Beware of this 'company'. They are trying the "De-restriction Fee" trick. You get a cold call from someone (in my case a Mrs. Aliyah Parc) who wants to buy junk stocks from you (in my case Roanoke Technology Corp. - ticker symbol: rnke.pk) for a price thousands of times higher than the current trade price. They will send you an email with several .PDF files attached, amongst them one with a "TENDER OFFER", which is asking for a "De-restriction Fee", which must be prepaid. The email, including full header, that comes with it reads:
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Subject: trade docs
From:
info@brentwoodtrust.com
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 05:32:01 -0500
To: [your email address]
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Dear Mr. XXXXXXXXX,
GOOD DAY!
I am sending you herewith the following documents, for your reference.
** Notice and Commitment to Purchase Security
** Tender Offer
** Telegraphic Transfer Form
** Redemption Form
Please sign all documents then kindly send back to us the signed copies
thru fax or email for me to be able to process everything.
Thank you and looking forward for a fruitful business relationship with
you.
Sincerely,
ALIYAH PARC
info@brentwoodtrust.com /
support@brentwoodtrust.com
http://www.brentwoodtrust.com
Tel No. + 1-305-471-4420
Fax No. + 1-305-477-4003
[Attachments]
Brentwood REDEMPTIONFORM .pdf
Brentwood TTFORM .pdf
BrendwoodTO3.pdf
Brentwood_ncps.pdf
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The 'Who Is' record of their 'fabricated' homepage
http://www.brentwoodtrust.com/ reads
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[whois.opensrs.net]
Registrant:
brentwood trust co.
8270 Woodland Center Blvd
Waters Tampa, FLORIDA 33614
US
Domain name: BRENTWOODTRUST.COM
Administrative Contact:
wood, brent
ericbanner808@yahoo.com
8270 Woodland Center Blvd
Waters Tampa, FLORIDA 33614
US
+1.639163248816 Fax: +1.639163248816
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The calling time is usually around 6:00AM to 8:00AM GMT. The caller is rather fluent in English but with an foreign accent. The caller is claiming to call from Florida (of course the night shift - hahaha). However, using Visual Route reveals that the email was sent from the Philippines (IP 210.213.109.162). I checked the address mentioned in the homepage (8270 Woodland Center Blvd. Waters Tampa, FLORIDA 33614, USA). It belongs to an office rental company in Florida but there is no company/customer called Brentwood Trust.
The caller seems to have access to client data from a boiler room company called "Brooks Lambert", which sold stocks by "pump and dump". Their offices were located, what a surprise, in the Philippines. In 1998 or 1999 Brooks Lambert transferred the business to JF Kidwell Limited (Indonesia), who later transferred the business to Phoenix International Limited.
Also very interesting is the Administrative contact of the 'Who is' record: Eric Banner. I came across this name many times in case of fraud and scams.
So don't be fooled. There is nothing like a free luch.