Archives for 2008

Scammers at the parking lot; scammers online

As I was putting the groceries into the trunk of my car today, a nice looking lady in her mid 40's approached me. She was well-dressed, at least by Florida standards and considering the temperature was in the low 90's. I thought she wanted some sort of assistance, when she started with "Sir, sorry … [Read more...]

Sedo scammers take advantage of email predictability

It was in early 2000 when one of my few - back then - domains got hijacked by a Turkish hacker. He picked that particular domain because it's a very common Greek cussword, shared equally among our eastern neighbors. The domain was registered with Network Solutions, which offered back then an update … [Read more...]

Sedo removes Obama & McCain domains from its marketplace

In yet another hasty move, Sedo has inexplicably begun to remove political domains from its marketplace. It is uncertain how far the pattern searcher reaches, however Carolyn from the support department mentioned that their legal department decided to remove domains that contain the name of the US … [Read more...]

Lost in the abyss between Namejet and Netsol

Namejet's utilization of the Network Solutions pre-release service has created an aftermarket for really old domains that expired and were not renewed. Instead of dropping them, Netsol offers them up on auction. Several people, myself included, go through the pre-release lists for domains of value: … [Read more...]

iPhone Girl mania hits the web

Unless you've been under a rock for the past week, you're aware by now of a well-meant but unfortunate incident that left some test pictures taken at a Chinese factory inside the iPhone that was being tested. Nothing even closely provocative as Paris Hilton's drunk pictures; the 3 images are those … [Read more...]