Reynolds
Investments is just another of the numerous scam websites
that has
been set
up to spamvertise a
money laundering job advertisement. It's a bit slicker than most
but at
the end of the day its function is to con you into believing that they
are a legitimate company when the evidence clearly demonstrates that
they are crooks.
This
fraudster should not be confused with any legitimate company of the
same or similar name - the above website graphics and the included
money
laundering job clearly identify the fake website and these fraudsters.
Reynolds Investments :
Evidence
of Criminal Fraud
i)Reynolds
Investments
claim on their website: "The company was set up in 1990 in New York,
the USA by three enthusiasts having financial education.", but the
criminal's domain reynolds-inc.com was only registered
with PUBLICDOMAINREGISTRY.COM (I-Agent) on 10-Sept-2007.
iii)
A Google search throws up other 'Reynolds Investments', but this
particular one appears to have no internet presence at all apart from
recognition from other fraud sites as a scammer and spammer. iv)Contact Details from website:
The
address 1295 Madison Avenue, NY 10128 is actually the address of the Hotel Wales
and not these crooks. You will see that the VOICE number is the same as
the FAX number & if it's the same as all the others, when you
dial
it a fax. machine only picks up the line - there has never been a voice
transfer, but I'm not about to ring the US from the UK to check -
perhaps a US site visitor could check for me & report back the
result.
v) Here is the obvious money
laundering
position of "Financial
Agent" posted on their website:
Location: Worldwide Status: Opened Employee Type: Part-Time Employee
The major duty of the incumbent is to promptly receive and process
stockbrokers' payments to further transfer them applying specified
method. Please enquire for detailed work scheme.
Requirements:
Expert skill in managing payments and transfers between our
company and clients.
Knowledge of basic payment systems.
Ability to schedule working hours effectively.
Availability of spare time (3-4 hours per day).
Advanced user ability to operate computer and to use
Internet and e-mail.
Legal age.
Payment basis: During the trial period you will be
paid 1000 EUR
per month. You will also be keeping 8% commission from every payment
received from a client. With the current volume of clients on average
your overall income will add up to 1,800EUR per month. After the trial
period your base salary will go up to 1,500 EUR per month, plus 8%
commission (11% for financial agents with corporate bank
account).
Benefits:
Flexible work schedule.
Possibility to combine the job with primary employment.
Free training course.
vi) This is a clear
money laundering mule position - no
legitimate company is going to spamvertise among the untrained,
inexperienced and
uncertified general population
for a "CHECKS PROCESSING MANAGER" acting as a criminal money transfer
agent
vii) More
details of the above money mule function from the criminal's
website:
Location: worldwide
Is it available at the present moment:
Yes
Employee Type: Part-Time employee
Job description:
You will receive funds on your bank account that come from the
stockbrokers and sale of the merchandise by our international clients.
We will supply you with a detailed information about a transfer
including full name of the sender and sum total in every given case.
When funds come to your bank account you have to transfer the
funds to our client using international western union payment system.
The main advantage of such service is the shortest time in which the
seller can receive funds for the sold merchandise. If you delay this
process, our client will be able to cancel the contract and we will
suffer financial losses. Please remember that you are handling money,
be very responsible and attentive!
Western Union fees along with all other costs, such as bank
fees, transportation costs and so in are paid by Financial Agent and
are deducted from his/her commission.
Your compensation will be also deducted from the received
funds on the commission basis. During the probationary period (30 days)
you will be paid 1000 EUR per month, plus 8% commission (11%
for agents with corporate/business bank account)
from every payment received from a client. After the completion of the
probationary period your salary will go up to 1,500 EUR per month, plus
8% commission (11% for agents with corporate/business bank
account) per successfully handled transfer.
Our clients value our performance and are ready to pay extra
for
shorter transaction terms. If we manage to deliver the merchandise top
the buyer during 10 days, the deal considers to be fulfilled in rapid
terms.
Probationary period also imposes restrictions on the social
packet of our corporation. You will be able to receive Reynolds
Investments social packet only after you successfully complete the
probationary period.
Social packet includes:
stock options, child-care
subsidies, flex-time, business casual attire, educational assistance
and professional development programs.
Detailed information concerning the social packet will be sent
to you after the successful completion of the probationary period
Candidate requirements:
More than 18 years old.
An ability to reply promptly to the e-mails every day.
An ability to receive phone calls from us.
A bank account to receive payments
A good history with your bank
Absolutely no criminal offenses or convictions.
Prior experience of processing transfers/money orders is
preferable, but not obligatory.
Financial Agent Job Instruction
This instruction describes the sequence of operations you have
to follow upon receiving a bank payment from our customer.
Upon receipt of our payment order by TaskManager
internal mail or e-mail, where payment sum and further transfer details
are specified, you have to do the following.
Check the status of your bank account through on-line
banking system or by phone.
As
soon as the money is ready for withdrawal, you shall go to the nearest
branch of your bank and withdraw the sum, indicated in the payment
order, in cash.
Deduct your 8(11)% commission from this sum.
Afterwards
go to the nearest Western Union MT Agency and make a transfer in
accordance with the details, mentioned in the payment order. We
strongly recommend to mention "assistance to friends" or "family
expenses" in the "Transfer Purpose" field, as Western Union general
rules forbid to support business transfers and therefore your transfer
might be rejected or even frozen. IMPORTANT: Payment Western
Union pay from our %.
Transfer processing is completed.
In case of any malfunctions contact Reynolds Investments
Senior
Manager by e-mail immediately and describe the problem in detail.
Looking forward to long-term and mutually beneficial cooperation.
The above
evidence clearly demonstrates beyond any doubt that the Reynolds Investments website has been set up by money laundering
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.
Reynolds
Investments Fraudsters -
current hosting details [Updated 5th. Jan 2008]
Current Main Domains, Hosts
and Registrars
Domain
reynolds-inc.com
Registrar
PUBLICDOMAINREGISTRY.COM
(I-Agent) 10-Sept-2007
Host Network
SoftLayer Technologies Inc.
Host
IP
75.126.92.130
Suspended
See table below for the full
list of known active & suspended main domains used by
this
criminal.
Please notify me of any other current domains used by this criminal.
Nameserver Domains
and
Registrars
The
Spam Headers
Fresh spam required, full source code please or as an attachment. The
Spam Content
The Zombie Botnet
The criminal as not using a zombie botnet at this time. Normal DNS Data
below. Initial DNS Data
(reynolds-inc.com)
How I am searching:
Searching for reynolds-inc.com A record at m.root-servers.net
[202.12.27.33]: Got referral to H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. (zone: com.)
Searching for reynolds-inc.com A record at H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
[192.54.112.30]: Got referral to ns2.erahosting.net. (zone:
reynolds-inc.com.)
Searching for reynolds-inc.com A record at ns2.erahosting.net.
[75.126.93.216]: Reports reynolds-inc.com.
Response:
Domain
Type
Class
TTL
Answer
reynolds-inc.com.
A
IN
300
75.126.92.130
reynolds-inc.com.
NS
IN
14400
ns1.erahosting.net.
reynolds-inc.com.
NS
IN
14400
ns2.erahosting.net.
ns1.erahosting.net.
A
IN
14400
75.126.92.130
ns2.erahosting.net.
A
IN
14400
75.126.93.216
Looking up at the 2 reynolds-inc.com. parent servers:
Server
Response
ns2.erahosting.net
[75.126.93.216]
75.126.92.130
ns1.erahosting.net
[75.126.92.130]
75.126.92.130
The host for this one is once again SoftLayer
Technologies Inc. on IP 75.126.92.130 using nameservers on
their
IPs as well.
Here are
all of the known domains that are/have been used for the Reynolds Investments
fraud:
Domain
reynolds-inc.com
Status Suspended
Registrar
PUBLICDOMAINREGISTRY.COM (I-Agent)
Please notify me of any errors or domains not listed here.
i) The criminal will not respond to your
challenge, but will use the
notice to prepare a new network -
immediate suspension is requested please, if allowed for by your AUP.If
you have been a victim of this or any other of these fraudsters
& would like to tell
your
story on these pages as a warning & to help others, please
contact me.
