Ultragame is
just the latest in a long line of websites that have been set
up to form a front for a
money laundering job advertisement. It's a bogus games site this time,
presumably in an attempt to catch a younger & more susceptible
group, 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 criminal fraudsters. It's got the usual flash banner and the
sort of irritating 'muzak' only a bogus website would use, (many of
these sites do, anyway).
They had a previous
alias of The
GreatGame ltd., but their hosting of domain greatgameltd.orghas
been disconnected.
N.B. This fraudulent
company should not be confused with any other company
bearing the same or a similar name. This fraudulent company is
identified by these
website graphics and the money laundering mule job it spamvertises
under the 'Vacancy' tab.
Ultragame :
Evidence
of Criminal Fraud
i) On their 'About
Us' page, Ultragame
claims "Company was
established in 2001 year by James Kernel , currently is based in
London, UK", but the
criminal's domain ultragame.org was only registered with OnlineNic on
November the
22rd. 2007.
These are the same details used by the previous alias of this fraudster
- The
GreatGame ltd.
Despite the website claim that they are based in London, UK, their
contact address is in Riga, Latvia and their telephone numbers are US
ones.
iii) A Google search for Ultragame shows two things, firstly
that they have no internet presence in their field, (despite claiming "At the moment we serve more then
10.000 individual clients from United States, United Kingdom, Western
Europe" and secondly that they are spamming job sites
internationally as shown below.
iv)They are posting the following
'job' on jobs websites all over the world giving an address in Riga,
Latvia although purporting to be a UK company on the website: UltraGame Ltd.
http://ultragame.org
Address: Kalna street 12
Riga - 2171
Contact: Nicholas Lucas
Email:
Company description:
The “UltraGame Ltd.” is one of the major players of Massive Multiplayer
Online Game (MMOG) market; we provide strategic direction and
consolidated statistical reporting for the publishers and developers of
the MMOG & MMORPG.
Company was established in 2001 year by James Kernel , currently is
based in London, UK and provides consultation in Game Integrated
Logistics, Technology Solutions, Customer services, Customer Care,
Development and managing of Anti-Fraud departments, Tactical Fraud
Analysis and Designing of new fraud prevention tools. As part of its
diversified service strategy, the company also owns and operates a
network of MMOG community sites and services including fan forums and
boards, and a broad array of independent editorial content.
At the moment we serve more then 10.000 individual clients from United
States, United Kingdom, Western Europe and other CIS countries. At this
present moment we are consulting with four Game Developers and
Publishers.
Vacancies:
1. - Customer Service Manager
Currently UltraGame Ltd. is seeking a Customer Service Manager to
assist the winners of the tournament, in receiving information about
the award and managing transaction. Position requirements: * Computer
skills * Demonstrate initiative * Ability to work in organized manner *
Honesty and promptness in operations * The ability of stable
communication Description of Duties: * Support of customers by e-mail,
phone and fax * Liaison with clients to supervise and develop the
existing business by increasing turnover and looking for and, possibly,
adding new products * Payment receptions * Processing payments for our
clients * Managing cash and balancing receipts This position will allow
You to: * Work efficiently from home; * Have another job and no
interference with Your main place of work; * Interact and associate
with other members in order to benefit from their knowledge and
experiences; * Develop communication and business skills essential for
work in other relative spheres; * Receive additional awards and bonuses
for high-quality and accurate work; You are not required to pay setup
fees or sign up to a mailing list. You will need no money or special
skills to start. Date: 8 February 2008 City/Town: Any city Location:
Nationwide Wage/Salary: 3500 USD + bonus Start: Immediate Duration: 6
months Type: Part Time, Home Based How to apply: by email Company:
UltraGame ltd. Contact: Thomas Curtis Phone: Fax: Email:
xxxxxxx@yahoo.com
Location: Any City/Town - Nationwide
Salary: 2320 USD + bonus v) The job posted on
the website under the Vacancies menu option is as follows:
Position
title: Regional Sales
Representative
Opening Date:
11/07/2007
Closing Date: Open until filled
Salary: $3500+
Duty Location: United Kingdom
Position requirements:
A bachelor's degree
Computer skills
Demonstrate initiative
Ability to work in organized manner
Honesty and promptness in operations
The ability of stable communication
Description of Duties:
Support of customers by e-mail, phone and fax
Liaison
with clients to supervise and develop the existing business by
increasing turnover and looking for and, possibly, adding new products
Payment receptions
Processing payments for our clients
Managing cash and balancing receipts
This position will
allow You to:
Work efficiently from home;
Have another job and no interference with Your main place
of work;
Interact and associate with other members in order to
benefit from their knowledge and experiences;
Develop communication and business skills essential for
work in other relative spheres;
Receive additional awards and bonuses for high-quality and
accurate work;
This is
for a part time job, "working
from home",
engaged in "Payment
receptions",
"Processing
payments for our clients", in other words a thinly
disguised illegal money mule job - don't fall for it. I hope anyone with a
Bachelor's Degree will be intelligent enough not to fall for this scam!
vi) No legitimate
company is going to spamvertise
for such a "payment
processor" among the untrained, inexperienced and
uncertified general population.
vii) The Ultragame website,
http://www.ultragame.org/ is at present hosted by
the same host, on the same namseservers as many other fraud and malware
sites, e.g. the Zales Corporation,AceChecktronic, Prosoft,
and Ace Global Inc. thieves and
fraudsters and also the 'Pinch' trojan creator site ctrlalt.info among
others. i.e. AbdAllah Internet Hizmetleri on
IP 88.255.94.83. The above
evidence clearly demonstrates beyond any doubt that the Ultragame 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 money laundering activity and
spamming - 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.
Ultragame Fraudsters -
current hosting details [Updated 27th. January 2008]
Current Main Domains, Hosts
and Registrars
Domain
ultragame.org
Registrar
OnlineNic
Host Network
AbdAllah
Internet
Host
IP
88.255.94.83
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.
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.DNS Data
- ultragame.org
How I am searching:
Searching for ultragame.org A record at d.root-servers.net
[128.8.10.90]: Got referral to TLD1.ULTRADNS.NET. (zone: org.)
Searching for ultragame.org A record at TLD1.ULTRADNS.NET.
[204.74.112.1]: Got referral to ns2.sgfordns.org. (zone:
ultragame.org.)
Searching for ultragame.org A record at ns2.sgfordns.org.
[88.255.94.83]: Reports ultragame.org. Response:
Domain
Type
Class
TTL
Answer
ultragame.org.
A
IN
14400
88.255.94.83
ultragame.org.
NS
IN
60
ns1.sgfordns.org.
ultragame.org.
NS
IN
60
ns2.sgfordns.org.
ns1.sgfordns.org.
A
IN
60
88.255.94.82
ns2.sgfordns.org.
A
IN
60
88.255.94.83
Looking up at the 2 ultragame.org. parent servers:
Server
Response
ns2.sgfordns.org
[88.255.94.83]
88.255.94.83
ns1.sgfordns.org
[88.255.94.82]
88.255.94.83
The IP 88.255.94.83 belongs to the well known Russian RBN criminal
network AbdAllah Internet Hizmetleri
Initial
entry 27th. January 2008
