bongo-group.com (Bongo Group) scam

bongo-group.com (Bongo Group) Fraud

Don't Bear Internet Fraud

This fraudster should not be confused with any legitimate company of the same or similar name - the website graphics below and the included evidence clearly identify the fake website and these fraudsters and no other company of the same or a similar name.

bongo-group.com (Bongo Group) scam screenshot (01-Mar-2010)

bongo-group.com (Bongo Group) scam is is just the latest of the numerous Russian/Ukrainian scam websites that has been set up to form a front for a re-shipping fraud scam. Its function is to con you into believing that they are a legitimate company when the evidence clearly demonstrates that they are crooks. The above website has been stolen in its entirety from this company and a 'Vacancies' menu option added which contains the fraudster's clear reshipping fraud job. It is a sister fraud to the PARTNERS-Group Inc scam as evidenced by the identical location and contact details, the identical website fraud job and the identical Russian/Ukrainianregistrar (PROVISOV.NET) and Ukrainian host (reserverua1/hosting.ua) & the same IP address 78.109.20.50. In addition to the clearly stolen website content and clear fraud job, their domain bongo-group.com was only registered very recently for the usual 'criminal's domain' minimum period of only one year, their contact and location details are bogus and they are not a registered company.

bongo-group.com (Bongo Group) : Evidence of Criminal Fraud

i) The bongo-group.com (Bongo Group) site content is stolen from here, so is not relevant to the thieves, but their domain bongo-group.com was only registered with Directi Internet Solutions Pvt. Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com (PROVISOV.NET as reseller) on 11-jan-2010 for the usual 'criminal's domain' minimum period of only one year. A clear indication of a fraud domain.

ii) They claim to be located in Cyprus, but a search of the Cyprus Companies registry database shows that there is no company by the name of bongo-group.com or Bongo Group or even just Bongo registered in Cyprus. Check for yourself. Irrefutable evidence of a fake company.

iii) A Google search shows no genuine internet presence at all for this particular "Bongo Group", apart from their own fraud site, of course. Not to be confused with any other company of the same name.

iv) Fake Location Details (copied from their website)

(Bear in mind that these crooks are not a legally registered business entity in Cyprus so their location and contact details are not going to be genuine)

Contact Us

Main Address:
Cyprus
Nicosia
Ayioi Omologites,1087

USA Phone: (917) 720-3684
Facsimile: +1(800)-477-8106

• - The above details are identical to a clearly related fraud alias - PARTNERS-Group Inc
• - A Google Search for the address "Ayioi Omologites, Nicosia, Cyprus 1087" returns zero results for these crooks, just returning one hit for the Almond Business Suites Hotel. (Ayioi Omologites is just an area of Cyprus - this crook's clearly fake address is not enough to locate an entity).
• - A Google Maps business search for the incomplete "Ayioi Omologites, Nicosia, Cyprus" returns no hits for these crooks.
• - A Google search for the above telephone number "(917) 720-3684" returns only the crooks own fake website and other related scam websites, e.g. bongo-group.com and Condor Business. Clear evidence of serial fraud.
• - A Google search for the above Fax. number "+1(800)-477-8106" also returns only the crooks fake website and other related scam websites including the above scam sites and TransBridge-us - further irrefutable evidence of a serial scammer.

All clear evidence of fraud and the usual fake details for this serial fraudster.

v) Here is the obvious reshipping fraud position of "Forwarding Agent" posted on their website: (This fraud job is identical to the PARTNERS-Group Inc fraud job)

AVAILABLE
Location: USA (This vacancy is valid for US residents ONLY)
Status: Open
Employee Type: Part-Time Employee
Number of employees required: 7

VACANCY: At the present moment in our company the position of Forwarding Agent is open.

WORKING PROCESS

You'll have to receive the packages to your address and then ship them out to abroad via US postal services. We'll make labels for you due to which you'll have to pay nothing for the package shipment. Nothing illegal will be into the packages, you'll be able to make sure in it by yourself; we give you full authority to open each coming package to get familiar with its content. There may be some ATV parts into the package, for example winch or something like that. We'll let you know by phone beforehand when the package is going to be delivered to your address.

PAYMENT

There will be minimum 5-10 packages a week, for each shipped package you will get 50-70 USD. I.e. for the first month your salary will form about 3000 USD. If you pass a probation period then since next month you will have a regular salary at the rate of 5000 USD and may be moved the other positions. You'll get paid by Western Union or direct deposit to your bank account. We'll pay you for every 10 packages shipped.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

- The address for receiving the packages (your home or office address will suit it enough)
- Vehicle
- Availability by phone
- Responsibility
- Copy of your driving license or ID
- Document that would confirm your address (payment or public utilities bill)

OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS

The responsibilities of a Local Forwarding Agent include: receiving shipments; documenting items received; preparing and shipping items; maintaining shipping materials.

Shipments will be made to your home address by mail-order companies. A single package usually contains one product and an invoice. You will need to provide us details of received products, re-pack them, print prepaid shipping labels, attach them to packages, and drop packages at the nearest post office.

You will need access to the following equipment and software:

- Computer with an Internet access.
- Laser or quality inkjet printer (600 DPI or higher).
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 or higher (available for many operating systems: www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html).

Receiving Shipments

Goods will be shipped to you via UPS, FedEx, USPS, and Airborne Express. Almost all packages will be delivered to your door by a courier but, occasionally, some packages may need to be picked up at the post office.

All the packages will be coming under the names of our managers.

When you receive a package you should open it, keep the product(s), and discard everything else (invoices, payment slips, catalogs, etc.).

Preparing Packages

Use the original packaging to reship the products.

Remove or use a marker to fill out old shipping labels from the package, and repack the package.

Email us package dimensions, contents and the weight.

The Package Number should be unique, and is used to name the prepaid shipping label for this package. Write this number somewhere on the package to attach the correct label to it later.

We will email you a prepaid shipping label that you will need to print from Adobe Acrobat Reader, and attach to the package.

To print shipping labels you need to open them in Adobe Acrobat Reader (version 5.0 or higher), select File/Print. The Print dialog will appear. Select your printer from the list, and click on Properties. Choose the best printing quality setting (refer to your printer documentation for details). Then insert Letter size paper in your printer, and click Ok to begin printing.

Follow the instructions on the shipping label to attach it to the package.

Shipping Packages

To ship packages via USPS Express (EMS) you need to take them to the nearest USPS Post Office or schedule a pick up online.

To ship packages via UPS you may call 1-800-PICK-UPS (1-800-742-5877) to schedule a UPS pick up. Or you can find UPS drop off locations at www.ups.com.

To ship packages via DHL Express you need to take them to the nearest DHL Post Office or schedule a pick up online. www.dhl.com

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR SHIPPING. EVERYTHING IS PAID AND INCLUDED IN THE LABEL.

EMAIL US WHEN YOU SHIP PACKAGES.

If you are interested in our job offer, please contact us by the following email address job@bongo-group.com and we'll give you further instructions.

Suffice to say, it is a part-time, work from home job accepting parcels to your private address and forwarding them on to these crooks, usually in the Ukraine. It is a crystal clear example of the well recognised function of "re-shipping fraud". There is no genuine requirement for such a service and what the unfortunate 'dupe' may not realise is that the goods he has reshipped have been purchased by fraud, e.g. stolen credit card details or auction fraud and he will be the only traceable link in the chain. This fraud is well documented by many authoritative agencies, e.g. the United States Postal Service detail it here in a press release dating back to February 2005.

It amounts to handling stolen goods and such criminal activity will get you a visit from the police and possibly a criminal record - don't be tempted. Such a job is clear evidence of fraud - no legitimate company is going to entrust the job of 'Forwarding Agent' to any John/Jane Doe recruited at random from the general public. The packages will contain the goods obtained by credit card fraud.

The above evidence clearly demonstrates beyond any doubt that the bongo-group.com (Bongo Group) website has been set up by money laundering criminal 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.

bongo-group.com (Bongo Group) Fraudsters - hosting details at page publishing date - check for changes

Main Domains, Hosts and Registrars

Domain

bongo-group.com

Registrar

Directi Internet Solutions Pvt. Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com (PROVISOV.NET as reseller) - 11-jan-2010

Host Network

reserverua1 (reserverua1 - Sergey Tegniryadno/hosting.ua)

Host IP

78.109.20.50

Active
Suspended or Inactive
Parked

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

Domain Whois Data [N.B. - These are criminal registered domains - the whois details are either fake or stolen - redacted where necessary]

Registrar:     DIRECTI INTERNET SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD. D/B/A PUBLICDOMAINREGISTRY.COM
Status:        clientTransferProhibited
Dates:         Created 11-jan-2010   Updated 11-jan-2010 Expires 11-jan-2011
DNS Servers:   NS1.BUYVPS.RU NS2.BUYVPS.RU

Registration Service Provided By: PROVISOV.NET
Contact: +380.689284824

Domain Name: BONGO-GROUP.COM

Registrant:
    N/A
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    Las Vegas
    Nevada,15661
    US
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Creation Date: 11-Jan-2010
Expiration Date: 11-Jan-2011

Domain servers in listed order:
    ns2.buyvps.ru
    ns1.buyvps.ru

Administrative Contact:
    N/A
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    Las Vegas
    Nevada,15661
    US
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Technical Contact:
    N/A
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    Las Vegas
    Nevada,15661
    US
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Billing Contact:
    N/A
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    Las Vegas
    Nevada,15661
    US
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Status:ACTIVE

DNS Lookup: bongo-group.com A record
Searching for bongo-group.com A record at d.root-servers.net [128.8.10.90]: Got referral to B.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. (zone: com.)
Searching for bongo-group.com A record at B.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. [192.33.14.30]: Got referral to ns1.buyvps.ru. (zone: bongo-group.com.)
Searching for bongo-group.com A record at ns1.buyvps.ru. [78.109.20.50]: Reports bongo-group.com.
Response:

Domain	Type	Class	TTL	Answer
bongo-group.com.	A	IN	14400	78.109.20.50
bongo-group.com.	NS	IN	86400	ns1.buyvps.ru.
bongo-group.com.	NS	IN	86400	ns2.buyvps.ru.
ns1.buyvps.ru.	A	IN	14400	78.109.20.50
ns2.buyvps.ru.	A	IN	14400	213.155.1.146

Looking up at the 2 bongo-group.com. parent servers:

Server	Response
ns2.buyvps.ru [213.155.1.146]	78.109.20.50
ns1.buyvps.ru [78.109.20.50]	78.109.20.50

The website host is listed as reserverua1 (reserverua1 - Sergey Tegniryadno/hosting.ua) on IP address 78.109.20.50

***Latest News*** - Initial entry 1st. March 2010

***Latest News*** 14th. March 2010
News from Simon Bear - The domain bongo-group.com has been deleted - please notify me of any active domains for this criminal.