1st Quest Technology scam

1st Quest Technology Fraud

Don't Bear Internet Fraud

This fraudster should not be confused with any other company that may have the same or a similar name. The website graphics and the evidence below identify this criminal and this criminal alone.

1st Quest Technology home page screenshot (21-Oct-2009):

1st Quest Technology is part of a huge Russian money laundering criminal network that has hundreds of aliases, among them being Promo Invest, Transfer Invest Inc., E-Investment Projects, E-Investments Provider Inc., K-Investment Group, EU Investment Solutions, EURO Investment Solutions, AFC Financial Services, AIF Investment Consulting, Browncorp Financial Services, American Finance, etc etc etc. It's the usual glossy website set up deliberately to lure the unwary into the world of money laundering fraud. If you want to see more of this crook's aliases, look at this Google search for this excerpt from their 'About Us' page: "and obtained a license for activity engaging at the same time". Clear evidence of site theft and fraud. This fraud is the clear follow-on fraud to their previous alias, 1st Edition Process Service - this is clearly a serial criminal fraudster which is clear evidence in itself of their continuing fraud activity. Their website is advertising the usual clear part-time, work from home money mule position, their domain 1st-quest-technology.com was only registered on 08-oct-2009 with the unresponsive Chinese registrar of numerous crooks XIN NET TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION for the usual criminal's domain minimum period of one year and they have no internet presence, (apart from their own fake website, of course). Their location details are fake and they are not a registered company in either of their supposed locations of Germany or the state of California.
They are hosted by Beijing Gold Computer Co., Ltd. on IP address 122.70.145.146, an IP which is currently used for other frauds and malware. So let's see, we have a supposedly German/California based company using a known Chinese registrar of criminal fraud domains hosted on a Chinese IP used by other criminals. I don't think so, somehow. A more clearly fraudulent company you won't come across.

Evidence of Spamming and Criminal Fraud:

i) On the 'About Us' page of their website the criminals claim: "1st Quest Technology company was founded in 2006 and obtained a license for activity engaging at the same time. Our company acquired impeccable reputation of a reliable partner taking part in purchase and sale of securities". However their domain 1st-quest-technology.com was only registered on 08-oct-2009 with the unresponsive Chinese registrar of numerous other crooks XIN NET TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION for the usual criminal's domain minimum period of one year. Clear evidence of misrepresentation and fraud.

ii) A Google search for "1st Quest Technology" shows absolutely no web presence for these criminals apart from their own fake website, fraud website listings and clear evidence of job website spamming. Had they really been in business since 2006 they would have a web presence. As it is they have none. Clear evidence of fraud.

iii) The payload of the site is the usual part-time, work from home job under the 'Jobs For You' tab:

Vacancies:

SEND YOUR RESUME
(job@1st-quest-technology.com)

Financial agent

Candidate requirements:

    *      Willingness to work from home, take responsibility, set up and achieve goals
    *      Ability to create good administrative reporting
    *      Prior customer service experience is a good benefit, but not a must
    *      Honesty, responsibility and promptness in operations
    *      Effectively interaction with customers
    *      Familiar to working online, Internet and e-mail skills
    *      USA resident.

General:

            This job will allow you to:

    *      Work efficiently from home;
    *      Increase available personal time
    *      Achieve financial independence in half the normal time (1-3 hours per day)
    *      Develop high self-respect and esteem.

      What exactly will I do?

        You will work as a Financial Agent, meaning you will perform e-currency exchange operations, communicate with other agents to facilitate the process, fund closed transactions, receive other funds collected at closing and disburse all proceeds to appropriate parties.
        Our employees hired for this job assure the foundation of our business and that is speed and reliability in dealing with our clients money and delivering a highly respected service in our branch.
        You will work 1-4 hours a day in your area, depending on how many tasks are assigned to you.

      What will I need to get started?

        In order to get the job, we recommend that you read this page and apply to the job by sending your resume to
      job@1st-quest-technology.com ,then your resume will be directed to our contact manager. Manager will contact you by e-mail very soon.
        All the data you will be providing to us is to be considered sensitive and not to be disclosed to anyone, under any circumstances except if legal measures are applied and we are ordered to do so by a court of law.

      What if my application is approved?

              1. Required document for verification: a state or nationally issued photo ID card with an expiration date, for example, a Passport, National ID Card or a Driver's license.

      Note: We require the above documents since you will be hired over the Internet, in order to verify your identity, location and background. This is done to protect ourselves and our clients from fraud.

              2. You need to open a new checking account that you will use only with us, to receive and forward payments and to receive your commission.

      Note: You can use your current account.

              3. We will require your bank account information from the newly opened account, needed only to forward wire transfers to your account. This information consists of the following: Bank name, Bank address, Account Holder, Account number, Routing number.

              4. You will be verified by phone at your home land line phone number, to confirm your location and the accuracy of the information provided by you.

      What if my application is not approved?

        Whether you meet our conditions or not, you will be notified by email or phone within the next 24 hours from submitting the Online Job Application Form.

      How much will I earn?

        You will work for commission that will be calculated for the amount of every transaction that is forwarded through your account, as follows:

        4% from the total transaction amount for transactions smaller than $10,000.00 US dollars.
        3% from the total transaction amount for transactions larger than $10,000.00 US dollars.

        You will earn a minimum of $3000 and up to $10000 per month, depending on the transactions that are forwarded to you.
        If you do not total an earning of $3000 at the end of the month, we will pay you the difference up to $3000.
        If you earn more than $10000 during a month, the commission you will get from each following transaction from that point on, until the end of that month will be 1.3% regardless of the amount of the transaction.
        Your commission will be paid to you upon completing a task that was assigned to you, this means that you will get your commission daily for the work done in that day.

      Is there another question that is not answered here ?

      You can contact us regarding our job opening at
      job@1st-quest-technology.com .

iv) You do not get a clearer description of the ILLEGAL money mule function than that - it will lose you a lot of money, get your bank account closed and your assets frozen and earn you a visit from the police. Do not be tempted.

v) No legitimate company would advertise for private citizens to operate as unlicensed and illegal money transfer agents. To do so clearly defines the fake EFIS Company company as both criminal and fraudulent. There is also a 'phishing' for identity theft aspect due to the nature of identity proof usually requested upon registration. Clear evidence of criminal fraud.

vi) Fake contact Details from the website: (As they are not a registered company in either of their supposed locations, the following details are bound to be fraudulent).

Main office

Address: Rathausplatz 34, Paderborn,
D-33098, Germany
Telephone number : +49-52-51644-23
Department head: Daniel Johansson

Customer service department

Address: 134 Calle Rosa , San Dimas,
CA, 91773, USA
Telephone number: (909) 366-5386
Fax number: (909) 801-2215
Department head: Michael Zikman

E-Mail (General information): info@1st-quest-technology.com
E-Mail (Job questions): job@1st-quest-technology.com

• - They've moved a few doors up from their previous alias fake address of "Rathausplatz 26, Paderborn, D-33098, Germany" (As if...)
• - A Google Web Search for the address "Rathausplatz 34, Paderborn" returns no hits apart from the criminal's own fake website.
• - A Google Web search for the crook's telephone number "+49-52-51644-23" returns no hits apart from the crook's own fake website, of course.
• - A Google Search for the address "134 Calle Rosa , San Dimas, CA" shows no sign of these criminals.
• - A Google Maps Business Search for the address "134 Calle Rosa , San Dimas, CA" shows no businesses listed at that address - it is clearly a residential area.
• - The telephone number (909) 366-5386 locates to Big Bear Lake, CA and not San Dimas, CA.
• - The Fax. number (909) 801-2215 locates to San Bernardino, CA and not San Dimas, CA.
• - A Google Web Search for the phone number (909) 366-5386 only returns the crook's fake website.
• - A Google Web Search for the Fax. number (909) 801-2215 only returns the crook's fake website.

Clear evidence of fake details.

vii) 1st Quest Technology are not registered in the California state company register - Clear, verifiable evidence of a fake company - check for yourself.

viii) 1st Quest Technology are not a registered company in the German Handelsregister - Clear, verifiable evidence of a fake company - check for yourself.

The above evidence is clear proof that the 1st Quest Technology website is a fraudulent website set up by criminals for the purposes of money mule recruitment. If you are an abuse team that has received an abuse report regarding these fraudsters, please consider immediate termination of their services in view of the absolutely undeniable evidence of criminal fraud - please don't delay - these criminals will not respond to any communication from you, (all their whois data is invariably false), but will simply take advantage of any attempt at communication as a delaying tactic to allow them time to carry on their criminal activity and prepare their next network.

Known Website Domains

1st-quest-technology.com

Registrar

XIN NET TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION - 08-oct-2009

Key:
Active
Suspended/Disabled
Parked

Domain Whois Data:

Registrar:     XIN NET TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Status:        ok
Dates:         Created 08-oct-2009   Updated 12-oct-2009 Expires 08-oct-2010
DNS Servers:   NS1.FREEDNS.WS NS2.FREEDNS.WS

Domain Name      : 1st-quest-technology.com
PunnyCode        : 1st-quest-technology.com
Creation Date    : 2009-10-09 00:41:38
Updated Date     : 2009-10-12 23:00:07
Expiration Date : 2010-10-09 00:41:34

Registrant:
Organization   : Gary Huffet
Name           : Gary Huffet
Address        : 3733 Arlington Avenue Ste. C
City           : Riverside
Province/State : beijing
Country        :
Postal Code    : 92506

Administrative Contact:
Name           : Robert Polsen
Organization   : Gary Huffet
Address        : 3733 Arlington Avenue Ste. C
City           : Riverside
Province/State : beijing
Country        :
Postal Code    : 92506
Phone Number   : 86-11-56343365
Fax            : 86-11-56343365
Email          : rombertpolshen@gmail.com

Technical Contact:
Name           : Robert Polsen
Organization   : Gary Huffet
Address        : 3733 Arlington Avenue Ste. C
City           : Riverside
Province/State : beijing
Country        :
Postal Code    : 92506
Phone Number   : 86-11-56343365
Fax            : 86-11-56343365
Email          : rombertpolshen@gmail.com

Billing Contact:
Name           : Robert Polsen
Organization   : Gary Huffet
Address        : 3733 Arlington Avenue Ste. C
City           : Riverside
Province/State : beijing
Country        :
Postal Code    : 92506
Phone Number   : 86-11-56343365
Fax            : 86-11-56343365
Email          : rombertpolshen@gmail.com

DNS Lookup: 1st-quest-technology.com A record
Searching for 1st-quest-technology.com A record at l.root-servers.net [199.7.83.42]: Got referral to e.gtld-servers.net. (zone: com.)
Searching for 1st-quest-technology.com A record at e.gtld-servers.net. [192.12.94.30]: Got referral to ns1.freedns.ws. (zone: 1st-quest-technology.com.)
Searching for 1st-quest-technology.com A record at ns1.freedns.ws. [91.207.4.10]: Reports 1st-quest-technology.com.
Response:

Domain	Type	Class	TTL	Answer
1st-quest-technology.com.	A	IN	86400	122.70.145.146

Looking up at the 2 1st-quest-technology.com. parent servers:

Server	Response
ns2.freedns.ws [69.31.84.58]	122.70.145.146
ns1.freedns.ws [91.207.4.10]	122.70.145.146

The host for this criminal fraudster is listed as Beijing Gold Computer Co., Ltd. on IP address 122.70.145.146, an IP address which was also used for their previous 1st Edition Process Service alias and is also used for other frauds and malware.

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