TransBridge-us Fraud

Don't Bear Internet Fraud

TransBridge-us scam screenshot 03-Jul-2009:

This criminal fraud website should not be confused with any other company of the same or similar name - the above screenshot of the criminal's website home page and the detailed evidence below are intended to identify this fraudster and this fraudster alone.

The TransBridge-us scam is just another of the numerous Russian money laundering mule job websites, in this case masquerading as an auction drop site. Their website content is stolen from Pro Auction Consignment, they have no internet presence, their location and contact details are bogus, they have multiple recently registered domains, (for the usual criminal's domain minimum period of one year), and they are hosted on the same criminal fraudster's network and IP address, (UNICOM (China United Telecommunications Corporation) (220.194.44.67)), as the fraudsters Innoverse Software and Logistic Vision, Inc. This is a direct follow-on clone fraud site to Auction Online Solution, that much is self-evident. The payload of this fraud site is the usual money laundering mule job of "Administrative Clerk" under the 'Vacancies' tab.

If you are a registrar or a host who has received an abuse report concerning this criminal then please review the irrefutable evidence below and take prompt and permanent action to shut this criminal down.

If you've either received an active website link in an TransBridge-us fraud spam, or know of an active domain and it is not listed in the domain tables below, then please let us know by reporting it using the 'Report Active Domain' option in the title bar above. Please see the tables below and the latest news for the latest hosting and domain details.

TransBridge-us : Evidence of Criminal Fraud

i) The criminal's website content has been stolen from the website Pro Auction Consignment with the addition of a bogus job under a 'Vacancies' tab which does not appear on the genuine site. Clear evidence of site theft and criminal fraud.

ii) The TransBridge-us scam is a clear identical follow-on scam to the Auction Online Solution fraud.

iii) The bogus TransBridge-us website has multiple domains as listed below, all registered on June 3rd. for the 'criminal's domain' minimum period of one year - A clear indication of fraud.

iv) A Google search for "TransBridge-us" shows that they have no internet presence at all apart from fraud website listings, (ignoring their own fake website, of course).

v) The Bogus job from the website:

TransBridge-us eBay Drop Off Store Vacancies :
Administrative Clerk Position :

Location : United Kingdom / United States

Work Type: Part Time
Area: Anywhere in UK / US

Responsibilities:

- Day to day liaison with manager
- Achieving a high level of customer service and satisfaction
- Preparing of weekly, monthly and yearly sales reports
- Daily reporting

Main Duties:

- Deal effectively with sales enquires from manager over the e-mail and phone,
advising and selling the range of available services to potential and existing customers
- Complete all administrative tasks to ensure compliance with company procedures
- Maintain a clean and tidy reports/documentation
- In instances of lone working or in the Manager and Supervisors absence take key holder responsibility

Person Specification:

In order to be successful in the position the jobholder will need to demonstrate:

- A good level of written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to speak clearly and demonstrate effective listening skills when communicating
with managers/customers
- Self discipline, working within guidelines and procedures whilst being attentive to detail
- Comfortable working in a small team environment and adapt to lone working
- Project confidence and services on completion of the induction and probation period

We are offering a flexible work schedule,
commission right after the successfully processed operation, benefits plus
stable salary after probationary period. Your wage can reach up to 2,000-3,000 UK pounds/US dollars per month while spending only 15-25 hours a week. We looking for well-organized individuals, older than 20 years old who have PC (or notebook) and Internet access at home. Knowledge of MS Office is obligatory.

For a probationary period we sign an Agreement valid within 4 weeks. You undertake no expenses! If you are interested in growing your income and willing for a better salary - welcome in our team !

This Offer available for United Kingdom and United States residents only.

If you have any questions, please email us: transbridge@ymail.com

There you have the usual clear part time, work from home position. They don't spell out the function these days, but the clues are there, such as "commission right after the successfully processed operation". How it works: Firstly, be absolutely certain that there is no job here at all. These crooks sign you up, get you to hand over your ID details and sign a bogus contract. After that you are in what they call a 'probationary' period, or 'training period'. The 'training' consists of accepting transfers of stolen money into your personal account and transferring a balance back to these criminals using Western Union. This carries on until the first transfer comes back as fraudulent, (i.e. when the initial victim notices it missing from his account). As soon as that happens and you contact them to find out what is going on they will disappear and you will be in the position of having your account and its contents frozen, you will have lost all the real money that you have sent them and you will likely be facing a criminal investigation. Don't be tempted.

vi) The fake location and contact details, (from the website):

Corporate Headquarters

Lithuania 232016
Vilnius
General Obukhov, 21

Phone: 845-704-7497
Facsimile: +1(800)-477-8106

• - For some reason the address details seem to be backward, but a Google search on the address "Lithuania 232016, Vilnius, General Obukhov, 21" returns no hits for these criminals, but does return a fraud site listing for another scammer - DT-System Ltd.
• - Although they claim to be based in Lithuania, the telephone numbers 845-704-7497 and +1(800)-477-8106 are clearly American phone numbers and have been used for fraud before, e.g. here for 845-704-7497 and here for +1(800)-477-8106
All clear evidence of fake details and fraud.

The above evidence clearly demonstrates beyond any doubt that the criminal's website has been set up by fraudsters purely for criminal purposes. 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 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.

TransBridge-us Fraudsters - current hosting details.

Current Domains, Registrars and Hosts

Domain

transbridge-us-uk.com
transbridge-us-eu.com
transbridge-usa.com
transbridge.net

Criminal Registered Nameserver Domains

dnssrb.cn

Registrar

Enom Inc. (03-Jun-2009)
Enom Inc. (03-Jun-2009)
Enom Inc. (03-Jun-2009)
Network Solutions (29-Jun-2009)

厦门华融盛世网络有限公司 - Xiamen Huarong Spirit Network Limited - 07-May-2009)

Host and IP Address

UNICOM (China United Telecommunications Corporation) (220.194.44.67)
UNICOM (China United Telecommunications Corporation) (220.194.44.67)
UNICOM (China United Telecommunications Corporation) (220.194.44.67)
Network Solutions LLC

Key:
Active
Suspended/Disabled
Parked

Please notify me of any errors or domains not listed here.

Notes for Registrars

i) The criminal will not respond to your challenge but will use the notice to prepare a new network - immediate suspension is requested, please.

Network Details (Valid for domains transbridge-us-uk.com, transbridge-us-eu.com and transbridge-usa.com)
DNS Lookup: transbridge-us-uk.com A record
Searching for transbridge-us-uk.com A record at l.root-servers.net [199.7.83.42]: Got referral to a.gtld-servers.net. (zone: com.)
Searching for transbridge-us-uk.com A record at a.gtld-servers.net. [192.5.6.30]: Got referral to ns1.dnssrb.cn. (zone: transbridge-us-uk.com.)
Searching for transbridge-us-uk.com A record at ns1.dnssrb.cn. [220.194.44.67]: Reports transbridge-us-uk.com.
Response:

Domain	Type	Class	TTL	Answer
transbridge-us-uk.com.	A	IN	14400	220.194.44.67
transbridge-us-uk.com.	NS	IN	14400	ns2.dnssrb.cn.
transbridge-us-uk.com.	NS	IN	14400	ns1.dnssrb.cn.
ns1.dnssrb.cn.	A	IN	14400	220.194.44.67
ns2.dnssrb.cn.	A	IN	14400	220.194.44.68

Looking up at the 2 transbridge-us-uk.com. parent servers:

Server	Response
ns1.dnssrb.cn [220.194.44.67]	220.194.44.67
ns2.dnssrb.cn [220.194.44.68]	220.194.44.67

The host for this criminal fraudster is listed as UNICOM (China United Telecommunications Corporation) on IP address 220.194.44.67. This host and IP address have also been used for other frauds associated with these criminals, including Innoverse Software and Logistic Vision, Inc.

***Latest News*** 3rd. July 2009 - web page published

Later - News from Simon Bear - the domains transbridge-us-uk.com, transbridge-us-eu.com and transbridge-usa.com have all been suspended by the registrar. Please notify me of any active domains for this criminal.

***Latest News*** 15th. August 2009
Active domain notified by site contact - transbridge.net registered with Network Solutions, (29-Jun-2009), and hosted on the following network:DNS Lookup: transbridge.net A record
Searching for transbridge.net A record at e.root-servers.net [192.203.230.10]: Got referral to H.GTLD-SERVERS.net. (zone: net.)
Searching for transbridge.net A record at H.GTLD-SERVERS.net. [192.54.112.30]: Got referral to ns14.worldnic.com. (zone: transbridge.net.)
Searching for transbridge.net A record at ns14.worldnic.com. [205.178.144.7]: Reports transbridge.net.
Response:

Domain	Type	Class	TTL	Answer
transbridge.net.	A	IN	7200	205.178.145.65

Looking up at the 2 transbridge.net. parent servers:

Server	Response
ns14.worldnic.com [205.178.144.7]	205.178.145.65
ns13.worldnic.com [205.178.190.7]	205.178.145.65

The host for this criminal fraudster is Network Solutions, LLC on IP address 205.178.145.65

***Latest News*** 22nd. August 2009
News from Simon Bear - the domain transbridge.net has been suspended - please notify me of any active domains for this criminal.