On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 07:58:25AM -0500, Paul Barnett wrote: > Gun Statistics Expert John Lott Victim of Identity Theft > By Jeff Johnson > CNSNews.com Congressional Bureau Chief > August 04, 2003 > > Capitol Hill (CNSNews.com) - Dr. John Lott, resident scholar at the > American Enterprise Institute and author of the most widely cited > research on civilian use of firearms against criminals, has been > targeted by an online identity theft scheme, he disclosed Friday. >
> > But the Google search also displayed "a sponsored link" for the web page > "AskJohnLott.org." > > "Ask John Lott: You can ask him any question you have about gun control > or his books www.askjohnlott.org," the paid advertisement claimed, > followed by a graphic indicator showing high interest in the website. > > The only problem with both the advertisement and the website is that > neither was authorized by Lott. Oh? [EMAIL PROTECTED] ccurley]$ whois AskJohnLott.org BW whois 3.4 by Bill Weinman (http://whois.bw.org/) Copyright 1999-2003 William E. Weinman Request: AskJohnLott.org whois server for *.org is whois.publicinterestregistry.net ... connected to whois.publicinterestregistry.net [129.33.96.137:43] ... [snip] Domain ID:D98296683-LROR Domain Name:ASKJOHNLOTT.ORG Created On:27-Jun-2003 22:10:30 UTC Last Updated On:27-Jun-2003 22:16:48 UTC Expiration Date:27-Jun-2004 22:10:30 UTC Sponsoring Registrar:R91-LROR Status:TRANSFER PROHIBITED Registrant ID:GODA-03418410 Registrant Name:Mary Rosh Registrant Organization:Center for Truth Registrant Street1:380 Main Street Registrant City:Washington DC Registrant State/Province:New York Registrant Postal Code:10012 Registrant Country:US Registrant Phone:+1.9179132591 Registrant Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Admin ID:GODA-23418410 Admin Name:Mary Rosh Admin Organization:Center for Truth Admin Street1:380 Main Street Admin City:Washington DC Admin State/Province:New York Admin Postal Code:10012 Admin Country:US Admin Phone:+1.9179132591 Admin Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Billing ID:GODA-33418410 Billing Name:Mary Rosh Billing Organization:Center for Truth Billing Street1:380 Main Street Billing City:Washington DC Billing State/Province:New York Billing Postal Code:10012 Billing Country:US Billing Phone:+1.9179132591 Billing Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tech ID:GODA-13418410 Tech Name:Mary Rosh Tech Organization:Center for Truth Tech Street1:380 Main Street Tech City:Washington DC Tech State/Province:New York Tech Postal Code:10012 Tech Country:US Tech Phone:+1.9179132591 Tech Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Name Server:GW.DATAGRAM.COM Name Server:NS.CONTAGIOUSMEDIA.ORG Last I knew, Washington, DC, was not in New York -- but with those itty bitty least coast states, ya never know. :-) Also, the "Center for Truth" does not appear to have a telephone number listing in New York City or DC. Anyone care to call the number to see who answers? Also, the sponsored link on google.com is to http://www.askjohnlott.org/. I got it on a search for "John Lott" (with quotes). -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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