melvinltd.com - Melvin Construction LTD

Another fraudulent website pointed out to me by another SW member.

http://melvinltd.com

This website is an imposter and has no association with the real company of that name that is recorded at Companies House as being involved in - Construction of domestic buildings

The fraudulent website is attempting to sell agricultural and construction machinery.

Melvin Construction LTD
New Park,
Newmachar,
AB21 7UU,
Aberdeenshire,
Scotland,
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0) 870 392 4345
Fax: +44 (0) 156 969 0447

The telephone number quoted is a non-geographic number not assigned to a geographic location. The owner may forward their NGN to any geographic, mobile, or international location. Commonly used by scammers.

Elsewhere on the website the telephone number +44 (0) 208 133 6404. This is a London number and it also states

Please contact our office on +44 (0)7448 848 365 to discuss our delivery solutions further.

This is a mobile phone number that could be located anywhere. None of the contact phone numbers are located in Scotland where this fraudulent website claims their office is located.

melvinltd.com
Registrar Info
Name ENOM, INC.
Whois Server whois.enom.com
Referral URL http://www.enom.com
Status clientTransferProhibited
Important Dates
Expires On January 30, 2015
Registered On January 30, 2014
Updated On January 30, 2014
Name Servers
ns-core-1a.kgix.net 50.115.16.250
ns-core-1b.kgix.net 91.197.231.125
ns-core-1c.kgix.net 50.115.16.251
ns-core-1d.kgix.net 91.197.231.126
Site Status
IP Address 50.115.21.203
Status active
Server Type Apache
Traffic Info
Raw Registrar Data
Domain Name: MELVINLTD.COM
Registry Domain ID: 1844855736_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.enom.com
Registrar URL: http://www.enom.com
Creation Date: 2014-01-30 20:51:00Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2015-01-30 20:51:00Z
Registrar: ENOM, INC.
Registrar IANA ID: 48
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: @enom.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4252744500
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: FAULKNER STUART
Registrant Organization:
Registrant Street: 22 DACRE GDNS
Registrant City: CHIGWELL
Registrant State/Province:
Registrant Postal Code: IG7 5HG
Registrant Country: GB
Registrant Phone: +44.7448848365
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax:
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: @GMAIL.COM
Registry Admin ID:
Admin Name: UK2.NET HTTP://WWW.UK2.NET/
Admin Organization:
Admin Street: 91-95 BRICK LANE
Admin Street: LONDON
Admin City: LONDON
Admin State/Province:
Admin Postal Code: E1 6QL
Admin Country: GB
Admin Phone: +44.2079871200
Admin Phone Ext:
Admin Fax:
Admin Fax Ext:
Admin Email: @UK2.NET
Registry Tech ID:
Tech Name: UK2.NET HTTP://WWW.UK2.NET/
Tech Organization:
Tech Street: 91-95 BRICK LANE
Tech Street: LONDON
Tech City: LONDON
Tech State/Province:
Tech Postal Code: E1 6QL
Tech Country: GB
Tech Phone: +44.2079871200
Tech Phone Ext:
Tech Fax:
Tech Fax Ext:
Tech Email: @UK2.NET
Name Server: NS-CORE-1A.KGIX.NET
Name Server: NS-CORE-1B.KGIX.NET
Name Server: NS-CORE-1C.KGIX.NET
Name Server: NS-CORE-1D.KGIX.NET

The website was set up less than three weeks ago with an expiry for the minimum period of a year.

Media Center

Wrong language

I particularly enjoy the "Purchase a Gift Certificate" Page

For no particular reason the site has a large 'Driver CPC' logo on it without reason or explanation.

A truly awful amateur effort by a fraudster that should be avoided by anyone wanting to purchase machinery.

These websites are usually set up to give credibility to fraudulent adverts placed on sites on mainland Europe and most frequently the criminals are trying to steal money from East European victims.