RED CROSS HAITI EARTHQUAKE APPEAL (Nigerian 419 Advance-Fee Fraud Scam From"JONATHAN BANKS" Misrepresenting The British Red Cross)

This is just sick and wrong. The scamming scum is using the British Red Cross to steal money from you! It may sound legit, but was assured that this really wasn’t from the British Red Cross. If you send a donation to this scammer, not only will it go into his/her pocket, he/she will be back looking for more “donations”. If you receive this, get the header and forward it to the British Red Cross. Then—delete it. I sent this to the BRC, and I’ve enclosed their response.

RED CROSS HAITI EARTHQUAKE APPEAL

Monday, January 25, 2010 5:35 PM



From:


"BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY"


To:


undisclosed-recipients

British Red Cross Society



UK Office,


44 Moorefields,


London EC2Y 9AL

MAKE YOUR DONATIONS!



Dear Reader


A devastating earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale struck Haiti on 12th January 2010 sending the Haitian capital port-au-prince into chaos, killing thousands and affecting thousands of people there in desperate need of humanitarian assistance.


Relief aid workers from the Red Cross have already been arriving at the Haitian capital with relief materials.


Donations have been grouped into two categories;


1: Group A (100 British pounds to 1,000 British pounds)


2: Group B (1,000 British pounds and above)


Donations are to be made Via Western union money transfer or money gram international immediately and directly to our donations account liaison officer as receivers name: Layton Thompson


Liaison officer name: Layton Thompson
Location: 44 Moorefields, London EC2Y 9AL



Please provide us via return e-mail the following informations below


Senders name:


Amount sent:


MTCN:


NOTE: British Red Cross we are committed to protecting your privacy as a standard practice. We will not share your information unless you have previously indicated that you are happy for us to do so.


Hope to receive your donations details to this e-mail (r_cross@rocketmail.com)


Yours sincerely


Jonathan Banks


On behalf British Red Cross Society
All images © British Red Cross unless otherwise stated

What a slap in the face! I sent the scam to the Red Cross, but, unfortunately, didn't think about getting the headers. However, they are still trying to find the culprit. (If you receive this, save the headers and forward it to them. See address below.) This was their response:
 
Haiti Fraudulent Email Recently Sent to British Red Cross
 
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 3:23 AM


From:


"Fraud Fraud" Fraud@redcross.org.uk

To:


Fraud@redcross.org.uk

Thank you for your recent email to the British Red Cross. I can confirm that this is a fraudulent email. We are working closely with Western Union to try to find the perpetrators of this despicable fraud.
 
It would be very helpful to our investigation if you could provide us with the "header" information of the email you received. Header data provides technical information on where the email originates from, but is not included when you forward the email to us.
 
A useful reference on the internet for finding header information for GMail, Hotmail and Yahoo addresses is http://www.onimoto.com/cache/50.html.
Another useful address for a wide range of other email accounts is http://www.haltabuse.org/help/headers/
 If you are able to display the header, please paste the header information into your covering email and forward the email to us.
 
If you can find the time to do this, it will greatly assist in stopping this despicable fraud.


Risk and Assurance Team


British Red Cross

I hope they can catch these crooks, who are robbing from people who truly need those donations.