email from feedback wrote:FROM: James
Message:
I been trying to sell a ring on EBay. Three out Four potential buyers wanted the item sent to Spain and to use an escrow service of their choosing!?...When I did a Whois search, all of the companies had only been created a few days prior to me being contacted!...and no contact information. Fortunately, I did not send the ring, thanks to sites like yours!
Please check out these two companies for your future reference:
http://www.das-trading.com
http://www.aim-escrow.com
thank you.
just for completion.... http://www.das-trading.com has already been suspended (probably found out they stole the credit card used to register.)
Any way... At time of writing... I found aim-escrow up and running. So Let's start with WHOIS:
http://easywhois.com/index.php?domain=aim-escrow.com wrote:registrar: ENETICA PTY LTD
whois: whois.enetica.com.au
referrer: http://www.enetica.com.au
Nameservers:
NS1.HOSTINGBAY.NET
NS2.HOSTINGBAY.NET
status: ACTIVE
expires: 31-jan-2006
Registrar Data:
Registrant Details:
AIM Escrow inc
2012 El Rancho Dr
Camarillo, CA 93010
US
Domain Name: AIM-ESCROW.COM
Administrative Contact:
Malone, Carol caralex57@yahoo.com
2012 El Rancho Dr
Camarillo, CA 93010
US
0016263691226 <--- Interesting Phone number format for California
Technical Contact:
Malone, Carol caralex57@yahoo.com
2012 El Rancho Dr
Camarillo, CA 93010
US
0016263691226 <--- Interesting Phone number format for California
Name Server: ns1.hostingbay.net
Name Server: ns2.hostingbay.net
Registrar of Record: Enetica Pty Ltd
Record last updated on 2005-02-01
Record created on 2005-02-01 [b}<---- WOW!!!! Only 9 days ago[/b]
Record expires on 2006-02-01
The information contained in this WHOIS database is provided by Enetica
for information purposes only. Enetica makes this information available
on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis, and does not guarantee its
accuracy. In particular, please note that the WHOIS database is a
contact database only - and lack of a whois record does not necessarily
mean that the domain is available for registration.
By submitting a WHOIS query, you agree to abide by our terms of use,
and that you will use this data only for lawful purposes. Our full
terms and conditions can be accessed via the Enetica website at:
http://www.enetica.com.au/whois/usage.html
Ok so first of all the date is only 9 days ago.
Next the phone number is written European style. I realize it's still correct but most "Americans" (including businessman) would not write it that way
Ok, now I look deeper at the phone number. The listing on the WHOIS shows an areacode and exchange of 626 369 Looking it up ( http://www.areacodedownload.com/626/369/ ) I find that the phone number would lead you to La Puente CA. Hmmmm.. But wait..... The address (in the WHOIS) says Camarillo, CA 93010. Well if you check the maps, Camarillo and La Puente are more than a couple of miles apart.
Then there is the "Claim" of membership in "Escrow Agent's Fidelity Corporation" but I can find NOTHING to validate this claim. And although I do find that Aim Escrow shows up in the "Active Licensed list" (from http://www.corp.ca.gov/fsd/lic/ ) I can not further validate ANYTHING about aim-escrow. (Either the .COM site or the AIM ESCROW, INC. 4241 JUTLAND DRIVE, SUITE 215 SAN DIEGO, CA 92117 ) I can not even find a phone listing of this company. (Using Anywho.com)
Of course I searched some of the phrases in the Terms of Service. http://www.aim-escrow.com/terms.php and as you may expect they come back with hits to escrow.com (as well as some other fraudulant sites that I am working on).
I am convinced that this one is a
Please note, however, I cannot say with 100% certainty... If you find more info on it, please add to this post.
