Now that is a problem. I was always wondering how long it would take until crooks started to use the names of repectable people and the nasty under their name just to damage their reputation.
The trouble is that the way some things are set up (especially the name space) these actions are just about being invited. The good thing is that most crooks are either too ignorant or too lazy to figure it all out, but IMHO it was only a matter of time. About four weeks ago, someone tried to register a domain with us that was similar to Gordon's, and he posed as KatzGlobal. The good thing was that the crook wanted the privacy registration + mail option, which we set up manually. So we smelled and a rat and asked Gordon. Imagine the guy would have used simple privacy registration, registered the domain without us noticing and then started to send all sorts of mails, posing as KatzGlobal... The repercussions for Katz and for us could have been immense. Imagine you receiving an email from what appears to be Katz recommending a site or a service in decent English. How much weight would you give such an email, especially if you are hosting with Katz? I'm afraid that this might be just the beginning of a whole wave of new scams and it might well be that the only way to counter them is a closer cooperation of e-gold users. Of course, the GCDA and eCMA are steps in that direction and the obvious banding together of some parts of the e-gold community is another. The question is, if it is enough, or if we might have to start to genuinely look out for each other. Crossing blades on the list can be fun of course, but when we face common threats, it might be time to bury a hachet or two and close ranks. After all, the next person in whose name some scammers are tying to steal domain names, e-gold passwords, etc. could well be YOU. And heaven forbid, they might be using our servers to do it, without us realizing. Cheers, Robert. budget & privacy website hosting http://www.cyberica.net e-commerce & e-business services http://www.cyfrocash.com budget domain registrations http://www.u2planet.com --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
