The Interpay Group Fraud
is a pretty minimalist fraud with a relatively simple website, (for
these
crooks), and little attempt made to disguise the obvious illegal money
mule function that they spamvertise. This is the replacement scam for
the identical International
Trading Place fraud which is no longer on line but the
details of which can still be found on Google.
This
fraudster bears no
relation to any other company of a same or similar name and
should not be
confused. The above website graphics and the money laundering job below
are intended to identify this fraudster alone.
Known Website Domains
int-group.us international-wire.com
Registrar
Melbourne IT (Yahoo) Melbourne IT (Yahoo)
Registration
Date
16-May-2007 02-Jan-2008
IP Address
See DNS data See DNS data
Host
Yahoo small business
network Yahoo small business network
Suspended/DNS error Evidence
of
Criminal Fraud:
i)Contact Details from website:
Interpay Group
25 Menandrou Street
10553
Athens
Greece
An obvious fake address - these address details belong to the Amaryllis Inn Hotel
ii) From the
website: "Interpay
Group was set-up in 2003 to operate Bureau de Change facilities
throughout Greece."
However, the domain int-group.us used by this fraudster was
registered on 16-May-2007.
iii) Interpay
Group
has
no
internet presence at all, apart from recognition as spammers and
scammers which lends the lie to their website
statement "The company has operations in Germany, UK, Spain,
Italy, USA, Greece and Portugal".
iv) This is
the obvious
money mule job
from the website:
Our
company needs a serious and responsible person acting as our Bookkeeper.
This is an excellent part-time opportunity for anyone looking for a
second job. The position is perfect for college grads, young
professionals looking to start a career, or individuals looking for a
career change. High income potential is a reality.
No
Experience is needed.
Because of the European Union laws, any company that receives money
transfers from
non-EU companies has to pay VAT (Value Added Tax), 16%
from incoming transfers.
But EU companies don't have to pay VAT if the
money transfers are received from a person.
That's why we can save this money. You will be handling our
transactions in USA,
acting as a Bookkeeper.
You will receive wire transfers for our US clients, taking 7% as your
commission and you
will be able to make approx $2,000.00 - $2,500.00 per week,
working 2 hours per day for this job.
There
is no fee before or after you start.
You don't have to pay any money to start working with us!
There is no reason for your concern regarding your bank account
information, as we are only asking for information needed to send money
to you. We do not request any access to your bank account. Basically
we need you to withdraw 93% of the amount you'll receive and send it to
one of our European clients within 2 business days after the
wire transfer is clear to your account.
You will also deduct any transfer fees from this 93%.
The main objective of our company
is to provide opportunities in
career building for people with little or no previous
backgrounds.
We won't ask you about your credit rating. We don't work for collection
agencies.
Being a long-established solid corporation we understand how important
is to
provide our customers the best possibilities and support. We always try
our best to
be cooperative and customer-friendly.
Requirements are simple:
- Being of Legal age (over 21 years old)
- Internet access, couple of hours per day
- Ability to answer emails and phone calls every day
In other words a classic illegal
money mule job.
v) No
legitimate company would advertise for private citizens to do a
part-time illegal
job working from home exchanging money. The above
evidence clearly demonstrates that the The Interpay Group
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.
Spam Sample Please allow me to
introduce myself,
I am Philip Campbell, US Representative of Interpay Group.
We
are a privately owned company, based in Greece and focused on providing
European companies a fast and reliable way of receiving payments from
non-EU countries. Because of the European Union laws, any company that
recieves money transfers from non-EU companies has to pay VAT (Value
Added Tax), 16% of all incoming transfers. But we don't have to pay the
VAT as long as we receive money transfers from a US resident person and
this way we can save a lot of money. Therefore, we are seeking for a
trust-able person in USA who owns a bank account in order to receive
payments by wire transfers from our US clients.
We agree to
deposit funds into your US bank account if you accept 7% of these funds
as payment for your services. You will only be responsible for sending
the remaining of the funds to our company in Europe by Western Union or
MoneyGram. The fees for sending these payments will be deducted from
our 93%. After the funds will be deposited into your bank account and
the wire transfer is clear, you will be contacted by one of our staff
to indicate you where to send the money. The only thing that is needed
in order to work with us is to open a new bank account or if you
already own one we can use that account to receive payments.
There
is no reason for your concern regarding your bank account information,
as we are only asking for information needed to send money to you. We
do not request any access to your bank account. Basically we need you
to withdraw 93% of the amount you'll receive and send it to one of our
European clients within 2 business days after the wire transfer is
clear to your account. You will also deduct any transfer fees from this
93%.
The main objective of our company is to provide
opportunities in career building for people with little or no previous
backgrounds. We won't ask you about your credit rating. We don't work
for collection agencies. Being a long-established solid corporation we
understand how important is to provide our customers the best
possibilities and support. We always try our best to be cooperative and
customer-friendly.
Requirements are simple:
- Being of Legal age (over 21 years old)
- Home address and phone number
- Internet access, couple of hours per day
DNS Data:
How I am searching:
Searching for int-group.us A record at l.root-servers.net
[199.7.83.42]: Got referral to b.gtld.biz. (zone: us.)
Searching for int-group.us A record at b.gtld.biz.
[209.173.57.162]: Got referral to YNS1.YAHOO.COM. (zone: int-group.us.)
Searching for int-group.us A record at YNS1.YAHOO.COM. [66.218.71.205]:
Reports int-group.us. Response:
Once again the host is the Yahoo small business network, a favourite
host of so many of these criminals. Fraud Log:
Initial set-up 11th. Jan 2008 ***Latest News*** 3rd. March 2008 New domain notified by site contact - international-wire.com, hosted once again on the Yahoo small business network. DNS Data: (international-wire.com)
How I am searching:
Searching for international-wire.com A record at j.root-servers.net
[192.58.128.30]: Got referral to A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. (zone: com.) Searching for international-wire.com A record at
A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. [192.5.6.30]: Got referral to yns1.yahoo.com.
(zone: international-wire.com.) Searching for international-wire.com A record at yns1.yahoo.com. [66.218.71.205]: Reports international-wire.com. Response:
Domain
Type
Class
TTL
Answer
international-wire.com.
A
IN
1200
216.39.58.207
international-wire.com.
A
IN
1200
216.39.58.208
international-wire.com.
A
IN
1200
216.39.58.209
international-wire.com.
A
IN
1200
216.39.58.235
international-wire.com.
A
IN
1200
216.39.58.236
international-wire.com.
A
IN
1200
216.39.58.237
international-wire.com.
NS
IN
86400
yns2.yahoo.com.
international-wire.com.
NS
IN
86400
ns8.san.yahoo.com.
international-wire.com.
NS
IN
86400
ns9.san.yahoo.com.
international-wire.com.
NS
IN
86400
yns1.yahoo.com.
yns1.yahoo.com.
A
IN
1800
66.218.71.205
yns2.yahoo.com.
A
IN
1800
216.109.116.20
ns8.san.yahoo.com.
A
IN
1800
66.218.71.205
ns9.san.yahoo.com.
A
IN
1800
216.109.116.20
Looking up at the 2 international-wire.com. parent servers: