International Design Center, LLC scam

International Design Center, LLC Fraud

Don't Bear Internet Fraud

International Design Center, LLC screenshot 09-Sep-2009

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. The above website has been stolen from a genuine company and the criminals have also assumed the name of another genuine firm.

International Design Center, LLC 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 intdesllc.com was only registered with the unresponsive registrars MELBOURNE IT, LTD. (Yahoo as reseller) on 02-Sep-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. and the Design Pro Screens, Inc. fraud among others - this is clearly a serial fraudster which is clear evidence of fraud in itself. As per usual, they have stolen the identity of a genuine US (Florida) company.

Evidence of Criminal Fraud:

i) The International Design Center, 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 intdesllc.com was only registered with the unresponsive MELBOURNE IT, LTD. (Yahoo as reseller) on 08-Sep-2009 for the usual 'criminal's domain' minimum period of only one year is clear evidence of fraudulent misrepresentation, not to mention the fact that they have multiple 1-year registered domains as listed below.

ii) This fraud is simply a follow-on fraud to all their other 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. and the Design Pro Screens, 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), "International Design Center, LLC" have no genuine Google internet presence at all, (ignoring their own multiple fake website, of course). Don't be fooled by the fact that they have stolen the name of this genuine Florida company who they are clearly nothing to do with - it is their standard modus operandi - see their previous aliases.

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

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) This 'Team' doesn't change between aliases, (except for the name of the fake 'director', this time the identical face is Alehin Mark Rafailovich. Other aliases from the above list have various other names - clear evidence of fraud):

International Design Center, LLC team

viii) They have no location or contact details on their website contact page at all - simply a webform. Not the sign of a genuine company, I would suggest.

ix) The Spam - see their identical N Design Studio, Inc alias for another typical spam and follow-up correspondence from these serial fraudsters.

Hello xxxxx,

This is Anatoly Mamaev. I'm personnel manager of our Co.

Our department found your CV on Hotjobs so I think u're great candicdate for the vacancy of US Financial Managr.

For more info about this post, follow this site: www.intdesllc.com/careers.htm

this work may be the nice addition to your main jo.b.

Pls see below for more information about our firm:

Main page: www.intdesllc.com

Our products: www.intdesllc.com/index-6.htm

Certificates: www.intdesllc.com/index-12.htm

About us: www.intdesllc.com/index-11.htm

If you're ready, reply me for more information.

Regards

Anatoly Mamaev

The above evidence clearly demonstrates beyond any doubt that the International Design Center, 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

i-designcenter.com
interdescenter.com
intdesllc.com
intdesigncenterllc.com
idescenterllc.com
idesigncentr.com
idesigncentco.com
idesigncentercompany.com

Registrar

MELBOURNE IT, LTD. (Yahoo as reseller) - 06-jul-2009
MELBOURNE IT, LTD. (Yahoo as reseller) - 19-Aug-2009
MELBOURNE IT, LTD. (Yahoo as reseller) - 08-Sep-2009
MELBOURNE IT, LTD. (Yahoo as reseller) - 19-Aug-2009
MELBOURNE IT, LTD. (Yahoo as reseller) - 16-aug-2009
MELBOURNE IT, LTD. (Yahoo as reseller) - 24-aug-2009
MELBOURNE IT, LTD. (Yahoo as reseller) - 28-aug-2009
MELBOURNE IT, LTD. (Yahoo as reseller) - 11-aug-2009

Host

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Yahoo on IP address 98.136.92.79
Yahoo on IP address 98.136.92.79
Yahoo on IP address 98.136.92.79
Yahoo on IP address 98.136.92.79
Yahoo on IP address 98.136.92.79
Yahoo on IP address 98.136.92.79

Key:

Active
Suspended/Disabled
Parked

Domain Whois Data

Registrar: MELBOURNE IT, LTD. D/B/A INTERNET NAMES WORLDWIDE Status: clientTransferProhibited Dates: Created 06-jul-2009 Updated 24-aug-2009 Expires 06-jul-2010 DNS Servers: YNS1.YAHOO.COM YNS2.YAHOO.COM Domain Name.......... i-designcenter.com Creation Date........ 2009-07-07 Registration Date.... 2009-07-07 Expiry Date.......... 2010-07-07 Organisation Name.... Joneal Alop Organisation Address. 42268 Corte Villosa Organisation Address. Organisation Address. Temecula Organisation Address. 92592 Organisation Address. CA Organisation Address. UNITED STATES Admin Name........... Joneal Alop Admin Address........ 42268 Corte Villosa Admin Address........ Admin Address........ Temecula Admin Address........ 92592 Admin Address........ CA Admin Address........ UNITED STATES Admin Email.......... *********@yahoo-inc.com Admin Phone.......... +1.9513260494 Admin Fax............ Tech Name............ - Yahoo! Security Lock Tech Address......... 701 First Ave. Tech Address......... Tech Address......... Sunnyvale Tech Address......... 94089 Tech Address......... CA Tech Address......... UNITED STATES Tech Email........... *********@yahoo-inc.com Tech Phone........... +1.6198813096 Tech Fax............. Name Server.......... yns1.yahoo.com Name Server.......... yns2.yahoo.com	Registrar: MELBOURNE IT, LTD. D/B/A INTERNET NAMES WORLDWIDE Status: ok Dates: Created 31-jul-2009 Updated 24-aug-2009 Expires 31-jul-2010 DNS Servers: YNS1.YAHOO.COM YNS2.YAHOO.COM Domain Name.......... interdescenter.com Creation Date........ 2009-07-31 Registration Date.... 2009-07-31 Expiry Date.......... 2010-07-31 Organisation Name.... lucas gray Organisation Address. 1403 s evergreen Organisation Address. Organisation Address. chanute Organisation Address. 66720 Organisation Address. KS Organisation Address. UNITED STATES Admin Name........... lucas gray Admin Address........ 1403 s evergreen Admin Address........ Admin Address........ chanute Admin Address........ 66720 Admin Address........ KS Admin Address........ UNITED STATES Admin Email.......... hagarmang@yahoo.com Admin Phone.......... +1.6204314299 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........... +1.6198813096 Tech Fax............. Name Server.......... yns1.yahoo.com Name Server.......... yns2.yahoo.com
Registrar: MELBOURNE IT, LTD. D/B/A INTERNET NAMES WORLDWIDE Status: clientTransferProhibited Dates: Created 08-sep-2009 Updated 08-sep-2009 Expires 08-sep-2010 DNS Servers: YNS1.YAHOO.COM YNS2.YAHOO.COM Domain Name.......... intdesllc.com Creation Date........ 2009-09-09 Registration Date.... 2009-09-09 Expiry Date.......... 2010-09-09 Organisation Name.... Martha Garcia 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	Registrar: MELBOURNE IT, LTD. D/B/A INTERNET NAMES WORLDWIDE Status: clientTransferProhibited Dates: Created 19-aug-2009 Updated 19-aug-2009 Expires 19-aug-2010 DNS Servers: YNS1.YAHOO.COM YNS2.YAHOO.COM Domain Name.......... intdesigncenterllc.com Creation Date........ 2009-08-20 Registration Date.... 2009-08-20 Expiry Date.......... 2010-08-20 Organisation Name.... Anne Darst 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	Registrar: MELBOURNE IT, LTD. D/B/A INTERNET NAMES WORLDWIDE Status: clientTransferProhibited Dates: Created 16-aug-2009 Updated 16-aug-2009 Expires 16-aug-2010 DNS Servers: YNS1.YAHOO.COM YNS2.YAHOO.COM Domain Name.......... idescenterllc.com Creation Date........ 2009-08-17 Registration Date.... 2009-08-17 Expiry Date.......... 2010-08-17 Organisation Name.... John Dent 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
Registrar: MELBOURNE IT, LTD. D/B/A INTERNET NAMES WORLDWIDE Status: clientTransferProhibited Dates: Created 24-aug-2009 Updated 24-aug-2009 Expires 24-aug-2010 DNS Servers: YNS1.YAHOO.COM YNS2.YAHOO.COM Domain Name.......... idesigncentr.com Creation Date........ 2009-08-25 Registration Date.... 2009-08-25 Expiry Date.......... 2010-08-25 Organisation Name.... Pam Allen 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	Registrar: MELBOURNE IT, LTD. D/B/A INTERNET NAMES WORLDWIDE Status: clientTransferProhibited Dates: Created 28-aug-2009 Updated 28-aug-2009 Expires 28-aug-2010 DNS Servers: YNS1.YAHOO.COM YNS2.YAHOO.COM Domain Name.......... idesigncentco.com Creation Date........ 2009-08-29 Registration Date.... 2009-08-29 Expiry Date.......... 2010-08-29 Organisation Name.... Sharon Caldwell 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	Registrar: MELBOURNE IT, LTD. D/B/A INTERNET NAMES WORLDWIDE Status: clientTransferProhibited Dates: Created 11-aug-2009 Updated 11-aug-2009 Expires 11-aug-2010 DNS Servers: YNS1.YAHOO.COM YNS2.YAHOO.COM Domain Name.......... idesigncentercompany.com Creation Date........ 2009-08-12 Registration Date.... 2009-08-12 Expiry Date.......... 2010-08-12 Organisation Name.... Amanda Harazak 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

Network Data (Valid for domains intdesllc.com, intdesigncenterllc.com, idescenterllc.com, idesigncentr.com, idesigncentco.com, idesigncentercompany.com)

DNS Lookup: intdesllc.com A record
Searching for intdesllc.com A record at c.root-servers.net [192.33.4.12]: Got referral to E.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. (zone: com.)
Searching for intdesllc.com A record at E.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. [192.12.94.30]: Got referral to yns1.yahoo.com. (zone: intdesllc.com.)
Searching for intdesllc.com A record at yns1.yahoo.com. [98.136.43.32]: Reports intdesllc.com.
Response:

Domain	Type	Class	TTL	Answer
intdesllc.com.	A	IN	1200	98.136.92.79
intdesllc.com.	NS	IN	86400	ns8.san.yahoo.com.
intdesllc.com.	NS	IN	86400	yns2.yahoo.com.
intdesllc.com.	NS	IN	86400	yns1.yahoo.com.
intdesllc.com.	NS	IN	86400	ns9.san.yahoo.com.

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

Server	Response
yns1.yahoo.com [98.136.43.32]	98.136.92.79
yns2.yahoo.com [66.196.84.168]	98.136.92.79

The criminal's host is listed as Yahoo on IP address 98.136.92.79 - the same IP as his previous aliases - DESIGN 4 ADVERTISING, INC. and Design Pro Screens, Inc.

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