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Platinum Funds Inc. screenshot (14-Jul-2009)
Platinum Funds Inc. screenshot (14-Jul-2009)

This fraudster should not be confused with any legitimate company of the same or similar name - the above website graphics and theluded money laundering job clearly identify the fake website and these criminal fraudsters.
***Beware - the platinum Funds Inc. home page contains a suspicious cloaked Javascript which I suspect may be an exploit of some sort***

Platinum Funds Inc. This is just a standard scam website that has been set up to form a front for a money laundering job advertisement. It is a preceding fraud to the identical Webeca Payments Inc. scam which itself was a follow-on to the Silver Finance Inc. scam which itself was a follow-on to the Active Solutions Inc. scam which itself was a follow-on to the Silver Services Inc. scam which itself was a follow-on to the Diamond-Exchange Inc. scam plus a few others in there somewhere - this is a clear serial fraudster. The website domain platinum-funds.us has only been registered recently, they are not registered as a company in their supposed country of location, their contact details are bogus and they have no web presence whatsoever. The payload of the site is the usual illegal money mule function of 'Transfer Manager' that will get your bank account closed, your assets frozen, lose you a lot of money and could cost you your liberty - don't be tempted. They have another current alias of Webeca Payments Inc.

Platinum Funds Inc.  : Evidence of Criminal Fraud

i) The Platinum Funds Inc. website footer displays 2006 and their news page displays items involving them going back to 2004 but the criminal's domain platinum-funds.us was only registered with MELBOURNE IT LTD (Yahoo as reseller) on 17-Apr-2009. A clear indication of a fraudulent registration. It is hosted by the unresponsive Yahoo Hosting as are so many of these criminal fraudsters.

ii) A Google search shows absolutely no internet presence at all for Platinum Funds Inc. apart from fraud site listings. If they had indeed been in business since 2004 they would have a large presence. The fact that they have none is clear evidence of a fake company.

iii) They are advertising the following clear money mule job of "TRANSFER MANAGER" on their website.
TRANSFER MANAGER

Job Description:

The task of the Transfer Manager is collecting payments (to your bank or PayPal account) from customers in
timely manner, transferring them to our office in Sweden via Wire Transfers or MoneyGram, and to solve issues associated with these tasks.
If you don't have bank account, our manager will find nearest bank, and open a new checking account there.
All fees will be paid by our company.

Every payment order will be accompanied with detailed instructions. It is a part-time from home job.
We are offering to you a commission based position. You will get 8% of each processed payment immediately, right after you accomplish the task.

General requirements:
# Applicants must be of legal age;
# Good communications skills
# Any experience in customer service sphere is appreciated;
# Willingness to work from home, take responsibility and achieve higher goals;
# Experience in Internet usage;
# Honesty, responsibility and promptness in operations;
# Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word is a plus.

Salary:  $700-$1400 per week

This job will allow you to:
# work efficiently from home;
# increase available personal time;
# get financial independence for less time than it's usually required;
# develop high self-respect and esteem;

Working hours are flexible. You can choose to perform the work when it is convenient to you.
The general requirement is to spend 30-60 minutes a day for the work.
You will need to check your e-mail 3-5 times a day to see if there is any work for you.
This is the identical job as advertised by this crook's Silver Services Inc., Diamond-Exchange Inc., Active Solutions Inc., Webeca Payments Inc. aliases and others. They also seem to have confused Sweden with Finland as they claim to be based in Finland and list no Swedish office - see contact details below.
In other words, just your average ILLEGAL money laundering mule position of accepting STOLEN FUNDS into your bank account that will get your account and your assets frozen, lose you a lot of money and could earn you a criminal record. Clear evidence of criminal fraud.
iv) No legitimate company is going to advertise among the untrained, inexperienced and uncertified general population for a "Transfer Manager" acting as a criminal money transfer agent. It clearly defines Platinum Funds Inc. as a criminal fraud organisation.

v) Fake Website Contact Details:

Our address:
Kantie 24, Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland, 00573

Phone: +358 20 7117 371

Official bank requisites:
S.W.I.F.T.: PSPBFIHE
register code: FI417118
info@platinum-funds.us

Jan Troell (President & CEO):
e-mail: jan@platinum-funds.us

Private Customer Support:
e-mail: info@platinum-funds.us

Business Customer Support
Phone: 653 2112, e-mail: business@platinum-funds.us

• - This is the same details as used for his Silver Services Inc., Active Solutions Inc., Webeca Payments Inc. frauds and others with the "Kantie 4" changed to "Kantie 24". The address "Kantie 24, Helsinki" still returns no Google hits, (apart from the crook's own fake site, of course), and Google Maps still does not recognise it as a genuine Helsinki location. It is completely fake even with the extra "2" added.
• - A Wiki check on Finnish telephone numbers shows that the number +358 20 7117 371 is not a Helsinki number, in fact the format is wrong and the number of digits is wrong - it is clearly a fake number.
• - Unsurprisingly, A Google check for the telephone number "+358 20 7117 371" returns no relevant results apart from the crook's previous and current scams.
• - The 'register' code FI417118 looks like the beginning of a Finnish IBAN number, but there are far too few digits, (it should be 18 digits long) register code is a meaningless term - it is fake.
 • - A SWIFT (BIC) website search for the identifier PSPBFIHE shows that it does not exist - it is fake - irrefutable evidence of fraud.

vi) A search of the Finnish BIS (Business Information System) shows that there is no such company as "Platinum Funds Inc." registered in Finland - check for yourself - it is undoubtedly a fake company, (the suffic "Inc." wouldn't be used in Finland anyway - typical suffixes would be OY or OYJ). - irrefutable evidence of fraud.
vii) The Spam:
Dear xxxxx ,

Our organization is involved in purchase, sale and interchange of Online currencies, such as and etc.

Our branches are located in Finland, Germany and Sweden. Presently we have an open part-time position
of Transfer Manager in United States of America.

We have found your Resume at CB and consider that you meet all the requirements of proposed position.
We are seeking for a competent person to join our team. If you are interested in possessing of new expertise,
start a new career and wish to receive a better slary, we would be glad to take you on.

Vacancy information:

The work of Transfer Manager includes infrequent receipt of payments (via your bank account)
from US customers and subsequent transfer of funds via Wire Transfer Services to our organization, and
deciding side points connected with the job.
We will provide you with comprehensive instructions for each remittance.
You will surely enjoy a versatile experience of Transfer Manager�s position offered by our company.

Our company will undertake for all the fees and side payments. Our best candidate should:

* Have excellent communications skills
* Have an experience in consumer service industry (preferable)
* Be honest-minded, responsible, punctual and operative in work
* Be a person aged from 21 to 65
* Be a competent Computer user
* Have 3�10 free hours per week
* Be United States of America citizen
* Have an ability to work as a telecommuter

We offer an average income of $700-1400 per week. Compensation is commission-based (you obtain up to
8 % of each processed transfer).

Take all the advantages of Transfer Manager�s position, such as:

* Financial sovereignty achieved in short terms
* Availability to work efficiently as a telecommuter, with a very flexible schedule
* Universal esteem and self-respect
* Increased free personal time

WE WILL UNDERTAKE FOR ALL THE FEES CONNECTED WITH YOUR EMPLOYMENT If you find the above
agreeable with your character and personality,
and you would like to be a part of our team, please fill form on our site .

We would be pleased to provide you with comprehensive information (web sites, licenses and etc.) and
also to answer all your questions.
The above evidence clearly demonstrates beyond any doubt that the Platinum Funds Inc. website has been set up by money laundering criminal fraudsters purely for the purpose of spamvertising an illegal money laundering 'mule' job. 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 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.
Platinum Funds Inc. Fraudsters - hosting details

Main Domains, Registrars and Hosts  
Domain

platinum-funds.us 		 Registrar

MELBOURNE IT LTD (Yahoo as reseller) - 17-Apr-2009 		Host Network

Yahoo Hosting
 Host IP

68.180.151.74
Key:
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Suspended or Inactive
Parked

Please notify me of any other current domains used by this criminal.
DNS Lookup: platinum-funds.us A record
Searching for platinum-funds.us A record at g.root-servers.net [192.112.36.4]: Got referral to C.GTLD.BIZ. (zone: us.)
Searching for platinum-funds.us A record at C.GTLD.BIZ. [209.173.60.65]: Got referral to YNS1.YAHOO.COM. (zone: platinum-funds.us.)
Searching for platinum-funds.us A record at YNS1.YAHOO.COM. [98.136.43.32]: Reports platinum-funds.us.
Response:
Domain Type Class TTL Answer
platinum-funds.us. A IN 1200 68.180.151.74
platinum-funds.us. NS IN 86400 yns2.yahoo.com.
platinum-funds.us. NS IN 86400 ns8.san.yahoo.com.
platinum-funds.us. NS IN 86400 ns9.san.yahoo.com.
platinum-funds.us. NS IN 86400 yns1.yahoo.com.

Looking up at the 2 platinum-funds.us. parent servers:

Server Response
yns2.yahoo.com [66.196.84.168] 68.180.151.74
yns1.yahoo.com [98.136.43.32] 68.180.151.74

This criminal's website is hosted by the unresponsive Yahoo hosting on the frequently abused IP address 68.180.151.74
***Latest News*** Initial entry 14th. July 2009