Around The Globe

Around The Globe Fraud

Don't Bear Internet Fraud

Around The Globe screenshot (05-Dec-2008):

Around The Globe screenshot (23-Oct-2008).

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

Around The Globe is a is a fairly obvious Russian money laundering scam. They can't even make their minds up what they call themselves. Are they "Around The Globe" or "ATGWorldwide Delivery"? The bottom line is that they are neither - they are a Russian scam website set up purely for the purposes of conning people into thinking the clearly illegal money transfer job of 'Regional Agent' that they are peddling is legitimate when it most certainly is not. They have an identical alias of MMA Solutions They post the usual clearly fake certificates that link them to numerous other crooks including but by no means limited to: Magnus Business Community, GCS Group, IT-Security Business Alliance, Business Care, JS Partner Group, Onis Business Group and numerous others. They don't even bother to claim to have been in business for years as it is a bit pointless when their domain atgworldwidedelivery.com was only registered with ANO REGIONAL NETWORK INFORMATION CENTER DBA RU on October the 24th. 2008. They are hosted by the host of many more of this criminals domains, the Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board on IP address 115.126.5.52.

Evidence of Criminal Fraud:

i) The Around The Globe domain atgworldwidedelivery.com was only registered with ANO REGIONAL NETWORK INFORMATION CENTER DBA RU on October the 24th. 2008 so you've got to laugh at the statement on their home page above: "Finally we have obtained a status of the global company that works with the entire world." This criminal domain is hosted by a host of many of this fraudster's other domains, the Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board on IP address 115.126.5.52.

ii) As is the norm with these fraudsters, a Google search for "Around The Globe" shows no web presence whatsoever which once again lends the lie to the above statement.

iii) The criminal money laundering mule job is pretty clear - examine the text on the home page screenshot above: "We invite people from other countries to join our company. Functions of the regional agent: financial operations such as cashing different types of payments from our clients.", then you are invited to click through to the even clearer job below:

iv) The job from the website:

CAREERS

Vacancies of our company

We are happy to introduce you to the "Around The Globe" team and to offer you this great career opportunity!

We are the world's fastest growing reseller of welding equipment, computers, electronics office products and accessories. We have openings for self-motivated people who want to work in the exciting technology industry. ATG currently employs more than 1,700 men and women and expects to continue to create hundreds of new jobs over the next few years.

We are growing! Over the past few years, we've enjoyed spectacular success, and that means unparalleled opportunities for you. Come join a wining team!

It could be just the opportunity you've been searching for! We offer an outstanding opportunity for growth, with extensive training and ongoing education in a youthful, energetic, drug-free, smoke-free working environment. We offer unmatched compensation, with an average salary of $30,000-plus, a generous 401k plan, medical, dental and life insurance benefits.

Please go ahead and review our current vacancies.

The regional agent

We invite people from other countries to join our company. Functions of the regional agent: financial operations such as cashing different types of payments from our clients.

Why do we hire Regional Agents?: Our main sales department office is located in Europe. Most customers prefer to pay within their own country and it is beneficial to have Regional Agents who are able to work and accept payments locally. Besides, sending international Money Orders overseas may take up to a month. As you can imagine we cannot afford such delays.

Job basics: A Regional Agent will receive and cash out different types of payments from our customers such as: Bank Transfers, Money Orders, Checks etc.

Having a business bank account gives a Regional Agent an advantage of processing even more payments. Regional Agent will be making 7 % out of every processed payment and will be sending the remaining company's 93 % share out to our managers in Europe using Western Union or international Bank Transfer. The fee is paid out of company's 93 % share so the Regional Agent makes 7 % flat out of every received amount.

Important notice: All payments have to be cashed out (or deposited) same day received and company's 93 % share sent to our managers same day payments clear in the bank. Make sure you can handle the job before submitting the form!

Benefits of the job :

    * Free working schedule - usually no more than 1-2 hours a day
    * Career growth opportunities
    * Our new employees get free-of-charge training

Basic requirements:

    * Basic knowledge of the PC
    * Basic knowledge of the Internet and e-mail
    * 18+ Age
    * Valid ID
    * Bank Account
    * Opportunity to work 1-3 hours a day

If you are interested in this position and would like to become a part of our growing team feel free to contact us by e-mail (see contacts), or you can use our online form (this variant is better).

v)You do not get a clearer definition of the illegal part time money mule function than above. That on its own defines the company without doubt as criminal and bogus and is clear evidence of criminal fraud. It will get your account closed, your assets frozen and earn you a vist from the police along with a criminal record upon conviction. Don't be tempted. No legitimate company is going to employ private citizens in a foreign country to act as money transfer agents using private bank accounts. The whole idea is preposterous and totally illegal.

vi) Fake 'Contact Us' Details from the website:

CONTACTS

Contact person: Eddie Smith, the CO.

Phone/Fax for US customers: 1-800-561-1766

Contacts for european customers:

Republic of Moldova
Chisinau
I Creanga str.
2024
Phone/Fax: +373 22 59 51 77

Estonia
Tallin
Narva mnt 63
10152
Phone/Fax: +372 665 2801

Contacts for asian customers:

Malasya
Kuala Lumpur
1 Lorong Damai 12
50250
Phone/Fax: +60 3 2078 5644

• - The above telephone number +373 22 59 51 77 Googles as the telephone number of the "All Moldova / Informational and analitic portal" and not these crooks - clear evidence of fraud.
• - The above telephone number +372 665 2801 Googles as the Fax. number of the company "Infoweb.ee" and not these crooks - clear evidence of fraud.
• - The above telephone number +60 3 2078 5644 Googles as the Fax. number of the New Zealand Embassy in Brunei Darussalam and not these crooks - clear evidence of fraud.

vii) Note that the only physical presence they claim to have is in Moldova, Estonia and Malaysia - then look at their fake 'Awards':

a) The city of San Antonio, Texas recognises "their contribution to the economic growth of the City of San Antonio". Presumably by not even being in the same country.....
b) "Most promising new business in Portsmouth & South East Hampshire" (UK)
c) Houston, Texas - "Certified minority business enterprise"

I'll leave the rest to you.... How dumb do they think we are? In fact they are exactly the same fake certificates displayed by dozens of this fraudster's aliases, examples above.

The above evidence clearly demonstrates that the Around The Globe 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 of 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

atgworldwidedelivery.com

Registrar

ANO REGIONAL NETWORK INFORMATION CENTER DBA RU (24-Oct-2008)

Host IP

115.126.5.52

Active
Suspended/Disabled

Criminal Registered Nameserver Domains and Registrars

bdns.co.cr - Nic.cr - 14-Nov-2008

DNS Data: (atgworldwidedelivery.com)

How I am searching:

Searching for atgworldwidedelivery.com A record at l.root-servers.net [199.7.83.42]: Got referral to m.gtld-servers.net. (zone: com.)
Searching for atgworldwidedelivery.com A record at m.gtld-servers.net. [192.55.83.30]: Got referral to ns2.atgworldwidedelivery.com. (zone: atgworldwidedelivery.com.)
Searching for atgworldwidedelivery.com A record at ns2.atgworldwidedelivery.com. [115.126.5.50]: Reports atgworldwidedelivery.com. Response:

Domain	Type	Class	TTL	Answer
atgworldwidedelivery.com.	A	IN	14400	115.126.5.52
atgworldwidedelivery.com.	NS	IN	14400	ns2.bdns.co.cr.
atgworldwidedelivery.com.	NS	IN	14400	ns2.atgworldwidedelivery.com.
atgworldwidedelivery.com.	NS	IN	14400	ns1.bdns.co.cr.
atgworldwidedelivery.com.	NS	IN	14400	ns1.atgworldwidedelivery.com.
ns1.bdns.co.cr.	A	IN	14400	115.126.5.50
ns1.atgworldwidedelivery.com.	A	IN	14400	115.126.5.52
ns2.bdns.co.cr.	A	IN	14400	115.126.5.51
ns2.atgworldwidedelivery.com.	A	IN	14400	115.126.5.50

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

Server	Response
ns1.atgworldwidedelivery.com [115.126.5.52]	115.126.5.52
ns2.atgworldwidedelivery.com [115.126.5.50]	115.126.5.52

This criminal's domain was registered with ANO REGIONAL NETWORK INFORMATION CENTER DBA RU on October the 24th. 2008 and is hosted by the Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board on IP address 115.126.5.52.

Fraud Log

Webpage created 5th. December 2008

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