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Beware of Fraud: wise-pay.com escrow service

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We received a spam email claiming to be from a large electronics company in Italy that recommends using wise-pay.com, a fraudulent escrow service. As it turns out the domain of the sender was only registered the day before using a bogus postal address and the email was sent from Romania. Here you go:

Thank you for reply.
This is Ramon Moewno, from MEDIAWORLD ITALY Ltd. the largest electronics and many products exporter in Italy.

Let me know what model interested you???

We offer free shipping and inssurance,no fee and all our products are new with warranty.

Here are our company details:
Company Name MEDIAWORLD ITALY Ltd
Address Viale Zara
Zip 20035
Region/Country Italy,Milano
Contact name LUCAS FOTING
WWW.MEDIAWORLD.IT

We buy Electronics in very large quantity and we sell them separatly. All units is brand new and it will came with 3 yeas internationaly warranty and all original documents.

Terms & Conditions:

We deal via www.wise-pay.com escrow service.
Using this service you will have the oportunity to inspect the goods for 5
days before any money wil be release to us from the escrow team custody.
We offer free shipping and inssurance.
Please register on www.wise-pay.com (registration is free) and confirm us your order so we can make the deal.

With Respect,MEDIAWORLD ITALY Ltd



From: xxxx xxxx
To: marselo estales
Subject: Re: OFFER FROM MEDIAWORLD LTD !
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 16:50:29 -0700 (PDT)

If we do some business ..i would like you to send me pic's of the plasma
TV..to my personal email xxxxxxxxx@cox.net

Tek

marselo estales wrote:
Dear customer,

This is Alan Ames, from MEDIAWORLD ITALY LTD. the largest
electronics supplyer in Italy.

We could supply electronics,any model,any quantity for a good price.

Here is a list of our products:

COMPUTERS SYSTEMS:

Cisco CCIE Ultimate Lab Kit, - 5000$
Compaq Proliant DL760 8x900MHz-2M/2GB RAM - 3800$
Cisco MGX 8850 E1 Gateway Frame Relay&ATM - 4200$

HP DesignJet 800PS 42" Plotter - 2500$
Fujitsu fi-4750L SCSI-2 Video Scanner - 2000$
DELL POWEREDGE 2650 2x3.06/1MB XEON 108GB 15K - 2000$

Apple G5 Dual 1.8Ghz Video Workstation - 3800$

Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5 MAC Apple - 2000$
Powermac G5 DP 2GHz with Airport Extreme BASE STATUON - 1999$
APPLE POWERBOOK G4 17" 1.25GHZ 80GB EXTRAS - 1700$

Compaq EVO N600C 1GHZ Laptop /w DVD - 1000$
IBM ThinkPad R50p R50 1.7GHz - 1000$

Sony Vaio GRT280ZG P4 3.06 / 16.1"/ 80 gb / 1 gb ram - 1700 $
Sony Vaio PCG-TR3AP1 Laptop new !!! - 1500 $
NIB SONY VAIO PCG-GRT-360ZG NOTEBOOK PC - 1500 $ SONY VAIO PCG-GRT360ZG PENT 4-M 3.06GHZ - 1400 $
SONY VAIO V505 DC2 - 1400 $
Sony VAIO PCG-GRT240G P4 2.6GHz 512MB - 1300 $
SONY VAIO 2.8 GHz LAPTOP CD BURNER - 900 $
SONY VAIO PCV-V200G 2.8 GHZ - 120 GB - 900 $
Sony VAIO Laptop P4 2GHz 40GB 512MB - 700 $
Sony VAIO PCG-FRV35 P4 2.66GHz 512MB - 700 $
Sony Vaio PCG-V505EX V505 - 600 $
SONY VAIO X505 - 1100 $


Toshiba Satellite P20 Series 3.2 GHz - 1600 $
Toshiba P25-S609 3 Ghz Laptop - 1700 $
Toshiba Satellite P25-S520 P4 3.0GHz 512MB - 1300 $
TOSHIBA TECRA 9100 - 1200 $
Toshiba Satellite P25-s509 Laptop - 1100 $
Toshiba Satellite A45-S250 2.8G 60G A45 S250 - 800 $
Toshiba Satellite A40-S270 15" P4-2.8GHz 512MB - 800 $
Toshiba Satellite Pentium 4 3.06 GHz Notebook - 900 $
Toshiba Satellite 1905-S303, P4/2.4GHz - 600 $
Toshiba Satellite Pentium4 2.8ghz 512mbRam - 700 $
TOSHIBA Tecra 1.4 Centrino 40 GB Combo - 700 $


Dell SmartStep 250N P4 2.2G Laptop CDRW DVD - 1999 $
DELL INSPIRON 8600 1.7/DVD+RW/3YR - 1500 $
Dell Poweredge 2650 Xeon 2X2.8 GHz 2048 MB - 1600 $
Dell Precision M60 Laptop 15.4 WUXGA 1.6GHz - 1600 $
NEW DELL INSPIRON 600M 1.7/DVD - 1500$
Dell Latitude D800, P4M 1.6, 1GB RAM - 1000 $
Dell Precision 530 Workstation/XEON Dual 1.7 - 650 $
DELL INSPIRON 9100 LAPTOP COMPUTER P4 - 700 $
DELL INSPIRON 8200 P4 LAPTOP 40GB - 640 $

CAMERAS & PROJECTORS:

Sony DXC-D50WSL widescreen camera - DXC-D50 - 5000$
Canon EOS 1DS Digital Camera - 3000$
Sharp DLP Front Projector, Model XVZ90 - 2999$
LEICA MP .85 KIT W/ 3-LENSES - 2500$
Nikon Nikkor 600mm (600/4) AFS - 3500$

BenQ DX550 DLP Projector - 2999$
Nikon D-100 NEW Digital Camera - 3850$
Nikon D1X Digital Camera + 40x 1GB Kit - 1999$

PLASMA TV's:

Sony KDE-42XBR950 42" XBR Plasma WEGA TV - 1699$
SONY KDE-50XBR950 PLASMA HDTV Plasma TV - 2599$
Sony KDE-61XBR950 61" HDTV Plasma TV - 3500$

Pioneer 4340 HD Plasma Flat Screen TV - 1800$
Pioneer PRO-1110HD 50 HDTV Plasma Display - 2650$

Panasonic TH-42PX20UP 42" HDTV Plasma TV - 1800$
PANASONIC TH-50PX20U Plasma TV 50" - 2800$

NEC PX-42XM2A 42" HDTV Plasma TV - 1550$
NEC 50XM3 High Def Plasma TV Display - 2650$
NEC 61MP2 61" Plasma TV Display 61XM2 - 3999$

MOBILE PHONES & PDA's:

Aston Martin V600 Motorola DB9 Phone - 350$
MOTOROLA SATELLITE 9505 PHONE - 320$
SONY ERICSSON P900 - 400$
NOKIA 8910I - 300$
NOKIA NGAGE - 200$
NOKIA 6600 - 300$
NOKIA 6610 - 200$
NOKIA 7210 - 230$
NOKIA 7250 - 230$
NOKIA 7250i - 250$
NOKIA 7650 - 230$
NOKIA 8910 - 280$
NOKIA 8910i - 320$
NOKIA 9210i - 300$
NOKIA 6630 - 320$


HP 2210 IPAQ POWERED FULL SATNAV/GPS KIT TOMTOM 3 PDA - 499$
BRAND NEW - HP iPAQ Pocket PC H5550 - 349$
IPAQ 3660 FULL GPS SYSTEM + Voice Navigation - 415$
HP iPAQ Pocket PC h5555 - 390$
HP iPAQ Pocket PC H5455 - 390$
IPAQ 3850 - 345$
hp iPAQ Pocket PC h1940 + Navman GPS 4400 bluetooth - 350$
Ipaq H4150, Brand New in sealed box with warranty - 299$
HP iPAQ Pocket PC H5450 *Now w/Hard Case Too!!! - 300$
Compaq IPAQ h4155 Pocket PC Brand NEW 4155 - 249$
New HP iPAQ H4355 PDA 400Mhz Bluetooth 802.11b 64mb SD - 249$
Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC H3835 & Navman 3450 GPS - 225$
compaq ipaq 3950 / 3955 pcmcia 5gb hard disk drive 5gb - 220$
Hewlett Packard iPaQ 4100 Series - 219$
Compaq iPAQ H3970 - 310$
HP iPaq 4150 - Brand New - 285$
Compaq iPAQ - H3630 Pocket PC - 250$

'IF YOU WILL BUY 2 PRODUCTS FROM US,SAME SPECS YOU WILL GET 1 FREE,TOTAL 3 PRODUCTS FOR THE PRICE OF 2.'

ALSO WE COULD OFFER YOU ANY ELECTRONIC MODEL ON ORDER.

Please let us know exactly what you want to order,what quantity and what is your best price.

Your company informations are more appreciated.

Looking forward to your early reply.

Kind regards,

Here's the message header:

Received: from [82.77.205.26] (helo=P4)
	by #####.#########.### with esmtp (Exim 4.43)
	id 1CcYln-0005eK-WE
	for ##################; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 01:36:28 +0100
From: "salesdepartament@mediaworldshop.com"
 <salesdepartament@mediaworldshop.com>
Subject: Offer from Media World Shop
To: ##################
Content-Type: text/plain;iso-8859-1
Reply-To: salesdepartament@mediaworldshop.com
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 02:36:29 +0200
X-Priority: 3
X-Library: Indy 8.0.25
X-MailScanner-SpamCheck: spam, SpamAssassin (score=5.656,
	required 5, BAYES_50 0.00, MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER 0.05,
	MSGID_FROM_MTA_ID 1.72, PRIORITY_NO_NAME 1.10, UPPERCASE_25_50 0.03,
	X_LIBRARY 2.75)

     Domain Name.......... wise-pay.com
       Creation Date........ 2004-05-17
       Registration Date.... 2004-05-17
       Expiry Date.......... 2005-05-17
       Organisation Name.... Wise Pay Molton inc.
       Organisation Address. 4605 Destiny's Gate
       Organisation Address. 
       Organisation Address. Austin
       Organisation Address. 78727
       Organisation Address. Texas
       Organisation Address. UNITED STATES
     
     Admin Name........... Nina Raudy
       Admin Address........ 4605 Destiny's Gate
       Admin Address........ 
       Admin Address........ Austin
       Admin Address........ 78727
       Admin Address........ Texas
       Admin Address........ UNITED STATES
       Admin Email.......... wisepays@yahoo.com
       Admin Phone.......... +1.5128361021
       Admin Fax............ 
     
     Tech Name............ Nina Raudy
       Tech Address......... 4605 Destiny's Gate
       Tech Address......... 
       Tech Address......... Austin
       Tech Address......... 78727
       Tech Address......... Texas
       Tech Address......... UNITED STATES
       Tech Email........... wisepays@yahoo.com
       Tech Phone........... +1.5128361021
       Tech Fax............. 
       Name Server.......... ns3.ip01-dns.net
       Name Server.......... ns4.ip01-dns.net
This spam email comes from Romania, not from Italy.
     inetnum:      82.77.205.0 - 82.77.205.31
     netname:      RO-VL-MODAVL
     descr:        Socom Moda Sarguinta
     country:      RO
     admin-c:      NM1100-RIPE
     tech-c:       NM1100-RIPE
     tech-c:       RDS-RIPE
     status:       ASSIGNED PA
     remarks:      +-----------------------------------------------------------+
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     remarks:      | ILLEGAL ACTIVITY, VIOLATION, SCANS, PROBES, SPAM, ETC.    |
     remarks:      +-----------------------------------------------------------+
     notify:       notify-ripe@rdsnet.ro
     mnt-by:       AS8708-MNT
     mnt-lower:    AS8708-MNT
     changed:      liviu.pislaru@rdsnet.ro 20040928
     source:       RIPE
     
     route:        82.76.0.0/14
     descr:        RDSNET
     origin:       AS8708
     mnt-by:       AS8708-MNT
     changed:      bcd@rdsnet.ro 20040909
     source:       RIPE
     
     role:         Romania Data Systems NOC
     address:      71-75 Dr. Staicovici
     address:      Bucharest / ROMANIA
     phone:        +40 21 30 10 888
     fax-no:       +40 21 30 10 892
     e-mail:       contact-tech@rdsnet.ro
     admin-c:      AS1385-RIPE
     tech-c:       BCD-RIPE
     tech-c:       MIHV1-RIPE
     tech-c:       GEPU1-RIPE
     nic-hdl:      RDS-RIPE
     remarks:      ---------------------------------
     remarks:      Abuse reports: abuse@rdsnet.ro
     remarks:      NOC Phone 24x7: +40 21 30 10 888
     remarks:      NOC E-mail: contact-tech@rdsnet.ro
     remarks:      ---------------------------------
     notify:       notify-ripe@rdsnet.ro
     mnt-by:       AS8708-MNT
     changed:      gepu@rdsnet.ro 20041112
     source:       RIPE
     
     person:       Nitu Maria
     address:      Calea lui Traian 127 street, 2nd floor
     address:      Ramnicu Valcea / ROMANIA
     phone:        +40-250-737561
     fax-no:       +40-250-737561
     e-mail:       moda_s_vl@yahoo.com
     nic-hdl:      NM1100-RIPE
     notify:       notify-ripe@rdsnet.ro
     mnt-by:       AS8708-MNT
     changed:      liviu.pislaru@rdsnet.ro 20040928
     source:       RIPE
The sending domain was only created the day before the spam was sent and is registered with a bogus address (UK address in Ohio? US phone number in the UK? Give me a break!):
     Domain Name.......... mediaworldshop.com
       Creation Date........ 2004-12-09
       Registration Date.... 2004-12-09
       Expiry Date.......... 2005-12-09
       Organisation Name.... John Sykes
       Organisation Address. 10 LODGE AVENUE
       Organisation Address. 
       Organisation Address. ELLAND
       Organisation Address. HX59PU
       Organisation Address. OH
       Organisation Address. UNITED KINGDOM
     
     Admin Name........... John Sykes
       Admin Address........ 10 LODGE AVENUE
       Admin Address........ 
       Admin Address........ ELLAND
       Admin Address........ HX59PU
       Admin Address........ OH
       Admin Address........ UNITED KINGDOM
       Admin Email.......... radu8hk@yahoo.com
       Admin Phone.......... +1.3309958774
       Admin Fax............ 

wise-pay.com is listed as a fraudulent escrow on eBay.

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