Design Engineering, INC scam

Design Engineering, INC Fraud

Don't Bear Internet Fraud

This fraud should not be confused with any other company of the same or similar name - the website screenshot and the following fraud evidence refer to this company alone and no other. The website has been stolen from a genuine Russian company.

Design Engineering, INC screenshot 08-Dec-2009

Design Engineering, INC (Stolen Identity) screenshot 08-Dec-2009

Design Engineering, INC is just one of the numerous fake Russian scam sites that exist solely to ensnare the unwary, whether it is to 'phish' for bank details or mainly to recruit money mules. The complete fraud website content has quite clearly been stolen from the verified genuine Russian company Home Design and modified to suit this criminal's purposes, in particular the addition of a 'Careers' menu option that doesn't exist on the genuine website and leads to the criminal's money mule job. The fake website was only recently set up, (for instance, the initial domain designengineeringint.com was only registered with the unresponsive registrars MELBOURNE IT, LTD. (Yahoo as reseller) on 07-Dec-2009 for the usual 'criminal's domain' minimum period of only one year) and contains a clear money mule solicitation of U.S. Representative/Financial manager under the Careers tab. Notice the illiterate line in the above screenshot "a member of the Europen Chamber of Commerce" - the 'Runglish' style of poor English and grammar is a common thread of these Russian criminals. Their other identical fraud aliases are/were Vidal Architects, Inc, Design Resources, Inc, Design Build Studio, Inc, Design 2 Studio LLC., First Design Group, Design to Perform, DESIGN BUILD INNOVATIONS, L.L.C, N Design Studio, Inc, Euro-Design Corp, The Design Studio, LLC (The Desugn Studio, LLC), DESIGN 4 ADVERTISING, INC., Design Pro Screens, Inc., International Design Center, LLC, HOUSE & DESIGNS, INC., Design & Promotions Corporation, The Design Agency, LLC, Design Products Inc., DESIGN +, INC., DESIGN ACCENTS, INC., International Design Source, Inc and the Design For You llc fraud among others - this is clearly a serial fraudster which is clear evidence of fraud in itself. This time around I can't find the Florida company name that they have stolen as is their usual MO.

Evidence of Criminal Fraud:

i) The Design Engineering, INC criminal's website has quite clearly been stolen from the genuine genuine Russian company Home Design so any claims made in it are not relevant to the criminals, although they do carry the claim "Since our company’s founding in 1998, we have assisted numerous corporate and some private individuals around the world" under this 'Careers' menu option. However, the fact that their initial domain designengineeringint.com was only registered with the unresponsive on MELBOURNE IT, LTD. (Yahoo as reseller) on 07-Dec-2009 for the usual 'criminal's domain' minimum period of only one year is clear evidence of fraudulent misrepresentation.

ii) This fraud is simply a follow-on fraud to all their other identical aliases, including Vidal Architects, Inc, Design Resources, Inc, Design Build Studio, Inc, Design 2 Studio LLC, First Design Group., Design to Perform, DESIGN BUILD INNOVATIONS, L.L.C, N Design Studio, Inc, Euro-Design Corp, The Design Studio, LLC (The Desugn Studio, LLC), DESIGN 4 ADVERTISING, INC., Design Pro Screens, Inc. and the HOUSE & DESIGNS, INC., Design & Promotions Corporation, The Design Agency, LLC, Design Products Inc., DESIGN +, INC., DESIGN ACCENTS, INC., International Design Source, Inc and the Design For You llc fraud - clear evidence of a serial fraudster.

iii) As is usual for these criminals, despite claiming to have been in business since 1998, (as evidenced below), "Design Engineering, INC" have no genuine Google internet presence at all, (ignoring their own fake website, of course - you'd expect to find that). Don't be misled by listings for other companies of the same generic name.

iv) The payload of the fake website is the following clear money mule criminal solicitation under the Careers tab:

U.S. Representative/Financial Manager Job Position

U.S. Representative/Financial Manager Job Position

Job Summary:

Type of Employment: Agreement
Job Type: Part Time (2-4 hours per week)
Career Level: Experienced (Non-Manager)
Salary: $60,000-$80,000.00 /year
Location: Any ( at home on free time)
This could be the perfect complement to your current job.

About Company:

Our company primarily deals in design activities for corporate and residential ground plans. Our business unit is experienced in both creation and implementation of plans conceived.

-       Accommodations

-       Premises design

Since our company’s founding in 1998, we have assisted numerous corporate and some private individuals around the world. Although we are currently headquartered in Moscow, Russia, the arms of our innovation have reached the four corners of the planet. We maintain a direct and diligent marketing process in the United States, and repeatedly offer services that are ahead of the industry “curve” in both pricing and quality. Our advantages lay in certain benefits our Europen clientele experience that only an overseas company can provide:

   1. We are able to offer similar products for lower than standard pricing; we are able to cheaply staff our Moscow office
   2. Our Home Office is staffed with industry experts with over 8 decades of combined experience

Why do we need U.S. Representative/Financial manager?

When we initially started operations in the United States, we experienced some issues with US trade laws that can be summarized into two different problems:

   1. All financial services operations have to take place inside the USA
   2. Customers cannot make payments to a company don’t have offices inside the US, even if the company is an industry leader around the world. Our Home Office is located in Russia, which is why customers are not able to directly transfer money (payments for our designs) to our office in Russia. Under US law, the funds must be deposited into the account of the Financial Manager of Staffing Solutions that resides in the USA. Then, it is the Financial Manager’s responsibility to transfer the funds to our business in Russia. The company has to be registered in the US tax administration, which we have already finished. By maintaining a Financial Manager in the US, we are able to solve both of these problems and continue to help the companies that need us in the USA.

Main duties include receiving payments from customers:

   1. Bank checks
   2. Wire transfers
   3. Certified funds

Compensation:

The Financial Manager will be entitled to 5% of all completed transactions. The maximum turnover handled by a single manager is limited the by company’s policy and is set at $100,000 per month. Thus the maximum monthly pay will constitute $3,000-5,000.

Type of Employment:

Agreement

Time Commitment:

2-4 hours per week

Important:

We also have a business proposal for US company owners and managing directors. Private US businesses can accept funds from our customers with no limitations with a monthly turnover of up to 500,000.00 US dollars. Their profit is set at 7.5% of the turnover and may constitute $40,000.00 monthly. Please apply if you have a legal running business and are interested in this offer.

You can combine this job with your current job, because you'll spend no more than 3 hours per week. This job can become perfect addition to your current job.

v) You do not get a much clearer definition of the illegal 'part time' money mule function of receiving stolen funds to a personal checking account and transferring a balance back to these criminals via Western Union or Moneygram which on its own defines the company without doubt as criminal and bogus and is clear evidence of criminal fraud. The potential for absolutely massive fraud is self evident from the "business proposal for US company owners".

vi) 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. The additional 'business proposal' shows the potential sheer scale of this criminal fraud operation - don't be part of it or you will lose a lot of money and perhaps your liberty.

vii) Fake staff: This 'Team' doesn't change between aliases, (except for the name of the fake 'director'). This time the same old face is Zuvev Ury Gennadevich, (Other identical faces from the above list of aliases have various different names - clear evidence of fraud):

Team

viii) Another identical alias, another set of fake contact Details & fake certificates for this serial criminal from their 'Business Licence' page:

RUSSIAN ADDRESS
12 Bolotnaya st.
Moscow, 115035
Russian Federation

United States Business Name: Design Engineering, INC
Address: DESIGN ENGINEERING, INC
MARGATE FL 33063 US
Tax ID (FEIN): 592367665
Duns Number: 78-738-0807
Reference Name: FLORIDA BUSINESS REGISTRATIONS

• - A Google search for the address "12 Bolotnaya st. Moscow" returns no hits for these criminals, (ignoring any occurrences of their own fake website, of course).
• - A Google search for the incomplete address "DESIGN ENGINEERING, INC MARGATE, FL, 33063" returns only the crooks own fake website.
• - A Google Maps search for the incomplete address "DESIGN ENGINEERING, INC MARGATE, FL, 33063" returns no genuine business of that name.
• - A Google search for the DUNS number 78-738-0807 shows that the crooks also used the same number for numerous other aliases - it is completely fake.
• - A search of the Florida Division of Corporations shows no company of that name in Margate FL that I can find.
• - A Search of the DUNS database shows that there is no D&B listing for a company of the name "DESIGN ENGINEERING, INC" at the above address.

The above evidence clearly demonstrates beyond any doubt that the Design Engineering, INC website has been set up very recently by money laundering criminals purely for the purpose of spamvertising an illegal money laundering 'mule' job of receiving 'customer's payments' to a personal checking account and transferring a balance back to these criminals. 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 serial 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

designengineeringint.com
designengineering-inc.biz
design4life-inc.biz

Registrar

MELBOURNE IT, LTD. (Yahoo as reseller) - 07-Dec-2009
MELBOURNE IT, LTD. (Yahoo as reseller) - 03-Sep-2009
MELBOURNE IT, LTD. (Yahoo as reseller) - 10-Sep-2009

Host

Yahoo on IP address 68.180.151.76
Yahoo on IP addresses 98.136.92.76, 98.136.92.77, 98.136.92.78
Yahoo on IP addresses 98.136.92.76, 98.136.92.77, 98.136.92.78

Key:

Active
Suspended/Disabled
Parked

Domain Whois Data

Domain Name.......... designengineeringint.com
Registrar:     MELBOURNE IT, LTD. D/B/A INTERNET NAMES WORLDWIDE
Status:        clientTransferProhibited
Dates:         Created 07-dec-2009   Updated 07-dec-2009 Expires 07-dec-2010
DNS Servers:   YNS1.YAHOO.COM YNS2.YAHOO.COM

Creation Date........ 2009-12-08
Registration Date.... 2009-12-08
Expiry Date.......... 2010-12-08
Organisation Name.... James Jeffery
Organisation Address. PO Box 61359
Organisation Address.
Organisation Address. Sunnyvale
Organisation Address. 94088
Organisation Address. CA
Organisation Address. US

Admin Name........... Admin PrivateRegContact
Admin Address........ PO Box 61359
Admin Address........
Admin Address........ Sunnyvale
Admin Address........ 94088
Admin Address........ CA
Admin Address........ US
Admin Email.......... contact@myprivateregistration.com
Admin Phone.......... +1.5105952002
Admin Fax............

Tech Name............ TECH PrivateRegContact
Tech Address......... PO Box 61359
Tech Address.........
Tech Address......... Sunnyvale
Tech Address......... 94088
Tech Address......... CA
Tech Address......... US
Tech Email........... contact@myprivateregistration.com
Tech Phone........... +1.5105952002
Tech Fax.............
Name Server.......... yns1.yahoo.com
Name Server.......... yns2.yahoo.com

Domain Name:                                 DESIGNENGINEERING-INC.BIZ
Domain ID:                                   D33477722-BIZ
Sponsoring Registrar:                        MELBOURNE IT LTD
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID:                13
Domain Status:                               clientTransferProhibited
Registrant ID:                               D125198460905531
Registrant Name:                             Silvia Gonzalez
Registrant Organization:                     Private Registration US
Registrant Address1:                         PO Box 61359
Registrant City:                             Sunnyvale
Registrant State/Province:                   CA
Registrant Postal Code:                      94088
Registrant Country:                          United States
Registrant Country Code:                     US
Registrant Phone Number:                     +1.5105952002
Registrant Email:                            contact@myprivateregistration.com
Administrative Contact ID:                   D125198460905529
Administrative Contact Name:                 PrivateRegContact Admin
Administrative Contact Organization:         Private Reg US
Administrative Contact Address1:             PO Box 61359
Administrative Contact City:                 Sunnyvale
Administrative Contact State/Province:       CA
Administrative Contact Postal Code:          94088
Administrative Contact Country:              United States
Administrative Contact Country Code:         US
Administrative Contact Phone Number:         +1.5105952002
Administrative Contact Email:                contact@myprivateregistration.com
Billing Contact ID:                          B125198472311728
Billing Contact Name:                        PrivateRegContact Bill
Billing Contact Organization:                Private Reg US
Billing Contact Address1:                    PO Box 61359
Billing Contact City:                        Sunnyvale
Billing Contact State/Province:              CA
Billing Contact Postal Code:                 94088
Billing Contact Country:                     United States
Billing Contact Country Code:                US
Billing Contact Phone Number:                +1.5105952002
Billing Contact Email:                       contact@myprivateregistration.com
Technical Contact ID:                        B125198472311730
Technical Contact Name:                      PrivateRegContact TECH
Technical Contact Organization:              Private Reg US
Technical Contact Address1:                  PO Box 61359
Technical Contact City:                      Sunnyvale
Technical Contact State/Province:            CA
Technical Contact Postal Code:               94088
Technical Contact Country:                   United States
Technical Contact Country Code:              US
Technical Contact Phone Number:              +1.4089162124
Technical Contact Email:                     contact@myprivateregistration.com
Name Server:                                 YNS1.YAHOO.COM
Name Server:                                 YNS2.YAHOO.COM
Created by Registrar:                        MELBOURNE IT LTD
Last Updated by Registrar:                   MELBOURNE IT LTD
Domain Registration Date:                    Thu Sep 03 13:33:49 GMT 2009
Domain Expiration Date:                      Thu Sep 02 23:59:59 GMT 2010
Domain Last Updated Date:                    Thu Sep 03 13:33:54 GMT 2009

Domain Name:                                 DESIGN4LIFE-INC.BIZ
Domain ID:                                   D33568849-BIZ
Sponsoring Registrar:                        MELBOURNE IT LTD
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID:                13
Domain Status:                               clientTransferProhibited
Registrant ID:                               B12525932935911
Registrant Name:                             Nancy Kreger
Registrant Organization:                     Private Registration US
Registrant Address1:                         PO Box 61359
Registrant City:                             Sunnyvale
Registrant State/Province:                   CA
Registrant Postal Code:                      94088
Registrant Country:                          United States
Registrant Country Code:                     US
Registrant Phone Number:                     +1.5105952002
Registrant Email:                            contact@myprivateregistration.com
Administrative Contact ID:                   D125259293395848
Administrative Contact Name:                 PrivateRegContact Admin
Administrative Contact Organization:         Private Reg US
Administrative Contact Address1:             PO Box 61359
Administrative Contact City:                 Sunnyvale
Administrative Contact State/Province:       CA
Administrative Contact Postal Code:          94088
Administrative Contact Country:              United States
Administrative Contact Country Code:         US
Administrative Contact Phone Number:         +1.5105952002
Administrative Contact Email:                contact@myprivateregistration.com
Billing Contact ID:                          B125259293490797
Billing Contact Name:                        PrivateRegContact Bill
Billing Contact Organization:                Private Reg US
Billing Contact Address1:                    PO Box 61359
Billing Contact City:                        Sunnyvale
Billing Contact State/Province:              CA
Billing Contact Postal Code:                 94088
Billing Contact Country:                     United States
Billing Contact Country Code:                US
Billing Contact Phone Number:                +1.5105952002
Billing Contact Email:                       contact@myprivateregistration.com
Technical Contact ID:                        D125259293395850
Technical Contact Name:                      PrivateRegContact TECH
Technical Contact Organization:              Private Reg US
Technical Contact Address1:                  PO Box 61359
Technical Contact City:                      Sunnyvale
Technical Contact State/Province:            CA
Technical Contact Postal Code:               94088
Technical Contact Country:                   United States
Technical Contact Country Code:              US
Technical Contact Phone Number:              +1.4089162124
Technical Contact Email:                     contact@myprivateregistration.com
Name Server:                                 YNS1.YAHOO.COM
Name Server:                                 YNS2.YAHOO.COM
Created by Registrar:                        MELBOURNE IT LTD
Last Updated by Registrar:                   MELBOURNE IT LTD
Domain Registration Date:                    Thu Sep 10 14:34:55 GMT 2009
Domain Expiration Date:                      Thu Sep 09 23:59:59 GMT 2010
Domain Last Updated Date:                    Thu Sep 10 14:35:01 GMT 2009

DNS Lookup: designengineeringint.com A record
Searching for designengineeringint.com A record at g.root-servers.net [192.112.36.4]: Got referral to M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. (zone: com.)
Searching for designengineeringint.com A record at M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. [192.55.83.30]: Got referral to yns1.yahoo.com. (zone: designengineeringint.com.)
Searching for designengineeringint.com A record at yns1.yahoo.com. [98.136.43.32]: Reports designengineeringint.com.
Response:

Domain	Type	Class	TTL	Answer
designengineeringint.com.	A	IN	1200	68.180.151.76
designengineeringint.com.	NS	IN	86400	ns9.san.yahoo.com.
designengineeringint.com.	NS	IN	86400	yns2.yahoo.com.
designengineeringint.com.	NS	IN	86400	yns1.yahoo.com.
designengineeringint.com.	NS	IN	86400	ns8.san.yahoo.com.

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

Server	Response
yns2.yahoo.com [66.196.84.168]	68.180.151.76
yns1.yahoo.com [98.136.43.32]	68.180.151.76

The criminal's host is listed as Yahoo Inc. on IP address 68.180.151.76.

DNS Lookup: designengineering-inc.biz A record
Searching for designengineering-inc.biz A record at i.root-servers.net [192.36.148.17]: Got referral to B.GTLD.biz. (zone: biz.)
Searching for designengineering-inc.biz A record at B.GTLD.biz. [209.173.57.162]: Got referral to YNS2.YAHOO.COM. (zone: designengineering-inc.biz.)
Searching for designengineering-inc.biz A record at YNS2.YAHOO.COM. [66.196.84.168]: Reports designengineering-inc.biz.
Response:

Domain	Type	Class	TTL	Answer
designengineering-inc.biz.	A	IN	1200	98.136.92.78
designengineering-inc.biz.	A	IN	1200	98.136.92.76
designengineering-inc.biz.	A	IN	1200	98.136.92.77
designengineering-inc.biz.	NS	IN	86400	yns2.yahoo.com.
designengineering-inc.biz.	NS	IN	86400	ns8.san.yahoo.com.
designengineering-inc.biz.	NS	IN	86400	ns9.san.yahoo.com.
designengineering-inc.biz.	NS	IN	86400	yns1.yahoo.com.

Looking up at the 2 designengineering-inc.biz. parent servers:

Server	Response
yns2.yahoo.com [66.196.84.168]	98.136.92.76 98.136.92.77 98.136.92.78
yns1.yahoo.com [98.136.43.32]	98.136.92.76 98.136.92.77 98.136.92.78

The criminal's host is listed as Yahoo Inc. on IP addresses 98.136.92.76, 98.136.92.77, 98.136.92.78

DNS Lookup: design4life-inc.biz A record
Searching for design4life-inc.biz A record at i.root-servers.net [192.36.148.17]: Got referral to H.GTLD.biz. (zone: biz.)
Searching for design4life-inc.biz A record at H.GTLD.biz. [199.7.77.126]: Got referral to YNS2.YAHOO.COM. (zone: design4life-inc.biz.)
Searching for design4life-inc.biz A record at YNS2.YAHOO.COM. [66.196.84.168]: Reports design4life-inc.biz.
Response:

Domain	Type	Class	TTL	Answer
design4life-inc.biz.	A	IN	7200	98.136.92.76
design4life-inc.biz.	A	IN	7200	98.136.92.77
design4life-inc.biz.	A	IN	7200	98.136.92.78
design4life-inc.biz.	NS	IN	86400	ns9.san.yahoo.com.
design4life-inc.biz.	NS	IN	86400	ns8.san.yahoo.com.
design4life-inc.biz.	NS	IN	86400	yns2.yahoo.com.
design4life-inc.biz.	NS	IN	86400	yns1.yahoo.com.

Looking up at the 2 design4life-inc.biz. parent servers:

Server	Response
yns2.yahoo.com [66.196.84.168]	98.136.92.76 98.136.92.77 98.136.92.78
yns1.yahoo.com [98.136.43.32]	98.136.92.76 98.136.92.77 98.136.92.78

The criminal's host is listed as Yahoo Inc. on IP addresses 98.136.92.76, 98.136.92.77, 98.136.92.78

***Latest News*** 8th. December 2009
Webpage created

***Latest News*** 10th. December 2009
The domains designengineeringint.com, designengineering-inc.biz and design4life-inc.biz have been deleted or disabled. Please notify me of any active domains for this criminal.