by rkmommy
Wed May 22, 2013 2:12 pm
I noted that reference is already made to "ecunsulting" as part of the scammer's company name but I just wanted to let everyone know that they contacted me using the business name of econsulting-inc.cc.
http://www.econsulting-inc.cc/job/finance2?lang=us site URL - (the site is not secure, there is no encryption, and the web page provides now ownership info - these are dead give aways too)
As stated in the other posts regarding similar scams this one is no different. In fact it seems that many of the scams are actually being orchestrated by the same group of scammers since the web sites for many of them I looked at are almost identical except for the brief description of what services they are providing and where they are located and their names. Who ever it is must just be one step a head of the new being spread about them by morphing their web presentation just a little bit to make it look legit to the next round of innocents they attempt to recruit. NOt being a techy or IT wiz, but I would think that somehow they could be tracked down by the servers they must be using. I dont know.
One other thing I am curious about though is the fact that the business front that contacted me lists "partners" and clients on their web site and it seems that some of these are indeed legitimate companies providing legitimate e and cloud services. Is this the case? that these companies are legitimate? or are they just well designed fraudulent web sites as well? If they are legit, are they aware of how these scammers are using their companies as part of their scam? Just wondering if anyone lets them know.
But in the end none of that is really my concern. I ended up here because the offer I received was one of those that was just too good to be true plus the flags that come up when looking at the tasks they want you to perform and the vagueness of it all. I could see how these scams could fool people especially if you were a bit desperate. I am not sure how I even got pegged as a mark. That part is disturbing. I assume the feds or whoever are ultimately aware of these ploys?
I am thankful for the forum regardless of anything else. It has provided me with a valuable service.
http://www.econsulting-inc.cc/job/finance2?lang=us site URL - (the site is not secure, there is no encryption, and the web page provides now ownership info - these are dead give aways too)
As stated in the other posts regarding similar scams this one is no different. In fact it seems that many of the scams are actually being orchestrated by the same group of scammers since the web sites for many of them I looked at are almost identical except for the brief description of what services they are providing and where they are located and their names. Who ever it is must just be one step a head of the new being spread about them by morphing their web presentation just a little bit to make it look legit to the next round of innocents they attempt to recruit. NOt being a techy or IT wiz, but I would think that somehow they could be tracked down by the servers they must be using. I dont know.
One other thing I am curious about though is the fact that the business front that contacted me lists "partners" and clients on their web site and it seems that some of these are indeed legitimate companies providing legitimate e and cloud services. Is this the case? that these companies are legitimate? or are they just well designed fraudulent web sites as well? If they are legit, are they aware of how these scammers are using their companies as part of their scam? Just wondering if anyone lets them know.
But in the end none of that is really my concern. I ended up here because the offer I received was one of those that was just too good to be true plus the flags that come up when looking at the tasks they want you to perform and the vagueness of it all. I could see how these scams could fool people especially if you were a bit desperate. I am not sure how I even got pegged as a mark. That part is disturbing. I assume the feds or whoever are ultimately aware of these ploys?
I am thankful for the forum regardless of anything else. It has provided me with a valuable service.