how the innocent become victims online

A nightmare story of online crime

also read about a practice called domain kiting
that catches people unaware

 

Domain kiting sounds like testing domain names to pick the one that works. Intialy register 10,000; keep the few that do the best and claim the money back guarentee on the others.

 

yeah thats right - whatever happens they make money - its not illegal though but immoral none-the-less. Also when you look for a domain name on the web through one of their search engines - they register it immediately if they can - and make your registrar bid for it - so for a really big company it could cost them $1000's to buy a domain name that is registered but not being used and was only registered to make money in that way

 

Oh, I think those companies are moral slugs anyway. I haven't defined it presisly to myself, but there is something immoral about putting that much time and effort into making a profit for doing nothing.

When I posted, I should have realized that it was too early in the morning for me to attempt on-line sarcasm.

 

Got some guy who sent an email to me asking if I would transfer money into an English account. He said that his father had said that the cheque, the inheritance could only be cashed in an English bank. I obviously ignored and deleted. He wanted to know everything about me.

 

That's the Classic "Nigerian Scam" there JOhn. They get your bank numbers and empty your account.

 

talkin of the nigerian scam I found this gem of a website which seems
to be victims of the 419 scam all talking about how they got roped in
or had a narrow escape

http://www.delphifaq.com/faq/scams/f987.shtml

Its ridiculous really - that
a) scammers think people are that stupid
b)some people are that stupid

 

Thanks for that information. I simply deleted his email. It was sent to an Aol email address which I opened but hardly ever use.