Delivery Specialist Inc. (DS Inc.) Fraud (Stolen Identity)
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This fraudster should not be confused with the genuine company of the same name, whose identity these criminals have deliberately stolen or any other company of the same or a similar name - the website screenshot below and the documented evidence of fraud refer to this criminal alone and no other company.
Delivery Specialist Inc. (DS Inc.) screenshot - 15-Nov-2009
Delivery Specialist Inc. (DS Inc.) screenshot - 15-Nov-2009

Delivery Specialist Inc. (DS Inc.) is a re-shipping fraud job spamvertising website. The site content has been ripped off from the DPD (UK) (Parceline as was) website and modified to spamvertise a re-shipping fraud job of "Independent Contract Courier" on the 'Careers' page. The job consists of accepting parcels to your home address and reshipping them off to these crooks in Russia or the Ukraine. The parcels have been bought with stolen credit card details and you will be the only point of contact when the police start to investigate - do not be tempted. The first criminals domain deliveryspecialistinc.com was only registered with INTERNET.BS CORP. on 06-Oct-2009 for the usual 'criminal's domain' minimum period of only one year and the whois details are hidden. This is the same criminal as the IT Express Ltd scammer and is hosted on the same Ecatel LTD (AS29073) IP address (89.248.162.137), and is futilely using the same selective IP blocking techniques to try to prevent site access from certain IPs(!) but all it does is confirm the criminal nature of the site and helpfully link it to other sites such as the IT Complex Ltd scammer who is also clearly related... These criminals have stolen the identity and address details of a genuine company of the same name - do not be fooled, it is a common practice by these crooks.

Evidence of Criminal Fraud:

i) The criminal's website is clearly stolen from the DPD (UK) (Parceline as was) website and modified to suit the criminal's purposes - clear evidence of site theft and fraud in itself.

ii) The first criminal's domain deliveryspecialistinc.com was only registered with INTERNET.BS CORP. on 06-Oct-2009 for the usual 'criminal's domain' minimum period of only one year and the whois details are hidden which is not the action of a genuine company - A clear indication of a fraud domain.

iii)
A Google search for "Delivery Specialist Inc." shows that it is a very common and generic company name, but these crooks have also stolen the identity of a genuine
"Delivery Specialist Inc." based at their listed address. These crooks definitely do not have any genuine linked internet presence in their own right, only their own fake website.

iv) They tacitly claim on the above screenshot to be BBB accredited, but they are nothing of the sort. A search of the BBB database certainly throws up the genuine company of that name at the address they have stolen, but with a totally different telephone number & in any event the company is not rated by the BBB and is certainly not a BBB accredited business.

v) I won't reproduce the Norcross, GA contact details here as they have been stolen from a genuine company, but the telephone numbers are fake:

General Questions
(678) 894-0040     The phone number to call with any miscellaneous queries, including questions regarding job opportunities and services we offer.
Documents & Invoces
(678) 278-8274     The fax number to use for all fax communication.

• - A Google search for the telephone number (678) 894-0040 returns no hits for these criminals, (ignoring their own fake website, of course).
• - A Google search for the Fax. number (678) 278-8274 returns no hits for these criminals, (ignoring their own fake website, of course).
• - Both the telephone number (678) 894-0040 and the Fax. number (678) 278-8274 locate to Atlanta and not Norcross - clearly fraudulent.

vi) The bogus job from the website:

Current Openings

We are currently accepting resumes for the following positions:

    *      Independent Contract Courier

      Responsible for pickup and delivery of packages from online stores. Commission-based pay.

    *      Sales - Account Manager

      Responsible for new business development through personal networking and cold calling.
      Salary plus commission.

    *      Office Administrator

      Responsible for day-to-day office tasks and light accounting work.


To apply for any of these positions, please send your resume to jobs@deliveryspecialistinc.com or feel free to call us at (678) 894-0040.

Once you’ve found a suitable vacancy, simply send us your resume. If you can’t find anything that meets your requirements at the moment, keep checking back as we update our vacancies all the time.

You can rest assured that all personal information is treated in the strictest confidence. Once we have received your documents, the receipt will be acknowledged and forwarded to the relevant HR manager for consideration.

Nothing much to see there, really - it's the usual 'cloaked' enticement. There's the usual 'smokescreen' of non-existent jobs, but the one to look at is the "Independent Contract Courier -  Responsible for pickup and delivery of packages from online stores. Commission-based pay" Pretty suspicious, don't you think? Why should there be a need for such a service? There isn't, of course - it's what the postal service does! It sort of ties in with the definition of 'Reshipping Fraud', but it's no smoking gun - for that you have to look at the associated inevitable Careerbuilder spam and the follow up information that has kindly been obtained and supplied by a site contact - thanks. First the initial bogus Careerbuilder spam that these crooks send out by the millions:


Careerbuilder URL

Message from Job Poster

 

Dear xxxxxx


A couier company is looking for a part-time Independent Contract Courier to join their team working from home. We lead the business by delivering everything from envelopes and mid-size shipments to large goods requiring trucks, along with a range of logistics solutions. We offer a great opportunity to develop essential professional skills and rapidly reap the benefits of a fast-tracked career in the logistics business world.

Independent Contract Couriers main responsibilities will include the daily pickup of mail sent from local facilities to your home, as well as separating and distributing the picked mail to local and international addresses. All shipping expenses are covered by the firm; the cost of packaging materials is reimbursed at the end of each payment period. This is a commission-based job; a standard commission paid for processing a single package is $30.

Position Responsibilities:

- Daily separation of shipments from USPS, FedEx, UPS and other carriers;
- Forwarding outgoing FedEx, UPS and USPS packages;
- Maintaining everyday logs and provide weekly statistics on the processed mail;
-Communicating concerns to the head office as they occur.

General Conditions:

- High School Diploma or equivalent;
- Strong computer skills, especially Excel and Outlook; - Outstanding multi-tasking skills and attention to details; - Ability to work independently with little supervision.

Compensation and Benefits:

- Fee of $30 paid per each delivered package;
- Paid vacation 2 weeks and days-off;
- Friendly supervisor support on business days; - Reimbursement of common expenses packaging materials, additional charges, etc..

To obtain complete job details, please reply to this email or forward your enquiries to johngorowitzhr@gmail.com. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience: we are currently trying to avoid getting unsolicited emails coming into our corporate mailboxes by using this public mailbox for initial communication.

Best regards,
John Gorowitz
Hiring Manager
johngorowitzhr@gmail.com

 

<snip>

That spells it out for you a bit more: "part-time Independent Contract Courier to join their team working from home" and "the daily pickup of mail sent from local facilities to your home, as well as separating and distributing the picked mail to local and international addresses" in other words it is a part-time, work from home job accepting parcels to your private address and forwarding them on to these crooks in Russia or the Ukraine. It is 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 such a job to any John/Jane Doe recruited at random from the general public and working from home. In the unlikely event you need further convincing, here is the reponse received by a site contact who responded to the above spam and asked for further information:

From: John Gorowitz [mailto:jobs@deliveryspecialistinc.com]
Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 1:19 PM
Subject: Independent Courier: Full Description  

Dear xxxxxxxxx,

You receive this message, as you requested additional information on the position of an Independent Courier with our company. Delivery Specialist Inc. is a growing, full service delivery company dedicated to providing exceptional service to our clients. Our overall success and rapid growth has been a direct result of the quality and dedication of our employees and independent contractors combined with using the latest technology in the industry. An Independent Courier is responsible for picking up, repacking, and forwarding express deliveries from local facilities to our domestic/international destinations. This is a remote part-time position, you will be working from home about 4 (four) hours every day, Monday through Friday. Please note that this is a 1099 position, so you will be responsible for paying all taxes yourself. This is a commission-based position: you will be paid a fee of $30 for each processed package. After delivering the total of 10 (ten) packages, your payment will be sent to you either by a check, or by a direct deposit. We work mainly with large manufacturers and retailers, and the packages that you are going to deliver will contain such items, as computers and and accessories, game consoles, digital cameras, network equipment, GPS navigators, TVs, DVD players, Hi-Fi equipment, cell phones, etc. As we specialize in express delivery services, all our couriers must deliver packages no later than in 24 hours after receiving them. We have a penalty system for late deliveries, lost and broken/corrupted items – so please remember that you are responsible for the condition of the items that you receive and forward. The company provides independent couriers with shipping labels free of charge. The following expenses are reimbursed: a) the cost of packaging materials, b) transportation fees (if you need to travel to the closest post office), and c) any additional unforeseen charges. All reimbursements are paid with the closest paycheck. To start working with us, please reply to this message or contact our hiring managers directly at jobs@deliveryspecialistinc.com. You will receive the Independent Contractor Agreement, which you will need to fill out and send back to our HR department by email or fax, along with a copy of your photo ID (such as a DL). We have strict regulations for home-based positions and always require the candidates to provide their IDs for verification with our security department - this is a must, since our Independent Couriers will be working with valuable items. However, all personal information is kept confidential and is deleted immediately at the end of the hiring period.
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Yours sincerely,
John Gorowitz
http://deliveryspecialistinc.com
(678) 894-0040

....and there you go - you don't get a gun more smoking than that....
The above evidence clearly demonstrates that the Delivery Specialist Inc. (DS Inc.) 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

deliveryspecialistinc.com

Registrar

INTERNET.BS CORP. - 06-Oct-2009
Host

NL-ECATEL (Ecatel LTD - AS29073)

IP Address

89.248.162.137


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Please notify me of any other active domains for this criminal.

Domain Whois Data:
   Domain Name: DELIVERYSPECIALISTINC.COM
   Registrar: INTERNET.BS CORP.
   Whois Server: whois.internet.bs
   Referral URL: http://www.internet.bs
   Name Server: NS1.DELIVERYSPECIALISTINC.COM
   Name Server: NS2.DELIVERYSPECIALISTINC.COM
   Status: clientTransferProhibited
   Updated Date: 06-oct-2009
   Creation Date: 06-oct-2009
   Expiration Date: 06-oct-2010

Date Registered: 2009-10-6
Date Modified: 2009-10-6
Expiry Date: 2010-10-6

DNS1: ns2.deliveryspecialistinc.com
DNS2: ns1.deliveryspecialistinc.com

Registrant
    Private Whois Service
    *******PLEASE DO NOT SEND LETTERS******
    ****Contact the owner by email only****
    c/o deliveryspecialistinc.com
    N4892 Nassau
    Bahamas

Administrative Contact
    Private Whois Service
    Private Whois Service  t88ehdf4ad68e11dfed2@pop2kzu4ad658bc198ba.privatewhois.net
    *******PLEASE DO NOT SEND LETTERS******
    ****Contact the owner by email only****
    c/o deliveryspecialistinc.com
    N4892 Nassau
    Bahamas
    Tel: +852.81720004

Technical Contact
    Private Whois Service
    Private Whois Service  dpe77ds4ad68e11d85c6@pop2kzu4ad658bc198ba.privatewhois.net
    *******PLEASE DO NOT SEND LETTERS******
    ****Contact the owner by email only****
    c/o deliveryspecialistinc.com
    N4892 Nassau
    Bahamas
    Tel: +852.81720004

Registrar: Internet.bs Corp.
Registrar's Website : <a href='http://www.internetbs.net/'>http://www.internetbs.net/</a>

DNS Lookup: deliveryspecialistinc.com A record
Searching for deliveryspecialistinc.com A record at b.root-servers.net [192.228.79.201]: Got referral to C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. (zone: com.)
Searching for deliveryspecialistinc.com A record at C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. [192.26.92.30]: Got referral to ns2.deliveryspecialistinc.com. (zone: deliveryspecialistinc.com.)
Searching for deliveryspecialistinc.com A record at ns2.deliveryspecialistinc.com. [89.248.162.137]: Reports deliveryspecialistinc.com.
Response:
Domain Type Class TTL Answer
deliveryspecialistinc.com. A IN 14400 89.248.162.137
deliveryspecialistinc.com. NS IN 14400 ns2.deliveryspecialistinc.com.
deliveryspecialistinc.com. NS IN 14400 ns1.deliveryspecialistinc.com.
ns1.deliveryspecialistinc.com. A IN 14400 89.248.162.160
ns2.deliveryspecialistinc.com. A IN 14400 89.248.162.137

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

Server Response
ns2.deliveryspecialistinc.com [89.248.162.137] 89.248.162.137
ns1.deliveryspecialistinc.com [89.248.162.160] 89.248.162.137

The host of this criminal fraudster is the 'NL-ECATEL (Ecatel LTD - AS29073)'  company of The Hague, Netherlands on IP address 89.248.162.137. Other fraud domains listed as hosted on the IP are itexpresslimited.com, itexpressltd.com.

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