Modern Design & Development, LLC (Stolen Identity) Fraud
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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 fake company alone and no other. The website has been stolen from a genuine Russian company. These criminals have stolen the identity of a Florida based company of the same name which was incorporated in 2004.
Modern Design & Development, LLC (Stolen Identity) scam screenshot 15-Mar-2010
Modern Design & Development, LLC (Stolen Identity) scam screenshot 15-Mar-2010

Modern Design & Development, LLC (Stolen Identity) is just the latest of the numerous fake Russian serial scam sites that exist solely to ensnare the unwary, whether it is to 'phish' for bank details or mainly to recruit money mules. They have a new template and the complete content of their fraud website has now quite clearly been stolen from this genuine US design company 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 domain designdevelopmentllc.net was only registered with the registrar MELBOURNE IT, LTD. (Yahoo as reseller) on 12-Mar-2010 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. Their other previous, (identical job), 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, Design For You llc, Design Engineering, INC, DESIGN FORCE, LLC, DESIGN FACTORY INC., DesignNext, Advanced Design Services, Inc,  DESIGN EXTENSIONS, LLC, Design Group 7 Inc, VERO DESIGN, INC., DOROSINSKI, CAMPBELL DESIGN ASSOCIATES, INC., L&D INTERIOR DESIGN, INC., Aqualine Design, Inc., The Debra Toney Companies, Design Radiance, LLC., Design Gold Group, Inc. and the Design 2 Fit, LLC (all stolen identity) frauds among others. They have a new stolen template as evidenced, but this is still clearly a serial fraudster which is clear evidence of fraud in itself. As per their usual MO, these criminals have stolen the identity of this Florida based company who were incorporated in July 2004.
Evidence of Criminal Fraud:

i) The Modern Design & Development, LLC (Stolen Identity) criminal's website has quite clearly been stolen from this genuine US design company, 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, (text below). However, the fact that their domain designdevelopmentllc.net was only registered with the unresponsive MELBOURNE IT, LTD. (Yahoo as reseller) on 12-Mar-2010 for the usual 'criminal's domain' minimum period of only one year is clear evidence of fraudulent misrepresentation.

ii) This fraud has a new stolen template from this company, but it is simply an identical follow-on money-mule fraud to all their other identical aliases as listed above.

iii) As is usual for these criminals, despite claiming to have been in business since 1998, (as evidenced below), this fake "Modern Design & Development, LLC" have no genuine Google internet presence at all in their own right, (ignoring their own fake multiple websites, of course - you'd expect to find them). Not to be confused with any presence for the real company - Irrefutable evidence of fraud.

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

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) It is the identical job to all of their previous aliases. 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: Their 'Team' doesn't change between aliases, apart from the 'Best Employers", (I guess these Russian fakers mean "Best Employees"). This time the same faces are Pimakova L. S. and Tim H. B., (in the Design 2 Fit, LLC fraud the same faces were Karen Branson and Brian Foster).

 Anyone know where the photographs have been stolen from?

Team

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

N.B. - They have stolen the identity of a genuine company, in this case a Florida based company of the same name - it's what they always do.

 RUSSIAN ADDRESS
222 Krasnarmeyskaya st.
Moscow, 422000
Russian Federation

 ***The following address details are stolen and so have been converted to an image***

stolen address

 • - A Google search for the Russian address "222 Krasnarmeyskaya st. Moscow" shows no sign of these crooks.
 • - A Google Maps search for the Russian address "222 Krasnarmeyskaya st. Moscow" returns the message: "We were not able to locate the address" - it appears to be fake.
• - The above Florida address is simply the address of the Florida based company whose identity they have stolen, however, a Google search for the address "18720 N.E. 18TH AVENUE 116 MIAMI BEACH FL" returns no results for a company of the name Modern Design & Development, LLC and a Google Maps search for the same address lists no business at that address. This Corporation Wiki page shows it to be an apartment (#116).
• - A Google search for the fake DUNS number 78-738-0807 shows that it has also been used for many others of their scams All clear evidence of fake details and fraud.
ix) The Spam
From: "Sedova from Modern Design&Development,LLC" <manager@designdevelopmentllc.net>
To:xxxxxx
Sent: Mon, March 15, 2010
Subject: Your resume is reviwed. xxxxx

For xxxxxx,
My name is Anna Sedova. I am recruiter of our Staff Department. I found
your CV so Our department beleive that you're qualified for the post of US
Financial Manager.

To obtain more information about this post, visit this site:

http://designdevelopmentllc.net/career.html

this work could be the nice addition to your during work.

Pls view links below for further info about our firm:

Our services:
http://designdevelopmentllc.net/services.html
Corporate License:
http://designdevelopmentllc.net/buslic.html

If you are want to start, feel free to e-mail me immediately.
With regards
Anna Sedova
The above evidence clearly demonstrates beyond any doubt that the fake Modern Design & Development, LLC (stolen Identity) 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

designdevelopmentllc.net
designanddevelopmentllc.com
modernddllc.com
Registrar

MELBOURNE IT, LTD. (Yahoo as reseller) - 12-Mar-2010
MELBOURNE IT, LTD. (Yahoo as reseller) - 15-Mar-2010
MELBOURNE IT, LTD. (Yahoo as reseller) - 15-Mar-2010
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Yahoo on IP addresses 69.147.83.187 69.147.83.188 98.136.50.138
Yahoo on IP addresses 69.147.83.187 69.147.83.188 98.136.50.138
Yahoo on IP addresses 69.147.83.187 69.147.83.188 98.136.50.138
Key:

Active
Suspended/Disabled
Parked
Domain Whois Data (These are criminal registered domains - Any personal whois details are fake or stolen and so have been redacted where necessary).
Registrar:     MELBOURNE IT, LTD. D/B/A INTERNET NAMES WORLDWIDE
Status:        clientTransferProhibited
Dates:         Created 12-mar-2010   Updated 12-mar-2010  Expires 12-mar-2011
DNS Servers:   YNS1.YAHOO.COM  YNS2.YAHOO.COM 

Domain Name.......... designdevelopmentllc.net
  Creation Date........ 2010-03-13
  Registration Date.... 2010-03-13
  Expiry Date.......... 2011-03-13
  Organisation Name.... Georges Blanchet
  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 15-mar-2010   Updated 15-mar-2010  Expires 15-mar-2011
DNS Servers:   YNS1.YAHOO.COM  YNS2.YAHOO.COM 

Domain Name.......... designanddevelopmentllc.com
  Creation Date........ 2010-03-16
  Registration Date.... 2010-03-16
  Expiry Date.......... 2011-03-16
  Organisation Name.... Jennifer Roger
  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 15-mar-2010   Updated 15-mar-2010  Expires 15-mar-2011
DNS Servers:   YNS1.YAHOO.COM  YNS2.YAHOO.COM 

Domain Name.......... modernddllc.com
  Creation Date........ 2010-03-15
  Registration Date.... 2010-03-15
  Expiry Date.......... 2011-03-15
  Organisation Name.... Jeffrey Young
  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
DNS Lookup: designdevelopmentllc.net A record (Also valid for designanddevelopmentllc.com and modernddllc.com)
Searching for designdevelopmentllc.net A record at g.root-servers.net [192.112.36.4]: Got referral to E.GTLD-SERVERS.net. (zone: net.)
Searching for designdevelopmentllc.net A record at E.GTLD-SERVERS.net. [192.12.94.30]: Got referral to yns2.yahoo.com. (zone: designdevelopmentllc.net.)
Searching for designdevelopmentllc.net A record at yns2.yahoo.com. [66.196.84.168]: Reports designdevelopmentllc.net.
Response:
DomainTypeClassTTLAnswer
designdevelopmentllc.net.AIN120098.136.50.138
designdevelopmentllc.net.AIN120069.147.83.188
designdevelopmentllc.net.AIN120069.147.83.187
designdevelopmentllc.net.NSIN86400ns9.san.yahoo.com.
designdevelopmentllc.net.NSIN86400yns2.yahoo.com.
designdevelopmentllc.net.NSIN86400yns1.yahoo.com.
designdevelopmentllc.net.NSIN86400ns8.san.yahoo.com.

Looking up at the 2 designdevelopmentllc.net. 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 the usual Yahoo Inc. on IP address 69.147.83.187 69.147.83.188 98.136.50.138. This IP range is the usual host for many of these criminals. Unfortunately Yahoo have a history of ignoring reports, reporting they've acted when they haven't, reinstating criminal domains and refusing to report when they've taken action so the criminals continue to favour them and will continue to do so until MelbourneIT and Yahoo get their fingers out and cancel these domains immediately they are notified.
***Latest News*** 15th. March 2010
Webpage created
***Latest News*** 19th. March 2010
News from Derek bear - the domains designdevelopmentllc.net, designanddevelopmentllc.com and modernddllc.com have all been disabled - please notify me of any active domains for this criminal.