Global InterGold lost its Bulgarian bank account in Raiffeisen Bank International AG
The holder of the bank account was a shell company MD7 Trade Ltd. The bank account details were published in the middle of February so I would presume that the account was frozen within two weeks.
After losing the account it certainly didn't take long after Global InterGold published a new one, as the scam released today an announcement about new bank account details. However it's surprising that they stick to use Bulgarian banks. For the best of my knowledge this is already the third bank in Bulgaria for them, and what's even more puzzling the ponzi still uses the same shell company as the account holder.
Here are the new bank account details Global InterGold has provided to its victims:
UNITED BULGARIAN BANK
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Bank recipient:
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UNITED BULGARIAN BANK
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Bank address:
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5 St. Sofia str., Sofia 1040, Bulgaria
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S.W.I.F.T.:
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UBBSBGSF
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Beneficiary:
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MD7 TRADE LTD
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Beneficiary’s address:
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Sofia 1407, Lozenets area, No.103 James Bourchier blvd., 1st floor
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Beneficiary’s account:
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BG71UBBS80021450283810
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The scam has also a bank account in Philippines where they use Philippine Bank of Communications. The shell company running the account is Value Gold and Precious Metal Inc. I suspect that regulators in Philippines will sooner or later freeze the account, rather sooner.
I believe it's likely that the just recently announced bank account in United Bulgarian Bank has already been frozen. During the last weekend Global InterGold has added a new bank account to be used. Although the bank account for United Bulgarian Bank is still visible in the bank account details section in user accounts, it has been dropped under two other bank accounts that are most likely primarily used. They updated the bank account details section in similar way when Raiffeisen bank was about to be dropped.
Global InterGold still tries to use a bank in Bulgaria and they are even relying on the same shell company, MD7 Trade Ltd. The bank they have the account in is International Asset Bank. As the regulator is well aware of Global InterGold's presence in Bulgaria, I don't expect that bank account to last long.
Update March 20, 2017:
United Bulgarian Bank account frozen?
I believe it's likely that the just recently announced bank account in United Bulgarian Bank has already been frozen. During the last weekend Global InterGold has added a new bank account to be used. Although the bank account for United Bulgarian Bank is still visible in the bank account details section in user accounts, it has been dropped under two other bank accounts that are most likely primarily used. They updated the bank account details section in similar way when Raiffeisen bank was about to be dropped.
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Global InterGold still tries to use a bank in Bulgaria and they are even relying on the same shell company, MD7 Trade Ltd. The bank they have the account in is International Asset Bank. As the regulator is well aware of Global InterGold's presence in Bulgaria, I don't expect that bank account to last long.
Update March 27, 2017:
Global InterGold lost its Philippine bank account
Bulgarian Bank accounts still remain on their list
Philippine Bank of Communications has evidently frozen the bank account Global InterGold had there via its shell company. The scammers however stubbornly stick to their old tactics and have chosen another Philippine bank to run their ponzi business. They are even using the same shell company as before, Value Gold and Precious Metal Inc. The new bank is EastWest Bank.
Here are the bank account details provided by Global InterGold:
Bank recipient:
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EastWest Bank
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Bank address:
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6795 AYALA AVENUE CORNER, V.A., RUFINO ST., SALCEDO VILL., MAKATI, Manila
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S.W.I.F.T.:
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EWBCPHMM
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Beneficiary
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VALUE GOLD and PRECIOUS METAL INC.
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Beneficiary’s address:
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Unit 3202-B Atlanta Centre Annapolis Greenhills San Juan City, Metro Manila, 1502, Philippines
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Beneficiary’s account:
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200022813942
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The Bulgarian bank accounts still remain on the company's list of available bank accounts. However, I suspect not for long.
Update May 18, 2017:
Global InterGold lost yet another Philippine bank account
Bulgarian Bank accounts still remain on their list
Global InterGold has just recently again changed its bank details in Philippines. Instead of the previous account in EastWest Bank the scam is now directing its money flow to Bank Philippine Islands. This is already the third bank they are trying their luck with in Philippines.
Here are the new bank account details provided by Global InterGold:
Bank recipient:
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BANK PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
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Bank address:
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AYALA AVENUE, CORNER PASEO DE, MANILA
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S.W.I.F.T.:
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BOPIPHMM
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Beneficiary
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VALUE GOLD and PRECIOUS METAL INC.
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Beneficiary’s address:
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Unit 3202-B Atlanta Centre Annapolis Greenhills San Juan City, Metro Manila, 1502, Philippines
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Beneficiary’s account:
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8731-0039-05
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Global InterGold's continual problems with Philippine banks is likely due the familiarity of the scam to the local Securities and Exchange Commission:
http://www.sec.gov.ph/tag/emgoldex-philippines/
Therefore it's rather strange that the scammers stubbornly try to nest they money laundering there.
Now the bank details of Bank Philippine Islands are gone. Instead there are bank account details of EastWest Bank, which are precisely the same as before 18th of May 2017.
It is of course possible that Global InterGold managed to feed the bank with some misinformation, convincing that their shell company VALUE GOLD and PRECIOUS METAL INC. has nothing to do with the ponzi scam.
In addition the Bulgarian bank accounts seem to be still available. If the accounts actually are active, I'm surprised that the banks have not taken any action yet.
What ever the case might be with those Bulgarian banks, according to my blog statistics Global InterGold related banking efforts seem to arouse attention of other banks not mentioned in this blog post.
Here are the current bank accounts used:
Update June 12, 2017:
Now the bank details of Bank Philippine Islands are gone. Instead there are bank account details of EastWest Bank, which are precisely the same as before 18th of May 2017.
It is of course possible that Global InterGold managed to feed the bank with some misinformation, convincing that their shell company VALUE GOLD and PRECIOUS METAL INC. has nothing to do with the ponzi scam.
In addition the Bulgarian bank accounts seem to be still available. If the accounts actually are active, I'm surprised that the banks have not taken any action yet.
What ever the case might be with those Bulgarian banks, according to my blog statistics Global InterGold related banking efforts seem to arouse attention of other banks not mentioned in this blog post.
Update November 27, 2018:
Here are the current bank accounts used:
UNITED BULGARIAN BANK
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Bank address:
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5 St. Sofia str., Sofia 1040, Bulgaria
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S.W.I.F.T.:
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UBBSBGSF
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Beneficiary:
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MD7 TRADE LTD
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Beneficiary’s address:
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Sofia 1000, str. G.S. Rakovski 145B - 6
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Beneficiary’s account:
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BG71UBBS80021450283810
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Bulgarian-American Credit Bank
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Bank address:
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SLAVYANSKA STR. 2, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria
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S.W.I.F.T.:
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BGUSBGSF
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Beneficiary:
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MD7 TRADE LTD
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Beneficiary’s address:
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Sofia 1000, str. G.S. Rakovski 145B - 6
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Beneficiary’s account:
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BG73BGUS91601406579900
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Update March 7, 2019
Both previous bank accounts have been removed from Global InterGold's back office. A new bank account has been added:
Recipient Bank:
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PIRAEUS BANK BULGARIA AD
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Bank Address:
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115 E Tsarigradsko Shosse Blvd., 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
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SWIFT:
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PIRBBGSF
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Beneficiary:
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Gold International Group Limited
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Beneficiary Address:
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Georgi Sava Rakovski Str. 96, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria
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Beneficiary Account:
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BG68PIRB80681606305654
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Update March 18, 2019
The bank account mentioned above has been removed just recently and replaced with a bank account directing to Unicredit Bank:
Recipient Bank:
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Unicredit Bank
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SWIFT:
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BACXROBU
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Beneficiary:
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GIG GLOBAL INTERGOLD LIMITED SRL
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Beneficiary Address:
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Vanatori Str. 5-11, ap. 17, Sector 5, Bucharest, Romania
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Beneficiary Account:
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RO73BACX0000001720737002
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| The company was incorporated on September 19, 2018, with a share capital of about 40 euros. |
Update May 2, 2019
The bank account above didn't last long. Here are the fresh bank account details published just recently:
Recipient Bank:
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BANCO SANTANDER
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Bank Address:
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CIUDAD GROUP SANTANDER, EDIFICIO PAMPA, CAMINO DE CANTABRIA S / N, BAODILLA DEL MONTE, 28660, MADRID, SPAIN
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SWIFT:
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BSCHESMM
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Beneficiary:
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GLOBAL INTERGOLD SPAIN SL
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Beneficiary Address:
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Calle Villalba Hervas Number 2 4 2 Santa Cruz de Tenerife 38002-Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
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Beneficiary Account:
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ES95 0049 0290 32 2613565441
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Update 9 May, 2019
I decided to test whether Global InterGold uses some other banks besides the one mentioned in my post above. International scams sometimes use different banks based on the region that victims of the scam use for registration.
While testing the registration system of Global InterGold I noticed that you didn't even need a valid email address or phone number to successfully sign up. Yet the registration form requires to fill up some nonsense to those fields.
Global InterGold seems to prefer Banco Santander at the moment for most regions but there are also some other banks used. For example Indian victims are directed to use a bank in Turkey. Anyway, here are the results of the bank accounts for different regions I managed to find so far (all these bank accounts are still active as far as I know):
This bank for example victims from India:
Recipient Bank::
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TURKIYE IS BANKASI
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Bank Address:
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4.LEVENT, 1 IS KULELERI KULE, ISTANBUL, TURKEY
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SWIFT:
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ISBKTRIS
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Beneficiary:
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INTERGOLD ALTIN A.S
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Beneficiary Address:
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Mecidiyekoy S.Ertugrul Kabatas Cad. No:7/4 Sisli/İSTANBUL, ISTANBUL, TURKEY
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Beneficiary Account:
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TR59 0006 4000 0021 0351 4425 52
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These banks for example victims from Africa:
Recipient Bank::
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Guaranty Trust Bank Plc
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Bank Address:
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635 AKIN ADESOLA STREET, VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS, NIGERIA
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SWIFT:
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GTBINGLA
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Beneficiary:
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INTERMETAL TRADE and EXCH CO LTD
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Beneficiary Address:
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The Concordia, 256A Ikorodu Crescent, Dolphin Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria
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Beneficiary Account:
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0244984420
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Recipient Bank::
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Guaranty Trust Bank Plc
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Bank Address:
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635 AKIN ADESOLA STREET, VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS, NIGERIA
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SWIFT:
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GTBINGLA
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Beneficiary:
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INTERMETAL TRADE and EXCH CO LTD
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Beneficiary Address:
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The Concordia, 256A Ikorodu Crescent, Dolphin Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria
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Beneficiary Account:
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0244821730
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Recipient Bank::
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BANCO SANTANDER
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Bank Address:
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CIUDAD GRUPO SANTANDER, EDIFICIO PAMPA, CAMINO DE CANTABRIA S/N, BAODILLA DEL MONTE, 28660, MADRID, SPAIN
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SWIFT:
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BSCHESMM
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Beneficiary:
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GLOBAL INTERGOLD SPAIN SL
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Beneficiary Address:
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Calle Villalba Hervas Numero 2 4 2 Santa Cruz de Tenerife 38002-Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
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Beneficiary Account:
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ES68 0049 0290 30 2813566057
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Bank account for victims from Latin America:
Recipient Bank::
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BANCO SANTANDER
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Bank Address:
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CIUDAD GRUPO SANTANDER, EDIFICIO PAMPA, CAMINO DE CANTABRIA S/N, BAODILLA DEL MONTE, 28660, MADRID, SPAIN
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SWIFT:
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BSCHESMM
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Beneficiary:
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GLOBAL INTERGOLD SPAIN SL
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Beneficiary Address:
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Calle Villalba Hervas Numero 2 4 2 Santa Cruz de Tenerife 38002-Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
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Beneficiary Account:
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ES68 0049 0290 30 2813566057
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For victims from USA:
- Only Bitcoin accepted. – Yeah, nothing fishy going on here. :D
Update 4 June, 2019
The Nigerian bank accounts were removed for a short period but they emerged back online today.
Update 24 June, 2019
Update 15 July, 2019
Shortly after removing the bank accounts of Guaranty Trust Bank Plc a new Nigerian bank account has been just recently listed. The scam still uses the same Nigerian shell company, Intermetal Trade and EXCH(ange?) CO Ltd, who holds an account in Access Bank Nigeria PLC.
Recipient Bank:
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ACCESS BANK NIGERIA PLC
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Bank Address:
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77 Obafemi Awolowo Way (MAN HOUSE), Lagos State, Nigeria.
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SWIFT:
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ABNGNGLA
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Beneficiary:
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INTERMETAL TRADE and EXCH CO LTD
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Beneficiary Address:
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The Concordia, 256A Ikorodu Crescent, Dolphin Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria
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Beneficiary Account:
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0811878863
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Update 29 October, 2019
Here's the new bank account in Nigeria:
Recipient Bank:
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ECOBANK NIGERIA LIMITED
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Bank Address:
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OBAFEMI AWOLOWO WAY 31 OBAFEMI AWOLOWO WAY, IKEJA LAGOS, Nigeria
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SWIFT:
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ECOCNGLA
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Beneficiary:
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INTERMETAL TRADE and EXCH CO LTD
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Beneficiary Address:
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The Concordia, 256A Ikorodu Crescent, Dolphin Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria
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Beneficiary Account:
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3430007211
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Payment details:
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BX150-473-284 Proforma invoice
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- The same shell company as before as the beneficiary in Nigeria.
Here's the new bank account in Spain:
Recipient Bank:
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Caixa Bank
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Bank Address:
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Santa Cruz de Tenerife, SPAIN
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SWIFT:
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CAIXESBBXXX
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Beneficiary:
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GLOBAL INTERGOLD SPAIN SL
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Beneficiary Address:
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Calle Villalba Hervas Number 2 4 2 Santa Cruz de Tenerife 38002-Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
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Beneficiary Account:
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ES14 2100 6793 1702 0018 7263
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Payment details:
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TZ150-473-284 Proforma invoice
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- The same shell company that was the beneficiary of the account in Banco Santander.
Update 4 November, 2019
Global InterGold has just recently removed Ecobank Nigeria from the bank account details provided to the scam victims. This happened in 1–2 business days after I had filed a report to the bank.
Caixa Bank remains, for now.
Update 19 November, 2019
There has been lately more changes in banking of scam money. Global InterGold has removed Caixa Bank and moved its banking to another bank in Europe. The company has also removed its long lasting Turkish bank account that was used for example victims from India.
New bank account details below:
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Correspondent:
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UniCredit Bank Austria AG, Vienna
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Correspondent Bank SWIFT:
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BKAUATWW
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Recipient Bank:
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Unicredit Bulbank
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Bank Address:
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7 Sveta Nedelya Sq., 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
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SWIFT:
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UNCRBGSF
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Beneficiary:
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Gold International Group Limited
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Beneficiary Address:
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Georgi Sava Rakovski Str. 96, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria
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Beneficiary Account:
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BG97UNCR70001523172349
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Payment details:
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TF150-483-162 Proforma invoice
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The shell company used is Gold International Group Limited registered in Bulgaria. It's the same one that has been used also earlier when Global InterGold has chosen to use Bulgarian banks.
Let's see how long this account lasts.
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