Wednesday, November 17, 2010

anti spam/scam article which should be read


  1. 3) More raids in Romania of online scammers, predominantly eBay scammers. ...UALadys regarding this spam results in denial of ... Attempts to contact anyone at
    www.spamzy.com/tag/index-phptitle - 133k
this is a point that we have always questioned - why do the registrars allow domain registration of spam and scam sites - surely the quickest way to close these down is for the law enforcement officers check the owners of the suspect sites out? Of course they can use fronts!

here is one comment on the link above raising this point.

Registrars: The Weakest Link

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Why are registrars allowing blatantly fake information to be provided when registering a domain name?

Right now, with virtually any registrar you care to name, you can register a domain name using the name Mickey Mouse and you’ll probably be approved. You can do so without ever speaking to a representative of the company who’s registering the domain, and your hilarious fake registrant entry will indeed show up once your domain is approved.

Why is this the case?

For several years now, I and several of my colleagues have been documenting and reporting domains used by illegal pharmacy spammers which were registered using the following completely fake personal data:

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