http://mediterraneo-us.biz/track.html

[Marshall]

I was sent THIS LINK and a tracking Number, and it turns out the whole thing was obviously Bull...
The person gave me a Name, and address to send a money order to.
I have ALL of their mailing information.
I was wondering if their is a way to take legal action against this person for trying to FRAUD me?

[Marshall]

I was sent THIS LINK and a tracking Number, and it turns out the whole thing was obviously Bull...
The person gave me a Name, and address to send a money order to.
I have ALL of their mailing information.
I was wondering if their is a way to take legal action against this person for trying to FRAUD me?

Can somebody PLEASE help me out? I just want to know if this site is a total fake, I did a google search and NOTHING comes up?

[Marshall]

I was sent THIS LINK and a tracking Number, and it turns out the whole thing was obviously Bull...
The person gave me a Name, and address to send a money order to.
I have ALL of their mailing information.
I was wondering if their is a way to take legal action against this person for trying to FRAUD me?

Can somebody PLEASE help me out? I just want to know if this site is a total fake, I did a google search and NOTHING comes up?

Whois Record

Domain Name: MEDITERRANEO-US.BIZ
Domain ID: D21286356-BIZ
Sponsoring Registrar: TUCOWS INC.
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Registrant ID: TUUFJNKTOTPMKGDI
Registrant Name: mike westover
Registrant Organization: rename
Registrant Address1: 1700 west collins
Registrant City: corsicana
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Registrant Country: United States
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Administrative Contact ID: TUYXX1WNJTQD3Q1A
Administrative Contact Name: Domain Direct
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Administrative Contact Address1: 96 Mowat Avenue
Administrative Contact City: Toronto
Administrative Contact State/Province: ON
Administrative Contact Postal Code: M6K3M1
Administrative Contact Country: Canada
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Billing Contact ID: TUIGQ77QG2EUFGAV
Billing Contact Name: Domain Direct
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Billing Contact Address1: 96 Mowat Avenue
Billing Contact City: Toronto
Billing Contact State/Province: ON
Billing Contact Postal Code: M6K3M1
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Technical Contact Name: Domain Direct
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Technical Contact Address1: 96 Mowat Avenue
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Created by Registrar: TUCOWS INC.
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Domain Registration Date: Fri Nov 02 23:31:34 GMT 2007
Domain Expiration Date: Sat Nov 01 23:59:59 GMT 2008
Domain Last Updated Date: Fri Nov 02 23:31:38 GMT 2007


Found that in DOMAIN tools, oddly enough the registrant e-mail is bertjeffs@gmail.com, the SAME e-mail address I got the Second Chance E-bay reply from!

[lightfair]

Hmm, the actual site is not reachable, but the tracking site still is...

Usually those sites are registered with fake data (sometimes taken from real people who have no idea that somebody is impersonating them).

Can you elaborate a bit on the payment method? Were you asked to send a money order to somebody or were you asked to send the money by Western union or a similar service?

[Marshall]

Hmm, the actual site is not reachable, but the tracking site still is...

Usually those sites are registered with fake data (sometimes taken from real people who have no idea that somebody is impersonating them).

Can you elaborate a bit on the payment method? Were you asked to send a money order to somebody or were you asked to send the money by Western union or a similar service?

I was asked to Pay for the Item by western union to the name
Romeo Tutuianu
address: Bld lapusneanu
city: Constanta
Country: Romania
zip: 8700

He sent me the link to this delivery service site, here is the link that works http://mediterraneo-us.biz/track.html

and tracking number: 451979181308

type that in and you can see my order, I figured out it was a scam before I sent.

[lightfair]

OK, so it's the "standard" Western Union scam.

First, congrats for spotting the whole thing being fake. You were smart and hence didn't lose any money. This is a good thing.

Second, the address data might be existing. But probably not.
This is organized crime and as you can see from the size of the database this is a pretty well organized crime. It is very rare that addresses in Romania are used. So even if this happens it is very likely that this is a fake address. The scammers have large numbers of fake passports or fake ID's.

You can file a complaint with your local law enforcement agency (and I fully endorse this). The whole thing is at least attempted fraud (or whatever it is called in legalese). However I wouldn't expect too much of an outcome.

[Marshall]

OK, so it's the "standard" Western Union scam.

First, congrats for spotting the whole thing being fake. You were smart and hence didn't lose any money. This is a good thing.

Second, the address data might be existing. But probably not.
This is organized crime and as you can see from the size of the database this is a pretty well organized crime. It is very rare that addresses in Romania are used. So even if this happens it is very likely that this is a fake address. The scammers have large numbers of fake passports or fake ID's.

You can file a complaint with your local law enforcement agency (and I fully endorse this). The whole thing is at least attempted fraud (or whatever it is called in legalese). However I wouldn't expect too much of an outcome.

Someone else contacted me with a "Second Chance Buyer" E-mail and they also wanted their money order sent to Romania, maybe the SAME person..

when I e-mailed the person and told them "I knew it was a scam, and to atleast admit it and give me that much" they e-mailed me back "Good Job Marshall"

The site is being ran in the name of someone who had their credit card stolen, I didn't expect much to be done out of this, I just DIDN'T want someone else who was more trusting getting scammed out of a lot of money.

[peg]

The site is a scam.... Registered November 2, 2007 which happens to be the SAME day you made your post here! Coincidence??? I think not!!!
In DB http://escrow-fraud.com/fraud_data.php?id=5218

Also for the "Western Union" Thing have a look at the following thread! http://forum.escrow-fraud.com/viewtopic.php?p=3216#3216