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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 and the criminals have also assumed the name of another genuine Florida company who are clearly nothing to do with these criminals - it is their usual modus operandi.
Design For You llc (Stolen Identity) screenshot 08-Dec-2009
Design For You llc (Stolen Identity) screenshot 08-Dec-2009

Design For You llc (Stolen Identity) 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 design4you-llc.com was only registered with the unresponsive registrars MELBOURNE IT, LTD. (Yahoo as reseller) on 08-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. and the International Design Source, Inc fraud among others - this is clearly a serial fraudster which is clear evidence of fraud in itself. As they do every time, they have stolen the name of a "Design For You Inc", (not LLC, note), company in Florida. I have in the past received complaints from the genuine company owners about these criminal's identity theft activities.
Evidence of Criminal Fraud:

i) The Design For You llc 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 design4you-llc.com was only registered with the unresponsive on MELBOURNE IT, LTD. (Yahoo as reseller) on  08-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. and the DESIGN +, INC., DESIGN ACCENTS, INC. and the International Design Source, Inc 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 For You llc" 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, or the genuine registered Florida company whose identity they have stolen as per their usual MO and modified from an 'Inc.' to an LLC'.

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

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 Chernishev Nikolay Sergeevich, (Other identical faces from the above list of aliases have various other 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:

Design For You llc 

RUSSIAN ADDRESS
76 Klimashkina st.
Moscow, 122089
Russian Federation  

United States Business Name: Design For You llc
Address: 10451 W BROWARD BLVD APT 107
PLANTATION FL 33324
Tax ID (FEIN): 204443409
Duns Number: 64-821-1574
Reference Name: FLORIDA BUSINESS REGISTRATIONS
• - A Google search for the address "76 Klimashkina st. Moscow" returns no hits for these criminals, (ignoring any occurrences of their own fake website, of course).
• - A Google search for the address "10451 W BROWARD BLVD APT 107 PLANTATION FL" returns no hits for these criminals, (ignoring any occurrences of their own fake website, of course).
• - A Google Maps search for the address "10451 W BROWARD BLVD APT 107 PLANTATION FL" shows no business listed at the address.
• - A Google search for the DUNS number 64-821-1574 returns no hits for these criminals.
• - A search of the Florida Division of Corporations shows that the company whose address they have stolen is actually DESIGN FOR YOU INC, not LLC. and the file date was 07-Mar-2006, long before these crooks registered their domain (today). It is clearly just another stolen identity and the real company has nothing to do with these crooks.
• - A Search of the DUNS database shows that there is no D&B listing for a company of either name at the above address.
The above evidence clearly demonstrates beyond any doubt that the Design For You llc 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

design4you-llc.com
design4you-llc.net
design4you-llc.info
Registrar

MELBOURNE IT, LTD. (Yahoo as reseller) - 08-Dec-2009
MELBOURNE IT, LTD. (Yahoo as reseller) - 09-Dec-2009
MELBOURNE IT, LTD. (Yahoo as reseller) - 17-Dec-2009
 Host

Yahoo on IP address 68.180.151.76
Yahoo on IP address 68.180.151.76
Yahoo on IP addresses 69.147.83.187 69.147.83.188 98.136.50.138
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Domain Whois Data
Registrar:     MELBOURNE IT, LTD. D/B/A INTERNET NAMES WORLDWIDE
 Status:        clientTransferProhibited
Dates:         Created 08-dec-2009   Updated 08-dec-2009  Expires 08-dec-2010
DNS Servers:   YNS1.YAHOO.COM  YNS2.YAHOO.COM 

Domain Name.......... design4you-llc.com
  Creation Date........ 2009-12-09
  Registration Date.... 2009-12-09
  Expiry Date.......... 2010-12-09
  Organisation Name.... Jennifer Venable
  Organisation Address. ********
  Organisation Address.
  Organisation Address. ********               Stolen Contact Details - redacted
  Organisation Address. ********
  Organisation Address. ********
  Organisation Address. UNITED STATES

Admin Name........... Jennifer Venable
  Admin Address........ ********
  Admin Address........
  Admin Address........ ********               Stolen Contact Details - redacted
  Admin Address........ ********
  Admin Address........ ********
  Admin Address........ UNITED STATES
  Admin Email.......... ********
  Admin Phone.......... ********
  Admin Fax............

Tech Name............ YahooDomains TechContact
  Tech Address......... 701 First Ave.
  Tech Address.........
  Tech Address......... Sunnyvale
  Tech Address......... 94089
  Tech Address......... CA
  Tech Address......... UNITED STATES
  Tech Email........... domain.tech@yahoo-inc.com
  Tech Phone........... +1.4089162124
  Tech Fax.............
  Name Server.......... yns1.yahoo.com
  Name Server.......... yns2.yahoo.com
   Domain Name: DESIGN4YOU-LLC.NET
   Registrar: MELBOURNE IT, LTD. D/B/A INTERNET NAMES WORLDWIDE
   Whois Server: whois.melbourneit.com
   Referral URL: http://www.melbourneit.com
   Name Server: YNS1.YAHOO.COM
   Name Server: YNS2.YAHOO.COM
   Status: clientTransferProhibited
   Updated Date: 09-dec-2009
   Creation Date: 09-dec-2009
   Expiration Date: 09-dec-2010

The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NET, .EDU domains and
Registrars.Domain Name.......... design4you-llc.net
  Creation Date........ 2009-12-10
  Registration Date.... 2009-12-10
  Expiry Date.......... 2010-12-10
  Organisation Name.... Jennifer Venable
  Organisation Address. ********
  Organisation Address.
  Organisation Address. ********               Stolen Contact Details - redacted
  Organisation Address. ********
  Organisation Address. ca
  Organisation Address. UNITED STATES

Admin Name........... Jennifer Venable
  Admin Address........ ********
  Admin Address........
  Admin Address........ ********
  Admin Address........ ********               Stolen Contact Details - redacted
  Admin Address........ ********
  Admin Address........ UNITED STATES
  Admin Email.......... ********
  Admin Phone.......... ********
  Admin Fax............

Tech Name............ YahooDomains TechContact
  Tech Address......... 701 First Ave.
  Tech Address.........
  Tech Address......... Sunnyvale
  Tech Address......... 94089
  Tech Address......... CA
  Tech Address......... UNITED STATES
  Tech Email........... domain.tech@yahoo-inc.com
  Tech Phone........... +1.4089162124
  Tech Fax.............
  Name Server.......... yns1.yahoo.com
  Name Server.......... yns2.yahoo.com
Domain Name:DESIGN4YOU-LLC.INFO
Domain ID:D30819800-LRMS
Domain Name:DESIGN4YOU-LLC.INFO
Created On:17-Dec-2009 19:14:44 UTC
Last Updated On:17-Dec-2009 19:14:45 UTC
Expiration Date:17-Dec-2010 19:14:44 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Melbourne IT Ltd. (R141-LRMS)
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Status:TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Registrant ID:D126106951930310
Registrant Name:Herb Jones
Registrant Organization:********               Stolen Contact Details - redacted
Registrant Street1:Oklahoma City
Registrant Street2:
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:********               Stolen Contact Details - redacted
Registrant State/Province:ok
Registrant Postal Code:73131
Registrant Country:US
Registrant Phone:********               Stolen Contact Details - redacted
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:
Registrant FAX Ext.:
Registrant Email:********               Stolen Contact Details - redacted
Admin ID:D12610695193038
Admin Name:Herb Jones
Admin Organization:********               Stolen Contact Details - redacted
Admin Street1:Oklahoma City
Admin Street2:
Admin Street3:
Admin City:********               Stolen Contact Details - redacted
Admin State/Province:ok
Admin Postal Code:73131
Admin Country:US
Admin Phone:********               Stolen Contact Details - redacted
Admin Phone Ext.:
Admin FAX:
Admin FAX Ext.:
Admin Email:********               Stolen Contact Details - redacted
Billing ID:D12610695193039
Billing Name:YahooDomains BillingContact
Billing Organization:Yahoo! Inc
Billing Street1:701 First Ave.
Billing Street2:
Billing Street3:
Billing City:Sunnyvale
Billing State/Province:CA
Billing Postal Code:94089
Billing Country:US
Billing Phone:+1.4089162124
Billing Phone Ext.:
Billing FAX:
Billing FAX Ext.:
Billing Email:domain.billing@yahoo-inc.com
Tech ID:C126090475633495
Tech Name:YahooDomains TechContact
Tech Organization:Yahoo! Inc
Tech Street1:701 First Ave.
Tech Street2:
Tech Street3:
Tech City:Sunnyvale
Tech State/Province:CA
Tech Postal Code:94089
Tech Country:US
Tech Phone:+1.4089162124
Tech Phone Ext.:
Tech FAX:
Tech FAX Ext.:
Tech Email:domain.tech@yahoo-inc.com
Name Server:YNS1.YAHOO.COM
Name Server:YNS2.YAHOO.COM
DNS Lookup: design4you-llc.com A record
Searching for design4you-llc.com A record at g.root-servers.net [192.112.36.4]: Got referral to B.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. (zone: com.)
Searching for design4you-llc.com A record at B.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. [192.33.14.30]: Got referral to yns2.yahoo.com. (zone: design4you-llc.com.)
Searching for design4you-llc.com A record at yns2.yahoo.com. [66.196.84.168]: Reports design4you-llc.com.
Response:
DomainTypeClassTTLAnswer
design4you-llc.com.AIN720068.180.151.76
design4you-llc.com.NSIN86400yns2.yahoo.com.
design4you-llc.com.NSIN86400ns8.san.yahoo.com.
design4you-llc.com.NSIN86400yns1.yahoo.com.
design4you-llc.com.NSIN86400ns9.san.yahoo.com.

Looking up at the 2 design4you-llc.com. parent servers:

ServerResponse
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  on IP address 68.180.151.76.
***Latest News*** 8th. December 2009
Webpage created
***Latest News*** 9th. December 2009
The domain design4you-llc.com has been suspended by the registrar and the criminal is back up on a new domain, design4you-llc.net, registered with MELBOURNE IT, LTD. (Yahoo as reseller) and hosted on the following Yahoo network as per usual:
DNS Lookup: design4you-llc.net A record
Searching for design4you-llc.net A record at k.root-servers.net [193.0.14.129]: Got referral to d.gtld-servers.net. (zone: net.)
Searching for design4you-llc.net A record at d.gtld-servers.net. [192.31.80.30]: Got referral to yns2.yahoo.com. (zone: design4you-llc.net.)
Searching for design4you-llc.net A record at yns2.yahoo.com. [66.196.84.168]: Reports design4you-llc.net.
Response:
DomainTypeClassTTLAnswer
design4you-llc.net.AIN120068.180.151.76
design4you-llc.net.NSIN86400ns8.san.yahoo.com.
design4you-llc.net.NSIN86400ns9.san.yahoo.com.
design4you-llc.net.NSIN86400yns2.yahoo.com.
design4you-llc.net.NSIN86400yns1.yahoo.com.

Looking up at the 2 design4you-llc.net. parent servers:

ServerResponse
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  on IP address 68.180.151.76.
***Latest News*** 11th. December 2009
The domain design4you-llc.net has been deleted by the registrar - please notify me of any active domains for this criminal.
***Latest News*** 12th. January 2010
Report from site contact - new domain design4you-llc.info registered with MELBOURNE IT, LTD. (Yahoo as reseller) and hosted on the following Yahoo network as per usual:
DNS Lookup: design4you-llc.info A record
Searching for design4you-llc.info A record at g.root-servers.net [192.112.36.4]: Got referral to A0.INFO.AFILIAS-NST.info. (zone: info.)
Searching for design4you-llc.info A record at A0.INFO.AFILIAS-NST.info. [199.254.31.1]: Got referral to yns1.yahoo.com. (zone: design4you-llc.info.)
Searching for design4you-llc.info A record at yns1.yahoo.com. [98.136.43.32]: Reports design4you-llc.info.
Response:
DomainTypeClassTTLAnswer
design4you-llc.info.AIN720069.147.83.188
design4you-llc.info.AIN720069.147.83.187
design4you-llc.info.AIN720098.136.50.138
design4you-llc.info.NSIN86400yns2.yahoo.com.
design4you-llc.info.NSIN86400ns8.san.yahoo.com.
design4you-llc.info.NSIN86400yns1.yahoo.com.
design4you-llc.info.NSIN86400ns9.san.yahoo.com.

Looking up at the 2 design4you-llc.info. parent servers:

ServerResponse
yns2.yahoo.com [66.196.84.168]69.147.83.187 69.147.83.188 98.136.50.138
yns1.yahoo.com [98.136.43.32]69.147.83.187 69.147.83.188 98.136.50.138

The criminal's host is listed as Yahoo  on IP addresses 69.147.83.187 69.147.83.188 98.136.50.138. Yahoo are once again proving resistant to disabling these domains in a reasonable time scale, (<24 hours), hence the criminals continue to use them. Yahoo are effectively aiding and abetting these criminals by failing to take prompt action. Yahoo also do not indulge in any meaningful communication. I would say their abuse team response verges on the criminal.