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...]
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Scammers at the parking lot; scammers online
Filed Under: Social issues Tagged With: gas money, Scammers, stinky perfume
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...]
Filed Under: Business, Domains, Social issues Tagged With: email predictability, Escrow, Iranian hacker, Scammers, Sedo
Buying domains with other people’s money
From behind the iron curtain of a middle Eastern nation known for its anti-American sentiment, a self-proclaimed hacker seems to be the perpetrator of a series of recent, high profile purchases of domains - using stolen credit cards. Using proxy servers located in Iraq, he took control of a … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Business, Domains, Social issues Tagged With: Afternic, BuyDomains, DNForum, Fabulous, Hackers, Iran, Iraq, Scammers, Stolen Domains
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