This
fraudster should not be confused with any legitimate company of the
same
or similar name - the
above website graphics and the included money
laundering job clearly identify the fake website and these fraudsters.
AmexFinance is
clearly identifiable as a product of a huge Russian money laundering criminal network and has
dozens of aliases. Their domain amexfinance.net was only
registered with PUBLICDOMAINREGISTRY.COM/OPENHOSTING.RU
on 06-Nov-2008
which makes a nonsense of their above claim: "AmexFinance delivers the industry's most cost effective accounting and finance solution since 2001". They
are displaying a clear money mule job,
they have no internet presence and their location details are bogus. Their domain registrar, (PUBLICDOMAINREGISTRY.COM/OPENHOSTING.RU) their host (OPENHOSTING.RU) and their IP address (81.176.236.12) are the same as several previous money laundering fraudsters documented on this website, including Mynes
Consulting &
Finance, NTI Consult, STK
Consult and AGS Consult Ltd. so their pedigree is pretty self evident.
Evidence
of
Spamming and Criminal Fraud:
i)AmexFinance appear to be a little confused about where they are. In the above homepage screenshot you can clearly see "AmexFinance is an online Accounting services and Finance consulting firm serving the Greater Bay Area" which in the USA is
in California, of course, however these crooks claim to be based in New
York and London, neither of which could be described as "the Greater Bay Area". Clear evidence of fraud.
ii) In the above homepage screenshot they claim "AmexFinance delivers the industry's most cost effective accounting and finance solution since 2001", yet their domain amexfinance.net was only
registered with PUBLICDOMAINREGISTRY.COM/OPENHOSTING.RU
on 06-Nov-2008Clear evidence of fraud and
misrepresentation.
iii)
A Google
search for "AmexFinance" shows that these criminals have absolutely no
web presence apart from fraud site listings and clear indications of
spamming. (Not to be confused with amexfinance.com or any other company of a similar name).
iv)
The payload of the website is a clear illegal
money laundering mule job under the 'Careers'
tab: CAREERS
This is easy job, but your help is very important for us and our clients.
This job does not require any special education. This job wouldn't bring you millions, we do not suggest huge earnings.
You
wouldn't have look clients for us or sell our production. You wouldn't
have to pay us for taking you on our list. However we guaranteee stable
income.
FINANCIAL REPRESENTATIVE
We
are looking for people who can control the payment of our customers
from your state / region. The responsibilities of work included
compiling monthly reports on the overall turnover of funds, sending
documents on each transfer.
Job Requirements
As a
Financial Representative, you are responsible for all aspects of
operation, including customer relations, team management, financial
management and team recognition/retention.
Minimum qualifications include:
- Well developed analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills - Strong operational background and knowledge - Exceptional people skills - Problem solving skills - Top notch communication and writing skills - A drive to be the best
Please send your Resume to mail@amexfinance.net
v) That is a clear description of the ILLEGALmoney
mule function,
i.e. of accepting stolen funds into your bank account and transferring
a balance back to these criminals - it will get your bank account and
your assets frozen and earn you a criminal record. Do not be tempted. Clear
evidence of criminal fraud.
vi)
No legitimate company would advertise for private citizens to operate
as unlicensed and
illegal money transfer agents, "controlling the payment of our customers from your state / region". To do so clearly
defines the AmexFinance
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, (usually a photocopy of a driving license
or passport is requested).
HEAD OFFICE (USA): 475 Park Avenue South (between 31 & 32 streets) Floor 9 New York, NY 10016
UK OFFICE: Swan Centre Fishers Lane Chiswick London, W4 1RX
•
- The toll-free telephone numbers translate as +1 888 952-2639 and +1 866 530-2639.
I'm not about to make costly trans-Atlantic telephone calls to check
them out, but Google has never heard of either of them. Perhaps a US
citizen could try them and report back.
• - The New York address "475 Park Avenue South Floor 9" Googles as the address of DataArt with no trace of these criminals at that address. • - The address "Swan Centre, Fishers Lane, Chiswick, London, W4 1RX" Googles
as the address of various companies, but once again there is no
evidence that these fraudsters are there. There is evidence that it has
previously been used by criminal fraudsters. All clear evidence of
fake location details and fraud. viii) Although they claim to be
based in New York, they are not listed in the New York State 'Corporation and Business Entity Database'
- clear evidence of a
fake company and fraud.
ix)Although they claim to have a UK office, a webcheck shows that AmexFinanceare not
registered with the UK Companies House, and a similar webcheck
shows that neither are they registered with the UK FSA, (Financial
Services Authority), which they would have to be to be able to legally
trade in the financial sector in the UK - try it for yourself. Clear, verifiable and absolutely
irrefutable evidence of fraud.
x) Lastly, (and possibly least...), it looks like they generate their fake testimonials with this fake testimonial generator - try putting AmexFinance into it.... The above evidence is clear
proof that the AmexFinance
website is a fraudulent website set up with intent to deceive. 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.
If you know of any other
active domains, please let me know. DNS Data: (Valid for amexfinance.net)
How I am searching:
Searching for amexfinance.net A record at m.root-servers.net
[202.12.27.33]: Got referral to J.GTLD-SERVERS.net. (zone: net.) Searching for amexfinance.net A record at J.GTLD-SERVERS.net.
[192.48.79.30]: Got referral to ns.openhosting.ru. (zone:
amexfinance.net.)
Searching for amexfinance.net A record at ns.openhosting.ru. [81.176.236.10]: Reports amexfinance.net. Response:
Domain
Type
Class
TTL
Answer
amexfinance.net.
A
IN
10800
81.176.236.12
amexfinance.net.
NS
IN
10800
ns2.openhosting.ru.
amexfinance.net.
NS
IN
10800
ns.openhosting.ru.
ns.openhosting.ru.
A
IN
10800
81.176.236.10
ns2.openhosting.ru.
A
IN
10800
81.176.237.10
Looking up at the 2 amexfinance.net. parent servers:
Server
Response
ns2.openhosting.ru [81.176.237.10]
81.176.236.12
ns.openhosting.ru [81.176.236.10]
81.176.236.12
The host
for this criminal is listed as openhosting.ru
on IP address 81.176.236.12.
This is the same network and IP as used by the NTI Consult fraudster and others as listed above. ***Latest News*** 16th. January
2009 - Webpage set
up ***Latest News*** 16th. January
2009 News from Simon Bear - the domain amexfinance.net has been suspended by the registrar - please notify me of any active domains for this criminal.
