Re: decyphering spam
On Friday 03 June 2005 10:19, michael wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 10:05 +0100, Dave Howorth wrote:
> > michael wrote:
> > > It seems this spam leads to trafficpro.us which is registered by
> > > somebody in UK (see below) - do you think it's worth reporting or
> > > taking legal action? I guess we could just bombard their phone number
> >
> > Or perhaps do a little research first?
> >
> > The registrant claims to be in York.
> >
> > The phone number is nowhere near York. It apparently belongs to a
> > company in Stockport called Railweight
> > http://www.touchstockport.com/business/list/bid/2964798
> >
> > The postcode YO51 9AF isn't in York either and isn't on Orchard Terrace.
> > http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=439500&Y=466750&wi
> >dth=700&height=400&gride=439511&gridn=466700&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=pc&addr
> >1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovty
> >pe=&zm=0&in.x=6&in.y=11&scale=5000
>
> I did read it and wonder about the phone number being Manchester, even
> rang it up but only heard gossiping!
>
> I guess you're implying that trafficpro.us have fake 'whois'
> credentials? In which case should a complaint be made to nominet
> (other?) to get their domain removed?
Nominet are not responsible for .us, only .uk. The registrar seems to be
someone in Germany.
David
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