Today, I will teach you how to correctly identify scammers on the Internet—and not just there; for instance, while sitting at home, should you discover a note in your stairwell or mailbox left by so-called "pros" who are attempting to swindle you out of your money! So, let's get started: these scammers must be eliminated. - т. (812) 408-43-49!
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Owner MF-SzF-Mobile-NAT64
RIR Source RIPE
CIDR Range 128.204.74.0 - 128.204.75.255
Block Type Assigned Provider-Aggregatable address block
Abuse Email abuse-mailbox@megafon.ru
Abuse Address PJSC "MegaFon" 41, Oruzheyniy lane Moscow, 127006 Russian Federation
Country RU
Registrant GDC-TR-CoreIP
Administrative, Technical Mobile
Address: Samara
Abuse MegaFon PJSC - Internet Service Network Operation Center
Email: abuse-mailbox@megafon.ru
Address: PJSC "MegaFon" 41, Oruzheyniy lane Moscow, 127006 Russian Federation
Administrative Aleksei Ivanov
Phone: +79879528595
Address: 41 Oruzheyniy lane, Moscow 127006, Russia
Registrant MEGAFON-RIPE-MNT
Administrative Pavel Polyntsev
Phone: +7 (931) 384-2089
Address: 127006 Moscow 41, Oruzheyniy lane PJSC MegaFon
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Here is how it typically works: in newer buildings, the schedule for replacing cold and hot water meters is generally clear, as these timeframes are explicitly stipulated in the technical documentation accompanying the meters. Let us, however, turn our attention to those notices—often scrawled on a simple scrap of paper—that hang on the entrance door or inside the elevator. (Incidentally, your Management Company is most likely well aware of these fraudsters; they simply refrain from tearing down these notices for an obvious reason: they are being paid to leave them up—a clear act of corruption!).
So, what exactly is the catch, you might ask—after all, the meters really do need replacing? Well, here it is!
На...лово!
The text contains the inscription:
Starting February 1, 2022, requests can be submitted by calling the dispatch office at: **408-43-49** or **(812) 408-43-49!**Of course, people read these ads without delving into the details—but the morons writing them list the exact same phone number, simply by adding the area code!
But the most important thing isn't even that it's the same number—it's that it’s *supposedly* the dispatch center's phone number! Yes, you need to cross-reference your management company's actual contact number with the one listed on some lousy scrap of paper. In other words, they are trying to slip you a bogus number—a number belonging to those scumbags—under the guise of it being the dispatch service! And that is something that is very easy to verify...
We plug the phone number we found into a search engine, and... we find the website of a total dump of a company.
As the screenshot shows, this isn't a particularly popular search query—even by St. Petersburg standards—though right now, the trendiest topics are arguably snow and the waste management reform.
So, let's go to the shitty website.
The first thing worth noting is the unprotected connection—meaning the company can't spare the roughly 1,000 rubles a year required to set up a secure connection! Mind you, you can actually install an SSL certificate completely free of charge. Apparently, the site developers are just as "professional" as every other "specialist" at this outfit!
Moving on. This is nothing but a bare-bones one-page site—which means they didn't even bother to include a contact form! Yep, back in 2020, they simply listed an email address, and it’s been sitting there ever since. There is absolutely no credible information regarding who this company is, what its objectives or achievements are, or anything else, for that matter. All in all, it’s just a total piece of shit!
Analyzing the data
If you’ve understood everything correctly—and you *have* understood it correctly—then this outfit has absolutely *nothing* to do with your dispatch service, *nor* with your Management Company’s phone numbers. They are simply just another bunch of scammers out to fleece you, who will show up and claim that your meters, windows, or whatever else need replacing—and that they are just the ones to do it.
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