The Medway Handyman wrote:
Hi All

In the early days of my Handyman business I had an e mail enquiry from a guy
wanting flat pack assembled. At almost the same time I had the same enquiry
from www.bellonetwork.co.uk who purport to be an advanced search engine
specialising in my type of work.

I then got a call from them, saying that they were indeed THE premier search
engine for building work, and to prove it they would send me 3 job enquiries
absolutely free.

I've since had another direct enquiry from someone, also for flat pack
assembly, immediately followed by the same enquiry from them. Both these
original enquiries came from AOL users.

Two more enquiries have arrived from Bello, but not directly, both users
have Hotmail accounts.

The catch is, the first three jobs are free, the next 100 jobs cost £400
paid in advance. Seems too good to be true - then it probably is.

The first guy (who had a genuine need and paid in full) was a Nigerian. The
guy at Bello sounded like he was too. Not being racist, but Nigerians are
well known for financial scams of all kinds.

If I search Google for flat pack or anything similar Bello don't come up in
the first 5 pages at all.

This seems similar to the old 'past posting' scam. Could these guys have a
way of intercepting AOL or Hotmail users who search for my services, then
sending the same enquiry to me? Both AOL customers claimed just to have
used a search & found me directly.

Call me suspicious...............


From the Whois database at :
http://www.whois.net/search.cgi2?str=bellonetwork

"
bellonetwork.com
Registrant:
Max Erixon MaxMathias Europa AB
"
Started in Sept. 2005, so quite new.

They/he also own :

bellonetwork.com
bellonetwork.com.au
bellonetwork.com.es
bellonetwork.se

and, of course:
bellonetwork.dk

Addresses:
Bello Network ApS - Lyngby Hovedgade 46, 1. sal. - 2800 Kgs. Lyngby -
Danmark
Bello Network Sverige AB 556680-2103, Södra Förstadsgatan 2, SE-211 43
Malmö, Sverige

I'll let you decide. If it isn't a huge trans-national scam then it's a
huge trans-national company. Judgin by the


paranoia
Although the UK one could be a fake trying to pass itself off as a
subsidiary ...
/paranoia


Chips.

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