FTC busts domain name scammers - GoFuckYourself.com

DirtyJs · 08-09-2010, 05:23 PM

http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/64740

"The Federal Trade Commission said today that it had permanently killed the operations of a group that it said posed as domain name registrars and convinced thousands of US consumers, small businesses and non-profit organizations to pay bogus bills by leading them to believe they would lose their Web site addresses if they didn't."

JD · 08-09-2010, 05:51 PM

it's about fucking time... i've gotten tons of those "notices"

marketsmart · 08-09-2010, 06:01 PM

yeah, another big win for the FTC..

these fucks should be in jail...

the FTC is a joke.. you get 1 get out of jail free card and then you might get jail time..

fucking joke....

this sends a great message... scam away, just make sure you spend all the money so the FTC cant get it..

"includes a suspended judgment of $4,261,876, the total amount of consumer injury caused by the illegal activities. Based on what the FTC called the inability of the settling defendants to pay, they will turn over $10,000 to satisfy the judgment."

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PornMD · 08-09-2010, 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marketsmart

"includes a suspended judgment of $4,261,876, the total amount of consumer injury caused by the illegal activities. Based on what the FTC called the inability of the settling defendants to pay, they will turn over $10,000 to satisfy the judgment."

Ugh, that's awful. Seriously, wtf is wrong with laws and agencies these days? A slap on the wrist for millions of dollars of scamming?

BigDeanEvans · 08-09-2010, 06:09 PM

Better watch yourself Toots..

sortie · 08-09-2010, 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marketsmart

yeah, another big win for the FTC..

these fucks should be in jail...

the FTC is a joke.. you get 1 get out of jail free card and then you might get jail time..

fucking joke....

this sends a great message... scam away, just make sure you spend all the money so the FTC cant get it..

"includes a suspended judgment of $4,261,876, the total amount of consumer injury caused by the illegal activities. Based on what the FTC called the inability of the settling defendants to pay, they will turn over $10,000 to satisfy the judgment."

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Don't complain. Just hang out with the guy at the corner store and slip a candy
bar into his pocket and them scream "Shoplifter!"

He'll get six months in jail for that.

DirtyJs · 08-09-2010, 07:46 PM

I must have gotten 100 of these letters, to my PO box that I only use for domain registrations, going on 5+ years now.. fuckers

08-09-2010, 05:23 PM	#1
DirtyJs So Fucking Banned Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 307	FTC busts domain name scammers http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/64740 "The Federal Trade Commission said today that it had permanently killed the operations of a group that it said posed as domain name registrars and convinced thousands of US consumers, small businesses and non-profit organizations to pay bogus bills by leading them to believe they would lose their Web site addresses if they didn't."

08-09-2010, 06:01 PM	#3
marketsmart HOMICIDAL TROLL KILLER Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sunnybrook Institution for the Criminally Insane Posts: 20,419	yeah, another big win for the FTC.. these fucks should be in jail... the FTC is a joke.. you get 1 get out of jail free card and then you might get jail time.. fucking joke.... this sends a great message... scam away, just make sure you spend all the money so the FTC cant get it.. "includes a suspended judgment of $4,261,876, the total amount of consumer injury caused by the illegal activities. Based on what the FTC called the inability of the settling defendants to pay, they will turn over $10,000 to satisfy the judgment." . Last edited by marketsmart; 08-09-2010 at 06:03 PM..

08-09-2010, 05:51 PM	#2
JD Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 22,651	it's about fucking time... i've gotten tons of those "notices"

08-09-2010, 06:09 PM	#5
BigDeanEvans So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,368	Better watch yourself Toots..

08-09-2010, 07:46 PM	#7
DirtyJs So Fucking Banned Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 307	I must have gotten 100 of these letters, to my PO box that I only use for domain registrations, going on 5+ years now.. fuckers