A friend of mine did some research on this company...
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To keep things simple, I'm going to give my fact first, then the
backing evidence, and try to keep it all chronological. There are
still gaps here, but I believe this evidence is enough to show the
connections between UMGE.com, WoWMine, MMOinn, and Eric Lam.
Eric Lam may have been involved in online multiplayer game design from 2004.
"20 July 2004
Recruit reported the successful story of our four MSc graduates. Jason
Mok, Samuel Siu, Eric Lam and Patrick Chan, set up their own mobile
game design company "Mocha Multimedia Co. Ltd" in October last year,
just a month after their graduation. They are happy to see their
growing business and thanked MIC for equipping them with the knowledge
and skills in game design.
The article also introduced MIC's SME funded project "Mini-Scale
Multiplayer Online Game Development Platform" (MSMOG)."
Eric Lam owns or controls both UMGE (Universal Multiplayer Game
Entertainment) and Super Continental US(A) LLC.
http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/washington/wawdce/2:2009cv00815/160320/1/"Defendant Eric Lam aka Eric Chuen Lam is an individual allegedly born
in Guangzhou, China in 1976, and believed to be a current resident of
Vancouver, BC or Guangzhou, China. Defendant Melanie Suen, aka ...Ma
Lan Suen is an individual believed to be a current resident of
Vancouver, BC. On information and belief, Suen is the mother of
Lam.... Defendant Gordon Lam is an individual believed to be a current
resident of Vancouver, BC. On information and belief, Gordon Lam is
the brother of [Eric] Lam...."
"Super Continental US LLC is a Delaware limited liability company with
a registered address of 501 Silverside Road, Suite 105... and is
believed to be owned and/or controlled by Defendants Lam and Suen...
On information and belief, the individual defendants Lam, Suen, and
Gordon Lam so dominate and control both Super Continental US and Super
Continental USA that they should all be treated as one and the same."
"Defendant UMGE is a Delaware limited liability company with a
registered address of 501 Silverside Road, Suite 105... and is
believed to be owned and/or controlled by Defendant Lam..."
Super Continental US LLC owns the site WowMine.
http://www.wowmine.com/contact-us.php"Registered Office 501 Silverside Road, Suite 105"
"© 2005-2009 Super Continental Ltd. (Hong Kong, S.A.R.), Super
Continental Development Ltd. (Canada) and Super Continental US
LLC(USA)"
An unconfirmed Eric with an IP address from Guangzhou, China sent a
comment to wowgoldfacts.com in February 2009 in support of WowMine.
http://www.wowgoldfacts.com/2009/02/01/dear-eric-of-wowmine/ Eric Lam registered the site MMOinn.com.
http://dataopedia.com/mmoinn-com"Eric Lam
Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (
http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: MMOINN.COM"
Eric Lam has claimed to be the Escalation Manager for MMOinn in December 2006.
http://buywowgold.co.uk/2006/12/" Eric Lam said,
on December 13th, 2006 at 8:09 pm
I’m not trying to talk ourselves out of anything but I just want
to add that MMOinn is trying to pass the saving onto the customers by
doing less of the creative work and focus on lowering our cost of
farming and marketing. We market ourselves by sending in-game email to
WoW customers. Basically, we’re offering the cheapest gold online.
www.MMOinn.com
Eric Lam, Escalation Manager
escalation@mmoinn.com"
UMGE has a connection to Guangzhou province, China.
http://www.evonypedia.com/umge"Founded by a small group of avid Chinese game developers, UMGE is
based in Guangzhou, China and develops online multiplayer games."
http://download.cnet.com/windows/guangzhou-umge/3260-20_4-6299163.html"Guangzhou UMGE
software publisher profile
UMGE(Universal Multiplayer Game Entertainment) is a profitable and
fast-growing US-based Group, founded by the former vice president of
Sina Mobile (NASDAQ: SINA), with over 300 staffs in US, UK, Hong Kong,
and China. We apply to develop and exploit universal multiplayer game
to fans."
Eric Lam, who might be the founder of UMGE, is not listed as a former
vice president of Sina Mobile. Neither are any of the other names
connected with UMGE, WowMine, or MMOinn.
http://trex.id.iit.edu/events/strategyconference/2006/speakers.php"Ben Tsiang, EVP Product Development, SINA.com
He has served as Vice President of Global Products, in charge of
product integration and strategic planning with SINA's localized web
sites worldwide; General Manager of SINA Taiwan; GM of SINA East
China; and GM of SINA Mobile. Mr. Tsiang was appointed to his current
role of Executive Vice President of Product Development and GM of SINA
Online in November 2003."
http://chinasecurities.com/ir/SINACorporation/management"Bin Wang has been Senior Vice President of SINA Mobile of Sina Corp.
since February 2007. He served as ... Vice President and General
Manager of SINA Mobile from November 2005 to February 2007."
http://corp.sina.com.cn/eng/sina_mng_eng.htm"Gaofei Wang has served as the Company’s Vice President since October
2008. He has served as the General Manager of SINA Mobile since
November 2006."
UMGE uses the same domain registrar as MMOinn.
"Domain Name: umge.com
Registrar: GODADDY.COM, INC."
UMGE.net has a connection to UMGE.com. The registrant until December
2008 was Grace Xiaoyong Guo (who may not be otherwise connected). The
current owner, according to Microsoft, is Eric Lam.
http://www.who.is/domain_archive-net/umge.net/"Registrant: Cyber Games Solutions Limited
76 Waverley Ave.
London, E4 8HT
United Kingdom
Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (
http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: UMGE.NET
Administrative Contact:
Guo, Grace Xiaoyong
Cyber Games Solutions Limited
[same]
Technical Contact:
Guo, Grace Xiaoyong
Cyber Games Solutions Limited
[same]"
http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:LfTXAmycUSUJ:microsoftontheissues.com/cs/files/folders/9674/download.aspx+umge.net&cd=11&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk"Microsoft identified at least seven adCenter accounts tied to Lam and
the other Defendants, in the names of at least two purported
companies, Super Continental US LLC (USA) and UMGE. The credit card
holder for each of the accounts is Lam or Suen; all seven of the
accounts were registered to the same email address; the same name
("Vincent Chu" or "Vicent Chu") is the name used to register five of
the seven accounts; and six of the seven accounts were registered to
the same physical address in Delaware, where Defendants' companies
Super Continental and UMGE are registered. The domain names UMGE.com,
UMGE.org, and UMGE.net all are registered to Eric Lam at the same
Delaware address."
An anonymous accuser in October, 2008 claims on wowgoldfacts.com,
without providing sources or proof, that Eric Lam, Gordon Lam, and
Melanie Suen are family (the relationships disagree slightly with the
court documents) and are all involved with WowMine.
http://www.wowgoldfacts.com/2008/10/02/extra-extra-rmt-expose-plus-don%E2%80%99t-shoot-sue-the-messenger/"Gordon Lam - gordon@wowmine.com - 800-976-6745
Gordon is one of the original wowmine crew. He is probably one of the
masterminds behind the spam and lies, along with Eric.
Eric Lam - amonic@gmail.com - 604-270-6160
Eric may be Gordons brother. However you look at it, he is one of the
owners of wowmine, the founder and creator of lies, spam, and
dishonesty.
Melanie Suen - melanie@cgs.name - 604-270-6160
Melanie has been around with WoWMine since the beginning. She is the
wife/girlfriend of Eric, Gordon, or both. Don’t let a nice name like
Melanie fool you, she WILL fill you inbox with spam and not shed a
tear."
Searching for staff of the company UMGE gives us no results. No
founder, no board of directors, no employee listing, nothing. Except
for one poor bloke who must not have gotten the memo:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/eric1981"Eric Zhou, Supervisor at UMGE, China
Current * Email marketing Supervisor at UMGE
February 2009 — Present (7 months)
UMGE is short for Universal Muliplayer Gaming Entertainment.It is a
game operating and developing company."