Apollo Business Services

Apollo Business Services Fraud

Don't Bear Internet Fraud

Apollo Business Services home page screenshot 24-Aug-2008:

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.

Apollo Business Services is just one of the latest of a long line of money laundering criminal websites with dozens of other aliases, among them being Promo Invest, Transfer Invest Inc., E-Investment Projects, E-Investments Provider Inc., K-Investment Group, EU Investment Solutions, IntFinanz, Shaller Finance etc. and their previous alias, Weldon Business Services. To see a few more of the criminal's aliases, try a Google search for this scrap of text from their Privacy Policy': "We use business information to provide a payment service between commerce participants".

It's the usual glossy website set up deliberately to lure the unwary into the world of money laundering fraud. It's got the usual payload of a clear money laundering mule position and although claiming to have been formed in 2001, their domain apollo-services.info was only registered on January the 26th. 2008 which in itself is a clear indication of fraud. See later domains listed below.

Evidence of Spamming and Criminal Fraud:

i) On their 'About Us' page they claim: "Apollo Business Services Company was established in 2001 by an international team of financial and marketing experts who are still actively involved in the company.", but their website domain apollo-services.info was only registered with Network Solutions on January the 26th. 2008. Clear evidence of fraudulent misrepresentation.

ii) The payload of the site is a clear illegal money laundering mule job under the 'Vacancies' tab:

Regional Manager
Applicants should support the company strategy providing a value adding service through proactively engaging with our customers.

The skills shall include the ability to react to the calls and prompt execution of assignments.

Duties will include processing payments between our partners' clients and our company, ensure all personal data relating to customers is maintained, accurate and kept discreet, identifying opportunities to improve service delivery.

Position Type: Permanent, Work from home
Occupation Type: part-time (1-5 hours a day occupation).
Salary: $40 per hour + bonuses.

Personal qualities and skills:

    * Scrupulous and diligent;
    * Computer literate;
    * Good organizational and administrative skills;
    * Professional background in money transfer operations is a plus;
    * Payment procedures prior experience would be an asset;
    * Ability to work independently.

The job is a part-time, work from home position "processing payments between our partners' clients and our company" which is a clear illegal money mule position that will get your bank account and your assets frozen and could earn you a criminal record - don't be tempted.

iii) No legitimate company would advertise for private citizens to operate as unlicensed and illegal money transfer agents. To do so clearly defines the firm Apollo Business Services as both criminal and fraudulent. There is also a 'phishing' for identity theft aspect due to the nature of identity proof inevitably requested as part of the sign-up procedure, e.g. 'Passport, National ID Card or a Driver's license.' Clear evidence of criminal fraud.

iv) The Spam:

Dear ,

Thank you for your interest to our current openings.

Hereby we confirm that your expertise and qualification meet our
requirements for Regional Manager Position.

Position Type: Permanent (work from home).
Operating hours: between 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM weekdays. Variable overtime is
also required. NO evening/weekend work allowed.
Occupation Type: Part-time (1-5 hours a day occupation (5-20 and over hours
a week)).
Salary: $40 per hour + bonuses.

Job Requirements

We do not require any investments from our applicants. The job nature is a
payment processing between our customers (sellers and buyers). You will be
receiving daily tasks from your Personal Manager by e-mail. Each task will
include detailed instruction on how to process current payment(s), and to be
accomplished the same day within working hours (9-1). You should have
ability to check your e-mail in mornings and several times/day, and respond
to requests from your Manager promptly. You must be reachable with your
contact phone also.The position does NOT involve sales.

How to Get Started

To get started with this job we recommend to follow the following procedure:
1. Browse our website http://www.apollo-business-services.com to learn about our
company.
2. Download the Employment Agreement and the Application Form (MS Word files
attached to this letter).
3. Carefully read, fill out both documents in typing, then print and sign,
and send to me by e-mail: job@apollo-business-services.com, or by fax: (908)
504-4260.

IMPORTANT: By signing the Agreement and the Application form you agree with
our terms and privacy policy rules. Apollo Business Services takes
responsibility for non-sharing your private information with third parties
in any circumstances.

After we receive properly filled documents, we'll shortly contact you with
all necessary details and further directions.

Please note: We use the VoiP telephony to communicate with you, therefore
the CallerID could be incorrect or missing. Please do not miss our calls.

Don't hesitate to contact your personal manager to eliminate any further
difficulties or questions. Our support and a training course are always
available.

Sincerely,

Robert Hughley,
HR & Operational Manager,
Apollo Business Services
job@apollo-business-services.com

Clear confirmation of the illegal money mule function and clear evidence of criminal fraud.

v) If you look at their 'Privacy Policy page you will see that they have failed to update their previous fraud alias, Weldon Business Services in the email response addresses.

vi) They are not registered on the Dun & Bradstreet database.

vii) A Google search for "Apollo Business Services" shows that they have no internet presence whatsoever, apart from their own website and scam website listings which makes a nonsense of their ludicrous claim "Apollo Business Services has become one of the world leading independent providers of e-commerce and online payment solutions. We have relationships with all the major banking institutions and providers of e-commerce solutions, and are looking to partner with more.".

viii) Contact Details from the website:

Hannover Area Office
638 York St.,
Suite 74
Hannover, PA 17331
Phone/Fax: (360) 285-9103

• - first of all notice that they cannot even spell their supposed city of location correctly - it's Hanover, not Hannover.
• - A Pennsylvania department of banking websearch for Apollo Business Services shows that there is no such business registered in the state of Pennsylvania.
• - A Reverse Phone Detective search for the telephone number (360) 285-9103 shows its location to be Hoodsport WA and not Hanover PA.

All Clear evidence of fraud.

The above evidence is clear proof that the Apollo Business Services 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.

Known Website Domains

apollo-services.info
apollo-business-services.com
eastlinlogisticsolutions.com

Nameserver Domains

egns.vg

Registrar

Network Solutions (26-Jan-2008)
ENOM, INC. (Rustelekom) (27-aug-2008)
ESTDOMAINS, INC. (08-Sep-2008)

Register.com (24-Jul-2008)

Active
Suspended

DNS Data: (Valid for apollo-services.info, apollo-business-services.com)

How I am searching:

Searching for apollo-services.info A record at h.root-servers.net [128.63.2.53]: Got referral to b9.info.afilias-nst.org. (zone: info.)
Searching for apollo-services.info A record at b9.info.afilias-nst.org. [204.74.113.33]: Got referral to ns1.egns.vg. (zone: apollo-services.info.) [took 10 ms]
Searching for apollo-services.info A record at ns1.egns.vg. [196.2.198.241]: Reports apollo-services.info. [took 629 ms] Response:

Domain	Type	Class	TTL	Answer
apollo-services.info.	A	IN	14400	196.2.198.241
apollo-services.info.	NS	IN	14400	ns1.domain.com.
apollo-services.info.	NS	IN	14400	ns2.domain.com.

Looking up at the 2 apollo-services.info. parent servers:

Server	Response
ns2.egns.vg [196.2.198.242]	196.2.198.241
ns1.egns.vg [196.2.198.241]	196.2.198.241

The host for this criminal is listed as EG-Net (EGYPTNETWORK) of Cairo on IP address 196.2.198.241

Webpage set up 24th. August 2008

***Latest News*** 26th. August 2008
Information from site contact - the domain apollo-services.info has been de-activated. Please notify me of any active domains.

***Latest News*** 28th. August 2008
New domain notified by site contact - apollo-business-services.com
Later: Inf. from site contact - domain apollo-business-services.com now dead. Please notify me of any active domains.

***Latest News*** 24th. October 2008
New domain spotted in the wild - eastlinlogisticsolutions.com hosted on the following network:
How I am searching:

Searching for eastlinlogisticsolutions.com A record at a.root-servers.net [198.41.0.4]: Got referral to L.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. (zone: com.)
Searching for eastlinlogisticsolutions.com A record at L.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. [192.41.162.30]: Got referral to ns2.multihost.ru. (zone: eastlinlogisticsolutions.com.)
Searching for eastlinlogisticsolutions.com A record at ns2.multihost.ru. [217.174.106.66]: Reports eastlinlogisticsolutions.com. Response:

Domain	Type	Class	TTL	Answer
eastlinlogisticsolutions.com.	A	IN	14400	217.174.104.180
eastlinlogisticsolutions.com.	NS	IN	86400	ns1.multihost.ru.
eastlinlogisticsolutions.com.	NS	IN	86400	ns2.multihost.ru.
ns1.multihost.ru.	A	IN	14400	217.174.104.171
ns2.multihost.ru.	A	IN	14400	217.174.106.66

Looking up at the 2 eastlinlogisticsolutions.com. parent servers:

Server	Response
ns2.multihost.ru [217.174.106.66]	217.174.104.180
ns1.multihost.ru [217.174.104.171]	217.174.104.180

The host for this criminal's domain is listed as SUNET 2000 LLC on IP address 217.174.104.180