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Central-Garages-Ltd  (Central Transglobal-Garage) scam screenshot (15-Aug-2009)
Central-Garages-Ltd scam screenshot (15-Aug-2009)
This fraudster should not be confused with any legitimate company of the same or similar name - the above website graphics clearly identify the fake website and these fraudsters alone.

Central-Garages-Ltd scam. This is a straight criminal fraud operation where criminals have made up a fake company and have produced the above fake website with the apparent purpose of 'selling' non-existent machinery or 'helping' you to sell your machinery. At the end of the day the sole intention of these crooks is to part you from a large amount of money. The apparent modus operandi of this criminal is the same as the Kell Quip Ltd. fraudster. They have other aliases of UK LEADING AUTO MOTO GARAGE, farm-equipments.net Ltd (Farmers Garage), discountfarm.net Ltd. and HPS Motorcycles Ltd. involved in similar criminal fraud activity and Auto Cargo Co (Global Lines Co), a fake transport company that these criminals often use as a fake 'trusted' third party. Needless to say, their domain tractors-central-garage.com was only recently registered for the usual 'criminal's domain' minimum period of only one year, their location and contact details are fake and they are not a genuine registered company in the UK. They also seem a little confused about what they are called, either Central-Garages-Ltd or Central Transglobal-Garage - they're both equally bogus. This fraud seems to be of Eastern-European origin and is covered in depth here. (Thanks to Frank Bear for info.). There is a genuine company with a similar name at their chosen location, but nothing to do with these crooks and they have a disclaimer to that effect.

Central-Garages-Ltd : Evidence of Criminal Fraud

i) The criminal's domain tractors-central-garage.com was only registered with ENOM, INC. (Surftown Domains) on 19-Jun-2009 for the usual 'criminal's domain' minimum period of only one year. A clear indication of a fraudulent registration

ii) A Google search shows absolutely no internet presence at all for this particular Central-Garages-Ltd, apart from their own fake website, of course, (ignoring the large 'fog factor introduced by the deliberate use of a 'generic' name).

iii) A check of the UK Companies House registry shows that this particular company is not a registered UK company, (the only entry with that generic name is a non-trading company in Norfolk) - clear evidence of fraud.

iv) These fake staff from their 'About Us' page are common to other aliases as listed above:
Stephen Morrison - Stephen is at the origin of the concept of Machinery Garage Ltd. . He is the founder of Machinery Garage Ltd. .

Richard Coleman - Richard is the manager of www.machinerygarage.com Is co-founder of Machinery Garage Ltd. .

Timothy Roberts - Timothy worked for the DRIRE Ile-de-France and later for the Bank of France. A former student of the Ecole Polytechnique and a member of the Corps des Mines, Timothy is co-founder of Machinery Garage Ltd. .

Jerry Moore - Jerry was the commercial director in France. Co-founder of the company, we are benefiting from its know-how and its negotiating skills.

Sandra Johnson - Before joining Machinery Garage Ltd. , Sandra took care of forecasts at the European level of Claas. During her studies at the School of Foreign Trade, she worked for John Deere export marketing. Sandra is responsable for the editorial content and partnerships.
iv) Stolen Location Details (from their website)

Central-Garages-Ltd
Holmbush Farm
Crawley Road, Faygate
West Sussex, RH12 4SE
United Kingdom     

Phone / Fax: 206-202-3728 

v) The contact details are the contact details of a genuine company at the genuine Holmbush Farm  - the crooks have simply stolen them.
vi) The telephone number "206-202-3728" is clearly not a genuine UK number and returns the message "The number you have dialled has not been recognised" - it also Googles as the number for other clear fraud sites such as Auto Cargo Co (Global Lines Co) and UK Leading Auto Moto Garage which are clearly related scams.
The above evidence clearly demonstrates beyond any doubt that the Central-Garages-Ltd website has been set up by 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.

Central-Garages-Ltd Fraudsters - current hosting details

Main Domains, Hosts and  Registrars
Domain

tractors-central-garage.com
tractors-farm-ltd.com
tractors-farm-ltd.net

 Registrar

ENOM, INC. ( Surftown Domains) (19-Jun-2009)
ENOM, INC. ( Surftown Domains) (16-Jun-2009)
ENOM, INC. ( Surftown Domains) (24-Jul-2009)
 Host Network

SURFTOWNDK(surf-town.net)
SURFTOWNDK(surf-town.net)
SURFTOWNDK(surf-town.net)
 Host IP

212.97.132.144
212.97.132.145
 212.97.132.145
Key:
Active
Suspended/Disabled/Inactive
Parked

The crooks have also registered the following domains and parked them up ready for service:

central-garage-transglobal-ltd.com
centralgarage-ltd.com
centrals-garage-ltd.com
central-garages.com
centralgarage-ltd.com
garagecentral-ltd.net
tractors-central-garages.net
tractors-farm-europe.com
tractors-farm-ltd.net
Please notify me of any other current domains used by this criminal.

DNS Lookup: tractors-central-garage.com A record
Searching for tractors-central-garage.com A record at i.root-servers.net [192.36.148.17]: Got referral to A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. (zone: com.)
Searching for tractors-central-garage.com A record at A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. [192.5.6.30]: Got referral to ns2.surf-town.net. (zone: tractors-central-garage.com.)
Searching for tractors-central-garage.com A record at ns2.surf-town.net. [212.97.132.12]: Reports tractors-central-garage.com.
Response:
Domain Type Class TTL Answer
tractors-central-garage.com. A IN 86400 212.97.132.144
tractors-central-garage.com. NS IN 86400 ns1.surf-town.net.
tractors-central-garage.com. NS IN 86400 ns2.surf-town.net.
tractors-central-garage.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 tractors-central-garage.com. parent servers:

Server Response
ns3.surf-town.net [212.97.129.67] 212.97.132.144
ns2.surf-town.net [212.97.132.12] 212.97.132.144
ns1.surf-town.net [212.97.132.11] 212.97.132.144

The host for the criminal's domain tractors-central-garage.com is SURFTOWNDK(surf-town.net) on IP address  212.97.132.144. 
DNS Lookup: tractors-farm-ltd.com A record (Also valid for tractors-farm-ltd.net)
Searching for tractors-farm-ltd.com A record at b.root-servers.net [192.228.79.201]: Got referral to I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. (zone: com.)
Searching for tractors-farm-ltd.com A record at I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. [192.43.172.30]: Timed out. Trying again
Searching for tractors-farm-ltd.com A record at E.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. [192.12.94.30]: Got referral to ns1.surf-town.net. (zone: tractors-farm-ltd.com.)
Searching for tractors-farm-ltd.com A record at ns1.surf-town.net. [212.97.132.11]: Reports tractors-farm-ltd.com.
Response:
Domain Type Class TTL Answer
tractors-farm-ltd.com. A IN 86400 212.97.132.145
tractors-farm-ltd.com. NS IN 86400 ns1.surf-town.net.
tractors-farm-ltd.com. NS IN 86400 ns2.surf-town.net.
tractors-farm-ltd.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 tractors-farm-ltd.com. parent servers:

Server Response
ns3.surf-town.net [212.97.129.67] 212.97.132.145
ns2.surf-town.net [212.97.132.12] 212.97.132.145
ns1.surf-town.net [212.97.132.11] 212.97.132.145

The host for the criminal's domain tractors-farm-ltd.com is SURFTOWNDK(surf-town.net) on IP address  212.97.132.145. 
***Latest News*** Initial entry 15th. August 2009.
***Latest News*** 22nd. August 2009.
News from Simon Bear - the domain tractors-central-garage.com has been suspended.
***Latest News*** 7th. October 2009.
The domains tractors-farm-ltd.com and tractors-farm-ltd.net have been suspended - please notify me of any active domains for this criminal. The criminal has a new identical fraud on the go: Tractors Agiaffairs Ltd.