Gutten Financial Fraudulent bank website, luring elderly ladies to send money to Africa Africa Internet

FRAUD using website: www.gutfinsam.com

There is a group of African-based phone calling scammers – they call elderly ladies and start a “relationship” with them.   Usually the criminal are posing as offshore oil workers or similar ‘hard working’ and lonely men that have money and need help with their banking.   They ask for money, tell great stories, and end up trying to get account information from the old ladies. If the unsuspecting ladies send money, great, they will ask, tell stories and lead them on.  If the ladies don’t agree or get suspicious, the criminals start the process of saying they will send money TO the victims, but the end game is securing the women’s bank information in order to clear the money.

The most recent hoax was perpetrated on a woman in Texas using the following bogus information:

·         Richard Jostein

·         Born in Norway 1956

·         Both parents died in car crash around 1975

·         Lived in Italy from 1976 to 2005.

·         His wife died 2005.

·         He moved to Houston TX 2005-2006

·         Has a green card

·         Self employed- company name RICHCO

·         Owns a house in Holiday, Florida

·         Daughter, Hillary (((Redacted))) lives in Florida on campus of university- don't know which one.

      The FAKE BANK they use is www.gutfinsam.com

Just look at the sight – Glasgow is the city address in the UK for the London office (Glasgow is in Ireland, London is in England).  No standard post code (like SW63BA that you see for London).  None of the links work on the bottom of the page, it’s a joke aimed at the elderly who trust people and cannot interrogate the internet.

All the phone numbers are automated calling machine, that take your name and number for the criminals in Africa can call you back and continue the fraud.

Be aware. There are probably a lot of similar schemes using this site and these sorts of stories.