Unknown Scammer 001

This scam operation offers 'jobs' through a number of apparently-unrelated 'job offer' scam sites. Each site is advertised in spam that promises 'part-time positions' (i.e. work-from-home) as 'payment processors' or 'administrative assistants'. The scam appears to be a variant of the fake check scam.

The sites advertised look very professional, thanks to the high quality of the web design. One giveaway is that checking DNS reveals that the sites and their nameservers are usually hosted on a constantly-changing set of domestic PCs, probably home computers on a broadband connection that have been hijacked by viruses.

The domains listed under this placeholder have all been advertised by spam or are linked to other advertised sites. They have been grouped together because they share certain characteristics that suggest that they are operated by the same people.

The registration details (almost certainly false) for each domain usually refer to US addresses, but there is some reason to believe that the scammers may be Russian.