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multishipment.com—Notice of unclaimed transfers
This email (see very far below) was sent to me by someone in Australia. And here we go again!
This time, I got an interesting surprise. The email had links to a website named multishipment.com. So I went ahead and checked out the name of the registrant: Dharti Desai. I have the picture on the right here. I have seen her name before, linked to the same companies. The multishipment.com whois also mentions Compass Direct Marketing. That company has had problems with customers as you can read on RipOffReport.com.
First, the whois of multishipment.com at this time (Mar 30, 2008):
prompt$ whois multishipment.com
Whois Server Version 2.0
Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.
Domain Name: MULTISHIPMENT.COM
Registrar: REGISTER.COM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.register.com
Referral URL: http://www.register.com
Name Server: NS1.CONVERSENT.NET
Name Server: NS2.CONVERSENT.NET
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 30-oct-2007
Creation Date: 16-jul-2004
Expiration Date: 16-jul-2008
>>> Last update of whois database: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:47:32 UTC <<<
NOTICE: The expiration date displayed in this record is the date the
registrar's sponsorship of the domain name registration in the registry is
currently set to expire. This date does not necessarily reflect the expiration
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registrar. Users may consult the sponsoring registrar's Whois database to
view the registrar's reported date of expiration for this registration.
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Registrant:
D. D. Worldwide
Dharti Desai
200S Middle Neck Road Apt # G2
Great Neck, Ny 11021
US
Email: devang777@hotmail.com
Registrar Name....: REGISTER.COM, INC.
Registrar Whois...: whois.register.com
Registrar Homepage: www.register.com
Domain Name: multishipment.com
Created on..............: Fri, Jul 16, 2004
Expires on..............: Wed, Jul 16, 2008
Record last updated on..: Tue, Oct 30, 2007
Administrative Contact:
Compass Direct Marketing
Global Global
P O Box 9056
Hicksville, Ny 11802
US
Phone: 212-605-0115
Email: chris_mgr@5staroutlet.com
Technical Contact:
Compass Direct Marketing
Global Global
P O Box 9056
Hicksville, Ny 11802
US
Phone: 212-605-0115
Email: chris_mgr@5staroutlet.com
DNS Servers:
ns2.conversent.net
ns1.conversent.net
Visit AboutUs.org for more information about multishipment.com
AboutUs: multishipment.com
Register your domain name at http://www.register.com
What interesting info do we see here? Dharti Desai has her email address listed in there: devang777@hotmail.com. I do not even bother making it a link since she will never check it. Want to know why? It's a hotmail account and hotmail is hard to navigate and she probably already forgot her password.
Okay... Notice that the address references an appartment in New York. That matches with other info I read, she is supposed to have a company in New York and one in India (see article below). Whether the # G2 is correct, go figure. Ah! And here the company is "D. D. Worldwide".
Yes because the next regitrant is Chris "Mgr" from Compass Direct Marketing. Searching for Dharti Desai and Compass Direct Marketing, I found an article about her and I made a copy here since it is quite interesting. As you can notice, the article mentions both companies. But this registration is really phony. Mr Chris email address is chris_mgr@5staroutlet.com and there is no website at "5staroutlet.com". Since it is the default "underconstruction" of some well known web server, I just show a picture on the right side of this paragraph.
Dharti Desai — Founder and CEO
Dharti Desai is Founder and CEO of Regency Direct Marketing, India (RDMI,founded in 1997) and Finewinesnmore (FWM, founded in January 2007), both located in Mumbai, India. Ms. Desai saw the potential India had to offer much before the outsourcing boom and established a pioneering position for RDM in direct marketing in India and significantly heightened the company's prominence within the industry since 1997. She has been the key architect in setting the overall strategic direction of the company, patiently awakening a country to the hitherto unknown direct marketing world, sourcing key clients and vendors, working with the local nuances of the country and facilitating the integration of direct marketing consulting and bank card syndication. The latest addition to her entrepreneurial and investment portfolio is FWM. She started the company in January of 2007 and was instrumental in bringing partner Sumedh Singh Mandla on board. She has conceptualized, researched and set up a strategic communications platform for FWM and has introduced a wine club portal concept which will take fine wines directly to consumers. This portal will serve as an educational, communications and interactive tool for consumers from all walks of life, be it a novice or a connoisseur. The wine club will leverage the group company's 10+ years in India of valuable experience in direct marketing in India.
She is also President of D. D. Worldwide Marketing Corporation, located in New York City. The company provides consulting and creative copywriting services to its clients in six countries. The company also engages in investments and joint ventures in mail order and other projects around the world. Ms. Desai, fluent in French, has the ability and an innate talent of producing winning creative concepts and this has made her company a great value add to her clients' marketing/creative teams in 7 countries. Ms. Desai has been invited as a speaker to conventions of the Direct Marketing Association (DMA), USA and is the author of "DM in India Guidebook" (www.rdmipl.com) co-sponsored by the DMA, USA. She is a member of the DMA, USA, and International Council of the DMA, the Direct Marketing Ideas Club of NY and also of Asian Women In Business, NY.
She is a single mother of an 8 year old daughter, is a graduate of Wilson College, Mumbai University (India), is a resident of New York as well as Mumbai, and divides her time between the USA and India.
Now what I thought was most surprising is that the multishipment.com links would send you to a secure website that has a valid certificate! (i.e. my browser did not tell me that it was not valid) The following describes that certificate:
Version 3
Serial Number 06:AC:CE
Signature Algorithm PKCS #1 MD5 With RSA Encryption
Issuer Name CN = Equifax Secure Global eBusiness CA-1
Issuer Organization O = Equifax Secure Inc.
Issuer Country C = US
Valid Since 08/31/2007 23:32:24 GMT
Valid Until 11/10/2008 00:32:24 GMT
Subject Name CN = www.multishipment.com
Subject Organization OU = Domain Control Validated - QuickSSL(R)
Subject Organization OU = See www.geotrust.com/resources/cps (c)07
Subject Organization OU = GT15338361
Subject Organization O = www.multishipment.com
Subject Country C = US
Public Key Algorithm PKCS #1 RSA Encryption
Public Key: Size: 74 Bytes / 592 Bits
30 48 02 41 00 cd c0 21 bd 7e 45 75 fe 6a b4 8b
83 7d c1 ca 6b 5c d8 32 fd 22 0f d6 f8 f5 7c 58
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1f 27 d2 2f 45 df 6e c6 07 73 33 4e 6e ff 80 fe
28 7f 85 03 59 02 03 01 00 01
Certificate Key Usage
Critical, Signing, Non-repudiation
Key Encipherment, Data Encipherment
Subject Key ID Size: 20 Bytes / 160 Bits
40 33 1f 23 0d a2 8c 06 4e 1c fe d2 1e 9c 5d 93
93 81 b0 46
CRL Distribution Points Not Critical
URI: http://crl.geotrust.com/crls/globalca1.crl
Authority Key Identifier Size: 20 Bytes / 160 Bits
be a8 a0 74 72 50 6b 44 b7 c9 23 d8 fb a8 ff b3
57 6b 68 6c
Extended Key Usage Not Critical
TLS Web Server Authentication (1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.1)
TLS Web Client Authentication (1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.2)
Basic Constraints
Critical
Is not a Certificate Authority
Signature Value Size: 128 Bytes / 1024 Bits
a1 c4 ab 10 ff 70 bc 42 5c c3 d3 28 70 36 63 0a
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Although it looks like a good certificate, to my point of view a few very important things are missing in here:
- The L parameter (Location) defining the city of the organization.
- The ST parameter (State) since it is supposed to be in New York, it should mention (also she could have used an address in India.) What I'm surprised about is that even Equifax does not mention their location!!!
- The name of the company is NOT defined. Only the URL to the website. This is the wierdest part in this certificate. Maybe there is something funny about the QuickSSL thing, or maybe this type of certificate does not entitle you to take credit cards for processing. But how are your protected then?! It looks secure & valid, you could be lured into it easy!
The rest looks proper for a certificate. It could be that Equifax works with GeoTrust and that would be why they are mentioned here.
What's more?! Well... that multishipment.com website... the index page is really awkward. That's their privacy policy:
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Privacy Policy
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In general I do not see anything wrong with this document except that it was written by people who think that MS-Word can save a document in valid HTML. Note that the text is from The Lustigman Firm and that company is hopefully trustworthy. They are attorneys, after all. But the text in here said "the multishipment.com site". That's all. No real entity. Just a site. Guess what!? I don't feel bound to anything all of a sudden.
Another word about this agreement: it mentions things like advertising and copyrighted materials, etc. ... well I guess this document itself is copyrighted. But I have not see any advertising and even less whatever else of whatever they are talking about. Do you follow me here? Probably not!
Now if you have a complaint you can write here:
580 South Research Place, Central Islip, NY, 11722 USA
Notice that has nothing to do with the previous addresses, and even the city is different!
So?! What is that address? Notice that there is no name here. I searched on the internet, Google Map shows you a commercial building. So address is most certainly valid. Next I searched the web, just in case, and I found a ripoff entry: National Consumer Marketing.
Looking a bit further I found it on another website and again about a scam (and notice that the company name is different, again, just like in the email where you see Access America on the check):
This advertisement is being sent to you from: International Product Register 580 South Research Place Central Islip, NY 11722, USA To unsubscribe from receiving further emails from us, please click here: Unsubscribe
And then I found yet another name: Crown Import. And guess what... these names may actually be valid business, just that one bad guy using some valid address and valid names and ripping people off. Weird that she can do that in the USA. Or is she?!
Okay... right... so... who is at 580 South Research Place? DFS of course!
Or Direct Fulfillment Systems. And that looked like a legitimate company (at last) at the time, even so they also are in marketing and happen to be at the address of all of these bad guys. The fact is that they may be using the name of other companies whenever they do work for them. What these other compagnies do afterward, go figure... But of course, they should check on their customers. Now, I say that, I do not know that company and their service may just be fantastic. So don't think that DFS Reports is bad.
Okay. This is becoming a bit too crazy. Let's search for these businesses in the Division of Corporations center of New York...
NYS Department of State Division of Corporations Entity Information Selected Entity Name: COMPASS DIRECT MARKETING, LLC Selected Entity Status Information Current Entity Name: COMPASS DIRECT MARKETING, LLC Initial DOS Filing Date: OCTOBER 06, 2004 County: NEW YORK Jurisdiction: NEW YORK Entity Type: DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Current Entity Status: ACTIVE Selected Entity Address Information DOS Process (Address to which DOS will mail process if accepted on behalf of the entity) COMPASS DIRECT MARKETING, LLC 575 MADISON AVENUE 10TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 00000 Registered Agent NONE
Weird! Found it! But still could not find a real website for it.
Now here is the Cron Import search results...
NYS Department of State Division of Corporations Entity Information Selected Entity Name: ROYAL CROWN IMPORT EXPORT, INC. Selected Entity Status Information Current Entity Name: ROYAL CROWN IMPORT EXPORT, INC. Initial DOS Filing Date: SEPTEMBER 11, 1992 County: NEW YORK Jurisdiction: NEW YORK Entity Type: DOMESTIC BUSINESS CORPORATION Current Entity Status: INACTIVE Selected Entity Address Information DOS Process (Address to which DOS will mail process if accepted on behalf of the entity) ROYAL CROWN IMPORT EXPORT, INC. 166 2ND AVENUE, 8F NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10003 Registered Agent NONE
First of all, this company does not have the proper name. Second, it is inactive. Ah! So Cron Import does not exist.
Okay... let's try with DFS (Direct Fulfillment Systems)... Guess what... Cannot find it. It does not exist under that name in the database of New York, Division of Corportaion. I checked the phone number extension, it does correspond to the address. So I'm not too sure what that means. Another dba of some sort?!
What about the law firm?! The Lustigman Firm (I'm starting to wonder, obviously!)
NYS Department of State Division of Corporations Entity Information Selected Entity Name: THE LUSTIGMAN FIRM, P.C. Selected Entity Status Information Current Entity Name: THE LUSTIGMAN FIRM, P.C. Initial DOS Filing Date: MAY 13, 1997 County: NEW YORK Jurisdiction: NEW YORK Entity Type: DOMESTIC PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION Current Entity Status: ACTIVE Selected Entity Address Information DOS Process (Address to which DOS will mail process if accepted on behalf of the entity) THE LUSTIGMAN FIRM, P.C. (#6024) 350 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10118 Chairman or Chief Executive Officer SHELDON S LUSTIGMAN 350 5TH AVE #6024 NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10118-6098 Principal Executive Office THE LUSTIGMAN FIRM, P.C. 350 5TH AVE #6024 NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10118-6098 Registered Agent NONE
Finally! A real company. Look at that. Created in 1997 and still around and active includes info about the CEO and PEO. That looks like a real company at least.
Now I searched D. D. Worldwide. That one too, I could not find. I found a D + D Worldwide (and many other companies starting with two other letters and Worldwide.)
Selected Entity Name: D + D WORLDWIDE, INC. Selected Entity Status Information Current Entity Name: D + D WORLDWIDE, INC. Initial DOS Filing Date: APRIL 02, 1993 County: KINGS Jurisdiction: NEW YORK Entity Type: DOMESTIC BUSINESS CORPORATION Current Entity Status: INACTIVE Selected Entity Address Information DOS Process (Address to which DOS will mail process if accepted on behalf of the entity) D + D WORLDWIDE, INC. 35 CHURCH AVENUE, SUITE 503 BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11218 Chairman or Chief Executive Officer DMITRY KORSUNSKIY 35 CHURCH AVE BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11218 Principal Executive Office D + D WORLDWIDE, INC. 35 CHURCH AVE BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11218 Registered Agent NONE
I'm pretty sure this isn't the right company since it started in 1993 and is closed now. Plus the named officer has nothing to do with Dharti Desai.
Here I was about to stop when I thought, hey! Let's search for the National Consumer Marketing company which was mentioned on the ripoffreport.com website. And I found two: an LLC and an LTD (I did not know you could have an LTD in the US?!)
NYS Department of State Division of Corporations Entity Information Selected Entity Name: NATIONAL CONSUMER MARKETING, LLC Selected Entity Status Information Current Entity Name: NATIONAL CONSUMER MARKETING, LLC Initial DOS Filing Date: MAY 19, 2003 County: NEW YORK Jurisdiction: DELAWARE Entity Type: FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Current Entity Status: ACTIVE Selected Entity Address Information DOS Process (Address to which DOS will mail process if accepted on behalf of the entity) C/O C T CORPORATION SYSTEM 111 EIGHTH AVENUE NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10011 Registered Agent C T CORPORATION SYSTEM 111 EIGHTH AVENUE NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10011
The LLC is still active and registered by another company in NYC. The type of company is marked as "Foreign Limited Liability Company". Ah ha! That could explain the LTD? It says that the jurisdiction is delaware... Now, let's see the LTD itself:
NYS Department of State Division of Corporations Entity Information Selected Entity Name: NATIONAL CONSUMER MARKETING, LTD. Selected Entity Status Information Current Entity Name: NATIONAL CONSUMER MARKETING, LTD. Initial DOS Filing Date: OCTOBER 19, 1978 County: NASSAU Jurisdiction: NEW YORK Entity Type: DOMESTIC BUSINESS CORPORATION Current Entity Status: INACTIVE Selected Entity Address Information DOS Process (Address to which DOS will mail process if accepted on behalf of the entity) NATIONAL CONSUMER MARKETING, LTD. 8 BOND ST. GREAT NECK, NEW YORK, 11021 Registered Agent NONE
Well... this one has nothing to do with the other I guess. Created in 1978 and now inactive. Maybe you could have an LTD way back then.
Now an interesting discovery... a contact name at that company is "Chris Morris". A little more and it would match the email address we've seen at the top: chris_mgr@5staroutlet.com According to D&B, that company has 7 on staff and makes $620,000 a year.
This is so complicated. Why would I even consider making any type of business with these people?! Hmmm....
Okay, so wanna see the email that generated all of this now?!
Note that I left the links in the email. They will break once they decide that their website is not bringing any more money. That could be real soon. Most of the links include the user info (some identifier and his/her email address.) I changed the info to some most certainly invalid codes, feel free to try to see what happens.
To: someone-or-other@some-isp.com.au
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 12:38 PM
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