Spammer who set up fake websites offering brand name products to sell counterfeit merchandise or to steal credit card details of would-be buyers often hack third party websites to host ads and shopping websites on them. <\/p>\n
On top of that we’ve also come across many cases of them taking over control of existing domains, whose names then don’t make any mention of the brands being offered. <\/p>\n
For example the domain “itelekom.net”, which currently hosts a site selling Nike shoes, has been around since 2004 and apparently was previously owned by a telecommunications company in Nigeria. Looking up its current ownership using WHOIS, it still has a 2004 creation date but appears to be owned by someone in China:<\/p>\n
[CODE]Domain Name: ITELEKOM.NET
\nRegistry Domain ID: 119763324_DOMAIN_NET-VRSN
\nRegistrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com
\nRegistrar URL: http:\/\/www.godaddy.com
\nUpdate Date: 2014-06-22T11:19:59Z
\nCreation Date: 2004-05-11T08:50:26Z
\nRegistrar Registration Expiration Date: 2015-05-11T08:50:26Z
\nRegistrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
\nRegistrar IANA ID: 146
\nRegistrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@godaddy.com
\nRegistrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.480-624-2505
\nDomain Status: clientTransferProhibited http:\/\/www.icann.org\/epp#clientTransferProhibited
\nDomain Status: clientUpdateProhibited http:\/\/www.icann.org\/epp#clientUpdateProhibited
\nDomain Status: clientRenewProhibited http:\/\/www.icann.org\/epp#clientRenewProhibited
\nDomain Status: clientDeleteProhibited http:\/\/www.icann.org\/epp#clientDeleteProhibited
\nRegistry Registrant ID:
\nRegistrant Name: gina zipperian
\nRegistrant Organization:
\nRegistrant Street: pu tian
\nRegistrant Street: fu jian
\nRegistrant City: fujian
\nRegistrant State\/Province: jiao wei
\nRegistrant Postal Code: 351253
\nRegistrant Country: China
\nRegistrant Phone: +86.15860339007
\nRegistrant Phone Ext:
\nRegistrant Fax:
\nRegistrant Fax Ext:
\nRegistrant Email: 157505829@qq.com
\nRegistry Admin ID:
\nAdmin Name: gina zipperian
\nAdmin Organization:
\nAdmin Street: pu tian
\nAdmin Street: fu jian
\nAdmin City: fujian
\nAdmin State\/Province: jiao wei
\nAdmin Postal Code: 351253
\nAdmin Country: China
\nAdmin Phone: +86.15860339007
\nAdmin Phone Ext:
\nAdmin Fax:
\nAdmin Fax Ext:
\nAdmin Email: 157505829@qq.com
\nRegistry Tech ID:
\nTech Name: gina zipperian
\nTech Organization:
\nTech Street: pu tian
\nTech Street: fu jian
\nTech City: fujian
\nTech State\/Province: jiao wei
\nTech Postal Code: 351253
\nTech Country: China
\nTech Phone: +86.15860339007
\nTech Phone Ext:
\nTech Fax:
\nTech Fax Ext:
\nTech Email: 157505829@qq.com
\nName Server: NS47.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
\nName Server: NS48.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
\nDNSSEC: unsigned
\nURL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http:\/\/wdprs.internic.net\/[\/CODE]<\/p>\n
We suspect that that phishing and malware were used to enable a domain transfer away from the legitimate owners to the scammers. Having to reinstall your PC to get rid of a malware infestation is one thing. Losing an established domain that you spent years promoting on the web is another.<\/p>\n
Protecting yourself from phishing and malware is more important than ever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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