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Beware of Fraud: fake escrow services
Be careful when using escrow services to pay for expensive items from remote sellers, such as cars, motor bikes or computers.
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The website of this fake escrow company sports a "Copyright 2000-2005" notice, but the domain was only registered in January 2005. The postal address it uses is the Harrow Borough Council's main office. The main phone number is a Special Service number and its (fake?) fax number is in Bedford, UK. Real Harrow numbers would be in the 020 8xxx xxxx range. This address was abused for a whole string of fake escrow scams which we call the "157 Station Road Harrow" series. You will find many of them documented on this site, though without a doubt some have escaped our attention. WHOIS details for domain "tt-transports.com":Civic Centre Building 157 Station Road Harrow HA1 2XF London UK Europe Phone Number: +44 7979-4141-07 Fax Number: +44 (0)1234 391 672 TT Transports United States Offices Level 18 416 Bukolt Avenue Stevens Point Wisconsin, 54481 United States Request: tt-transports.com from whois.opensrs.net:43 [cached Mon May 30 08:54:48 2005 UTC] Registrant: Debra and Hal Ward Ward and Company una 89 Unu, VA 23851 US Domain name: TT-TRANSPORTS.COM Administrative Contact: Hal, Debra dumitriualina88@yahoo.com una 89 Unu, VA 23851 US 321-217-5001 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 24-Jan-2005. Record expires on 24-Jan-2006. Record created on 24-Jan-2005. Domain servers in listed order: NS1.NETFIRMS.COM 64.34.74.221 NS2.NETFIRMS.COM 64.34.74.222 Domain status: REGISTRAR-LOCK
eurobetterbusinessbureaus.com, international-cargo-express.com, international-cargo-online-delivery.com, global-delivery.org, europe-tt-comp.com are scams "eurobetterbusinessbureaus.com", "international-cargo-express.com", "international-cargo-online-delivery.com", "international-cargo-transports.com", "global-delivery.org", "transcontinentals-europe.com" and "europe-tt-comp.com" are the all same scam as "tt-transports.com", just using a different domain name. The contact information on the website is the same on all sites. "eurobetterbusinessbureaus.com" was created on 2005-07-14 and is registered using a fake address in the USA. "international-cargo-express.com" was created on 2005-07-28. Here is the contact information from their website: Civic Centre Building
WHOIS details for domain "eurobetterbusinessbureaus.com": Request: eurobetterbusinessbureaus.com connected to whois.names4ever.com [216.55.191.55:43] ... 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: eurobetterbusinessbureaus.com Registrant: jeremiah gill (5P2K8) mattoon0034@yahoo.com 32 barnes cicle sidney, NY 13849 United States Phone: (607)369260932 x Administrative Contact: jeremiah gill (T3JWG) mattoon0034@yahoo.com 32 barnes cicle sidney, NY 13849 United States Phone: (607)369260932 x Technical Contact: jeremiah gill (5P2K8) mattoon0034@yahoo.com 32 barnes cicle sidney, NY 13849 United States Phone: (607)369260932 x Billing Contact: jeremiah gill (8MPKK) mattoon0034@yahoo.com 32 barnes cicle sidney, NY 13849 United States Phone: (607)369260932 x Record last updated on 2005-07-14 00:00:00 Record created on 2005-07-14 00:00:00 Record expires on 2006-07-14 00:00:00
WHOIS details for domain "international-cargo-express.com": Request: international-cargo-express.com connected to whois.opensrs.net [216.40.33.170:43] ... Registrant: Robert B Geller W5368 County Highway JJ Appleton, WI 54913 US Domain name: INTERNATIONAL-CARGO-EXPRESS.COM Administrative Contact: B Geller, Robert hulagooch35@aol.com W5368 County Highway JJ Appleton, WI 54913 US 920-757-5369 Technical Contact: B Geller, Robert hulagooch35@aol.com W5368 County Highway JJ Appleton, WI 54913 US 920-757-5369 Registration Service Provider: FortuneCity Hosting, dns@fortunecity.net +1.2129818600 +1.2129818125 (fax) http://www.fortunecity.com 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 28-Jun-2005. Record expires on 28-Jun-2006. Record created on 28-Jun-2005. Domain servers in listed order: NS1.FORTUNECITY.NET 216.251.45.194 NS2.FORTUNECITY.NET 216.251.46.194
WHOIS details for domain "international-cargo-transports.com": Request: international-cargo-transports.com connected to whois.schlund.info [195.20.224.146:43] ... % The data in the WHOIS database of Schlund+Partner AG is provided by % Schlund+Partner for information purposes, and to assist persons in % obtaining information about or related to a domain name registration % record. Schlund+Partner does not guarantee its accuracy. By submitting % a WHOIS query, you agree that you will use this data only for lawful % purposes and that, under no circumstances, you will use this data to % (1) allow, enable, or otherwise support the transmission of mass % unsolicited, commercial advertising or solicitations via E-mail % (spam); or % (2) enable high volume, automated, electronic processes that apply to % Schlund+Partner or its systems. % Schlund+Partner reserves the right to modify these terms at any time. % By submitting this query, you agree to abide by this policy. domain: international-cargo-transports.com created: 30-Jul-2005 last-changed: 30-Jul-2005 registration-expiration: 30-Jul-2006 nserver: ns29.1and1.com 217.160.224.2 nserver: ns30.1and1.com 217.160.228.2 status: CLIENT-TRANSFER-PROHIBITED registrant-firstname: Searwan registrant-lastname: Herfy registrant-street1: 6594 west lake ct registrant-pcode: 48085 registrant-state: MI registrant-city: Troy registrant-ccode: US registrant-phone: +1.5865565656 registrant-email: karlm6689@cs.com admin-c-firstname: Searwan admin-c-lastname: Herfy admin-c-street1: 6594 west lake ct admin-c-pcode: 48085 admin-c-state: MI admin-c-city: Troy admin-c-ccode: US admin-c-phone: +1.5865565656 admin-c-email: karlm6689@cs.com tech-c-firstname: Hostmaster tech-c-lastname: ONEANDONE tech-c-organization: 1&1 Internet Inc. tech-c-street1: 701 Lee Rd. tech-c-street2: Suite 300 tech-c-pcode: 19087 tech-c-state: PA tech-c-city: Chesterbrook tech-c-ccode: US tech-c-phone: +1.8774612631 tech-c-fax: +1.6105601501 tech-c-email: hostmaster@1and1.com bill-c-firstname: Hostmaster bill-c-lastname: ONEANDONE bill-c-organization: 1&1 Internet Inc. bill-c-street1: 701 Lee Rd. bill-c-street2: Suite 300 bill-c-pcode: 19087 bill-c-state: PA bill-c-city: Chesterbrook bill-c-ccode: US bill-c-phone: +1.8774612631 bill-c-fax: +1.6105601501 bill-c-email: hostmaster@1and1.com
WHOIS details for domain "global-delivery.org": Request: global-delivery.org from whois.publicinterestregistry.net:43 [cached Tue Sep 6 12:34:00 2005 UTC] NOTICE: Access to .ORG WHOIS information is provided to assist persons in determining the contents of a domain name registration record in the Afilias registry database. The data in this record is provided by Afilias Limited for informational purposes only, and Afilias does not guarantee its accuracy. This service is intended only for query-based access. You agree that you will use this data only for lawful purposes and that, under no circumstances will you use this data to: (a) allow, enable, or otherwise support the transmission by e-mail, telephone, or facsimile of mass unsolicited, commercial advertising or solicitations to entities other than the data recipient's own existing customers; or (b) enable high volume, automated, electronic processes that send queries or data to the systems of Registry Operator or any ICANN-Accredited Registrar, except as reasonably necessary to register domain names or modify existing registrations. All rights reserved. Afilias reserves the right to modify these terms at any time. By submitting this query, you agree to abide by this policy. Domain ID:D106957284-LROR Domain Name:GLOBAL-DELIVERY.ORG Created On:19-Jul-2005 22:05:21 UTC Last Updated On:19-Jul-2005 22:23:09 UTC Expiration Date:19-Jul-2007 22:05:21 UTC Sponsoring Registrar:Melbourne IT, Ltd. dba Internet Names Worldwide (R52-LROR) Status:TRANSFER PROHIBITED Registrant ID:D112180323495082 Registrant Name:J Aaron Berrier Registrant Organization:J Aaron Berrier Registrant Street1:128 Tarrasa Drive Registrant Street2: Registrant Street3: Registrant City:Jacksonville Registrant State/Province:FL Registrant Postal Code:32225 Registrant Country:US Registrant Phone:+1.9042200927 Registrant Phone Ext.: Registrant FAX: Registrant FAX Ext.: Registrant Email:ronnie2ready@yahoo.com Admin ID:D112180323495079 Admin Name:J Aaron Berrier Admin Organization:J Aaron Berrier Admin Street1:128 Tarrasa Drive Admin Street2: Admin Street3: Admin City:Jacksonville Admin State/Province:FL Admin Postal Code:32225 Admin Country:US Admin Phone:+1.9042200927 Admin Phone Ext.: Admin FAX: Admin FAX Ext.: Admin Email:ronnie2ready@yahoo.com Tech ID:D112180323495081 Tech Name:YahooDomains TechContact Tech Organization:Yahoo! Inc Tech Street1:701 First Ave. Tech Street2: Tech Street3: Tech City:Sunnyvale Tech State/Province:CA Tech Postal Code:94089 Tech Country:US Tech Phone:+1.6198813096 Tech Phone Ext.: Tech FAX:+1.6198813010 Tech FAX Ext.: Tech Email:domain.tech@YAHOO-INC.COM Name Server:YNS1.YAHOO.COM Name Server:YNS2.YAHOO.COM
World Shipping company / wshippingsite.com (2005-07-18) Another fake escrow company in the "157 Station Road Harrow" scam series: World Shipping Headquarters
cargo-speditions.com (2005-09-20) Another fake escrow company in the "157 Station Road Harrow" scam series. Another fake escrow company in the "157 Station Road Harrow" scam series. This one is connected to the mobile-shop-inc.net mobile phone scam. Apart from being used in the same scam, both domains are hosted by the same webhosting company.
WHOIS details for domain "onlineshipping-worldwide.org": Domain ID:D107509243-LROR Domain Name:ONLINESHIPPING-WORLDWIDE.ORG Created On:16-Sep-2005 17:21:10 UTC Expiration Date:16-Sep-2006 17:21:10 UTC Sponsoring Registrar:Abacus America Inc dba Names4Ever (R14-LROR) Status:TRANSFER PROHIBITED Registrant ID:CZGSY Registrant Name:Dek Cho Registrant Street1:15 Settlers court Registrant Street2: Registrant Street3: Registrant City:london Registrant State/Province:london Registrant Postal Code:e14 2dg Registrant Country:GB Registrant Phone:+1.02075373749 Registrant Phone Ext.: Registrant FAX: Registrant FAX Ext.: Registrant Email:onlinetekmotors@yahoo.com Admin ID:NNTGJ Admin Name:Dek Cho Admin Street1:15 Settlers court Admin Street2: Admin Street3: Admin City:london Admin State/Province:london Admin Postal Code:e14 2dg Admin Country:GB Admin Phone:+1.02075373749 Admin Phone Ext.: Admin FAX: Admin FAX Ext.: Admin Email:onlinetekmotors@yahoo.com Tech ID:CZGSY Tech Name:Dek Cho Tech Street1:15 Settlers court Tech Street2: Tech Street3: Tech City:london Tech State/Province:london Tech Postal Code:e14 2dg Tech Country:GB Tech Phone:+1.02075373749 Tech Phone Ext.: Tech FAX: Tech FAX Ext.: Tech Email:onlinetekmotors@yahoo.com Name Server:NS2.ABAC.COM Name Server:NS1.ABAC.COM Another fake escrow company in the "157 Station Road Harrow" scam series (see tt-transports.com, international-cargo-express.com, etc.)
DD Transports Headquarters Fake domain registration details: Request: dd-transports.com connected to whois.opensrs.net [216.40.33.170:43] ... Registrant: DD tran Pe undeva departe San Marino, VA 23851 US Domain name: DD-TRANSPORTS.COM Administrative Contact: Ward, Debra Hal dumitriualina88@yahoo.com Pe undeva departe San Marino, VA 23851 US 3602275008 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 21-Jul-2005. Record expires on 21-Jul-2006. Record created on 21-Jul-2005. Domain servers in listed order: NS1.NETFIRMS.COM 64.34.74.221 NS2.NETFIRMS.COM 66.244.253.14 Domain status: REGISTRAR-LOCK
icargo-freight (icargo-freight.com)
From: auto deals [mailto:autodeals@berlin.com] Fake domain registration details: Domain Name: ICARGO-FREIGHT.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: 04-feb-2006 Creation Date: 04-feb-2006 Expiration Date: 04-feb-2007 Domain Name.......... icargo-freight.com Creation Date........ 2006-02-05 Registration Date.... 2006-02-05 Expiry Date.......... 2007-02-05 Organisation Name.... Truong Nguyen Organisation Address. 6300 Ranchester #184 Organisation Address. Organisation Address. Houston Organisation Address. 77036 Organisation Address. TX Organisation Address. UNITED STATES Admin Name........... Truong Nguyen Admin Address........ 6300 Ranchester #184 Admin Address........ Admin Address........ Houston Admin Address........ 77036 Admin Address........ TX Admin Address........ UNITED STATES Admin Email.......... truong_n3@hotmail.com Admin Phone.......... 9815899 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
Other domains connected to "157 Station Road Harrow, HA1 2XF":
The "tt-transports.com" series of scams continues with a new fake postal address: Harglenis Building The criminals request payment by Western Union to someone in the Netherlands (note that the postal address of the recipient has no meaning in a Western Union payment):
EuropeSpeditions agent name and address:
Same scam as europespeditions.com.
Harglenis Building
For general information about Company WHOIS details for domain: Domain Name: GLOBALFUT.COM Registrar: TUCOWS INC. Whois Server: whois.opensrs.net Referral URL: http://domainhelp.tucows.com Name Server: NS2.FORTUNECITY.NET Name Server: NS1.FORTUNECITY.NET Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK EPP Status: clientDeleteProhibited EPP Status: clientTransferProhibited EPP Status: clientUpdateProhibited Updated Date: 30-Mar-2006 Creation Date: 30-Mar-2006 Expiration Date: 30-Mar-2007 Registrant: LINDA DILUCENTE 135 PLUM WAY GLASSPORT, PA 15045 US Domain name: GLOBALFUT.COM Administrative Contact: DILUCENTE, LINDA WandaHuesby@cs.com 135 PLUM WAY GLASSPORT, PA 15045 US +1.4126788537 Technical Contact: DILUCENTE, LINDA WandaHuesby@cs.com 135 PLUM WAY GLASSPORT, PA 15045 US +1.4126788537 Registration Service Provider: Fortunecityhosting.com, dns@fortunecityhosting.com 1-866-638-2489 1-800-979-9587 (fax) http://fortunecityhosting.com 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 30-Mar-2006. Record expires on 30-Mar-2007. Record created on 30-Mar-2006. Domain servers in listed order: NS1.FORTUNECITY.NET 216.251.45.194 NS2.FORTUNECITY.NET 216.251.46.194
Online Shipping Worldwide Inc. Headquarters Fake domain registration details: Domain Name: ONLINESHIPPING-WORLDWIDE.COM Registrar: COMPUTER SERVICES LANGENBACH GMBH DBA JOKER.COM Whois Server: whois.joker.com Referral URL: http://www.joker.com Name Server: A.NS.JOKER.COM Name Server: B.NS.JOKER.COM Name Server: C.NS.JOKER.COM Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK Updated Date: 27-jan-2006 Creation Date: 27-jan-2006 Expiration Date: 27-jan-2008 domain: onlineshipping-worldwide.com organization: PENNY TWELVES email: smekerdedr@yahoo.com address: 1120 SOUTH STEEN COURT city: VERADALE state: WA postal-code: 99037 country: US phone: 509-928-1216 admin-c: smekerdedr@yahoo.com#0 tech-c: smekerdedr@yahoo.com#0 billing-c: smekerdedr@yahoo.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: 2006-01-27 08:40:12 UTC modified: 2006-01-27 08:51:59 UTC expires: 2008-01-27 03:38:28 UTC
Another fake escrow in the series. According to a victim report it was recommended by a seller using email address beanian_ltd@yahoo.co.uk with a shop on ebay called "bestprice trading_ltd".
International Cargo Headquarters Fake domain registration details: Domain Name: EXPRESS-IC.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: 25-jan-2006 Creation Date: 25-jan-2006 Expiration Date: 25-jan-2007 Domain Name.......... express-ic.com Creation Date........ 2006-01-25 Registration Date.... 2006-01-25 Expiry Date.......... 2007-01-25 Organisation Name.... andrew kostecki Organisation Address. 7292 bedford rd Organisation Address. Organisation Address. hubbard Organisation Address. 44425 Organisation Address. OH Organisation Address. UNITED STATES Admin Name........... andrew kostecki Admin Address........ 7292 bedford rd Admin Address........ Admin Address........ hubbard Admin Address........ 44425 Admin Address........ OH Admin Address........ UNITED STATES Admin Email.......... ic_albanop@yahoo.com Admin Phone.......... 9849278 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
Company Headquarters Fake domain registration details: Domain Name: AUTOSCOUTMARKET.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: 03-nov-2005 Creation Date: 03-nov-2005 Expiration Date: 03-nov-2006 Domain name: autoscoutmarket.com Registrant: harold jacobs (QEN6U) josewale4322@yahoo.com 108 Kelly Streeet Sitka, AK 99835 United States Phone: (049)56465489 x Administrative Contact: harold jacobs (89VKN) josewale4322@yahoo.com 108 Kelly Streeet Sitka, AK 99835 United States Phone: (049)56465489 x Technical Contact: harold jacobs (QEN6U) josewale4322@yahoo.com 108 Kelly Streeet Sitka, AK 99835 United States Phone: (049)56465489 x Billing Contact: harold jacobs (9QXLU) josewale4322@yahoo.com 108 Kelly Streeet Sitka, AK 99835 United States Phone: (049)56465489 x Record last updated on 2005-11-03 00:00:00 Record created on 2005-11-03 00:00:00 Record expires on 2006-11-03 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 escrow site is part of the "157 Station Road Harrow" series, but with a new fake postal address. A "Jonathan Mobiz" (jonatan_mobis@hotmail.com) was offering a BMW X5 for € 9000 via this fake site.
Company Headquarters Fake domain registration details: Domain Name: ICS-FREIGHT.COM Registrar: SCHLUND+PARTNER AG Whois Server: whois.schlund.info Referral URL: http://registrar.schlund.info Name Server: NS29.1AND1.COM Name Server: NS30.1AND1.COM Status: ACTIVE Updated Date: 16-jan-2006 Creation Date: 16-jan-2006 Expiration Date: 16-jan-2007 domain: ics-freight.com created: 17-Jan-2006 last-changed: 17-Jan-2006 registration-expiration: 17-Jan-2007 nserver: ns29.1and1.com 217.160.224.2 nserver: ns30.1and1.com 217.160.228.2 status: CLIENT-TRANSFER-PROHIBITED registrant-firstname: Deborah registrant-lastname: McPeek registrant-street1: 12914 Blossomheath registrant-pcode: 77429 registrant-state: TX registrant-city: Cypress registrant-ccode: US registrant-phone: +1.8305988333 registrant-email: udytzu2006@yahoo.com admin-c-firstname: Deborah admin-c-lastname: McPeek admin-c-street1: 12914 Blossomheath admin-c-pcode: 77429 admin-c-state: TX admin-c-city: Cypress admin-c-ccode: US admin-c-phone: +1.8305988333 admin-c-email: udytzu2006@yahoo.com tech-c-firstname: Hostmaster tech-c-lastname: ONEANDONE tech-c-organization: 1&1 Internet Inc. tech-c-street1: 701 Lee Rd. tech-c-street2: Suite 300 tech-c-pcode: 19087 tech-c-state: PA tech-c-city: Chesterbrook tech-c-ccode: US tech-c-phone: +1.8774612631 tech-c-fax: +1.6105601501 tech-c-email: hostmaster@1and1.com bill-c-firstname: Hostmaster bill-c-lastname: ONEANDONE bill-c-organization: 1&1 Internet Inc. bill-c-street1: 701 Lee Rd. bill-c-street2: Suite 300 bill-c-pcode: 19087 bill-c-state: PA bill-c-city: Chesterbrook bill-c-ccode: US bill-c-phone: +1.8774612631 bill-c-fax: +1.6105601501 bill-c-email: hostmaster@1and1.com
third-express.com (2005-08-22) The domain for this fraudulent service was only registered on 2005-08-22, a few days before we received the first query about whether it was a fraud. Hello Firstname Lastname,
WHOIS details for domain "third-express.com": Request: third-express.com connected to whois.crsnic.net [198.41.3.54:43] ... connected to whois.melbourneit.com [203.27.227.114:43] ... Domain Name.......... third-express.com Creation Date........ 2005-08-22 Registration Date.... 2005-08-22 Expiry Date.......... 2006-08-22 Organisation Name.... William Hulse Organisation Address. 2304 Golden Willow Organisation Address. Organisation Address. Richardson Organisation Address. 75082 Organisation Address. TX Organisation Address. UNITED STATES Admin Name........... William Hulse Admin Address........ 2304 Golden Willow Admin Address........ Admin Address........ Richardson Admin Address........ 75082 Admin Address........ TX Admin Address........ UNITED STATES Admin Email.......... necststep@yahoo.com Admin Phone.......... +1.9726901462 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 world-cargoexpress.com (2005-10-05) "world-cargoexpress.com" is a scam. This Yahoo domain was registered on 2005-10-05, only two days before we first saw it used in a fraud.
WHOIS details for domain "world-cargoexpress.com": Domain Name.......... world-cargoexpress.com Creation Date........ 2005-10-05 Registration Date.... 2005-10-05 Expiry Date.......... 2006-10-05 Organisation Name.... Stuart Whiteside Organisation Address. 618 Hobcaw Bluff Drive Organisation Address. Organisation Address. Mt. Pleasant Organisation Address. 29464 Organisation Address. SC Organisation Address. UNITED STATES Admin Name........... Stuart Whiteside Admin Address........ 618 Hobcaw Bluff Drive Admin Address........ Admin Address........ Mt. Pleasant Admin Address........ 29464 Admin Address........ SC Admin Address........ UNITED STATES Admin Email.......... hopping23456@yahoo.com Admin Phone.......... +1.8438843684 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............. Name Server.......... yns1.yahoo.com Name Server.......... yns2.yahoo.com GBTrippleAlliance.com is a fraudulent escrow service. Any seller who suggests to use this service is a member of the same gang that runs the fake escrow. It uses a London postal address but the domain is registered using a US postal address. The site does not have its own SSL certificate for secure web browsing. The site lists a 2003 copyright notice even though it was only registered in August of 2005. If you have been defrauded, file a report with your local police and and also report it to the webhosting company that hosts this site (contact: abuse@globat.com).
GBTripleAlliance.com is an independent escrow company based in London, United Kingdom . 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. Fake domain registration details: Domain Name: GBTRIPLEALLIANCE.COM Registrar: AAAQ.COM, INC. Whois Server: whois.aaaq.com Referral URL: http://www.aaaq.com Name Server: NS1.GBTRIPLEALLIANCE.COM Name Server: NS2.GBTRIPLEALLIANCE.COM Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK Updated Date: 05-oct-2005 Creation Date: 01-aug-2005 Expiration Date: 01-aug-2006 Hostway Whois Server Version 1.0 Domain Name: gbtriplealliance.com Registrar: AAAQ.COM Whois Server: whois.aaaq.com Referral URL: http://www.aaaq.com Name Server: ns1.gbtriplealliance.com Name Server: ns2.gbtriplealliance.com Status: ACTIVE Updated Date 2005-10-05 Creation Date: 2005-07-31 Expiration Date: 2006-07-31 Registrant: Kelly Leach carlinthecity@yahoo.com 1070 Cooley Springs School Rd Chesnee, SC 29323 US 8382172811 Fax: Administrative Contact: Kelly Leach carlinthecity@yahoo.com 1070 Cooley Springs School Rd Chesnee, SC 29323 US 8382172811 Fax: Technical Contact: Administrator DNS administrator@siteprotect.com 1 N State Street 12th Floor Chicago, IL 60602 US +1.3122362132 Fax: +1.3122361958 Billing Contact: Kelly Leach carlinthecity@yahoo.com 1070 Cooley Springs School Rd Chesnee, SC 29323 US 8382172811 Fax:
airbus-international-express.com
Airbus International Express Headquarters Fake domain registration details: Domain Name: AIRBUS-INTERNATIONAL-EXPRESS.COM Registrar: SCHLUND+PARTNER AG Whois Server: whois.schlund.info Referral URL: http://registrar.schlund.info Name Server: NS33.1AND1.CO.UK Name Server: NS34.1AND1.CO.UK Status: ACTIVE Updated Date: 13-nov-2005 Creation Date: 13-nov-2005 Expiration Date: 13-nov-2006 domain: airbus-international-express.com created: 13-Nov-2005 last-changed: 13-Nov-2005 registration-expiration: 13-Nov-2006 nserver: ns33.1and1.co.uk nserver: ns34.1and1.co.uk status: CLIENT-TRANSFER-PROHIBITED registrant-firstname: Judith registrant-lastname: Hunt registrant-street1: 1184 Kensington High Street registrant-pcode: W8 4SG registrant-city: London registrant-ccode: GB registrant-phone: +44.2077233621 registrant-email: astaedeprobaba@yahoo.com admin-c-firstname: Judith admin-c-lastname: Hunt admin-c-street1: 1184 Kensington High Street admin-c-pcode: W8 4SG admin-c-city: London admin-c-ccode: GB admin-c-phone: +44.2077233621 admin-c-email: astaedeprobaba@yahoo.com 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 registration details for fake escrow domain "tt-trans.com": Registrant: none 13110 N Boulevard Tampa, FL 33612 US 813-624-8892 Domain Name: TT-TRANS.COM Administrative Contact: Edith, Burns pralea13@yahoo.com 13110 N Boulevard Tampa, FL 33612 US 813-624-8892 Technical Contact: Edith, Burns pralea13@yahoo.com 13110 N Boulevard Tampa, FL 33612 US 813-624-8892 Record expires on 01-16-2007 Record created on 01-16-2006 Domain servers in listed order: NS0.DIRECTNIC.COM 204.251.10.100 NS1.DIRECTNIC.COM 206.251.177.2 Domain Name: TT-TRANS.COM Registrar: INTERCOSMOS MEDIA GROUP, INC. D/B/A DIRECTNIC.COM Whois Server: whois.directnic.com Referral URL: http://www.directnic.com Name Server: NS0.DIRECTNIC.COM Name Server: NS1.DIRECTNIC.COM Status: ACTIVE Updated Date: 16-jan-2006 Creation Date: 16-jan-2006 Expiration Date: 16-jan-2007 concord-courier.com is a fraudulent escrow service. Any seller who suggests to use this service is a member of the same gang that runs the fake escrow. It uses a London or Rome postal address but the domain is registered using a US postal address. The site does not have its own SSL certificate for secure web browsing. The site calims the company was founded in 2001 even though the domain was only registered in October of 2005. If you have been defrauded, file a report with your local police and and also report it to the webhosting company that hosts this site (contact: abuse@abac.com).
Concord-Courier Inc. Headquarters Fake domain registration details: Domain Name: CONCORD-COURIER.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: 11-oct-2005 Creation Date: 11-oct-2005 Expiration Date: 11-oct-2006 Domain name: concord-courier.com Registrant: Michael Mikhail (K2CW9) celectrolucs76@aol.com 1924 villa del dios glen Escondido, CA 92029 United States Phone: (760)8739983 x Administrative Contact: Michael Mikhail (GXGXW) celectrolucs76@aol.com 1924 villa del dios glen Escondido, CA 92029 United States Phone: (760)8739983 x Technical Contact: Michael Mikhail (K2CW9) celectrolucs76@aol.com 1924 villa del dios glen Escondido, CA 92029 United States Phone: (760)8739983 x Billing Contact: Michael Mikhail (XY3P3) celectrolucs76@aol.com 1924 villa del dios glen Escondido, CA 92029 United States Phone: (760)8739983 x Record last updated on 2005-10-11 00:00:00 Record created on 2005-10-11 00:00:00 Record expires on 2006-10-11 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 is suppsoed to be a car escrow company in the UK, but the domain is registered using a personal address in California and a phone number in Montreal/Canada. According to companieshouse.gov.uk, the official company registry of the UK government, no company called "BT Autohouse Ltd" exists in the UK.
Contact Us Domain registration details: domain: bt-autohouse.com created: 17-Nov-2005 last-changed: 17-Nov-2005 registration-expiration: 17-Nov-2006 nserver: ns29.1and1.com 217.160.224.2 nserver: ns30.1and1.com 217.160.228.2 status: CLIENT-TRANSFER-PROHIBITED registrant-firstname: Ehud registrant-lastname: Menashe registrant-street1: 7501 March Ave registrant-pcode: 91304 registrant-state: CA registrant-city: West Hills registrant-ccode: US registrant-phone: +1.4508059022 registrant-email: gunthertroy77@aol.com admin-c-firstname: Ehud admin-c-lastname: Menashe admin-c-street1: 7501 March Ave admin-c-pcode: 91304 admin-c-state: CA admin-c-city: West Hills admin-c-ccode: US admin-c-phone: +1.4508059022 admin-c-email: gunthertroy77@aol.com tech-c-firstname: Hostmaster tech-c-lastname: ONEANDONE tech-c-organization: 1&1 Internet Inc. tech-c-street1: 701 Lee Rd. tech-c-street2: Suite 300 tech-c-pcode: 19087 tech-c-state: PA tech-c-city: Chesterbrook tech-c-ccode: US tech-c-phone: +1.8774612631 tech-c-fax: +1.6105601501 tech-c-email: hostmaster@1and1.com bill-c-firstname: Hostmaster bill-c-lastname: ONEANDONE bill-c-organization: 1&1 Internet Inc. bill-c-street1: 701 Lee Rd. bill-c-street2: Suite 300 bill-c-pcode: 19087 bill-c-state: PA bill-c-city: Chesterbrook bill-c-ccode: US bill-c-phone: +1.8774612631 bill-c-fax: +1.6105601501 bill-c-email: hostmaster@1and1.com Domain Name: BT-AUTOHOUSE.COM Registrar: SCHLUND+PARTNER AG Whois Server: whois.schlund.info Referral URL: http://registrar.schlund.info Name Server: NS29.1AND1.COM Name Server: NS30.1AND1.COM Status: ACTIVE Updated Date: 16-nov-2005 Creation Date: 16-nov-2005 Expiration Date: 16-nov-2006 Registrar: SCHLUND+PARTNER AG Whois Server: whois.schlund.info
support-escrow.com Return-Path: <customer@support-escrow.com> Received: from 68.142.224.169 (HELO web207.biz.mail.re2.yahoo.com) (68.142.224.169) by mta110.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; Sun, 19 Dec 2004 14:16:39 -0800 Received: from [172.178.247.154] by web207.biz.mail.re2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 19 Dec 2004 14:16:38 PST Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 14:16:38 -0800 (PST) From: Escrow Customer Support <customer@support-escrow.com> Subject: Escrow Seller "David Willson" To: emailaddress MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-1056754585-1103494598=:48556" Content-Length: 1850 As you can see, the fake escrow company tries to pass itself off as escrow.com, a legitimate escrow service. The sending domain was only created two days before the company was suggested to be used. It is registered with a probably bogus address (or picked out of a phonebook). Domain Name.......... support-escrow.com Creation Date........ 2004-12-17 Registration Date.... 2004-12-17 Expiry Date.......... 2005-12-17 Organisation Name.... Phil Burns Organisation Address. 326 birchtree ave Organisation Address. Organisation Address. Cedar Grove Organisation Address. 53013 Organisation Address. WI Organisation Address. UNITED STATES Admin Name........... Phil Burns Admin Address........ 326 birchtree ave Admin Address........ Admin Address........ Cedar Grove Admin Address........ 53013 Admin Address........ WI Admin Address........ UNITED STATES Admin Email.......... fakplata@yahoo.com Admin Phone.......... +1.9206688400 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 Here is an email by the seller: Yes Firstname the car is here with me It doesn't matter what recipient name you use in a Western Union wire transfer, as long as the person claiming the money at the other end knows the sender name, recipient name, amount and transaction code, as well as the response in an optional question/answer pair. The distinction about passing the wire transfer details only to the escrow company and not to the seller is essentially meaningless, because they buyer has no guarantee that the fake Escrow company and the seller are not actually one and the same person. This is actually how fake escrow scams work: the seller *is* the escrow company. He receives and pockets the purchase price via Western Union but never ships ship the goods sold, which he doesn't actually possess. The postal address given to the buyer is fake. The above email from the fake escrow company via Yahoo was sent from a dial-up AOL account, which is interesting, since the scammer used two AOL accounts:
We have reported this fraud to Yahoo, but they have not suspended the domain yet. Fake escrow company. Domain created two months ago, supposedly an 8 year old company. No phone numbers on the contact page.
Support department WHOIS details: domain: europeshippers.com owner: S Coull organization: S Coull email: elpadrino760@aol.com address: 3 East Cathcart Street city: Buckie state: Banffshire postal-code: AB56 1PJ country: GB phone: 0154 2836123 admin-c: hostmaster@hostinguk.net#0 tech-c: hostmaster@hostinguk.net#0 billing-c: hostmaster@hostinguk.net#0 reseller: Low cost domains, web hosting and reseller: colocation at www.hostinguk.net nserver: ns1.hostinguk.net 217.194.209.4 nserver: ns1.us.net-work.net 206.246.91.2 status: lock created: 2006-02-20 17:49:03 UTC modified: 2006-02-20 17:49:03 UTC expires: 2008-02-20 12:46:19 UTC contact-hdl: hostmaster@hostinguk.net#0 person: Mr. Hosting UK Hostmaster organization: Internet Engineering Ltd email: hostmaster@hostinguk.net address: Unit 24 address: St Asaph Business Park city: St Asaph state: Denbighshire country: GB phone: +44 1745 586070 The following fake escrow domains no longer exist (2006-06-19):
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