kind Regards,
Steven Frie
Head of Sales Department
sales@leecutlerplant.co.uk
22 Osborne Road
Warsash
Southampton, SO31 9GG
England, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0) 238 106 1440
Web: www. leecutlerplant.co.uk
Lee Cutler Plant Ltd.
Machinery and Construction Equipment
Company Registration Number: 03531558
VAT Number: GB446824920

Sent: Tuesday, 25. June 2019
From: "Lee Cutler Plant Ltd." <info@leecutlerplant.co.uk>
To:
Subject: Re: Aw: Re: Re: 2015 JCB 65 R-1

Mr. xxx,

We also need a contact phone number and also the transport company needs it in case we proceed with delivery.

The invoice is valid for 48 hours and now let me confirm with you that you are ready to pay within this time frame.

Let us know and we shall release the invoice.

Kind Regards,
Steven Frie
Head of Sales Department
sales@leecutlerplant.co.uk
22 Osborne Road
Warsash
Southampton, SO31 9GG
England, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0) 238 106 1440
Web: www. leecutlerplant.co.uk
Lee Cutler Plant Ltd.
Machinery and Construction Equipment
Company Registration Number: 03531558
VAT Number: GB446824920

Sent: Tuesday, 25. June 2019
From: "Lee Cutler Plant Ltd." <info@leecutlerplant.co.uk>
To:
Subject: Invoice

Dear Mr. xxx,

Here you have the invoice, we have attached on this email.
Include the Invoice Number "xxx" on the "reference" field of the bank transfer instructions.
After the payment is made please let us have the swift copy of the transfer.

Kind Regards,
Steven Frie
Head of Sales Department
sales@leecutlerplant.co.uk

[firefly]

Fake document used in fraud:



Bank account used in fraud:

ACCOUNT HOLDER: L. K. P.
BANK NAME: HSBC UK BANK PLC
BIC/SWIFT: HBUKGBxxxxH
BANK ADDRESS: THE CROSS, GLOUCESTER, GL1 2AP
IBAN: GB32 HBUK 4022 0912 xxxx xx

[lee@cutlerplant.com]

Hi Everyone

I am shocked by this site. I am Lee Cutler and I sold my plant hire business recently. Someone has set up this leecutlerplant.co.uk as a fake site using all my details including my home address. They are using an old Companies House Company Registration number that was an old business of mine and was dissolved in 2015. They are using my VAT number also.

Although the email address and the telephone numbers are nothing to do with me.

I was a small 'one man band' business and never had a website, nor did I employ any of the fictitious staff as shown on the site. The picture that purports to me isn't me either.

Just so you know, I have never been a machinery trader. The entire site, while looking genuine, is a complete fake and nothing to do with me.

I have contacted the police regarding the matter, who have forwarded me to the Action Fraud Office. I have since had a response from them stating that since I have personally lost no money, as far as they are concerned it is not technically a crime.

Frustratingly, there is little I can do to stop this. Please be assured that this is not me. Do not send any monies to these scammers.

Thank you and sorry for any confusion. This is being a real hassle to me too!

[Jack Russell]

This scam is a clone of the fake m-t-farm-limited.com with a new name.

From the fake site:

We supply used equipment throughout the UK and Poland as well as overseas. We underwrite for most of the large manufacturers that sell construction equipment in the UK and Poland and then we sell to the trade, therefore our prices are usually hard to beat. We hold a large stock of Machinery including the following: excavators, rollers, dumpers, jcb, forklifts, wheeled excavators, mini diggers, dump trucks, etc and can arrange finance if required.

We export a large percentage of our plant equipment to Dubai, Serbia, Croatia, Turkey, Romania, France, Italy, Africa and are interested in finding more business partners that want a good supply of quality plant equipment from the UK and Poland. We have loading facilities, and can arrange shipping if required. When it comes to plant sales MTF LIMITED deliver above and beyond all your expectations.

We Ship Worldwide

In this case "We Ship Worldwide" means "We scam worldwide."

Contact details:

Address
The Park Farm
Orton
Penrith
CA10 3SD

Sales Phone +44 (0) 333 303 4212
Fax +44 (0) 151 528 0602

+443333034212
Number billable as national geographic number
Country or destination United Kingdom

+441515280602
Number billable as geographic number
Country or destination United Kingdom
Original network provider* Wavecrest (UK) Ltd

Details of the fake site: https://db.aa419.org/fakebanksview.php?key=139654

From the fake site details:
Domain Name: park-farm-ltd.com
Updated Date: 2019-03-22
Creation Date: 2019-03-22
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2020-03-22
Registrar: WEBCC

Registrant Name: Domain Admin
Registrant Organization: Whoisprotection.cc
Registrant Street: L4-E-2, Level 4, Enterprise 4, Technology Park Malaysia, Bukit Jalil
Registrant City: Kuala Lumpur
Registrant State/Province: Wilayah Persekutuan
Registrant Postal Code: 57000
Registrant Country: Malaysia
Registrant Phone: +60.389966788
Registrant Email: reg_16084321@whoisprotection.cc

This is what the fake site looks like:

[firefly]

The scammers found a genuine limited company listed at Companies House that has a suitable name, but has no web presence. They used all the details from the legit company (its company number, VAT number, registered address) to create a website that purports to be for that real business.

After creating the fake website, the scammers steal pictures of agri-machinery from genuine sites and post those pictures with offers for sale on trading or commercial forums, adding the link to the fake website, for reference.

In this case, Tractor Plus Limited is a real company located at the address mentioned on the fake website and legally registered. The real company doesn't have a website. There is no connection between the real company and the fraudsters impersonating them online.

From the fake website:

Here at TRACTOR PLUS LIMITED we have grown a reputation for high standards and attention to detail. As the company has transformed and diversified over the past 13 years, we now specialise in delivering high quality second hand machinery and equipment to the market. Whether that be a compact tractor for your home or business, to a JCB Telehandler to work on a construction site or on farm, or a 200hp Tractor. We have the machinery solution to meet your requirements, whether through our own stock or the extensive network of suppliers and contacts we have built up in the industry over the years of trading.

Contact details:

Tractor Plus Limited
Company number 0591 2260
VAT No GB 893 639 959
Burtons Green, Halstead, Essex, CO9 1RH, United Kingdom
Phone
+44 161 464 6332
+44 743 887 8044
Contact
General Inquiries
sales@tractorplusltd.co.uk
contact@tractorplusltd.com ( EU Customers )
Parts & Wheels
parts@tractorplusltd.co.uk
Workshop
workshop@tractorplusltd.co.uk

+441614646332
Number billable as geographic number
Country or destination United Kingdom
Original network provider* Magrathea Telecommunications Limited

+447438878044
Number billable as mobile number
Country or destination United Kingdom
Original network provider* Lycamobile UK Limited

Entry in the aa419 Database of fraudulent websites: https://db.aa419.org/fakebanksview.php?key=140717.

From the domain name registration details:

Domain name:
tractorplusltd.co.uk

Data validation:
Nominet was able to match the registrant's name and address against a 3rd party data source on 26-Sep-2019

Registrar:
PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com

Relevant dates:
Registered on: 26-Sep-2019
Expiry date: 26-Sep-2021
Last updated: 01-Nov-2019

Registration status:
Registered until expiry date.

Name servers:
ns1.hosting.reg.ru
ns2.hosting.reg.ru

This is what the fake website looks like:

There is a second domain name used in this fraud, tractorplusltd.com, redirecting to tractorplusltd.co.uk.

Entry in the aa419 Database of fraudulent websites: https://db.aa419.org/fakebanksview.php?key=140718.

From the domain name registration details:

Domain name: TRACTORPLUSLTD.COM
Updated Date: 2019-11-03
Creation Date: 2019-11-03
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2020-11-03
Registrar: Registrar of domain names REG.RU LLC

Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: Protection of Private Person
Registrant Street: PO box 87, REG.RU Protection Service

[mrema0]

Conversação:

PLANT MACHINERY LTD <plant.machinery.limited@gmail.com>
seg, 18/01/2021 23:22
Para: Você
Somos uma empresa britânica e nossa máquina está no Reino Unido. Não é nenhum problema que possamos entregar a máquina ao seu lugar em Portugal.
Por favor, tenha em mente que a máquina também tem certificado CE e você não precisa pagar nenhum outro imposto para o governo português.
O preço do 2007 Jcb 1CX - STOCK# E30075 - €5 300 (taxa de transporte não incluída). Por favor, forneça sua localização para que possamos oferecer-lhe uma taxa de transporte.

Ele será transportado diretamente para você para uma inspeção completa antes da compra.

Oferecemos um período de inspeção de 24 horas. Deixe-nos saber sua resposta o mais rápido possível.

Obrigado !

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Sales Manager

ANDREAS HENKEN
http:/ /www.plant-ltd.com
Phone: +44 115 888 0660
Fax: +44 115 825 2145


PLANT MACHINERY LTD <plant.machinery.limited@gmail.com>
qua, 20/01/2021 14:41

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Para: Você
A máquina vem com 3 baldes e se você comprá-la em janeiro, podemos oferecer também o martelo gratuitamente.

Por favor, tenha em mente que a máquina também tem certificado CE e você não precisa pagar nenhum outro imposto para o governo português.

A máquina está em perfeitas condições e você receberá 24 horas para inspeção e caso seja algo errado, garantimos todo o seu dinheiro de volta sem qualquer comissão da nossa parte.

O custo total, incluindo o transporte para o seu endereço, é de 5.300 € + 600 € (custo de transporte). Para o pagamento, aceitamos a transferência bancária, após o pagamento ser confirmado, aguarde até 10 dias para a entrega, geralmente não mais do que 7. A partir da data de recebimento, você tem 24 horas para testar / inspecionar a máquina e decidir mantê-la ou não, se não estiver satisfeito com a máquina por qualquer motivo, entre em contato conosco, enviamos um caminhão para levar a máquina de volta e o pagamento total será reembolsado para sua conta. Encontre todas as imagens da máquina, que eu tenho disponível.

Se você quiser fazer um pedido para a máquina, precisamos das seguintes informações antes de poder ser processado:

- Nome completo (bilhete de identidade, incluir o número de IVA se uma empresa):

- Endereço de entrega (incluir algumas instruções para os drivers):

- Telefone de contato - telefone fixo e celular:

- Número de fax (se disponível)



Uma vez que tenhamos tudo isso, nosso departamento financeiro começará a fazer a documentação, proforma e contrato de venda, e será enviado por e-mail / fax para que possamos avançar com nossa transação. Estamos aguardando sua confirmação.


Obrigado !

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________



Sales Manager

ANDREAS HENKEN
http:/ /www.plant-ltd.com
Phone: +44 115 888 0660
Fax: +44 115 825 2145



Boa tarde,

Não podemos entregar duas máquinas a cerca de 3000km de distância sem qualquer garantia. Não há empresa que possa fazer isso. Esta é a nossa última oferta.

Porque temos um transporte esta semana para Valladolid-Espanha e podemos colocar sua máquina no mesmo transporte, podemos fazer esta oferta.

Preço total que tem de pagar é de 5.900 EUR, nada mais. Depois de receber o contrato, a fatura e todos os detalhes relativos ao pagamento e à entrega, você pagará 50% (2950 EUR) e, após receber o trator, os 50% restantes (2950 EUR).

Também podemos fazer-lhe uma oferta No caso, se você decidir comprar nossa máquina, podemos fazer uma oferta para você e depois de receber o contrato, fatura e todos os detalhes você depositará 50% (2950EUR) e depois de receber o máquina e você inspecioná-lo, você deve pagar o montante restante de 50% (2950EUR).

Aqui está o número de nossa empresa 10405614 e você pode conferi-lo no site do governo do Reino Unido:

https:/ /find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10405614



Precisamos das seguintes informações antes de poder ser processado:

- Nome completo (bilhete de identidade, incluir o número de IVA se uma empresa):

- Endereço de entrega (incluir algumas instruções para os drivers):

- Telefone de contato - telefone fixo e celular:

- Número de fax (se disponível)


Obrigado !

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________



Sales Manager

ANDREAS HENKEN
http:/ /www.plant-ltd.com
Phone: + 44 115 888 0660
Fax: +44 115 825 2145




Já vi outras publicações com empresas com nomes similares a este. Presumo eu que estarei a ser vitima.

[Big Al]

Traduzido pelo Google:
Sim, parece um golpe. O site que você postou foi criado em 29/04/2020 e só é pago por um ano. Eu não confiaria neles e não enviaria nenhum dinheiro.