ET wrote:
Graham Watkins wrote:
Hi all - excuse the off-topic post but I'm both amused and annoyed by
this and somebody out there might know if there is anything to be
done to nail these fraudulent bastards.
I was browsing the web almost randomly this morning looking for info
on a particular topic (not porn) when suddenly I was greeted by a
popup informing me of errors on my system which I closed. I was then
taken to a site where an online system scanner purported to scan my
system detecting 45 errors. It was obvious that this was a scam
rather than a scan because it showed the scanning of a windows system
which, given I was running Linux at the time, was as phony as ....
well, an extremely phony thing. The whole point of this was to flog
me some system protection software which, if it is as reliable as the
online scan is extremely suspect.
The point is that they are trying to sell this stuff under false
pretences which must violate some statutes somewhere. Is there
anywhere that these people can be reported to in order that their
iffy sales practices can be exposed and ideally, shut them down.
This is the outfit concerned:
http://www.errorsafe.com/
I don't advise going in there while using Winders, there's no telling
what you might pick up.
Anyone know anything about them?
Cheers,
just be glad you were not using the target system and got duped...
warn your friends and show them the page and scan so they don't get
duped any more later. (they were already duped to use windo$ going on
the Internet anyway)
you can find a lot of information on any domain using 'whois'
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Domain Name: ERRORSAFE.COM
Registrar: TUCOWS INC.
Whois Server: whois.opensrs.net
Referral URL: http://domainhelp.tucows.com
Name Server: NS9.NSCACHE.NET
Name Server: NS8.NSCACHE.NET
Status: ACTIVE
EPP Status: ok
Updated Date: 04-Sep-2006
Creation Date: 04-Aug-2005
Expiration Date: 04-Aug-2007
>>> Last update of whois database: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 06:38:09 EST <<<
The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NET, .EDU domains and
Registrars.
Registrant:
ErrorSafe, Inc.
Caixa Postal 0021
Centro, RJ CEP 20010-974
BR
Domain name: ERRORSAFE.COM
Administrative Contact:
Parizotto, Jardim [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Caixa Postal 0021
Centro, RJ CEP 20010-974
BR
+1.5672520048
Technical Contact:
Parizotto, Jardim [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Caixa Postal 0021
Centro, RJ CEP 20010-974
BR
+1.5672520048
Registrar of Record: TUCOWS, INC.
Record last updated on 30-Aug-2006.
Record expires on 04-Aug-2007.
Record created on 04-Aug-2005.
Domain servers in listed order:
NS8.NSCACHE.NET 66.244.254.8
NS9.NSCACHE.NET 66.244.254.9
Domain status: ok
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
as this is not in the USA, it makes it much harder to stop...
it might even be legal wherever 'Centro, RJ CEP 20010-974 BR' is.
(Brazil?)
this reminds me of a joke, does everyone know what Brazil has more of
than any other country?
I'll answer after I get my cup of coffee, if anyone asks...
;-)
Thanks for the reply - I should have thought of whois.
As you say, it looks like it originates in Brazil. So we can't very well
go round and sort them out then? :-)
I can vaguely remember a novelty song from the early 60's called
"There's an awful lot of coffee in Brazil". But I understand that the
Brazilians grow the robusta bean which is an inferior type (as opposed
to the arabica bean) mainly used in the cheaper instant coffees. So
perhaps the song should have been called "There's a lot of awful coffee
in Brazil". :-)
Excuse my off-topic meanderings.
--
Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time. - H. L.
Mencken (1880 - 1956)
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