Dear agausling,
That website belongs to fraudsters who misuse the name and street
address of an actual company for their criminal activities.
I have checked the British database of registered companies. There is
indeed a company Barillo Services Ltd. located at 67 Long Lane in
London. However, the nature of that company is "manufacture other
articles of concrete etc." Entertainment electronics are not part of
their business.
While that alone does not prove much, the ownership record of their
Web domain "barillo-services.com" is more revealing. According to the
record, the domain has been registered by this individual:
John D*
134 B* Street
Quincy, MA 02169
Phone +617.47215*
I had to disguise the name and address since they belong, as I found
out, to an actual person living in the USA.
Why would a British company register their domain with the help of an
individual in the USA? That approach is unnecessarily complex since
there are domain registration services in the UK. However, that
behavior is typical of scammers: They take any individual's name and
address from a source like a phone directory and use that data to
register the domain for their fake business. They do so to avoid being
tracked by their victims. A real, reputable company would not do that.
Furthermore, the domain was registered only 18 January 2006 (although
the company has been founded, even according to the website, already
in 2004); and it will expire as early as 17 January 2007, after only
one year. Again, this is not what a reputable company would do. But
scammers normally register such "disposable" domains that are simply
abandoned once they are not of use any longer.
The fact that Barillo Services insist on Wire Transfer and MoneyGram
as the only payment options is revealing, too. Scammers prefer these
methods of payment because the victims can never find out who actually
received the money, and it is not possible to call the money back.
Real companies offer better payment options.
All the contact e-mail addresses provided on their website are either
Gmail or Yahoo addresses which are virtually anonymous. Scammers do,
alas, love these e-mail addresses because they can't be traced back.
Finally, I doubt that a real company would use such unprofessional
words on their website:
"We DO NOT ship to African (especially Nigerian!!!) markets! Stop
bothering us please!"
I recommend not to do any business with them. They are fraudsters.
Regards,
Scriptor
Sources:
Database of registered Companies in the United Kingdom
http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/WebCHeck/fastrack/
Allwhois Domain Database
http://www.allwhois.com/cgi-bin/allwhois.cgi
Switchboard Telephone Directory
http://www.switchboard.com/ |
