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.
Aska Group :
Evidence
of Criminal Fraud
i) Aska Group claim on
their website "The company was set up in 1991 in New York, the USA by
three enthusiasts having financial education", but the
criminal's domain aska-group.cn
was only
registered
with Biz.cn on 06-Feb-2008.
ii)
This statement from their "President's
Word" page: "Currently
our company is represented in more than 100 countries all over the world". is completely incredible as
they have no internet presence on Google, except as spammers and
scammers.
iii)Aska Group are not listed at
either the UK Companies House or the
UK Financial
Services Authority which they would have to be
to be able to legally trade in the UK - this in itself defines them as
a bogus
and criminal company.
iv) On this page
of their website they use a fake Yahoo finance
site, a fake Serfreportwebsite and a fakeStockhousewebsite to try to lend legitimacy to
their company by showing bogus information for their
fake company. The domain
used for the
fake Yahoo site is finance-yahoo.org
which was registered with PublicDomainRegistry.com on 21-Aug-2007
by the ubiquitous Michelle Fischer with patently false whois data, the fake domain www-serfreport.comwas registered with
PUBLICDOMAINREGISTRY.COM on 13-Jun-2006 and the fake domain www-stockhouse.bizwas registered with
GODADDY.COM, INC. on 05-Feb-2008. They have other fake links, but the
domains have been suspended. v) This
scam is related to the Calisto
Trading Inc. scam among
others & is identical to the Epayment Solutions Inc., Emarket Solutions Inc.. Oranta
Group Inc., Legal Operations Inc. & Secure
Operations Inc., Secure Financing Inc. and
the SP Group scams - it
even
has the same or more or less the same contact details for all the
different companies.
vi) Among a whole smokescreen of
unavailable jobs, here is the advertised job of "Financial Agent"
posted on their website:
FINANCIAL AGENT
This
vacancy is valid for American and Australian residents ONLY at the
moment.
AVAILABLE
Location: Australia, USA Status: Opened Employee Type: Part-Time Employee
The major duty of the incumbent is to promptly receive and process
stockbrokers' payments to further transfer them applying specified
method. Please enquire for detailed work scheme.
Requirements:
Expert skill in managing payments and transfers between our company and clients.
Knowledge of basic payment systems.
Ability to schedule working hours effectively.
Availability of spare time (3-4 hours per day).
Advanced user ability to operate computer and to use Internet and e-mail.
Legal age.
Payment basis: During the trial period you will be paid 1500 USD
per month. You will also be keeping 8% commission from every payment
received from a client. With the current volume of clients on average
your overall income will add up to 3000 USD per month. After the trial
period your base salary will go up to 2000 USD per month, plus 8%
commission (11% for financial agents with corporate bank account).
Benefits:
Flexible work schedule.
Possibility to combine the job with primary employment.
Free training course.
INTERESTING FACT: Our analysts observe strongly pronounced economic growth in all departments of
Aska Group Inc. for the latest quarter of this year due to perfect
and well coordinated work of our team. According to the statistics, 98% of
Aska Group Inc. financial managers being employed for less than
three months are completely satisfied with their earnings and would like to
upgrade professional skills and advance in their careers in our Company.
The management of Aska Group Inc. is striving for strengthening and
expanding of the corporation in order to control the major part of financial
services market.
If you would like to apply to this vacancy and enquire more detailed information, please email at
job@aska-group-mail.cn. Time spent for consideration of your application can be reduced if you attach resume to your email.
In other
words, just your
average money laundering mule position.
vii) No
legitimate company is going to spamvertise among the untrained,
inexperienced and
uncertified general population
for a "Financial Agent" acting as a spare time, work
from home criminal money transfer
agent accepting funds into a private account and transferring a balance
out via Western Union. Such a proposition defines the company without
doubt as
criminal and fraudulent.
ix) More
details of the money mule function from the criminal's
website:
Financial Manager
Location: Australia, USA Is it available at the
present moment: Yes Employee Type: Part-Time
employee
Job description:
You will receive money on
your bank account from sale of the goods/services by our company. We
shall provide you with detailed instructions relevant
to payment processing operations, including full name of the sender and
sum total in every particular case.
When funds are received on
your bank account you have to cash and transfer the funds via
International Wire Transfer or using International Western Union/Money
Gram money transfer system. The main advantage of the service is the
shortest possible time within which the seller can receive money for
the servies/goods sold. If you delay this operation, our client will
have the right to cancel the contract and we shall suffer financial
losses. Please remember that you are handling money, be very
responsible and careful!
Your compensation will be
also deducted from the received funds on the commission basis. During
the probationary period you will be paid 1500 USD per month plus 8-11%
commission from each payment processing operation (11 % for financial
agents with corporate/business accounts) With the current volume of
clients on average your overall income will add up to 3000 USD per
month. After the probationary period your base salary will go up to
2000 USD per month, plus 8-11% commission (11% for financial agents
with corporate/business accounts).
You must process received
assets during one business day, i.e. from money collection on your
account to money re-sending to our client as indicated in the contract.
Should money collection on your account is expected on day-off or
holiday you have to complete all payment processing procedures within
the following working day.
Every 14 days you will
receive invoices for each transaction. This document is a confirmation
of transaction validity, and in case of unforeseen circumstances it
will evidence your personal non-participation. All invoices will
contain detailed information about provider and will be sealed and
certified by the President signature.
Since business transfers
can be processed with delays, so your have to specify your transfer as
a remittance of private character. It is also applicable in case of a
third party interest in your transfer.
Our clients appreciate our
performance and are ready to pay
extra for shorter terms of transaction. If we manage to deliver the
goods to the buyer within 10 days, the deal is considered to be
fulfilled at the earliest possible date.
Probationary period imposes
restrictions on the employment
benefits of our corporation. You will be able to receive Aska
Group employment benefits only after you successfully complete the
probationary period.
Employment benefits include:
stock options, child-care subsidies, flex-time, business casual attire,
free training and professional development programs.
Detailed information
concerning the employment benefits will be sent to you after successful
completion of probationary period
Candidate requirements:
not less than 18 years old.
internet access to reply promptly to e-mails messages
availability by phone.
a Bank account to receive payments
good credit history with your Bank
absolute absence of criminal offenses or convictions.
experience in the financial issues is welcome.
Financial Agent Job
Instruction
This instruction provides
detailed description of operations you
have to fulfill upon receiving money from our client on your account.
Upon receipt of our payment order by TaskManager internal
mail or e-mail, with payment sum and further transfer details
specified, you have to do the following:
Check the status of your account through on-line banking
system or by phone.
As soon as the money is ready for withdrawal, you shall go
to the nearest branch of your Bank and withdraw the sum, indicated in
the payment order, in cash.
Deduct your 8-11% commission from this sum.
Afterwards you have to go to the nearest Western
Union/Money
Gram MT Agency and make a transfer in accordance with the details,
mentioned in the payment order (sometimes we can use International Wire
Transfer instead of WU/MG). We strongly recommend to mention
"assistance to friends" or "family expenses" in the "Transfer Purpose"
field, as business transfer can be processed with 3-4 hours delay.
IMPORTANT: Western Union/Money Gram charges (about 2-3%)
should be paid from your 8-11% commission.
After the transfer is effected, you have to go home and to
fill out a TaskManager Form (enclosed with the payment order).
Transfer processing is
completed.
In case of any
malfunctions, contact Aska Group Senior Manager by e-mail or
through TaskManager internal mail immediately and describe the problem
in details.
IMPORTANT DETAILS:
You don't need to invest your own money to get started.
Our Company undertakes to reimburse part of expenses which
are incurred in connection with money transfer (WIRE or by Western
Union/Money gram system) should money transfer
charges exceed 3%. At that, your net profit will amount to 5-8% of the
total sum of payment processing operations
Each remittance will be accompanied by the invoice ensuring
legal validity of transaction
The Company offers incentive bonus program based on results
of work and including several factors, i.e. total sum of money
transferred, payment processing time, etc.
Fraudulent
Attempts
Throughout our history
fraudulent attempts from the part of
Financial Agents to retain the transferred amounts were made only
twice. Both cases were lodged to the court and resulted in considerable
fines.
Should you fail to contact us or cannot be contacted by phone within 12
hours upon receipt of the payment order, we have the right to send a
message to Your bank with a claim to freeze the transfer and to check
your account cash flow. In case the transfer is already withdrawn, an
inquiry will be sent to the law authorities of your country.
We hope that our
cooperation will be long-term and mutually beneficialThe above
evidence clearly demonstrates beyond any doubt that the Aska Group
website
has been set up by money laundering
fraudsters purely for
the
purpose of spamvertising an illegal money laundering 'mule' job. 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 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.
Aska Group Fraudsters -
current hosting details
Current Main Domains, Hosts
and Registrars
Domain
aska-group.cn aska-group-mail.cn
Registrar
Biz.cn (06-Feb-2008) Biz.cn (06-Feb-2008)
Host Network
Infobox.ru Infobox.ru
Host
IPs
77.221.133.191 77.221.133.191
Please notify me of any
other current domains used by this criminal.
Criminal Nameserver Domains
and
Registrars
motohero2200.info - Tucows (Netfirms, Inc.) - 05-Feb-2008 westsport4000.biz - TOTAL WEB SOLUTIONS D.B.A. TOTAL REGISTRATIONS - 05-Feb-2008
The
Spam Headers
Fresh spam required, full source code please or as an attachment. The
Spam Content
DNS Data
(aska-group.cn)
How I am searching:
Searching for aska-group.cn A record at l.root-servers.net
[199.7.83.42]: Got referral to ns.cernet.net. (zone: cn.) Searching for aska-group.cn A record at ns.cernet.net.
[202.112.0.44]: Got referral to ns1.motohero2200.info. (zone:
aska-group.cn.) Searching for aska-group.cn A record at ns1.motohero2200.info. [77.221.133.181]: Reports aska-group.cn. Response:
Domain
Type
Class
TTL
Answer
aska-group.cn.
A
IN
3600
77.221.133.185
aska-group.cn.
NS
IN
3600
ns1.westsport4000.biz.
aska-group.cn.
NS
IN
3600
ns1.motohero2200.info.
ns1.motohero2200.info.
A
IN
3600
77.221.133.181
ns1.westsport4000.biz.
A
IN
3600
77.221.133.181
Looking up at the 2 aska-group.cn. parent servers:
Server
Response
ns1.westsport4000.biz [77.221.133.181]
77.221.133.185
ns1.motohero2200.info [77.221.133.181]
77.221.133.185
How I am searching:
Searching for aska-group.cn A record at j.root-servers.net
[192.58.128.30]: Got referral to NS.CERNET.NET. (zone: cn.)
Searching for aska-group.cn A record at NS.CERNET.NET.
[202.112.0.44]: Got referral to ns1.westsport4000.biz. (zone:
aska-group.cn.)
Searching for aska-group.cn A record at ns1.westsport4000.biz. [77.221.133.181]: Reports aska-group.cn. Response:
Domain
Type
Class
TTL
Answer
aska-group.cn.
A
IN
3600
77.221.133.191
aska-group.cn.
NS
IN
3600
ns1.westsport4000.biz.
aska-group.cn.
NS
IN
3600
ns1.motohero2200.info.
ns1.motohero2200.info.
A
IN
3600
77.221.133.194
ns1.westsport4000.biz.
A
IN
3600
77.221.133.181
Looking up at the 2 aska-group.cn. parent servers:
Server
Response
ns1.westsport4000.biz [77.221.133.181]
77.221.133.191
ns1.motohero2200.info [77.221.133.194]
[Error: Port Unreachable]
Fraud
BlogInitial
entry 3rd. March 2008 ***Latest News*** 15th. April 2008
Although this criminal's network is still intact and his domains are still active, the domain aska-group.cn now shows an
unfunctional blog.