Journal damn_registrars's Journal: Want to register a domain for fraud? Try namecheap.com! 21
bestbuyraffle.com
With a "secret code". I had a few minutes to kill, so I went there from a browser on my linux system and entered a completely different code (turns out, much as expected, you can enter whatever you want into the "secret code" box). This directed me then to
bestbuy.rewardhubzone.com
Rather unsurprisingly, these two domains are both less than a year old (the latter being the older, at around 3 months, the former was registered yesterday), and both registered through namecheap.com
I contacted namecheap.com via their abuse address, and they have so far played every stupid run-around trick they could think of to avoid doing anything. In other words, they know they are aiding in a criminal act and they don't give a shit as long as they get paid.
Not that this is new, many registrars before them have gone down the same path.
The fraud will continue (Score:1)
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Until consumers wise up.
True, there will always be other ways to commit acts of fraud. However I am of the belief that when a company - in this case the registrar I pointed out - has the ability to do something to stop the fraud, they should. By intentionally opting not to do anything, they are co-conspirators in the crime.
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Heh, both yours and Smitty's posts should apply in every interaction we engage in. It makes the term 'innocent civilians' a bit of an oxymoron.
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No troll, but take it as you want. That would be your issue.. and way of diversion from the subject at hand.
If you want to stand by and watch your government assassinate people with the wrong opinion, or lock them up for harmless 'offenses', and claim it's somehow different than what you're cryin' about here, knock yourselves out. But don't bitch when somebody holds up a mirror. Oh, you can, free speech, and all that. But you will be mocked for it.
Watch "The Thin Blue Line" or read one of the many other wor
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Of course, because you are just a sad little troll out to waste my time, I don't expect you to do such a thing.
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See? you got it wrong again. The driver is an accomplice. Just like you are for every criminal act your government commits. You are the driver. Here's a quote from somebody else who, unlike you, gets it: "You're the roofer on the Death Star." [slashdot.org]
I knew you would come through. Thanks for confirming. Another prediction. You will probably now play the victim card, like the people who responded to the quote, in addition to bleating 'troll!' again.
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The driver is an accomplice
It appears that in your woefully unskilled attempt to troll me, you accidentally said something that makes sense and supports my argument. Care to take it back?
Just like you are for every criminal act your government commits.
And then you return to crazy town. That is not a surprise. I am not taking the bait, either.
Another prediction.
That is not a sentence. A sentence has a verb and a noun.
You will probably now play the victim card
Wrong as usual. You're wasting my time, though not particularly well. I am not a victim here, I'm just trying to discourage people (and companies) from doing things that actively aid in crime.
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Another prediction.
That is not a sentence. A sentence has a verb and a noun.
uh, what? Another diversion?
I am not taking the bait, either.
Introspection is not a sin. You ought to try it. The part you play is just as relevant as the company, if not this particular one, but in general. If you patronize a company or government that commits or aids criminal acts, then you are just as guilty as the company, as per your complaint against it. ...they know they are aiding in a criminal act and they don't give a shit as long as they get paid.. See? So do you.. and you don't give a shit either as long as you think you can ma
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Just removing the irrelevant fluff that's utterly negated by the good meaty stuff that counts. My time is up... until another day, my friend...
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Oh lordy lordy! You sound just like this fool [kait8.com]:
Handed to me on a silver platter...
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Relax, 'damn_registrars' is American for 'Don Quixote'. I like reading here because a slight taste of optimism that the system can work is a breath of fresh air for the cynicism I've built into my head over the past decades.
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Hmmm, maybe if I confer knighthood upon him... "Sir" damn!
I find that most peoples' cynicism is often misdirected. They point it outward, when exactly the opposite is prescribed. It's a dirty job, but somebody's gotta do it.
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If he's Don Quixote, are you Dulcinea or Rocinante?
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The innkeeper
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Word! Nothing beats a good bloodletting. As any good practitioner would know...
Did you tell Best Buy yet? (Score:2)
They might like to know their name is being mis-used, and they've probably got more lawyers than do you.
Oh, and I'm shocked, shocked I tell you, to discover that the text message I got yesterday isn't completely on the up and up.
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They might like to know their name is being mis-used, and they've probably got more lawyers than do you.
This likely happens so often that Best Buy doesn't bother to assign lawyers to it any more. I've seen the same text message, referring to a different domain name, in the past myself.
Oh, and I'm shocked, shocked I tell you, to discover that the text message I got yesterday isn't completely on the up and up.
I did enjoy going to their website and putting their own (and then their registrar's) information into their form. I hope they enjoy their free diabetes supply information packages.