Money Transfer Job Scams: May 2005 (usg-managers.com, etc.)

• Job offer spam: Forwarding payments (Fraud)
  
• Forwarding Paypal payments via Western Union (Fraud)
  

usg-managers.com and usg-jobsupport.com are a fraud
The following job offer was sent out as spam by an organized crime group. The domain usg-managers.com was only created on 2005-05-05, two weeks before the job offer was sent as spam.

The purpose of this job offer is to trick people into helping move stolen money out of the country for the gang. By withdrawing cash and forwarding it by Western Union or MoneyGram, the money becomes untraceable to the police. If you have been recruited:

• Do not withdraw or forward any money that arrives in your account or you may be liable for that amount.
• Contact the bank and alert them to the fraud.
• Report the fraud to the police.

From: "Noreply" <noreply@usg-jobsupport.com>
To: "username" <emailaddress>
Sent: Wednesday, 18 May, 2005 13:07
Subject: Job offer

We found you contacts in our resume database. We are a
Lithuanian company which sells software and electronic
in the USA, Canada and other countries. We are looking
for a Financial Manager. No special knowledge, no education
required. You can earn up to $500 per week working only
some hours a day.

- If you are a resident (citizen) of the United States
or Canada please send you resume or contact information
to e-mail manager@usg-managers.com      
             
- Or if you are a resident of another country please
send you resume or contact information 
to e-mail   support@usg-jobsupport.com

We will answer as soon as possible.

WHOIS details for domain "usg-managers.com":

Request: usg-managers.com
from whois.directi.com:43 [cached Thu May 19 06:33:12 2005 UTC]
Registration Service Provided By: RESOLVE LTD.
Contact: sales@xoster.net
Abuse Desk Email Address: sales@xoster.net

Domain Name: USG-MANAGERS.COM 

Registrant:
    Resolve.Ru
    Aleksey Gorohov        (tens@mail.com)
    Lenina 24-2
    Moscow
    Moscow Region,54784
    RU
    Tel. +7.095475476

Creation Date: 05-May-2005  
Expiration Date: 05-May-2006

Domain servers in listed order:
    ns1.nltzone.biz
    ns2.nltzone.biz
    ns3.nltzone.biz
    ns4.nltzone.biz


Administrative Contact:
    Resolve.Ru
    Aleksey Gorohov        (tens@mail.com)
    Lenina 24-2
    Moscow
    Moscow Region,54784
    RU
    Tel. +7.095475476

Technical Contact:
    Resolve.Ru
    Aleksey Gorohov        (tens@mail.com)
    Lenina 24-2
    Moscow
    Moscow Region,54784
    RU
    Tel. +7.095475476

Billing Contact:
    Resolve.Ru
    Aleksey Gorohov        (tens@mail.com)
    Lenina 24-2
    Moscow
    Moscow Region,54784
    RU
    Tel. +7.095475476

Status:ACTIVE

WHOIS details for domain "usg-jobsupport.com":

Request: usg-jobsupport.com
from whois.crsnic.net:43 [cached Wed May 18 18:43:21 2005 UTC]
from whois.directi.com:43 [cached Wed May 18 18:43:23 2005 UTC]
Registration Service Provided By: RESOLVE LTD.
Contact: sales@xoster.net
Abuse Desk Email Address: sales@xoster.net

Domain Name: USG-JOBSUPPORT.COM 

Registrant:
    Resolve.Ru
    Aleksey Gorohov        (tens@mail.com)
    Lenina 24-2
    Moscow
    Moscow Region,54784
    RU
    Tel. +7.095475476

Creation Date: 07-May-2005  
Expiration Date: 07-May-2006

Domain servers in listed order:
    ns1.ijfndgct.com
    ns2.ijfndgct.com
    ns3.ijfndgct.com
    ns4.ijfndgct.com


Administrative Contact:
    Resolve.Ru
    Aleksey Gorohov        (tens@mail.com)
    Lenina 24-2
    Moscow
    Moscow Region,54784
    RU
    Tel. +7.095475476

Technical Contact:
    Resolve.Ru
    Aleksey Gorohov        (tens@mail.com)
    Lenina 24-2
    Moscow
    Moscow Region,54784
    RU
    Tel. +7.095475476

Billing Contact:
    Resolve.Ru
    Aleksey Gorohov        (tens@mail.com)
    Lenina 24-2
    Moscow
    Moscow Region,54784
    RU
    Tel. +7.095475476

Status:ACTIVE