The scam goes deeper. The big crooks are World Media Group, LLC. But, you say, “World Media Group” is a big respected ISP. That’s World Media Group, Inc.! Totally different. World Media Group, LLC is an ISP that creates fictitious clients who do nasty things. “Not our bad…stupid clients”, is their constant refrain. Nearly every WMG, LLC hosted domain is a scam. You know those fake prize announcement spams? That’s them. … They maintain a store front ISP biz to look good, but no one has ever been happy with that service, as it’s just a cover and they try to rip people off that way too. The guy to put the heat on (and refer to these emails below- make a FBI complaint too- it worked!) is: Gary Millin.
Tony Painter Bass (Aggador Defender)
http://www.theawl.com/2011/08/the-mysterious-case-of-the-craigslist-writing-gig-scam
The scam goes deeper. The big crooks are World Media Group, LLC. But, you say, “World Media Group” is a big respected ISP. That’s World Media Group, Inc.! Totally different. World Media Group, LLC, in New Jersey is an ISP that creates fictitious clients who do nasty things. “Not our bad…stupid clients”, is their constant refrain. Nearly every WMG, LLC hosted domain is a scam. You know those fake prize announcement spams? That’s them. The CEO of WMG, LLC has pulled his hair out for 10 years trying to deal with them.
But no more. I have a legal eagle buddy in the States that figured this all out. He filed a formal complaint with the FBI and ICANN (they claim the domains are bad clients, but they have no client specific reg info on file). That built a fire under them. Below is a copy of one of WMG, LLC’s lame denial letters. HERE’S THE INTERESTING BIT! Is he right? Since he had this exchange with the guy, not.one of his email addresses has ever received another spam email. Think about that. 1). How many scams are they running that he is now spam free after really scaring the crook? 2). How dumb is the crook to discontinue spamming just one address, belonging to someone that’s already on to him??? Big duh there. Thanks for giving the FBI another piece of evidence. I’ll post the emails separately so this isn’t too long.
Bottom line, when you do a whois lookup and you see World Media Group, LLC, that’s not the ISP, that’s the real owner of the domain and the people committing the fraud. They maintain a store front ISP biz to look good, but no one has ever been happy with that service, as it’s just a cover and they try to rip people off that way too. The guy to put the heat on (and refer to these emails below- make a FBI complaint too- it worked!) is: Gary Millin . 10 years! It must end now.
NJRCFL OFFICIAL COMPLAINT
Date: 04/17/2012 07:52:40 AM
The following:
WORLD MEDIA GROUP, LLC (NJ corporation 0400067460)
25 MOUNTAINVIEW BLVD
STE 204
BASKING RIDGE, NJ 07920
has been engaged in various forms of felony fraud for the last 10 years. We have recently shared our research with World Media Group, Inc., which they impersonate, and were staggered to learn that they have not been the target of enforcement actions during that time. Our research indicates that they own over 1500 domains which they use to perpetrate prize scams, phishing schemes, Nigerian letters, etc., all originating within the US. They routinely claim that the domains are owned and operated by other individuals, however, 1) the domains are legally registered to World Media Group, LLC, 2) they appear to host no domains engaged in legitimate activity, 3) case law allows for their being held responsible for those crimes, notwithstanding ownership, and 4) they have no visible source of legitimate income.
One must wonder if local authorities are complicit in these crimes. Why has the New Jersey Secretary of State allowed their registration of a name that violates the SOS’ guidelines, and is designed to, and does, cause confusion among consumers? Why have none of these very serious felonies been investigated? Services they provide to the public are inevitably the target of complaints, so universally so that it is apparent that those services are advertised only as a cover for their illegal activities.
Attached are some representative emails showing the kinds of crimes they commit. If the local authorities refuse to hold them responsible for their crimes, then we shall start advising our clients about specific technologies they can use to actively defend their hardware.
Sincerely,
Aaron Cady
Director, Business and Legal Affairs
PFST, Inc., a Texas Corporation
About Asia.com
Asia.com, Inc. is a leading provider of wireless and Internet services to businesses across Asia, serving the major countries in the region including Greater China, Korea, Thailand and Singapore. Asia.com currently has nine branches in China and nearly 900,000 registered users with six million daily page views. By targeting fast growing areas of the economy including travel, finance, real estate, employment, entertainment and outsourced business services, Asia.com is leveraging the Internet, WAP and other technology to truly revolutionize the way people live and the way business is conducted in Asia. Asia.com is a majority owned subsidiary of WORLD.com, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mail.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAIL).
About WORLD.com
WORLD.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Mail.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAIL), is a leading global incubator of premier domain properties. The Company’s strategy is to capitalize on the tremendous value of its cyber-realty assets by integrating its extensive portfolio of category-defining domains into a collaborative network of cyber locations throughout the world serving the worldwide business-to-business and business-to-consumer marketplaces. The first properties being developed are Asia.com and India.com. Other properties from its portfolio of over 1,000 domains include Europe.com, USA.com, Japan.com, London.com, Paris.com, Rome.com, lawyer.com and doctor.com. WORLD.com is headquartered in New York, New York.
About Mail.Com
Mail.com, Inc. is a one-stop resource for Internet messaging services, providing reliable feature-rich e-mail and Internet fax services to businesses, ISPs, Web sites and direct to consumers through its flagship Web site: http://www.mail.com. Mail.com has a technology infrastructure of IP network facilities in 20 key countries and currently serves more than 14 million e-mailboxes and 8,500 corporate customers worldwide.