Good idea posting that on-line. If we could just get some "High Exposure" promotion for your address "DomainScams.Com" we could actually draw some attention to some of the media ;) Wonder if Tech TV would be interested in the story??? ;)
-- Mike Allen, 4CheapDomains.Net [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.4CheapDomains.Net (812) 275-8425 - Office (815) 364-1278 - Fax ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Friend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mark Petersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 3:33 PM Subject: Re: Verisign Spamming by Snail Mail > I think there is a bigger issue here than the mining of the whois database. > That happens all the time, and ususually it's pretty easy to filter out the > spammers that are getting addresses this way. > > IMHO the bigger issue is that this is the same company that operates the root > registry that all CNO domains go through. Most people recognize the name > Verisign/NetworkSolutions, and my guess is a lot of these "invoices" will get > paid because the thing looks like an invoice. > > I've put the fax we received on a site called http://domainscams.com, and I plan > on linking to this. > > Doug. > > Quoting Mark Petersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > MessageHowever they go about acquiring their data source, it's still > > unsolicited contact > > when they snail or E mail our clients. > > And if it's WHOIS data they're drawing from, whether it be from and > > online source, > > or a CD, I would think it's WHOIS mining. > > > > -Mark > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 9:40 AM > > Subject: RE: Verisign Spamming by Snail Mail > > > > > > So do these guys have to be mining the whois data in order to be > > sending out these mail messages? Can't they buy (or otherwise cut a deal > > for) the $10,000 whois dire ctory and simply use that as their data > > source? Isn't that legal? I'm not advocating for it, just about the > > legality. > > > > -Tim > > -- > > myOstrich Internet > > http://www.myostrich.net > > >
