http://www.best-autosales.com/ FAKE FRAUD SCAM
The email address used to register the fake site auto4sales.com:
markhds@gmail.com
Is being used for a fraud ad at:
http://www.goedezaken.be/zaak/f1750-2008audia4sline2ltdi.html
The domain is being hosted by "our friends" at
Future Web
www.domainscan.ro [andreislim@gmail.com]
G. Cosbuc, nr. 21
Dej, Cluj 405200, RO
http://whois.domaintools.com/best-autosales.com
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http://netscammers.blogspot.com/2011/02/domainscanro-and-fraud.html
best-autosales.com is a fake site pretending to sell cars, but thats not the most interesting detail of this scam.
I will explain further below.
Remember NEVER SEND PAYMENTS USING WESTERN UNION.
Read on Western Union's site
The scammers are sending emails using best.autosales@live.com which contain this data:
Complete the transaction in 5 easy secure steps:
1) The Buyer and Best Auto Sales mutual agree on a total sale price and transaction conditions.
2) The Buyer receives the Vehicle Sale Agreement and Payment Invoice along with payment instructions.
3) The Buyer follows our instructions and sends the payment to our transaction officer.
The Buyer should allow payment clearance. Once the payment is cleared, Best Auto Sales has three (3) business
days to start the shipping procedure and to provide the Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) at destination.
Best Auto Sales will ship the vehicle for inspection along with the certificate of title, payment invoice in the Buyer's name,
all keys and all ownership documents.
If no shipping procedure is started, a full refund is immediately sent to the Buyer;
4) Once the shipping procedure starts, the Buyer should wait for the vehicle and documents to be delivered.
The Buyer receives the vehicle and has five (5) business days to inspect it.
5) After the inspection period is over five (5) business days, the Buyer must contact Best Auto Sales with the result
of vehicle inspection. If the Buyer refuses it, a full refund is immediately sent to the Buyer and the Best Auto Sales
has the obligation to take the vehicle from his possession. If the Buyer accepts the vehicle, the transaction is closed.
The Buyer should submit the payment in maximum 3 (three) business days from the date the payment Invoice is received.
If the Buyer is unable to proceed with payment as requested and agreed, he should notify Best Auto Sales, and explain
his reasons and mention an exact date when payment will be submitted.
Payment Terms:
The payment will be sent to our transaction officer designated for your transaction.
Payment method accepted:
Western Union - for small amounts (lower than $6,000.00)
Bank transfer or Paypal - for medium and large amounts ($6,000.00 to $120,000.00)
Payment instructions:
In your case, you will have to submit the payment by Western Union transfer.
All the details requested to send the payment are written lower and also in the attached invoice.
- Pay for the transfer with cash at a local Western Union office or online at their website.
- Visit your Western Union branch, taking cash and some personal identification with you.
- Complete a simple “send” form with your information, the designated transaction officer information
and the amount to be sent as payment.
Best Auto Sales transaction officer:
Name: George Watson
Address: 515 Mcarthur St.
City: West Union
State OH
Zip: 45693
Country: United States
The following WesternUnion form specimen will be use in your transaction. Complete the form using the transaction officer name and address as receiver. http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/1396/westernunionform.jpg
Once the payment was sent, email us the following information:
- Invoice number #
- 10 digit reference number (Money Transfer Control Number)
- Sender's full name
- Sender's full address
- Total amount sent
Scan and send the payment receipt by e-mail (office@best-autosales.com) or by fax at (614) 448-4357
After the payment is cleared we will start the shipping and provide the Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) at destination.
If you have any questions regarding the procedure or the steps to follow don't hesitate to contact us.
Direct replying to this e-mail (preferable contact option as a higher quantity of information can be sent/received).
Thank you for your purchase.
Best Auto Sales Inc
Here is the information from the contact page:
Contact
Best Auto sales Inc
Address: 4387 Spurgeon Hill Rd., West Union, OH 45693, US
Phone: (614) 285-5718
Fax: (614) 448-4357
Email: office@best-autosales.com
website: http://www.best-autosales.com/
Our Head Office is in UK:
Address: 161 Manchester Road, Swidon, Wiltshire SN1 1TU, United Kindgdom
Phone: 07024057103
Here are some images of the fake site:
Now for the interesting part mentioned above:
On the same server as
http://whois.domaintools.com/best-autosales.com
is a clone site:
http://www.auto4sales.com/
http://whois.domaintools.com/auto4sales.com
Images of the incomplete site:
Both sites share the same contact information.
Contact
Best Auto sales Inc
Address: 4447 Spurgeon Hill Rd., West Union, OH, 45693, US
Phone: (614) 285-5718
Fax: (614) 448-4357
Email: office@best-autosales.com
website: http://www.best-autosales.com/
Our Head Office is in UK:
Address: 161 Manchester Road, Swidon, Wiltshire SN1 1TU, United Kindgdom
Phone: 07024057103
Interestingly both sites have a method of contact using Yahoo Messenger:
http://best-autosales.com/
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I seriously doubt they are going to have their URL in the source code of fraud sites.
What webhosting company might be involved?
I believe the answer is located in this Google search:
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Powered+by+Web+Hosting+Inc%22&hl=en&num=10&lr=&ft=i&cr=&safe=images&tbs=
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