Offshore Outsourcing & Scammer

In this case we have not only a scam. This scam is combined with an identity theft because the scammer is using the name and the picture from Thomas Tryon. At WikiPedia we can find out that Thomas Tryon died already on September 4, 1991 - around 24 years ago. As already the name and the picture is a fake nobody can trust in such a case to the remaining content and offers. So be aware to make some business with such a person or a person with such a profile!

That the scammer is not living in New York is shown already the time of his postings. If he would life in the U.S. then he could not offer some leads for offshore because the data protection law is for him valid too. The fine of the FTC for exporting data out from the U.S. is US$ 16,000 per customer / consumer record. This makes his business uneconomical. I think that he is nothing else than a stupid scammer from India.

The profile of the scammer:

Thomas Tryon
Director of Database Management PCM Capital Partners: tom@safehavenleads.com
New York, New York - Informationsdienste

Aktuell: PCM Capital Partners
Früher: Assent/ Sungard, Greenwich Equity Partners
Ausbildung: Trinity College-Hartford

The original bio from Thomas Tryon together with the his picture

Found found at http://www.feedyourneedtoread.com/contributor/thomas-tryon/#full-bio-tab:

Thomas Tryon (1926 - 1991), actor turned author, made his bestselling debut with The Other (1971), which spent nearly six months on the New York Times bestseller list and allowed him to quit acting for good; a film adaptation, with a screenplay by Tryon and directed by Robert Mulligan, appeared in 1972. Tryon wrote two more novels set in the fictional Pequot Landing of The Other - Harvest Home (1973) and Lady (1974). Crowned Heads (1976) detailed the lives of four fictional film stars and All That Glitters (1986) explored the dark side of the golden age of Hollywood. Night Magic (published posthumously in 1995) was a modern-day retelling of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. 

Additional we can find at WikiPedia:

Thomas "Tom" Tryon (January 14, 1926 – September 4, 1991) was an American film and television actor, best known for playing the title role in the film The Cardinal (1963) and the Walt Disney television character Texas John Slaughter (1958–1961). He later turned to the writing of prose fiction and screenplays, and wrote several science fiction, horror and mystery novels.

Even the domain registration data of safehavenleads.com are using an anonymizer service to protect the identity of the owner:

Domain Name: SAFEHAVENLEADS.COM
Registry Domain ID: 1844360274_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com
Registrar URL: [link removed] Date: 2014-10-21 11:50:34
Creation Date: 2014-01-26 19:25:18
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2016-01-26 19:25:18
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 146
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.480-624-2505
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Domain Status: clientRenewProhibited
Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: Registration Private
Registrant Organization: Domains By Proxy, LLC
Registrant Street: DomainsByProxy.com
Registrant Street: 14747 N Northsight Blvd Suite 111, PMB 309
Registrant City: Scottsdale
Registrant State/Province: Arizona
Registrant Postal Code: 85260
Registrant Country: United States
Registrant Phone: +1.4806242599
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax: +1.4806242598
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registry Admin ID:
Admin Name: Registration Private
Admin Organization: Domains By Proxy, LLC
Admin Street: DomainsByProxy.com
Admin Street: 14747 N Northsight Blvd Suite 111, PMB 309
Admin City: Scottsdale
Admin State/Province: Arizona
Admin Postal Code: 85260
Admin Country: United States
Admin Phone: +1.4806242599
Admin Phone Ext:
Admin Fax: +1.4806242598
Admin Fax Ext:
Registry Tech ID:
Tech Name: Registration Private
Tech Organization: Domains By Proxy, LLC
Tech Street: DomainsByProxy.com
Tech Street: 14747 N Northsight Blvd Suite 111, PMB 309
Tech City: Scottsdale
Tech State/Province: Arizona
Tech Postal Code: 85260
Tech Country: United States
Tech Phone: +1.4806242599
Tech Phone Ext:
Tech Fax: +1.4806242598
Tech Fax Ext:
Name Server: NS15.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
Name Server: NS16.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: [link removed] update of WHOIS database: 2014-11-13T12:00:00Z

Thomas Tryon _ LinkedIn 2015-03-11.pdf (5.36 mb)

Thomas Tryon _ LinkedIn 2015-03-12.pdf (5.64 mb)

It seems that the scammer Vikram Pratap Singh with his Smart Human Resource Solution Pvt. Ltd. company (shrsolution.org) is already running out of money and is planning to leave his actual area. For this he is offering unbelievable campaigns. As more a scammer needs money as more unbelievable are their offers.

We know Vikram Pratap Singh already from SCISOLUTIONS.US, ALDIABLOS.US and ALDIABLOS.COM.

Let's start with their email - I have only removed the date and the receipient. We see already at the email the laziness of a scammer. 'He even forgot to remove the "FW:" from the subject line and to make the email personal addressed:

From: Varnika Khosla <varnika.k@shrsolution.org>
Subject: FW: Inbound project details


Hello Sir/Mam,

We have introduced various Inbound projects with high payout. I am hereby attaching the project details. Please provide your contact no./Skype ID if you are interested.

Thanking You.


Regards,
Varnika Khosla
Business Development Manager
Smart Human Resource Solution Pvt. Ltd.
Skype ID: varnika.khosla803

At the offer I have marked the parts red, which are proving the scam:

BRITISH TELECOM INBOUND PROCESS
Nature of work: Telecom Customer Care Inbound
Payouts: GBP 18 per seat per hour
Payment cycle: Biweekly
Payment mode: Bank wire only
Shift: 8am to 6pm (GMT)
Invoicing hours: 9 hours operational
No. of seats: 30 (Only 1 shift)
Working days: Monday to Sunday
Advance billing: 1st biweekly
Training: Onsite (Client visit)
Male/Female ratio: 2:8
CONSULTANCY CHARGES: Rs. 5,00,000/-
NEW CENTERS CAN APPLY.
TECH REQUIREMENT:
INTERNET REQUIREMENT: LEASE LINE OF 4 MBPS WITH BACK UP.
FIREWALL, DELL/IBM SERVER, SYSTEM: MINIMUM CORE 2 DUO/ QUAD CORE.
CENTERS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA (NO PHILIPPINES).
AGENTS SHOULD BE IN NEUTRAL UK ACCENT.
ATTRITION SHOULD NOT EXCEED 5% ANNUALLY.
FINAL SCREENING OF AGENTS BY UK BASED CLIENT.
ONLY 3 SLOTS AVAILABLE FOR 2015.

For the price of GBP 18 (US$ 27.54, € 25.10) per agent and hour nobody will hire an offshore call center. For this price he can get in the own country too. It seems that Vikram Pratap Singh is very much in need of money, that he makes such an unbelievable offer. He hopes that some center owner is so greedy and go into his trap.

Consumer data in the European Union are protected by law. For this they cannot get exported or given access to someone outside of the European Union. How a call center will be able to help calling customers if they have not access to customer data? As the British Telecom does not win something by outsourcing - see the hourly offer - why shall they take the risk for getting prosecuted by law?

Consultancy charges are only proving that Vikram Pratap Singh does not have any contract with the client British Telecom. The consultancy charges are his only income from the scam.

With the hardware requirements he likes only to make himself important. As telephony software is mostly running under Linux are the named products not really all supported. It depends on the chipset and on the available drivers.

The second offer is nothing better than the first one. Additional to the consultancy charges he likes to get a monthly royalty in the high of the salary from 1 and a half agent. With this offer proves Vikram Pratap Singh that he is even too lazy for using his brain:

CELEBRITY MANAGEMENT INBOUND
An India based event management company is looking for the centres who can manage their work of celebrity management. Centre need to take schedule of event and forward the requirement to the respective celeb managing team. Celebrities will be from Bollywood and TV Series.
Nature: Online Appointment Setting
Slots: 3 (English mandatory) (Only Urban location centres may apply)
Pay-Out: INR 34500/- per agent per month
Payment Cycle: Monthly
Payment mode: Bank Management
Shift Time: 10AM to 7PM (Only 8 hours per shift to be billed)
Time Zone: Indian Standard Time
Working Days: 7 Days a week
Agents per shift: (30)
Male/Female ratio: 3:7
Contract Period: 2 years
Consultancy charges: Rs. 5,00,000/-
Advance Billing: One month
Eligibility Criteria:
- DoT/OSP License
- Balance Sheet of at least 1 year
- 6 months Banking
- Experienced in Voice Project (any)
TAT: 30 days to 45 days from the date of MoU
Steps of going Live:
1. Profile Selection
2. Conference call with Management team
3. Questionnaires
4. Online Screening
5. SLA sign up in the centre
6. Training Onsite/Online
7. Mock call tests
8. Live Going
Royalty: 5% from every billing. (NDA will be signed for that)

The name "event management company" says already that such a company manages events and not celebrities. Celebrities are hired for some events and not managed from such a company.Appointments with celebrities are done with the manager of the celebrity.

If a monthly salary if offered, then it does not make any sense to write that 8 hours per day are billable, The monthly salary does not change in this case. Maybe Vikram Pratap Singh is not able to express himself in English?

The scammer likes to know from the balance sheet and 6 months of banking statements how much he can withdraw from the company. Such a requirement is in the international business not normal. Banking statements are a secret. Balance sheets have to get published from some companies.

The third offer of the scammer Vikram Pratap Singh gives me the impression that flats and properties are getting in India faster traded then groceries. By inventing this campaign has Vikram Pratap Singh outdone himself. The client likes to take additional to the high payment for the agents the center expenses like electric bill, Internet connection, etc. Maybe Vikram Pratap Singh has been drunk or into drugs by making this offer. I'm only missing that the client pays the tax and a salary for the center owner:

REAL ESTATE DOMESTIC INBOUND
MH: 2 Slots, GJ:1 Slot, AP/TG: 1 Slot, WB: 1 Slot, KA: 1 Slot.
Minimum 35 Seats Each Slot.
Project details as follows.
Centers can take minimum 35 seats
INR 35000+ST /month/agent
8hr login time/shift
CONTRACT: 2 Years
2 team head for 35 agents
INR 40000/pm fixed pay for each team leader.
2 Quality persons for 35seats (INR 38000 each)
Project manager -1 (INR 45000)
The other sub staff or admin/HR payments will not be taken care.
Monthly electricity, iplc bill, internet bill, cab expenses, cafeteria expenses will be covered by client. You have to produce proper invoice for it.
All the above payments will be given to you and you may fix any salary for your staffs.
You have to arrange accommodation for one quality analyzer from client office who will stay with you for 3 months. The bill will be paid by client; you just need to set his accommodation as he is new to country.
If the center has all the above qualities with good infrastructure, technical, and agents means they are eligible for this process
Advance amount of one month billing will be provided on the day of going alive.
Payments and Sign Up details:
Consultancy Charges: Rs. 5,00,000/-
Royalty: - 5%
One month advance payout is there.
Centers are already running in MUMBAI.
Sign up will be with direct end client.
If you are ok for the terms please mail me your company documents. PPT of your company profile, DOT license, Registration Certificate, STPI (optional), NASCOM (optional), CENTER PICTURES and NETWORKING CHART
Briefing the center experience what they are in to and what all the process they run. (Imp point doesn’t give wrong information’s. Let us know genuinely what a experience you have if fresher also ok)

It seems that the quality analyzer is Vikram Pratap Singh by himself. Maybe he needs to hide himself from the police, Interpol, his creditor or from his scammed victims. For this he needs to change from time to time his living area.

The domain registry data of shrsolution.org:

Domain Name:SHRSOLUTION.ORG
Domain ID: D168825547-LROR
Creation Date: 2013-05-30T15:00:02Z
Updated Date: 2015-04-10T08:39:34Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2015-05-30T15:00:02Z
Sponsoring Registrar:GoDaddy.com, LLC (R91-LROR)
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 146
WHOIS Server:
Referral URL:
Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited -- [link removed] Status: clientRenewProhibited -- [link removed] Status: clientTransferProhibited -- [link removed] Status: clientUpdateProhibited -- [link removed] ID:CR144307266
Registrant Name:Vikram Pratap Singh
Registrant Organization:
Registrant Street: 101, Moryansh Ellanza, Shayamal Cross Road,
Registrant Street: Satellite
Registrant City:ahmedabad
Registrant State/Province:Gujarat
Registrant Postal Code:380009
Registrant Country:IN
Registrant Phone:+972.5126999
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax:
Registrant Fax Ext:
Admin ID:CR144307268
Admin Name:Vikram Pratap Singh
Admin Organization:
Admin Street: 101, Moryansh Ellanza, Shayamal Cross Road,
Admin Street: Satellite
Admin City:ahmedabad
Admin State/Province:Gujarat
Admin Postal Code:380009
Admin Country:IN
Admin Phone:+972.5126999
Admin Phone Ext:
Admin Fax:
Admin Fax Ext:
Tech ID:CR144307267
Tech Name:Vikram Pratap Singh
Tech Organization:
Tech Street: 101, Moryansh Ellanza, Shayamal Cross Road,
Tech Street: Satellite
Tech City:ahmedabad
Tech State/Province:Gujarat
Tech Postal Code:380009
Tech Country:IN
Tech Phone:+972.5126999
Tech Phone Ext:
Tech Fax:
Tech Fax Ext:
Name Server:NS1.ALDIABLOS.COM
Name Server:NS2.ALDIABLOS.COM
Name Server:
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DNSSEC:Unsigned

It seems that the last email scam described at "Spammer & Scammer: star-technologies.webstarts.com - contactstartechnologies@gmail.com" has not brought any success. For this Star Technologies has sent out a new spam/scam email with a little bit more information. The campaign description seems too good to be true.

Even mathematics is not the strongest site of this scammer. 10 agents :* $1100/per month = $11000 and not $10500 like the offered bank guarantee.

As the working hours are given as Indian hours, which should not matter for a form filling process, can the client be only in India or up to 2 hours in front. This makes the offer even more suspect, because in this area is no traditional outsourcing country available, where wages of $1100/agent per month are getting paid.

See the email in detail:

From: Star Technologies [mailto:contact.us.startechnologies@gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, May 25, 2015 10:02 AM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: Seats Available for Form Filling Process Without Accuracy

 

Greetings Centers,

 

We Star Technologies have a Great news for Centers looking for a Process to run at their Center.

This E-mail sent to you is regarding a very Simple Campaign.

 

Hereby in this Project the Client will provide Center with an online URL for form which agents needs to fill and submit it, the demo form and demo data will be provided to center on their request.

 

Approx Time taken for filling One form will be 15 minutes; so if we calibrate based on 8 hrs per day; each employee of the center can complete on an average 25 -30 forms easily per day.

 

Payout: What the Client will be paying is $1100 as a fixed Pay for each employee every month. This fix pay will be payable till the ongoing the contract is valid for the time period mentioned and also which can be renewed for 3 years after renegotiation based on your quality and productivity.

 

The Bank Guarantee will be provided, While the Payments will done through wire transfer and no deduction or Hold of any payments will be carried, but do inform us of our mistakes so that they are not repeated. If needed, the data will send back for rework.

 

The Client will send Bank Guarantee of $10500 from their respective banks which will be confirmed as well as payable in India.

 

Requirements of the Client to be fulfilled by the Center:

 

·         Client requirement: 20 Forms,  Per Agent, Per Day 

·         The Working Hours: As per Indian Hours.

·         The Maximum Working Hours: 8 hours per day.

·         Working days will be Monday to Friday

                                         Saturday & Sunday will be granted off.

·         Working Times will be 07 am to 03 pm (IST) for the Day Shift,

·         The training & the instruction sheets will be forwarded by the Client.

·         The training of the center by the Client will be ongoing for 5 days. 

·      While to be specific the training period won’t be counted in the Billing.

·         The training which will be provided by the Client will be nothing but a Dummy Training.

 

 

 

Commercial Involved

Business Procurement Charges

Royalty Not Charged

_____________________________________________________________________________________

 

Questions concerning this process like further information can be discussed further via Skype as well as Emails.

Do add us on Skype at your earliest convenience or you can schedule an appointment. We are look forward for the same.

We take great pleasure in bringing these available seats to your attention and are delighted to offer you the opportunity to run the process at your Center. We hope you share our excitement about this availability and will join us.

If there is anything we can help you with, please let us know. We will give you the attention and service you would expect.

 

--

Warm Regards

Star Technologies

Website : star-technologies.webstarts.com

Skype : contactstartechnologies

Email : contactstartechnologies@gmail.com

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Update Jan. 18, 2017: Link to star-technologies.webstarts.com removed as it returns error 404 - not found.

The people, which need tech support for their gadgets, are normally going to the shop where they bought it and ask for help. I really don't know how a tech support agent can give phone support for iPhone & iPad without having the device in front of me. Anyway if we take a look at the forwarded email, we see already that the provided links in the signature are not fitting to the description, While the provided sender email address priyeshrao@live.com is fitting with the description in the signature is the link of the email address leading to aniket@vertualpchelp.us. The written homepage in the signature is www.vertualpchelp.us and the link leads to www.virtualpchelp.com.

More interesting is where the calls come from? The calls are not coming from the sites www.vertualpchelp.us or www.vertualpchelp.com. Both sites are a big secret in the World Wide Web. No links are leading to these sites. Alexa has even not enough data for give a ranking for the site www.vertualpchelp.com. www.vertualpchelp.us has a Alexa ranking of 3,360,215. If I compare the site with my blog, then I have a much better ranking (actual ranking: 236,696). My blog has only around 300 unique visitors per day. From where the calls which are getting sold can come in this case?

At the website www.vertualpchelp.us we see the following addresses:

Address (U.S.A)
3422 SW 15 Street Suite #8696 Deerfield Beach, FL 33442
Phone: 813-602-5624
Fax: 813-436-8789

Address (India - Head Office):
101, Laxman Mhatre Rd., Dhaisar West, Mumbai - Maharashtra 400068
Phone: 750-647-9626

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Priyesh Rao <priyeshrao@live.com>
Subject: iPhone & iPad Tech Inbound Calls!
To: 

Hello!

Greetings!

The updated details of the process.

iPhone & iPad Tech Inbound Calls!

Calls will be from :

USA & CANADA Customers

Pricing :

50 calls - Rs. 500/- Per call
51 - 100 calls - Rs. 450/- Per call
101 - 200 calls - Rs. 400/- Per call

Timings :

8 PM - 3 AM (IST)

Days of Work :

Monday - Friday

How to Start :

Extensions will be provided to avoid wastage of calls & error's in report.

Minimum extensions to be taken - 3

Price per extension - Rs. 3200/- Per Month

Training Charges:

Training & Support, if required for 3 days. (Rs. 5000 + 12.36%), Rs. 1000 additional per day. 
Center has to take care of the return Flight tickets, Accommodation & Food, if out of Mumbai.

Note: No free test calls will be given, Pricing is not for Negotiation. Minimum calls to buy - 50 calls only.


Mr. Priyesh A. Rao


Mobile : +91 845-498-5591
Business : +91 845-498-5591
Skype : priyesharao
Email  : priyeshrao@live.com
Site : www.vertualpchelp.us


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Domain registry data of vertualpchelp.us:

Domain Name: VERTUALPCHELP.US
Registry Domain ID: D45990637-US
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com
Registrar URL: http://www.godaddy.com
Update Date: 2014-12-19T23:27:41Z
Creation Date: 2014-07-15T17:45:36Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2015-07-14T23:59:59Z
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 146
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@godaddy.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4806242505
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited
Domain Status: clientRenewProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientRenewProhibited
Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited
Registry Registrant ID: CR172412827
Registrant Name: OMTechnosoft Services
Registrant Organization: OM Technosoft Services Co.
Registrant Street: 11711 N 50TH
Registrant City: TAMPA
Registrant State/Province: Florida
Registrant Postal Code: 33617
Registrant Country: United States
Registrant Phone: +1.8447447700
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax: +1.8138082789
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: om@omtechnosoft.com
Registry Admin ID: CR172412829
Admin Name: OMTechnosoft Services
Admin Organization: OM Technosoft Services Co.
Admin Street: 11711 N 50TH
Admin City: TAMPA
Admin State/Province: Florida
Admin Postal Code: 33617
Admin Country: United States
Admin Phone: +1.8447447700
Admin Phone Ext:
Admin Fax: +1.8138082789
Admin Fax Ext:
Admin Email: om@omtechnosoft.com
Registry Tech ID: CR172412828
Tech Name: OMTechnosoft Services
Tech Organization: OM Technosoft Services Co.
Tech Street: 11711 N 50TH
Tech City: TAMPA
Tech State/Province: Florida
Tech Postal Code: 33617
Tech Country: United States
Tech Phone: +1.8447447700
Tech Phone Ext:
Tech Fax: +1.8138082789
Tech Fax Ext:
Tech Email: om@omtechnosoft.com
Name Server: NS6005.HOSTGATOR.COM
Name Server: NS6006.HOSTGATOR.COM
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http://wdprs.internic.net/
>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2015-05-25T8:00:00Z <<<

Alexa ranking or vertualpchelp.us:

Domain registry data of vertualpchelp.com:

Domain Name: VERTUALPCHELP.COM
Registry Domain ID: 1866989523_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com
Registrar URL: http://www.godaddy.com
Update Date: 2014-07-15T17:45:46Z
Creation Date: 2014-07-15T17:45:46Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2015-07-15T17:45:46Z
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 146
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@godaddy.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4806242505
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited
Domain Status: clientRenewProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientRenewProhibited
Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited
Registry Registrant ID: 
Registrant Name: OMTechnosoft Services
Registrant Organization: OM Technosoft Services Co.
Registrant Street: 11711 N 50TH
Registrant City: TAMPA
Registrant State/Province: Florida
Registrant Postal Code: 33617
Registrant Country: United States
Registrant Phone: +1.8447447700
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax: +1.8138082789
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: om@omtechnosoft.com
Registry Admin ID: 
Admin Name: OMTechnosoft Services
Admin Organization: OM Technosoft Services Co.
Admin Street: 11711 N 50TH
Admin City: TAMPA
Admin State/Province: Florida
Admin Postal Code: 33617
Admin Country: United States
Admin Phone: +1.8447447700
Admin Phone Ext:
Admin Fax: +1.8138082789
Admin Fax Ext:
Admin Email: om@omtechnosoft.com
Registry Tech ID: 
Tech Name: OMTechnosoft Services
Tech Organization: OM Technosoft Services Co.
Tech Street: 11711 N 50TH
Tech City: TAMPA
Tech State/Province: Florida
Tech Postal Code: 33617
Tech Country: United States
Tech Phone: +1.8447447700
Tech Phone Ext:
Tech Fax: +1.8138082789
Tech Fax Ext:
Tech Email: om@omtechnosoft.com
Name Server: NS6005.HOSTGATOR.COM
Name Server: NS6006.HOSTGATOR.COM
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http://wdprs.internic.net/
>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2015-05-25T8:00:00Z <<<

Alexa ranking for vertualpchelp.com:

Update Jan. 18, 2017: Link to www.vertualpchelp.com removed as the domain no longer exists.

Each Scammer makes mistakes. Even if they invest a little bit into their scam they are making mistakes. So Gaby Anderson with stanfordonlinecourses.com is making mistakes.

His first mistake is his profile picture. He uses the profile picture of a photo model, which gets found at Google on 436 search pages. The original picture gets found at questmarketing.org. He has used this profile picture on his profile at LinkedIn and Facebook [2016-02-25: Link removed as the Facebook profile under https://www.facebook.com/ganderson84?fref=nf already not exists]. He deleted already the picture from his LinkedIn profile.

The Stanford University has no reason to hide their domain registration by using a proxy service, They are proud about their name and they are even hosting their servers and services by themselves. Their online courses are hosted at http://online.stanford.edu/ This gets shown if we take a look at the domain registry data for stanford.edu:

Domain Name: STANFORD.EDU
Registrant:
   Stanford University
   The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
   241 Panama Street, Pine Hall, Room 115
   Stanford, CA 94305-4122
   UNITED STATES
Administrative Contact:
   Domain Admin
   Stanford University
   241 Panama Street Pine Hall, Room 115
   Stanford, CA 94305-4122
   UNITED STATES
   (650) 723-4328
   sunet-admin@stanford.edu
Technical Contact:
   Domain Admin
   Stanford University
   241 Panama Street Pine Hall, Room 115
   Stanford, CA 94305-4122
   UNITED STATES
   (650) 723-4328
   sunet-admin@stanford.edu
Name Servers: 
   ARGUS.STANFORD.EDU         171.64.7.115, 2607:f6d0:0:9113::ab40:773
   AVALLONE.STANFORD.EDU      171.64.7.88, 2607:f6d0:0:9116::ab40:758
   ATALANTE.STANFORD.EDU      171.64.7.61, 2607:f6d0:0:d32::ab40:73d
Domain record activated:    04-Oct-1985
Domain record last updated: 23-Mar-2015
Domain expires:             31-Jul-2016

Their name is their trademark. Such an university will not hire telemarketers for promotion their online education.

If we take a look at Gaby Andersons domain stanfordonlinecourses.com, then we see that the register data are hidden behind a proxy service and the nameserver are not the same like from stanford.edu, Additional has been the domain created on January 6, 2015. The domain is now 4 months old:

Domain Name: STANFORDONLINECOURSES.COM
Registry Domain ID: 1894354618_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com
Registrar URL: [link removed] Date: 2015-01-06T15:28:52Z
Creation Date: 2015-01-06T15:28:52Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2016-01-06T15:28:52Z
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 146
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.480-624-2505
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited [link removed] Status: clientUpdateProhibited [link removed] Status: clientRenewProhibited [link removed] Status: clientDeleteProhibited [link removed] Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: Registration Private
Registrant Organization: Domains By Proxy, LLC
Registrant Street: DomainsByProxy.com
Registrant Street: 14747 N Northsight Blvd Suite 111, PMB 309
Registrant City: Scottsdale
Registrant State/Province: Arizona
Registrant Postal Code: 85260
Registrant Country: United States
Registrant Phone: +1.4806242599
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax: +1.4806242598
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registry Admin ID:
Admin Name: Registration Private
Admin Organization: Domains By Proxy, LLC
Admin Street: DomainsByProxy.com
Admin Street: 14747 N Northsight Blvd Suite 111, PMB 309
Admin City: Scottsdale
Admin State/Province: Arizona
Admin Postal Code: 85260
Admin Country: United States
Admin Phone: +1.4806242599
Admin Phone Ext:
Admin Fax: +1.4806242598
Admin Fax Ext:
Registry Tech ID:
Tech Name: Registration Private
Tech Organization: Domains By Proxy, LLC
Tech Street: DomainsByProxy.com
Tech Street: 14747 N Northsight Blvd Suite 111, PMB 309
Tech City: Scottsdale
Tech State/Province: Arizona
Tech Postal Code: 85260
Tech Country: United States
Tech Phone: +1.4806242599
Tech Phone Ext:
Tech Fax: +1.4806242598
Tech Fax Ext:
Name Server: NS51.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
Name Server: NS52.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: [link removed] update of WHOIS database: 2015-05-06T22:00:00Z

As we know that scammer are lazy gets the website http://www.stanfordonlinecourses.com [2016-02-25: Link removed as the domain standfordonlinecourses.com already not exists] forwarded to https://lagunita.stanford.edu.

Let's take a look at Gaby Andersons offer in Facebook:

-Inbound / Outbound EDU Campaign-
Hourly Rate: $20/hour/agent
Payment Cycle: Weekly
Program Description: Take a call from students who's interested enrolling in college
Leads: Included
Dialer: Included
Voip: Included
We prefer centers in Philippines!
For more info you can contact me at:
Email : ganderson@stanfordonlinecourses.com
Skype : stanford.ganderson

You can expect, that nobody from USA will outsource for $20/hour/agent. Nobody likes to pay more then absolute necessary. In the campaign detail description is even written: $20.00/hour with $3.00/hour increase after 3 months of service. For this money nobody will hire an offshore call center. He can have it for the same price in the USA too.

As written in the announcement the scammer is preferring call centers from the Philippines. I got forwarded a Skype communication from Gaby Anderson:

Hello Mr.Anderson
[5/21/2015 10:55:34 PM] Hamza Ali Khan: Do you still have that inbound campaign?
[4:01:02 AM] Gaby Anderson: Yes
[4:01:30 AM] Hamza Ali Khan: Can you send me the details to my email please?
[4:01:40 AM] Hamza Ali Khan: hamzaalikhan7@gmail.com
[4:01:47 AM] ***  ***
[4:08:27 AM] Hamza Ali Khan: Great!
[4:09:29 AM] Hamza Ali Khan: So are you hiring on individual basis or call centers only?
[4:09:51 AM] Gaby Anderson: CAllCenter
[4:09:58 AM] Hamza Ali Khan: Wonderful!
[4:10:14 AM] Hamza Ali Khan: Please visit our site for the company profile smile emoticon
[4:10:26 AM] Hamza Ali Khan:
[4:12:05 AM] Hamza Ali Khan: we have been working with a number of overseas clients for last 8 years.
[4:15:03 AM] Hamza Ali Khan: Let me know what will be the process moving forward.
[4:16:44 AM] Gaby Anderson: Let me Tell you Directly before i pass you to my campaign manager CALLCENTER IN INDIA BANGLADESH PAKISTAN we require them to have a safety deposit with us justy to be sure they would comply to the job

Exactly here is the scam. A safety deposit has to receive the center and not the broker. The center is doing the work. The broker or the client has no risk especially if the provide the phone system and VoIP minutes. In this case they are able to stop a center even without any notice. For this the safety deposit is nothing else than a big SCAM.

A IP-check of his Skype connection locates him today at 10:15am Philippines time with the IP address 49.145.213.188. The geolocation shows that he is operating with his fraud from Manila and is using the provider PLDT.

Whois information:

% [whois.apnic.net]
% Whois data copyright terms http://www.apnic.net/db/dbcopyright.html
% Information related to '49.145.128.0 - 49.145.255.255'
inetnum: 49.145.128.0 - 49.145.255.255
netname: Consumer_DSL
country: PH
descr: PLDT_BNKHME60I01_DHCP
descr: This space has been assigned as DYNAMIC
admin-c: NA185-AP
tech-c: RA328-AP
status: ASSIGNED NON-PORTABLE
changed:  removed email address 20130424
mnt-by: PHIX-NOC-AP
mnt-irt: IRT-PLDT-PH
source: APNIC
irt: IRT-PLDT-PH
address: Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company
address: 6/F Innolab Building
address: Boni Avenue, Mandaluyong City
+address: Philippines
e-mail:  removed email address
abuse-mailbox:  removed email address
admin-c: AR238-AP
tech-c: NA185-AP
auth: # Filtered
mnt-by: PHIX-NOC-AP
changed:  removed email address 20101117
changed:  removed email address 20101126
source: APNIC
person: Nilo Agir
nic-hdl: NA185-AP
e-mail:  removed email address
address: 6/F Innolab Building, Boni Avenue, Mandaluyong City
phone: +632-584-1045
country: PH
changed:  removed email address 20080526
changed:  removed email address 20110427
mnt-by: PHIX-NOC-AP
source: APNIC
person: Rolando M. Araw Jr
nic-hdl: RA328-AP
e-mail:  removed email address
address: 3/F MGO Bldg, dela Rosa St, Makati, MM, Phils
phone: +632-836-2569
country: PH
changed:  removed email address 20101117
mnt-by: PHIX-NOC-AP
source: APNIC
% This query was served by the APNIC Whois Service version 1.69.1-APNICv1r0 (UNDEFINED)

Conclusion: The scammer Gaby Anderson with his domain stanfordonlinecourses.com is misusing the good name of the Stanford University for his fraud action. He does everything to hide his identity. I hope the police will catch him soon and stop his fraud.

Facebook profile Gaby Anderson.pdf (628.57 kb)

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