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Crampton Investments Electronic Company is just another run-of-the mill fake Russian financial site that exists solely to ensnare the unwary, whether it is to 'phish' for bank details or mainly to recruit money mules. The website contains a clear money mule solicitation and clear evidence that this website was set up very recently, (the website domain cramptoninvestment.com was registered on April 22nd. 2008), purely for the purposes of solicitation for money laundering purposes. Textual similarities link this fraudster to the King Finance fraud and others.
This fraud should not be confused with any other company of the same or similar name - the above website screenshot and the following fraud evidence refer to this company alone and no other.
Evidence of Criminal Fraud:

i) According to the Crampton Investments Electronic Company website home page above: "Founded in 2002, CRAMPTON INVESTMENTS Electronic Company is a group of internet commerce companies united in one corporation" However, the criminal's domain cramptoninvestment.com was only registered with ANO REGIONAL NETWORK INFORMATION CENTER DBA RU on 22-Apr-2008. Clear evidence of fraudulent misrepresentation

ii) The company makes the following ludicrous claims above: "More than 5000 payment processing managers work for us today only in the USA, more than 2200 - in United Kingdom and  New Zealand. Total money turnover carried out through CRAMPTON INVESTMENTS Electronic Company exceeded $100,000,000 last year." However, a Google search for "Crampton Investments Electronic Company" shows no internet presence whatsoever. Clear evidence that their claims are bogus.

iii) The website carries the following clear money mule criminal solicitation under the 'Employment' tab:
EMPLOYMENT

Take advantages of payment processing management!

Your task as a payment processing manager will consist in transferring payments from one of our clients to another. Due to the fact that our company works in securities market, we constantly buy and sell payments, so you will work with this money. Your profit depends on how fast money circulates in the world transaction . You have nothing to loose while doing this one-click job. Upon your registration we transfer you a sum of money that enters on your bank account. After receiving the money you have to notify us via email. The faster you send the money further, the higher number of transfers to process you get. If you work successfully, your status in our transfer rises from 'beginner PPM' to 'advanced PPM' level and higher(you will receive more than 5-7 transfers per week).

Example: You receive a transfer of $5000. Your commission will be 8% of $5000 make $400. So you need to send us $5000 - $400 = $4600. You will receive our detailed instructions for every payment(how to send , where to send etc.) AI Customer levels:

* BPPM - Beginner (8%) If you are a new user you immediately receive an advance sum of money on your account. Beginner Customer receives 8% of a sum of transfer. Number of transfers per week - 2-4

* IPPM - Intermediate (9%) You can reach the level after 10 money transfers. Number of transfers per week - 4-5

* APPM - Advanced (10%) You receive the status after upon reaching a sum of total transfers exceeding $30,000. Number of transfers per week - 5 and more per week All you need for the job of payment processing manager is having one or several bank accounts, computer and a little of spare time. Since our business is permanently growing, we constantly need new reliable PP managers. The method of collaborating with distant online transfer staff has proved to be profitable both for our company and the workers. We invite you to join our team and try this new, safe and easy way to make money. Get the well paid job with constant increasing interest rate!

Crampton Investments Electronic Company is greeting you. Our company is being extended and we need new partners. We are very interested in new workers, and we are always glad to take responsible people on this work. To get a job in our company, you should go through a registration. After your registration our managers prefer your information and during 24 hours you will get a message on your e-mail and you should confirm your registration. If you do not confirm your registration, you will not be taken on the work!!!!! After that, when you confirm your registration, your personal manager for work with partners will connect with you. We wish you to make a good career in our company. Crampton Investments Electronic Company.  
iv) That is a crystal clear illegal money mule function and on its own defines the company without doubt as criminal and bogus

v) No legitimate company is going to advertise for this sort of illegal part time, 'work from home' money transfer position among the untrained, inexperienced and uncertified general population overseas.

vi) They have no physical location details or even telephone details on their 'Contact Us' page - the only means of communicating with them is via a webform, however in their FAQs they have these contact details:

Royal Finance Group 104 6th Street Lynden, WA 98264 United States We are registered with S.W.I.F.T Registration number: 4198NP00ND License number(FSO - Financial Services Operator): 253400033802

• - Call me picky, but "Royal Finance Group" is not "CRAMPTON INVESTMENTS Electronic Company".
• - Googling for "Royal Finance Group 104 6th Street Lynden" returns no results - that address is simply a street address with no suite number mentioned which houses several companies, but not these crooks. Check for yourself.
• - The so-called Swift registration number 4198NP00ND is not in the correct BIC format according to the Swift website. It is a fake number. Check for yourself.
• - I'm not sure what the "FSO - Financial Services Operator: 253400033802" registration is supposed to be but Googling for "FSO - Financial Services Operator" returns zero results apart from this crooks website. He's probably confusing it with FSA, although he's not registered with them, either.

vii) A websearch of the Washington State Company Register shows that the company "CRAMPTON INVESTMENTS Electronic Company" or even "CRAMPTON INVESTMENTS" is not registered in the state of WA - clear & irrefutable evidence of a fake company. Check for yourself.
 
The above evidence clearly demonstrates beyond any doubt that the Crampton Investments Electronic Company website has been set up very recently by money laundering criminals 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 activity - 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.
 
Known Website Domains

cramptoninvestment.com
cramptoninvestments.com
cramptoninvestments.biz
cramptoninvestment.biz
cramptonvsp.com

 Registrar

ANO REGIONAL NETWORK INFORMATION CENTER DBA RU (22-Apr-2008).
Estdomains (BEST-HOSTER.RU) (16-Jun-2008)
DOMAINCONTEXT, INC. (04-Oct-2008)
ANO REGIONAL NETWORK INFORMATION CENTER DBA RU-CENTER (18-Oct-2008)
BIZCN.COM, INC. (21-jan-2010)
Key:

Active
Suspended/Disabled
Parked
Domain Whois Data (These are criminal fraud domains and the whois details are either fake or stolen - personal details redacted)
Domain name: cramptonvsp.com
Registrar:     BIZCN.COM, INC.
Status:        clientDeleteProhibited
Dates:         Created 21-jan-2010   Updated 21-jan-2010  Expires 21-jan-2011
DNS Servers:   NS1.FREEDNS.WS  NS2.FREEDNS.WS

Registrant Contact:
   HardSoft, inc
*******************
   7569468 fax: 7569468
*******************
   Virginia NA 3947
   us

Administrative Contact:
*******************
   7569468 fax: 7569468
*******************
   Virginia NA 3947
   us

Technical Contact:
   Hilary Kneber hilarykneber@yahoo.com
   7569468 fax: 7569468
   29/2 Sun street. Montey 29
   Virginia NA 3947
   us

Billing Contact:
   *******************
   7569468 fax: 7569468
*******************
   Virginia NA 3947
   us

DNS:
ns1.freedns.ws
ns2.freedns.ws

Created: 2010-01-21
Expires: 2011-01-21
Network Data

(Valid for domain cramptoninvestment.com)

 How I am searching:

Searching for cramptoninvestment.com A record at d.root-servers.net [128.8.10.90]: Got referral to F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. (zone: com.)
Searching for cramptoninvestment.com A record at F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. [192.35.51.30]: Got referral to ns3.nic.ru. (zone: cramptoninvestment.com.)
Searching for cramptoninvestment.com A record at ns3.nic.ru. [194.85.61.20]: Reports cramptoninvestment.com. Response:
Domain Type Class TTL Answer
cramptoninvestment.com. A IN 86400 194.85.89.2
cramptoninvestment.com. NS IN 86400 ns3.nic.ru.
cramptoninvestment.com. NS IN 86400 ns4.nic.ru.
cramptoninvestment.com. NS IN 86400 ns8.nic.ru.
ns3.nic.ru. A IN 80405 194.85.61.20
ns4.nic.ru. A IN 80405 194.226.96.8
ns8.nic.ru. A IN 80405 193.232.130.14

Looking up at the 3 cramptoninvestment.com. parent servers:

Server Response
ns8.nic.ru [193.232.130.14]  194.85.89.2
ns4.nic.ru [194.226.96.8]  194.85.89.2
ns3.nic.ru [194.85.61.20]  194.85.89.2

The criminal's host is listed as RU-NIC-HOSTING - 194.85.89.2
Spam1:
Greetings!
You have financial problems? You work much  but earn not enough? Or You are
unemployed? Don't waste time, write to our support service and we will in
detail tell You about our proposal. We look for active, purposeful people
and people, whose aim is material well-being. Your income will completely
depends only on You and usually it makes up from 500$ to 5000$ a week. You
will have a time for private life. And at the same time You will earn much
more, than You have ever earned!

For more detailed information visit our site:
http://cramptoninvestment.biz

If you want to become our partner, registration on the site:
http://cramptoninvestment.biz/site.php?module=register/newuser

Best regards,
CRAMPTON INVESTMENTS Electronic Company
Spam2:
Dear Applicant,

Upon reviewing a resume, I would like to offer you a job position inyour area according with your skills and experience level.

Our system found you as a potential candidate for the following job vacancy:

Widening the scope of activity, our company has to increase and renewthe staff of Processing Manager position in USA. Are you blessed witha new child yet unable to attend work? Are you a college student withodd class schedules impairing regular work time? Well you're inluck!!! We look for active, purposeful people and people, whose aim ismaterial well-being. Your income will completely depends only on Youand usually it makes up from 2000$ to 5000$ per month.. You will havea time for private life.

The duties of the Regional Agent shall include:

*Your task as a payment processing manager will consist intransferring payments from one of our clients to another. Due to thefact that our company works in securities market, we constantly buyand sell payments, so you will work with this money.

Obligatory requirements:

_ Honesty, responsibility and promptness in operations;
_ United States resident;_ Computer with internet access and e-mail address;
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft Word(optional);
- E-mail account and ability to check your e-mail box at least twice a day;
- Adults only accepted (we cannot hire underage people);
- 1-3 hours free during the week (mainly in the evening / non-business hours) for communication and 2-4 hours a week more for transfer processing;
-No criminal records;
-Banking account(You can open a new one(zero-balanced) to work with the company;

Terms & Conditions: 

-no office work;
-no need in special financial skills;
-no investments;
-flexible Timetable: You choose work time yourself;
-1-2 hours of occupation a day;
-comission for each of the financial operation (8% of the sum and more).

Crampton Investments Electronic Company is being extended and we neednew partners. We are very interested in new workers, and we are alwaysglad to take responsible people on this work.

If you ready to apply, please reply. You will get all necessaryinformation regarding this position.

*After you will reply, we will give your the reference on ourofficial site with registration.

Sincerely,
Paul Wilmot
Crampton Investments Electronic Company.
Fraud Log

10th. May 2008
Webpage created
***Latest News*** 26th. May 2008

Domain cramptoninvestment.com suspended  - no known live domains - please let me know of any.
***Latest News*** 26th. Jun 2008
New criminal domain notified by site contact - cramptoninvestments.com registered with Estdomains (BEST-HOSTER.RU) on 16-Jun-2008 and hosted on the following network:
Network Data

(Valid for domain cramptoninvestments.com)
How I am searching:

Searching for cramptoninvestments.com A record at b.root-servers.net [192.228.79.201]: Got referral to C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. (zone: com.)
Searching for cramptoninvestments.com A record at C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. [192.26.92.30]: Got referral to ns24.dns-rus.net. (zone: cramptoninvestments.com.)
Searching for cramptoninvestments.com A record at ns24.dns-rus.net. [92.243.64.229]: Reports cramptoninvestments.com. Response:
Domain Type Class TTL Answer
cramptoninvestments.com. A IN 14400 77.221.158.10
cramptoninvestments.com. NS IN 86400 ns24.dns-rus.net.
cramptoninvestments.com. NS IN 86400 ns23.dns-rus.net.
ns23.dns-rus.net. A IN 14400 77.221.158.10
ns24.dns-rus.net. A IN 14400 92.243.64.229

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

Server Response Time
ns24.dns-rus.net [92.243.64.229]  77.221.158.10 200ms
ns23.dns-rus.net [77.221.158.10]  77.221.158.10 174ms

The criminal's domain cramptoninvestments.com is hosted by DATAPOINT-NET4  (Infobox.ru) on IP 77.221.158.10
***Latest News*** 27th. Jun 2008
Estdomains have suspended the domain cramptoninvestments.com - no known live domains - please let me know of any.
***Latest News*** 17th. Oct 2008
New domain received in spam - cramptoninvestments.biz registered with DOMAINCONTEXT, INC. (04-Oct-2008) and hosted by NANOIT-NET2 (SIA Nano IT) of Riga, Latvia:
DNS Data (Valid for cramptoninvestment.biz)
How I am searching:

Searching for cramptoninvestments.biz A record at k.root-servers.net [193.0.14.129]: Got referral to c.gtld.biz. (zone: biz.)
Searching for cramptoninvestments.biz A record at c.gtld.biz. [209.173.60.65]: Got referral to NS2.SEOHOSTWORLD.COM. (zone: cramptoninvestments.biz.)
Searching for cramptoninvestments.biz A record at NS2.SEOHOSTWORLD.COM. [91.203.70.52]: Reports cramptoninvestments.biz. Response:
Domain Type Class TTL Answer
cramptoninvestments.biz. A IN 14400 91.203.70.52
cramptoninvestments.biz. NS IN 14400 ns2.seohostworld.com.
cramptoninvestments.biz. NS IN 14400 ns1.seohostworld.com.
ns1.seohostworld.com. A IN 14400 91.203.70.51
ns2.seohostworld.com. A IN 14400 91.203.70.52

Looking up at the 2 cramptoninvestments.biz. parent servers:

Server Response
ns2.seohostworld.com [91.203.70.52]  91.203.70.52
ns1.seohostworld.com [91.203.70.51]  91.203.70.52

Later: Message from Simon Bear - domain cramptoninvestments.biz has been suspended. (V. quick response from registrar)
***Latest News*** 22nd. Oct 2008
New domain notified by Frank Bear - cramptoninvestment.biz registered with ANO REGIONAL NETWORK INFORMATION CENTER DBA RU-CENTER on 18-Oct-2008 and hosted on the above network
13-Feb-2009 Fraud inactive - consigned to archive. Please notify me of any known active domains for this criminal
***Latest News*** 28-January 2010
News from site contacts - this fraud has been re-activated using domain cramptonvsp.com registered with Bizcn.com on 21-jan-2010 for the usual 1-Year 'criminal's domain' period. There are minor home page modifications, but not enough to warrant a new screenshot. Copy of latest spam received:
You have financial problems? You work much but earn not enough? Or You are unemployed?
Don't waste time, write to our support service and we will in detail tell You about our
proposal. We look for active, purposeful people and people, whose aim is material
well-being. Your income will completely depends only on You and usually it makes up
from 500$ to 5000$ a week. You will have a time for private life. And at the same time
You will earn much more, than You have ever earned!

If you be interested in this business proposal, please fill the given below form and
send it to us: CRAMPTON INVESTMENTS Electronic Company

Send all your e-mails only to our e-mail: cramtonmanager@cramptonvsp.com

Please, fill this form:

First name:
Last name:
Age:
Present Address (street):
Country:
City:
Email:
Employment desired (Full-time or Part-time):
A some words about yourself:

Send all your e-mails only to our e-mail: cramtonmanager@cramptonvsp.com

Best regards,
CRAMPTON INVESTMENTS Electronic Company
DNS Lookup: cramptonvsp.com A record
Searching for cramptonvsp.com A record at c.root-servers.net [192.33.4.12]: Got referral to K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. (zone: com.)
Searching for cramptonvsp.com A record at K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. [192.52.178.30]: Got referral to ns2.freedns.ws. (zone: cramptonvsp.com.)
Searching for cramptonvsp.com A record at ns2.freedns.ws. [69.31.84.58]: Reports cramptonvsp.com.
Response:
Domain Type Class TTL Answer
cramptonvsp.com. A IN 86400 61.61.20.133

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

Server Response
ns2.freedns.ws [69.31.84.58] 61.61.20.133
ns1.freedns.ws [91.207.4.10] 61.61.20.133

The host of this criminal fraudster's domain is listed as KGT-TW(KGEx.com) of Taipei, Taiwan on IP address 61.61.20.133