I have been livin’ in Indonesia for years and in early 2011 I got cold called from a Marketing company said they were sending over some information. A few weeks later I received a brochure from an investment company in Korea that looked legit. I then received a phone call from a Seppo telling me about a green energy company. I wired 5000 euros to them and long story short I lost everything to boiler room. Someone at my office has received a very similar brochure for a company called IAM Group Ltd. out of Japan. They are calling out of a virtual office http://www.servcorp.com/en/locations/worldwide-locations/yokohama/toc-minato-mirai
Also the website registration was just done last year and its not under the same name:
http://www.whois.com/whois/iamgroupltd.com
iamgroupltd.com registry whois Updated 1 second ago – Refresh
Domain Name: IAMGROUPLTD.COM
Registrar: MESH DIGITAL LIMITED
Whois Server: whois.meshdigital.com
Referral URL: http://www.meshdigital.com
Name Server: NS1.ROUZA.COM
Name Server: NS2.ROUZA.COM
Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Updated Date: 07-feb-2014
Creation Date: 20-jun-2013
Expiration Date: 20-jun-2023
iamgroupltd.com registrar whois Updated 1 second ago
Domain Name: IAMGROUPLTD.COM
Registry Domain ID:
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.meshdigital.com
Registrar URL: http://www.domainbox.com
Updated Date: 2014-02-07T00:00:00Z
Creation Date: 2013-06-21T00:00:00Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2023-06-21T00:00:00Z
Registrar: MESH DIGITAL LIMITED
Registrar IANA ID: 1390
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: @domainbox.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.8779770099
Reseller: Domainmonster.com
Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: Domainmonster.com Privacy Service
Registrant Organization: Identity Protect Limited
Registrant Street: PO Box 795
Registrant City: Godalming
Registrant State/Province: Surrey
Registrant Postal Code: GU7 9GA
Registrant Country: GB
Registrant Phone: +44.1483307527
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax: +44.1483304031
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: @privatemonster.com
Registry Admin ID:
Admin Name: Domainmonster.com Privacy Service
Admin Organization: Identity Protect Limited
Admin Street: PO Box 795
Admin City: Godalming
Admin State/Province: Surrey
Admin Postal Code: GU7 9GA
Admin Country: GB
Admin Phone: +44.1483307527
Admin Phone Ext:
Admin Fax: +44.1483304031
Admin Fax Ext:
Admin Email: @privatemonster.com
Registry Tech ID:
Tech Name: Domainmonster.com Privacy Service
Tech Organization: Identity Protect Limited
Tech Street: PO Box 795
Tech City: Godalming
Tech State/Province: Surrey
Tech Postal Code: GU7 9GA
Tech Country: GB
Tech Phone: +44.1483307527
Tech Phone Ext:
Tech Fax: +44.1483304031
Tech Fax Ext:
Tech Email: @privatemonster.com
Name Server: ns1.rouza.com
Name Server: ns2.rouza.com
DNSSEC: unsigned
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If you are dealing with this company be very very careful.
Not only do they ask for a copy of your Passport, but also a signature sample and recent bank statements or utility bills.. They could be accessing your bank accounts or using the information to steal your identity and open accounts and run up huge debts.
They also only have two post on the site, from July 1, 2013 and from July 21, 2013. Both of which contain grammatical errors and mistakes that wouldn't be on a real companies website.
If they have been in in business since 2003 then why are there only two post both from the year that the site was first hosted?
I hope to keep at least one person from losing money like I did.
Scam, fraud, boiler room. 81454406815 iamgroupltd.com iam group japan