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Email Scammer: star-technologies.webstarts.com - contactstartechnologies@gmail.com - Update

Financial FreedomIt 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.

 


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Image removed by sender.

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.

 

Scammer: vertualpchelp.us - Priyesh Rao - iPhone & iPad Tech Inbound Calls

Vertual PC HelpThe 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

My opinion is that the U.S.A. address is only a mail forwarding address for making a better impression. In any case is the combination of the addresses, the reputation of the websites and the offer more than suspicious. The address provided at the website is not matching with the address provided in the domain registry. For all this reasons is the offer nothing else then SCAM.

 

---------- 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:

Screenshot of 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:

Screenshot from Alexa ranking for vertualpchelp.com

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

 

Scammer: Castle Pension Solutions - castlepensionsolutions.co.uk - Paul Rowe - Nick Danks - follow up

Paul RoweLike every scammer has been Paul Rowe unhappy about my results. After my last article "Scammer: Castle Pension Solutions - castlepensionsolutions.co.uk - Paul Rowe - Nick Danks", Paul Rowe has sent me an email about his ideas. The content is similar like I'm receiving it from every other scammer. Even in the email is his full name missing and does not really represent a company or what someone can expect from a correspondence with a serious company.

Read it by yourself:


paul <paul@castlepensionsolutions.co.uk>

26. Apr.
   
an mich
 
 
   
 
 
 
Morning 
 
May I just ask your reasons for a malicious conduct on social media ? 
 
You don't know me and you have never dealt with me so how can you make a judgement or a comment?  
 
First of all the call centre in question - 
We provided the company with data to call. 
 
The quality of leads received which I have full reports on where not even a lead for the product in question.
 
Payments where to be made on qualified packs back of which if they are questioning about the funds they actually now owe us money due to claw backs for the clients that don't have the facility on there cases. 
 
I have stated a number of times to deal with us through the correct procedure.
 
But I can clearly see that there work ethic is this way.
 
I will certainly be taking advice in the morning and all that are involved will be dealt with accordingly this is harassment and slander.
 
People should obtain the facts and do things correctly.
 
Also nick danks if you had looked in to things properly he is just a Web creater. 
 
Regards 
 
Paul 

In business life is only that real, which is written down. Every spoken promises need to get into a written form that they are provable. It is true, that I don't know him and I'm glad that I have never done some business with Castle Pension Solutions. I have taken only the written words for showing that he is a scammer.

Before I go into the quality of work, which he is complaining, I list the facts, which are given from the UK government sites.

The UK Companies House warns on her website about the scamming methods, which Castle Penison Solutions is using.:

Scams are promoted using terms such as an offer of unique investment opportunities, free pension review, legal loophole, cash bonus or as a government endorsed scheme and victims are being approached via cold calling, text message or in person door to door. You should treat all approaches about your pension with caution if it is not from a source that you recognise and trust.

If you are approached, do not share your personal information or sign any paperwork. You are able to check whether the offer of service is genuine and the Pension Advisory Service website can help.

A search for Castle Pension Solutions and Paul Rowe at Companies House, the Fincancial Service Register and the Interim Permission Consumer Credit Register remains without result. It can be possible that he is self-employed / sole trader. In this case he need to include his own name and his business name (Castle Pension Solutions) on any official paperwork, like invoices, letters, promotion, etc. This information is missing on the website http://www.castlepensionsolutions.co.uk/. As there is no responsible person and no address information listed, is the owner of the domain for everything on the sites responsible.

The whois information (nominet.org.uk) returns Nick Danks as owner of the domain castlepensionsolutions.co.uk - the registrant is the owner of the domain and the registrar is the name of the company, which has registered it:

Castle Pension SolutionsDomain name:
     castlepensionsolutions.co.uk
 
 Registrant:
     Nick Danks
 
 Registrant type:
     UK Individual
 
Nick Danks Registrant's address:
     21 Simonburn
     Washignton
     Tyne and Wear
     NE38 0NJ
     United Kingdom
 
 Data validation:
     Nominet was able to match the registrant's name and address against a 3rd party data source on 27-Mar-2014
 
 Registrar:
     Paragon Internet Group Ltd t/a Tsohost [Tag = UKWEBHOSTING]
     URL: http://www.tsohost.co.uk
 
 Relevant dates:
     Registered on: 27-Mar-2014
     Expiry date:  27-Mar-2016
     Last updated:  24-Mar-2015
 
 Registration status:
     Registered until expiry date.
 
 Name servers:
     ns1.tsohost.co.uk         185.52.27.27
     ns2.tsohost.co.uk         95.142.155.4
     ns3.tsohost.co.uk         95.142.154.15
 
 WHOIS lookup made at 13:13:39 09-May-2015

At Google+ we find an address of Castle Pension Solutions. Even on this site is the ownership missing:

Castle Pension Solutions
24 Farrier Close Washington NE38 8RW

 

At the UK Yellow Pages we find a free entry - again without a real name:

Castle Pension Solutions
Investment Consultants
Speculation House, Speculation Place, Washington, NE37 2AP, Tyne and Wear
Tel: 0191 4479400

That have been the facts and this facts did not get invented by myself - they are written down in the UK law and can get confirmed by following the provided government links. According the above information is Nick Danks not only a web creator. He is the owner of the website and the "company". For the case Nick Danks has been working for Paul Rowe for creating the website, Nick Danks made a terrible failure by registering the domain on his own name instead of registering the domain under the name of Paul Rowe. Such failures are normally not done from absolutely beginners. Additional is written at the website: "Designed by The Duo Group" and not by Nick Danks.

As Paul Rowe and Nick Danks are ignoring already the basic law about naming companies and don't know about their own responsibilities and duties, I think that they have even not registered their "company" at the tax office.

The remaining complaints in the email are nothing else than self protection. Each SCAMMER thinks that he only need to complaint the quality of the delivered work that he need not pay something. I read the same justification in each email from a scammer. They use the same arguments like Paul Rowe and are thinking that they need to write something and it is enough. Proves are like every time missing.

Paul Rowe contradicts himself with his argumentation of the quality from the leads. If the leads are not in the expected quality then he does not need to find excuses for paying later, telling lies and giving unreasonable excuses. Such a behavior is only done to keep the call center working and taking advantage of their unpaid work!

Even now he promised to pay if the negative comments will get deleted from the social networks. The only problem is that nobody will believe someone, which has lies permanently!

 

Scammer: Gaby Anderson - stanfordonlinecourses.com

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.

Gaby AndersonHis 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:

Facebook offer from Gaby Anderson

-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.

Screenshot Skype Geo IP location from Gaby Anderson

Whois information:

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% 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
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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
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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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Spammer & Scammer: star-technologies.webstarts.com - contactstartechnologies@gmail.com

Theft - man in front of a computerAs most the scammer escaped they are trying now to get in contact with centers by sending out mass emails. I can only warn from making business on this way. Let us take the example from star-technologies.webstarts.com:

  • webstarts.com is hosting the site star-technologies.webstarts.com for free.
    For this you see their promotion on the website of star-technologies.webstarts.com on the bottom line: Create A Free Website With WebStarts.com

  • star-technologies.webstarts.com is only a subdomain from webstarts,com and does not require an own registration as an domain

  • star-technologies.webstarts.com has no address written on their website

  • star-technologies.webstarts.com has only a free gmail.com address

  • Another contact possibility is only their Skype ID: contactstartechnologies

If you try to make business with them then you have nothing to find them physically. They have done everything to hide themselves in the anonymity of the Internet. They are only using free services, because they have not enough money available to register their own domain and present themselves. Such subdomains and free services are normally used only from private people for their hobby websites. In business are they only an alert of scam.

Here is their spam email:

From: Star Technologies [mailto:star.technologiescontact@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 4:38 AM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: Seats Available for Form Filling Process Without Accuracy
 
 
Greetings Center,
 
We Star Technologies have a Great news for Centers looking for a Process to run at their Center.
 
Slots available.
 
Centers interested can contact us to book a Slot.
 
Our professional team will handle every detail of your needs and provide the required help and assistance whenever required.
 
The seats / slots available are for a Non-Voice Process.

So if you are looking to make a move & are a highly motivated professional who welcomes new processes, Contact us .We have your next GREAT OPPORTUNITY!

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.

Regards
Star Technologies
Website : star-technologies.webstarts.com
Skype : contactstartechnologies
Email : contactstartechnologies@gmail.com

I don't know which forms should get filled and from where the data should come. You can only be sure that the date are not coming from the traditional outsourcing countries, because there are the consumer data protected by law and are not allowed to get exported. The low wage countries will not outsource some of their work. For this the offer is nothing else then SCAM!!!

Update May 25, 2015: Email Scammer: star-technologies.webstarts.com - contactstartechnologies@gmail.com - Update