AutoCourier-Service Shipping Company scam

AutoCourier-Service Shipping Company Fraud

Don't Bear Internet Fraud

This fraudster should not be confused with any legitimate company of the same or similar name - the following stolen website graphics and the fraud evidence below clearly identify the fake website and these fraudsters alone.

AutoCourier-Service Shipping Company scam screenshot (13-Dec-2009)

AutoCourier-Service Shipping Company scam is just the latest alias in a long line. This is a fake transport/escrow company that is the partner to the Eastern European fake machinery sellers/buyers such as the Kell Quip Ltd. fraudster and UK LEADING AUTO MOTO GARAGE, farm-equipments.net Ltd (Farmers Garage), discountfarm.net Ltd., Central-Garages-Ltd, HPS Motorcycles Ltd., Machinery Garage Ltd, Tractors Agiaffairs Ltd, Second Hand Sale Ltd, Tractors Sale Ltd and PJ Equipments. They have previous identical aliases of Auto Cargo Co (Global Lines Co), TransitSystem-Express and Global AutoShippers. This is clearly a serial fraudster. Their domain autocourier-service.com was only recently registered for the usual 'criminal's domain' minimum period of only one year, their location and contact details are fake, their site content is stolen and they are not a genuine registered company in the UK. This fraud seems to be of Eastern-European origin and is covered in depth here. They are registered with and hosted by the same host (Surftown Domains) as used for the criminals other aliases, clearly confirming the link between them.

AutoCourier-Service Shipping Company : Evidence of Criminal Fraud

i) Despite their claim "Our service is the best in the World" & their above page footer of "2006-2009", their domain autocourier-service.com was only registered with ENOM, INC. (Surftown Domains) on 23-nov-2009 for the usual 'criminal's domain' minimum period of only one year. A clear indication of a fraudulent registration and misrepresentation, they are also using the same host, IP address range and registrar as the Romanian 'fake machinery' sellers listed above. They are clearly the same crooks.

ii) Stolen site content - their website content has been mainly stolen from the genuine Auto Shippers Express, e.g. their Services page is stolen from here and the crooks FAQ is lifted straight from the genuine FAQ.

iii) A Google search shows absolutely no internet presence at all for "AutoCourier-Service Shipping Company", apart from their own fake website, of course.

iv) A check of the UK Companies House registry shows that the AutoCourier-Service Shipping Company is not a registered UK company - clear evidence of a fake company.

v) Fake Location Details (from their website)

N.B. - as these fakers are definitely not a legal UK registered company, it follows that the following contact/location details are going to be fake:

Corporate / Head Office:

Email: support
support@autocourier-service.com

(1) City: London,
United Kingdom, NW8 9SL
Address: 23 Wellington Road
Tel: +44(0)8432899015
Fax: +44(0)8702860070

• - These are exactly the same fake details as for their previous Global AutoShippers scam - clear evidence of a serial fraudster.
• - A Google search for the address "23 Wellington Road, London, NW8 9SL" shows no sign of these criminals at that address.
• - A Google Maps search for the address "23 Wellington Road, London, NW8 9SL" shows no sign of these criminals at that address - the Google street view shows it to be the location of the "Warmseas Shipping and Trading Co.". It is clearly not these crooks "Corporate / Head Office"
• - A Google search for the telephone number "+44(0)8432899015" returns no hits for these criminals, (ignoring the criminals fraud sites, of course).
• - A Google search for the Fax. number "+44(0)8702860070" returns no hits for these criminals, (ignoring the criminals fraud sites, of course).
• - There is no company by the name of "AutoCourier-Service Shipping Company" listed in the UK telephone directory.
All clear evidence of fake details.

The above evidence clearly demonstrates beyond any doubt that the AutoCourier-Service Shipping Company website has been set up by serial fraudsters for the purpose of criminal deception. 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.

AutoCourier-Service Shipping Company Fraudsters - current hosting details

Main Domains, Hosts and Registrars

Domain

autocourier-service.com

Registrar

ENOM, INC. (Surftown Domains) (23-nov-2009)

Host Network

SURFTOWNDK

Host IP

212.97.132.147

Key:
Active
Suspended/Disabled/Inactive
Parked

Please notify me of any other current domains used by this criminal.

Domain Whois Data :

Domain name: autocourier-service.com

Registrar:     ENOM, INC.
Status:        ok
Dates:         Created 23-nov-2009   Updated 23-nov-2009 Expires 23-nov-2010
DNS Servers:   NS1.SURF-TOWN.NET NS2.SURF-TOWN.NET NS3.SURF-TOWN.NET

Registration Service Provided By: Surftown Domains
Contact: dns@surf-town.net
Visit: http://www.support.surftown.com/

Registrant Contact:

   JULIE SCHMALZBAUER ()

******                            ***Redacted - False Details (Stolen ID)***
******
******
   US

Administrative Contact:

   JULIE SCHMALZBAUER (******@gmail.com)
   ******
   Fax:                               ***Redacted - False Details (Stolen ID)***
   ******
   ******
   US

Technical Contact:
   Surftown Domains
   Surftown Domain (dns@surf-town.net)
   +45.70702474
   Fax:
   Lauptrupsgade 9, 1
   Copenhagen OE, 2100
   DK

Status: Active

Name Servers:
   ns1.surf-town.net
   ns2.surf-town.net
   ns3.surf-town.net

Creation date: 23 Nov 2009 14:25:10
Expiration date: 23 Nov 2010 14:25:10

DNS Lookup: autocourier-service.com A record
Searching for autocourier-service.com A record at l.root-servers.net [199.7.83.42]: Got referral to l.gtld-servers.net. (zone: com.)
Searching for autocourier-service.com A record at l.gtld-servers.net. [192.41.162.30]: Got referral to ns1.surf-town.net. (zone: autocourier-service.com.)
Searching for autocourier-service.com A record at ns1.surf-town.net. [212.97.132.11]: Reports autocourier-service.com.
Response:

Domain	Type	Class	TTL	Answer
autocourier-service.com.	A	IN	86400	212.97.132.147
autocourier-service.com.	NS	IN	86400	ns1.surf-town.net.
autocourier-service.com.	NS	IN	86400	ns2.surf-town.net.
autocourier-service.com.	NS	IN	86400	ns3.surf-town.net.
ns1.surf-town.net.	A	IN	86400	212.97.132.11
ns2.surf-town.net.	A	IN	86400	212.97.132.12
ns3.surf-town.net.	A	IN	86400	212.97.129.67

Looking up at the 3 autocourier-service.com. parent servers:

Server	Response
ns2.surf-town.net [212.97.132.12]	212.97.132.147
ns3.surf-town.net [212.97.129.67]	212.97.132.147
ns1.surf-town.net [212.97.132.11]	212.97.132.147

The host for the criminal's domain autocourier-service.com is SURFTOWNDK on IP addresses 212.97.132.147. This is the same host and IP range as used for the TransitSystem-Express, Tractors Agiaffairs Ltd and the Second Hand Sale Ltd fraudsters and all of the listed others, including this crooks previous aliases, clearly linking them all together.

***Latest News*** Initial entry 13th. December 2009.