Cargo Partner scam

Cargo Partner Fraud

Don't Bear Internet Fraud

Cargo Partner screenshot - 04-Feb-2009

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.

Cargo Partner is a standard money laundering mule fraud job spamvertising website which exists solely to lend an air of legitimacy to the inevitable 'money mule' job that exists on the 'Vacancies' page. It is a clear illegal job that consists of accepting stolen/fake funds into your bank account and transferring a balance to these criminals overseas via Western Union or Moneygram. The criminals have no web presence and their domain was only registered in the last few weeks despite their above claim "CARGO PARTNER Inc., founded in 1998, is an international multifunctional company with more than 30 branches worldwide".

Evidence of Criminal Fraud:

i) The criminals claim on their screenshot above to have been founded in 1998, but their website domain cargopartnerinc.com was only registered with Melbourne IT (Yahoo as reseller) on 13-Jan-2009 - a clear indication of fraud and misrepresentation.

ii) A Google search for "Cargo Partner" shows no web presence whatsoever for this particular company apart from their own fake website, (not to be confused with other companies of the same name), which gives the lie to their above clearly bogus statement: "CARGO PARTNER Inc., founded in 1998, is an international multifunctional company with more than 30 branches worldwide, including Eastern and Western Europe, Asia, Southern Africa, as well as North and South America". Clear evidence of fraud

iii) Fake website Contact Details:

Corporate Headquarters:
CARGO PARTNER Inc.
149 Plekhanivska St.
Kharkiv 61037, Ukraine
tel.: +38 (057) 740-97-66
+38 (057) 740-97-67

• - According to Google, the address 149 Plekhanivska St. is an administrative address for the Ukrainian electricity utility company KHARKIVOBLENERHO JSC and not these crooks - there is no evidence that they are at this address - clear evidence of a fake address.
• - They've formatted the telephone numbers incorrectly - the international dialling code for the Ukraine is +380 and the city code for Kharkiv is 57. There is no independent Google evidence that either number belongs to these crooks.

iv) The bogus job from the website:

Vacancies

No special education, exceptional skills or particular knowledge is necessary for this position!!!

CARGO PARTNER Inc. Job Requirements:

1. US citizenship.
2. Basic Internet knowledge and access to PC with INTERNET connection and e-mail access.
3. Possibility to visit Personal Bank any day (except holidays) of the week, if needed.
4. Adults only: you must be over 18 year old.
5. Five ten hours per week for communication.

CARGO PARTNER Inc. General Job Description:

The JOB we offer is INTERNET and E-MAIL based only. It's an easy JOB which doesn't require that you leave your present occupation.

Manager's Assistant position requirements:

- Receiving and cashing the money source from CARGO PARTNER Inc. Clients (Bank account transfers); and,
- Transferring the funds to Company’s representative once funds have been received.

CARGO PARTNER Inc. EMPLOYEES FOLLOW THESE SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Receive correspondence from CARGO PARTNER Inc.;
2. Report each step to our manager (you will be included on the manager's list);
3. Fill forms & papers as demonstrated by the manager's instructions (you will receive an e-mail instructions for each money source's transfer);
4. Receive and cash Bank account transfers from CARGO PARTNER Inc. and Clients;
5. Transfer monies to CARGO PARTNER Inc.;
6. Check your e-mail 3-4 times per day (every hour is welcome).

The Manager's Assistant position is a highly paid job. We don't economize on the salary – employees are the main capital of our company.CARGO PARTNER Inc. Manager's Assistants are paid $US 36,000.00 a year. Salary/wage will be paid according to the Manager's Assistant’s choice of the following:
- Bank account transfer;
- Check.

After two months’ employment, Manager's Assistants will receive the usual monthly wage increases, depending on performance. In addition, CARGO PARTNER Inc. Financial Group may reward Manager's Assistants for extraordinary efforts with a bonus payment that is based on 5% of the net revenues to CARGO PARTNER Inc. as a result of the Manager's Assistant’s efforts.
Your first working month in CARGO PARTNER Inc. team should show us your skills and experiences as a Manager’s Assistant. Your first salary including bonuses will be counted on the 28th day when your first transfer to CARGO PARTNER Inc. has been made.

The Employee's Contract must be signed by CARGO PARTNER Inc. and the Manager’s Assistant, and will be valid three months. When it has expired, the Employee's Contract will be re-signed and valid for the next three months if both sides agree to continue cooperating. One week is required to sign.

You don't get a much clearer description of the well recognised function of "Money Laundering Mule" which consists of accepting fake cheques into your bank account and transferring a balance back to these criminals via Western Union or Moneygram. It will get your account and your assets frozen and earn you a criminal record - don't be tempted.

The above evidence clearly demonstrates that the Cargo Partner 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 usually 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

cargopartnerinc.com
cargopartner-inc.info

Registrar

Melbourne IT (Yahoo as reseller) on 13-Jan-2009
Network Solutions (29-Jul-2008)

Active
Suspended/Disabled

DNS Data: (cargopartnerinc.com)
How I am searching:

Searching for cargopartnerinc.com A record at g.root-servers.net [192.112.36.4]: Got referral to H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. (zone: com.)
Searching for cargopartnerinc.com A record at H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. [192.54.112.30]: Got referral to yns1.yahoo.com. (zone: cargopartnerinc.com.)
Searching for cargopartnerinc.com A record at yns1.yahoo.com. [98.136.43.32]: Reports cargopartnerinc.com. Response:

Domain	Type	Class	TTL	Answer
cargopartnerinc.com.	A	IN	1200	68.180.151.74
cargopartnerinc.com.	NS	IN	86400	ns9.san.yahoo.com.
cargopartnerinc.com.	NS	IN	86400	yns2.yahoo.com.
cargopartnerinc.com.	NS	IN	86400	yns1.yahoo.com.
cargopartnerinc.com.	NS	IN	86400	ns8.san.yahoo.com.

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

Server	Response
yns2.yahoo.com [66.196.84.168]	68.180.151.74
yns1.yahoo.com [98.136.43.32]	68.180.151.74

Yet another Yahoo hosted criminal on IP address 68.180.151.74

***Latest News*** Webpage created 04-Feb-2009

***Latest News*** 11th. March 2009
News from Simon Bear - Yahoo have disabled the domain cargopartnerinc.com. Please notify me of any active domains for this criminal.

***Latest News*** 31st May 2009

News from Simon Bear - new domain cargopartner-inc.info hosted on the following network:

How I am searching:

Searching for cargopartner-inc.info A record at b.root-servers.net [192.228.79.201]: Got referral to B0.INFO.AFILIAS-NST.ORG. (zone: info.)
Searching for cargopartner-inc.info A record at B0.INFO.AFILIAS-NST.ORG. [199.254.48.1]: Got referral to ns95.worldnic.com. (zone: cargopartner-inc.info.)
Searching for cargopartner-inc.info A record at ns95.worldnic.com. [205.178.190.48]: Reports cargopartner-inc.info. Response:

Domain	Type	Class	TTL	Answer
cargopartner-inc.info.	A	IN	7200	205.178.145.65

Looking up at the 2 cargopartner-inc.info. parent servers:

Server	Response
ns96.worldnic.com [205.178.144.48]	205.178.145.65
ns95.worldnic.com [205.178.190.48]	205.178.145.65

The host for this criminal fraudster's website is InQuent Technologies Inc./Network Solutions Inc. on IP address 205.178.145.65

The criminal's domain cargopartner-inc.info has been disabled - please notify me of any active domains for this criminal.