Royal Private Trust Bank

received a email from a Dr John Chan, manager of Heng Seng Bank in Hong Kong, who, of course, desperately needed by help to transfer ill-gotten funds to Royal Private Trust, the only bank that he could "telex" funds to without suspicion. He then directed me to a Mr Peter Wright who was supposedly the manager of this bank. He gave me a very plain, poorly planned "Deposit Slip" to fill out for Royal Private Trust Bank at 106 Argyll Mansions, Seven Sisters Road in London, UK. Peter Wright demanded 1500 pounds to open a bank account. He also insisted that I open this bank account via email. Neither of them caught on that I was from the UK who a) could easily check out this bank b) know that British banks are prohibited from charging to open an account, especially that amount. c) no legitimate bank allows people to open accounts via email - an open house for money launderers, otherwise

I checked the supposed location of the bank - a disused storefront which is beside a garage and across from a Chinese massage.


Moved from N&A - Michael

Welcome to Scamwarners.
Aprt from the reasons you've given for it being a scam, there is a more fundamental one. Nobody with a lot of money to move (legal or illegal), is going to email a random stranger for help.
can you post his email please, (without your personal info).

I remember the days when banks actually used telex to transfer funds abroad.

The problem is that most scammers would get their backsides kicked out of a bank if they tried to walk through the door and don't know anyone who has ever worked in one, so their concept of how they function is based on old movies and guesswork.

If this scammer took a 'dumb pill' he couldn't get any more stupid, but it's appreciated that it could sound authentic to someone without banking knowledge.