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Wells Fargo Wants Indybay.org Disabled As Soon As Possible

by Throwing Stones
"A peaceful place or so it looks from space
A closer look reveals the human race."

- Grateful Dead, Throwing Stones

Wells Fargo, a client of PhishLabs Security Operations, wants the “Wells Fargo foreclosure manual” removed from Indybay.org as soon as possible.
capitalism-is-working_11-30-11.jpg
[ Photo by Bradley. November 30, 2011. A vacant bank owned by Wells Fargo is occupied in Santa Cruz. An occupier writes "Capitalism Is Working As Intended!" on a banner. ]


On March 12, 2014, the New York Post reported, "Wells Fargo, the nation’s biggest mortgage servicer, appears to have set up detailed internal procedures to fabricate foreclosure papers on demand, according to allegations in papers filed Tuesday in a New York federal court."

On March 17, 2014, The Washington Post published Wells Fargo's 150-page manual to attorneys for fabricating foreclosure papers. The Post states, "Wells Fargo created an elaborate guide for how to produce missing documents to foreclose on homeowners, according to a lawsuit that has caught the attention of state and federal regulators."

The Wells Fargo manual is marked as "Foreclosure Attorney Procedures Manual – internal use only. This is intended only for privileged confidential use." The manual instructs Wells Fargo lawyers how to process foreclosures when a key document, known as an endorsement, is missing.

On March 21, 2014, Linda Tirelli, an attorney representing clients being foreclosed on by Wells Fargo, was interviewed by Amy Goodman and Juan González for Democracy Now!. During the interview, Tirelli described the manual:
"[I]t’s actually entitled the 'Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Foreclosure Attorney [Procedure] Manual, Version 1.' And it says on it that it’s last published 2/24/2012. Mind you, the national mortgage settlement agreement was announced a week prior, on 2/19/2012.

"The way I obtained it, it was actually sitting right there on the Internet, of all things. A colleague of mine, through a Max Gardner’s Bankruptcy Boot Camp, which I am a member, an active member, gave it to me and said, 'Hey, I found this online, and I know you’re doing a lot of Wells Fargo cases. Maybe you can use this.'

"Reading it, my jaw just dropped. As I see it, it’s clearly outlining procedures, not just for the $12-an-hour robo-signers that we’ve heard about all these years, but for the lawyers, who need to be held accountable to a much higher degree. It’s the manual for the lawyers to actually fabricate documents, as I see it, and request that documents that are lacking be fabricated by Wells Fargo. It’s absolutely appalling."
On March 22, 2014, Wells Fargo's manual for fabricating foreclosure papers was published on Indybay.org by IndyRadio in a post titled, "Wells Fargo instructions for fabricating foreclosure documents."

On June 12, 2014, Eric George of PhishLabs Security Operations contacted the San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) and recorded a voice message. In the message, George states that Wells Fargo is a client of PhishLabs, and that "wells-fargo-foreclosure-manual.pdf needs to be removed as soon as possible."

After recording a voice message, Eric George of PhishLabs emailed Indybay on June 12, 2014, and wrote, "Our company investigates computer crime incidents on behalf of banks and other companies. We have discovered that your web site, www.indybay.org , is hosting material that is confidential in nature and bears the Wells Fargo name without authorization. We kindly request that you remove this material as soon as possible."

On June 25, 2014, Marnie King of PhishLabs Security Operations emailed Indybay, as well as the Telx data center, and wrote, "Our company investigates computer crime incidents on behalf of banks and other companies. We have discovered that your web site, www.indybay.org , is hosting material (PDF file) that is confidential in nature and bears the Wells Fargo name without authorization. We kindly request that you remove this material as soon as possible."

On June 27, 2014, Israel Perez of PhishLabs Security Operations emailed Indybay, as well as Telx and domain name provider worldnic.com (Network Solutions), and wrote, "Our company investigates computer crime incidents on behalf of banks and other companies. A site containing unauthorized material was found to be operating on your network and displaying Wells Fargo material.

"If possible, please provide the following information to assist our investigation:

"- Web server and FTP server log files for the past several days
- Copies of all phishing files, hack tools, or other hacker files

"Finally, we kindly request that you disable or remove the site as soon as possible."

As of June 28, 2014, there are no updates to report.

# # #

In the Dark is the 12th studio album by the Grateful Dead. It was recorded between January 6 and 13, 1987, and originally released on July 6, 1987. On the original release, "Throwing Stones" (written by John Perry Barlow) is track #6 on side two. The song debuted on September 17, 1982. Here's an excerpt from the lyrics:
"So the kids they dance, they shake their bones
While the politicians are throwing stones
Singing ashes, ashes all fall down.
Shipping powders back and forth
Singing "black goes south while white comes north"
And the whole world full of petty wars
Singing "I got mine and you got yours."
And the current fashions set the pace.
Lose your step, fall out of grace.
And the radical he rant and rage, Singing "someone got to turn the page"
And the rich man in his summer home,
Singing "Just leave well enough alone"
But his pants are down, his cover's blown
And the politicians are throwing stones
So the kids they dance they shake their bones
Cause its all too clear we're on our own"


- Grateful Dead, Throwing Stones
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From: soc [at] phishlabs.com
To: sfbay [at] indymedia.org, sfbay-web [at] lists.indymedia.org
Subject: [PL-182025] Confidential material on your site - hXXp://http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2014/03/22/wells-fargo-foreclosure-manual.pdf
Date: 6/12/14

Our company investigates computer crime incidents on behalf of banks and other companies.

We have discovered that your web site, http://www.indybay.org , is hosting material that is confidential in nature and bears the Wells Fargo name without authorization.


hXXp://http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2014/03/22/wells-fargo-foreclosure-manual.pdf

We kindly request that you remove this material as soon as possible.

If you believe we have contacted you in error, or if we can provide any assistance with this incident, please contact us and let us know.

Thank you for your assistance with this matter,

Eric George
PhishLabs Security Operations
soc [at] phishlabs.com
+1.202.386.6001
http://www.phishlabs.com/

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From: soc [at] phishlabs.com
To: abuse [at] telx.com, ipadmin [at] telx.com, sfbay [at] indymedia.org, sfbay-web [at] lists.indymedia.org
Subject: [PL-182025] Unauthorized Material on your website: indybay.org / 192.235.78.70
Date: 6/25/14

Hello,

Our company investigates computer crime incidents on behalf of banks and other companies.

We have discovered that your web site, http://www.indybay.org , is hosting material (PDF file) that is confidential in nature and bears the Wells Fargo name without authorization.

Link to content:
http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2014/03/22/wells-fargo-foreclosure-manual.pdf
IP: 192.235.78.70

We kindly request that you remove this material as soon as possible.

If you believe we have contacted you in error, or if we can provide any assistance with this incident, please contact us and let us know.

Thank you for your assistance with this matter.

Regards,

Marnie King
PhishLabs Security Operations
soc [at] phishlabs.com
+1.202.386.6001
http://www.phishlabs.com/

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From: soc [at] phishlabs.com
To: sfbay [at] indymedia.org, ipadmin [at] telx.com, namehost [at] worldnic.com, tie [at] telx.com, sfbay-web [at] lists.indymedia.org, abuse [at] telx.com
Subject: [PL-182025] Phishing hosted on http://www.indybay.org
Date: 6/27/14

Our company investigates computer crime incidents on behalf of banks and other companies.

A site containing unauthorized material was found to be operating on your network and displaying Wells Fargo material:


192.235.78.70 - j0.ramona.indybay.org

hXXp://http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2014/03/22/wells-fargo-foreclosure-manual.pdf



If possible, please provide the following information to assist our investigation:

- Web server and FTP server log files for the past several days
- Copies of all phishing files, hack tools, or other hacker files

Finally, we kindly request that you disable or remove the site as soon as possible.

If we have contacted you in error, or there is a better way for us to report this incident, please let us know.

Thank you for your assistance,

Israel Perez
PhishLabs Security Operations
soc [at] phishlabs.com
+1.202.386.6001
http://www.phishlabs.com/
by G
After reading about the Red Cross declaring Sandy financials 'trade secrets' and Massachusetts SWAT declaring themselves private corporations to avoid disclosure laws, and with Wells Fargo trying to hide an apparent manual for conducting fraud via 'takedown' proxy, it is difficult to avoid looking back at Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad and wonder how many mistakes were made, costing so many so much, and what it will take to undo the damage done.

"Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world"
They just say that it's an "unauthorized" posting.

Wells Fargo is one of the masters of the universe, so maybe in their world (and unfortunately ours) what Wells Fargo does not authorize is de facto illegal. They can pay this PhishLabs company to harass people and I'm sure the cops, FBI, etc ask, "How high?" when Wells Fargo says, "Jump."

Are they sending these same notices to the Washington Post and other ISPs asking for disabling? Somehow I doubt it.
by George Metesky
...For threatening emails like these
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by MIKE on MARCH 15, 2014

If there was any doubt in your mind that banks have been forging evidence, put it to rest. According to the New York Post, an internal Wells Fargo manual has now leaked confirming the exact procedures Wells and its attorneys use to fabricate evidence in foreclosure cases—down to the computer codes they use to order production of falsified documents.

The manual itself is now spreading like wildfire, and I’ve got a copy of it here. [PDF]

The 150-plus-page document describes how Wells Fargo expects its attorneys to prepare and handle files in foreclosure cases. When Wells begins a foreclosure case, page 14 tells us what is supposed to happen:
Documents include the original note, recorded mortgage, title policy, and recorded and unrecorded assignments. Documents are sent to imaging so that at the time of referral they can be uploaded via VendorScape or Desktop to the Foreclosure Attorney.
In other words, the attorney should have a complete copy of the original note, as it exists at the time the foreclosure begins, before filing the foreclosure lawsuit. But not all cases go so smoothly. Sometimes the original note is missing. Sometimes the original note lacks an endorsement—the signature or stamp, like the signature on the back of a check, that transfers the note from one party to another. Sometimes the lawyers need to create an “allonge” to add a missing endorsement. Wells Fargo has a policy and procedure for each of these cases, and that’s where the trouble starts.

CONTINUE READING AT:
http://floridaforeclosurefraud.com/2014/03/how-to-fabricate-evidence-wells-fargos-foreclosure-manual-confirms-the-worst/
by Linda Ellen Lemaster
I am curious to see what these contractors sent to The Washington Post!
by David Roknich
The document was already public for several days before I uploaded it to indybay. Has Wells Fargo paid their debt to society yet?
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