Hi, About six weeks ago, a prospective user reported both on debian-www [1] and debian-project [2] (although in Spanish) a Linux distributions reseller, Linux en México [3] (which is listed in our web site [4]) that did not ship an order he had put. I replied to his mail [5] (both in Spanish and in English) that Linux en México's web site mentioned an organization that neither I nor any other person I know of in Mexico had heard about, 'Organización de Servicios de Linux México'. I searched a bit more about this organization, and I could only find a page on their own web site [6]. Besides my reply, I did nothing, as from a single occurance I don't think we can conclude the website owner is a scammer. Today I received a phone call from another person who placed an order with Linux en México. This seems not to have been an isolated case. I asked many of my peers here in Mexico, and no one has ever heard from this site or from its owner (Héctor Daniel González Álvarez). Looking at the 'whois' information for the web site, I found his allegued phone number (5740-1344 in Mexico City), but he does not live there anymore. First of all, I want to request this listing to be removed from our Web site. I am Cc:ing this to debian-www for this. Second, I will send this message (translated if required) to some Mexican lists and forums. I hope that this can prevent people from spending their money on a fraudulent website. Third, I want to ask you for help: What can be done in order to stop this scammer, who should be contacted in order to get him to remove this listing. (of course, I will be sending a copy of this mail to his Web provider as well, as a first step). Thank you very much, -- [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-www/2004/05/msg00040.html [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2004/05/msg00014.html [3] http://www.linuxenmexico.com/tienda [4] http://www.debian.org/CD/vendors/#mx [5] http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2004/05/msg00019.html [6] http://www.linuxenmexico.com/oslm/ -- Gunnar Wolf - gwolf@gwolf.cx - (+52-55)5630-9700 ext. 1366 PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF
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