The domain name dpdcourier.com was previously reported in viewtopic.php?f=17&t=39121 & https://www.scamsurvivors.com/forum/vie ... =6&t=38969 while being used in a recovery scam in 2015. At that time, the fake site was operated by a Nigerian fraudster.
The real DPD ( Dynamic Parcel Distribution GmbH) is being impersonated since 2007 by various fake sites pretending to be them or using content stolen from the company website.
The company has also an Internet Fraud Warning on their site: https://www.dpd.com/nl_en/business_cust ... ud_warning.
Since 2010, the company tried to protect their identity following the legal ways of protecting their brand, while the company was impersonated online by various fraudulent sites:
- dpd.es - 2010
- dpd-expressinc.com and dpdservicesinc.com - 2014
- dpdservice.net and dpd-transport.com - 2016
- dpdspedition.com - 2017
The cost of an UDPR for a company trying to defend it's name is roughly $2.500. A fraudster can register a fake domain name from 79 cents to $10, if he is not using a free subdomain. Even if the company wins and gains the control of the fake domain abusing it's identity, another fake domain name will just be registered sooner or later, without anyone checking before allowing that fraudulent domain name to become active. All the checks (if any) are done only after a victim loses money because of the fraudulent domain name and only if the domain name is reported. Even if reported, there are enough cases where Registrars turn a blind eye and do nothing, forcing the company to defend it's name in costly processes; in the meantime the average Internet user is getting defrauded again and again by the same domain names until they expire.
The fake site claims to be an escrow company.
Contact details on the fake site:
DPD Elláda Α.Ε.
12 Akti Poseidonos Street
18531 Piraeus
Greece
E-mail: GlobalOffice.Info@dpdcourier.com
Telephone No: +30 211 198 8706
DPD Malta Ltd.
29, LASCARIS WHARF
VALLETTA, VLT 1921
Malta
E-mail: Malta.HeadOffice@dpdcourier.com
Telephone No: +356 25 686 120
DPD UK Office
Units 9-12 & 14, The Heathrow Estate
Silver Jubilee Way Hounslow,TW4 6NF Middlesex
United Kingdom
E-mail: Office.UK@dpdcourier.com
Telephone No: +44 203 905 10 06
DPD USA Inc.
420, 5TH AVENUE
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10018-2702
USA
E-mail: US-info@dpdcourier.com
Telephone No: +1 202 852 5600
DPD Sweden AB
Gardavagen 1, P.O. Box 264
SE-401 24 GOTHENBURG
Sweden
E-mail: Sweden-info@dpdcourier.com
Telephone No: +46 40 645 0031
DPD Denmark A/S
Vandvejen 7, 5th floor
8000 Aarhus C
Denmark
E-mail: Denmark.office@dpdcourier.com
Telephone No: +45 7879 10 66x
DPD France
23, AVENUE DE NEUILLY
75116 PARIS, France
E-mail: Fr-paris@dpdcourier.com
Telephone No: +33 1 7768 8859
DPD Branch Office & Co. KG
Gate 1 / 11.OG / Top D, Handelskai 92
1200 VIENNA, Austria
E-mail: at-vienna@dpdcourier.com
Telephone No: +43 1 386 5760
DPD Magyarország Kft.
30-32 Kozraktar Str., 5th Floor
1093 Budapest, Hungary
E-mail: Budapest.Hungary@dpdcourier.com
Telephone No: +351 21 392 8410
DPD Agentes de Navegacao
Empreendimento Alcantara-Rio, Rua de Cascais, n#32
1300-120 LISBOA, Portugal
E-mail: LISBOAPTLIS@dpdcourier.com
DPD Espana SLU
CALLE SUIZA, N# 12
46024 VALENCIA, Spain
E-mail: Espana.info@dpdcourier.com
DPD Cyprus Ltd.
Cleovoulou Bldg., 57 Omonias Avenue
3780 Limassol, Cyprus
E-mail: Limassol.Cyprus@dpdcourier.com
DPD Genova S.p.A.
Via Balleydier 7 n
16149 GENOVA, Italy
E-mail: Genova.Italy@dpdcourier.com
DPD Croatia agencija d.o.o.
Korzo 11 - 51000 RIJEKA, Croatia
E-mail: Rijeka.Croatia@dpdcourier.com
DPD Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
Willy-Brandt-Strasse 49
20457 HAMBURG, Germany
E-mail: Hamburg.Germany@dpdcourier.com
DPD Polska Sp. z.o.o.
Plac Kaszubski 17/208
81-350 GDYNIA, Poland
E-mail: Gdynia.Poland@dpdcourier.com
DPD Gemi Acenteligi Sirketi
Sehitler Caddesi 1530 Sokak No:1
35230 Alsancak (Izmir), Turkey
E-mail: Izmir.Turkey@dpdcourier.com
+302111988706 - geographic number, Athene, Greece
+35625686120 - geographic number, Malta
+442039051006 - geographic number, UK
+12028525600 - Non-Fixed VoIP.
+46406450031 - geographic number, Malmö, Sweden
+4578791066 - geographic number, Denmark
+33177688859 - geographic number, Nanterre, France
+4313865760 - geographic number, Vienna, Austria
+351213928410 - geographic number, Lisbon, Portugal.
Let say that Registrar checks are not extended to the domain name abusing the identity of another company. The content of the domain name seems to be also nobody's responsibility.
Most of the locations (and at least one of the phone numbers ) are stolen from MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company - the real company has nothing to do with the fraud. The scammers operating the fake site are re-using the same stolen locations and phone numbers on all of their fake sites used in similar fraud attempts.
- arkdart.in (expired)
- dpdtransport.com
- treuhand-transport.com, fridensonshipping.com (expired) and eldan-shipping.com (expired).
From the fake site details - https://db.aa419.org/fakebanksview.php?key=132323:
Domain name: dpdcourier.com
Updated Date: 2018-06-18
Creation Date: 2018-03-03
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2019-03-03
Registrar: NAMECHEAP INC
Reseller: NAMECHEAP INC
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: WhoisGuard Protected
This is what the fake site looks like: