Merchants' Credit Guide Debt phising Chicago Illinois
Hi recieved the usual letter from them and noticed that they also supply a user name and password to make an online payment, this sent a red flag up and a bit of digging and whois turned up this info (bty gid is a domin lookup and a whois will report back site contact info)
Dig results (from any linux box dig merchantscreditguide.com)
Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
Merchants Credit Guide itservicedesk@collectmcg.com
223 W. Jackson
Suite 900
Chicago, IL 60606
US
312-895-3717
Called this number and it a home phn number of some lady
Hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
A reverse phn lookup of the number listed on the letter shows no results
Hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
now a whois and dig of this domian name shows that they are using worldnic.com as their name servers (they translate the ip address to a domain name) worldnic.com.
Now as a cunsumer seeing this letter with all the info on It I have ever right to report this as scam to to the registar for the domain and all comes down to Network Solutions, LLC
the contact for them is
Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
Network Solutions, LLC nocsupervisor@networksolutions.com
Network Solutions LLC
13861 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 300
HERNDON, VA 20171
US
570-708-8788 fax: 703-668-5817
I suggest that anyone who recieves any letter thru the mail, that has a website address to make an electronic payment over the internet...............
once you see this stop and do not call them or write them report it as a scam to the people that host the domain, there are fedral regulations that prohibit this and they are using the gray area i.e. yours and my integrity to scam money.
I will continue to push this thru network soulutions as a scam to get into my banking account (once you enter your info to their payment site online you will be in a world of hurt)
Rob_h
saint cloud, Minnesota
U.S.A.
1 Updates & Rebuttals
Employee
Chicago,Illinois,
U.S.A.
Employee of Merchant's Responds to False Allegations
#2UPDATE Employee
Thu, February 07, 2008
Merchants' Credit Guide is a reputable financial services business operating for over 100 years. As an employee of Merchants', it is important that I respond to your unsupported and fictitious account about our organization being a scam and discount what you offer as evidence.
The information you offer here is public and there is nothing suspicious about any organization owning a domain name and offering a technical contact to answer questions regarding the site and its content. In fact, it substantiates legitimacy and indicates the organizations' willingness to be forward about its goal to the world (WWW).
The contact number is a business extension, not a home number as falsely indicated.
In closing, I would like to add that Merchants' only initiates contact with people in hopes of resolving unpaid debt.