Global Shipping Agency scam

Global Shipping Agency Fraud

Don't Bear Internet Fraud

Global Shipping Agency Screenshot - 16-Feb-2009

This fraudster should not be confused with any genuine company that has the same or a similar name. The website graphics and the evidence below identify this criminal alone.

This fraud has been transferred to a Rockphish botnet - new details here: Global Shipping Agency Ltd

Global Shipping Agency is a standard money laundering job spamvertising website that is hosted on the same host and the same nameservers as the SIBERIA Hunting Agency money laundering fraudster and the Shopper4U and YourShopper 'Purchase Agent' fraudsters. Their home page website content has been part stolen from the Westward Freight website and partly from the Mediterranean Shipping Company website. That much is self-evident and clear proof of site theft and fraud. They appear to have stolen the identity of a genuine Chinese branch company of the same name, (details below). They make the claim on their above home page: "Global Shipping Agency Ltd. (GSA Ltd.) was formed in 1996", but their domains gsaltd.org and gsaltd.net were only registered very recently, they have no web presence, they are advertising a clear money laundering mule job. In other words just a standard every day criminal fraud website created to fool the unwary into applying for a criminal 'job' with them which consists of accepting stolen funds into your personal bank account and transferring a balance back to these criminals using Western Union/Moneygram.

Evidence of Criminal Fraud:

i) They state on their above home page "Global Shipping Agency Ltd. (GSA Ltd.) was formed in 1996", yet their website domain gsaltd.org was only registered with PublicDomainRegistry.com on 30-Jan-2009 and their domain gsaltd.net was only registered with IMENA.UA on 30-Jan-2009. - a clear indication of fraud.

ii) Their home page website content appears to have been half stolen from the Westward Freight website and half from the Mediterranean Shipping Company website - clear evidence of site theft and fraud.

iii) They appear to have stolen the identity of the Hong Kong branch of the genuine Shenzhen Global Net Logistics Ltd. The branch is not listed by its parent company as having a website.

iv) Despite their above claim of being in business for years, a Google search for "Global Shipping Agency" shows that this particular fake company has no web presence whatsoever. Do not confuse them with the genuine Hong Kong based freight forwarder of the same name whose details they have stolen.

v) Thay are hosted on the same Russian host, (ISPSYSTEM), and the same nameservers as the SIBERIA Hunting Agency money laundering fraudster and the Shopper4U and YourShopper 'Purchase Agent' fraudsters.

vi) This 'Money Laundering Mule' job of "Customer Service Financial Assistant" is posted on their website under the 'Vacancies' menu option:

Job Overview
Location:    Multi
Base Pay:    3000 USD and higher
Employee Type:    Part-Time Employee
Industry:    Logistics
Manages Others:    No
Job Type:    Customer Service, Finance
Req'd Education:    High School Diploma ( preferred)
Req'd Experience:    not specified
Req'd Travel:    No
Relocation Covered:    No

Customer Service Financial Assistant
Customer Service Financial Assistant coordinates customer payments and supports company�s growth in his local area, by providing customers by the fastest and excellent service, so that to enable the Head Office arrange customer order delivery in shortest dates.

Responsibilities:

    * Provides financial customer support in his local area.
    * Professionally processes customer payments, using his bank account ( or bank account set up especially for the company needs).
    * Works in a close cooperation with the Head Office: makes arrangements and reports about any sufficient changes.
    * Arranges, monitors, coordinates and processes every new customer payment in an efficient and professional manner.
    * Directs the payments to the final destination in one of company affiliations.
    * Minimizes payment delivery period by using Western Union Instant Transfer System only.

Requirements:

    * Excellent oral and written communication skills.
    * Skilled in applicable computer software applications, such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point.
    * Knowledgeable on the Internet in order to obtain resource material and execute work duties.
    * Achievement Motivated.
    * Punctual.
    * Customer Service/ Service Partner Orientated.
    * Stable employment history.

Note: Salary makes out of base pay and commission for each payment processed. GSA Ltd. offers a 10% commission out of each customer payment dealt with successfully.
Please note, this is a part-time position, you need to be available for 2 hours a day only!

Apply now

That is a crystal clear illegal money mule function of accepting funds into a private account and transferring them back out to the criminals less a percentage and on its own defines the company without doubt as criminal and bogus and is clear evidence of criminal fraud.

Do not be fooled - no legitimate business would employ unknown private individuals in a foreign country using their own personal accounts to 'process' transfers in this way. It will get your account and your assets frozen and could earn you a criminal record - do not be tempted.

vii) The Contact Details from their website:

Global Shipping Agency Ltd.
Unit 5, 8/F., Sands Building,
17 Hankow Road,
Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon,
Hong Kong
Email: GSA@gsaltd.org
Tel: (852) 2882 9706
Fax: (852) 2882 9610

• - A Google search for the telephone number 2882 9706 appears to indicate that this criminal has stolen the details of a genuine company called Global Shipping Agency who are not listed as having their own website, but are listed as the Hong Kong branch office of the genuine Shenzhen Global Net Logistics Ltd company.

The above evidence clearly demonstrates that the Global Shipping Agency website is a fraudulent website set up by criminals 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

gsaltd.org
gsaltd.net

Registrar

PublicDomainRegistry.com on 30-Jan-2009
INTERNET INVEST, LTD. DBA IMENA.UA 30-Jan-2009

Host & IP address

ISPSYSTEM - 82.146.53.7
UK-UAONLINE-20060118 (Real International Business Corp.) - 88.214.198.108

Active
Suspended/Disabled

Network Data: (gsaltd.org)

How I am searching:

Searching for gsaltd.org A record at e.root-servers.net [192.203.230.10]: Got referral to B0.ORG.AFILIAS-NST.org. (zone: org.)
Searching for gsaltd.org A record at B0.ORG.AFILIAS-NST.org. [199.19.54.1]: Got referral to ns2.ispvds.com. (zone: gsaltd.org.)
Searching for gsaltd.org A record at ns2.ispvds.com. [82.146.55.39]: Reports gsaltd.org. Response:

Domain	Type	Class	TTL	Answer
gsaltd.org.	A	IN	3600	82.146.53.7
gsaltd.org.	NS	IN	3600	ns2.ispvds.com.
gsaltd.org.	NS	IN	3600	ns1.ispvds.com.
ns1.ispvds.com.	A	IN	3600	82.146.35.18
ns2.ispvds.com.	A	IN	3600	82.146.55.39

Looking up at the 2 gsaltd.org. parent servers:

Server	Response
ns2.ispvds.com [82.146.55.39]	82.146.53.7
ns1.ispvds.com [82.146.35.18]	82.146.53.7

The Russian host of this criminal fraudster's domain gsaltd.org is ISPSYSTEM on IP address 82.146.53.7. Other scams noted on the same host's nameservers - SIBERIA Hunting Agency, YourShopper and Shopper4U

Network Data: (gsaltd.net)
How I am searching:

Searching for gsaltd.net A record at j.root-servers.net [192.58.128.30]: Got referral to B.GTLD-SERVERS.net. (zone: net.)
Searching for gsaltd.net A record at B.GTLD-SERVERS.net. [192.33.14.30]: Got referral to ns0.hqhost.net. (zone: gsaltd.net.)
Searching for gsaltd.net A record at ns0.hqhost.net. [88.214.192.200]: Reports gsaltd.net. Response:

Domain	Type	Class	TTL	Answer
gsaltd.net.	A	IN	10800	88.214.198.108
gsaltd.net.	NS	IN	10800	ns1.hqhost.net.
gsaltd.net.	NS	IN	10800	ns0.hqhost.net.
ns0.hqhost.net.	A	IN	10800	88.214.192.200
ns1.hqhost.net.	A	IN	10800	88.214.228.200

Looking up at the 2 gsaltd.net. parent servers:

Server	Response
ns1.hqhost.net [88.214.228.200]	88.214.198.108
ns0.hqhost.net [88.214.192.200]	88.214.198.108

The host of this criminal fraudster's domain gsaltd.net is UK-UAONLINE-20060118 (Real International Business Corp.) on IP address 88.214.198.108

Fraud Log

***Latest News*** Webpage created 16th. February 2009. Thanks to Frank Bear for the 'heads up' on this one.

***Latest News*** 16-Feb-2009

Simon Bear reports that domain gsaltd.org has been suspended - please notify me of any active domains for this criminal.

***Latest News*** 19-Feb-2009
Simon Bear reports that domain gsaltd.net has been suspended - please notify me of any active domains for this criminal.

This fraud has been transferred to a Rockphish botnet - new details here: Global Shipping Agency Ltd