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Anybody want to buy a new Laptop/Notebook for $500?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by giddyup, Jun 6, 2003.

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  1. Major

    Major Member

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    I think I got onto this through a pop-under ad. Most scams are just propogated through email communications in my estimation.

    Hmmm... From your first post:

    I got this email about a new group-buying marketing paradigm (out of Russia no less) for buying laptop computers.


    :D
     
    #21 Major, Jun 6, 2003
  2. neXXes

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    This thread was a joke, right?
     
    #22 neXXes, Jun 6, 2003
  3. Rocket104

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    Hey - "group buying"? It's a Ponzi scheme that's currently under investigation, because a lot of these things have cropped up on the Net over the past 3 months.

    I forgot where I read this... I think it was Slashdot. Maybe MSNBC.
     
    #23 Rocket104, Jun 6, 2003
  4. giddyup

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    That was just lazy writing. I remember I got it from a pop-under because I got it again after I looked at it the first time.

    No this is not a joke, but it must be a scam.

    I wrote to CNN.com and told them about the CNNarchives.us site and the probably trademark infringement.

    Go Dudley Dooright!
     
    #24 giddyup, Jun 6, 2003
  5. bnb

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    In the words of an esteemed bbs member:

    sKam sKam sKam sKam sKam sKam sKam sKam sKam sKam sKam sKam sKam sKam sKam not sKim sKam sKam sKam sKam sKam sKamidy sKam sKam sKam Yoa Ming sKam sKam sKam sKam sKam sKam sKam sKam sKam

    or something like that.
     
    #25 bnb, Jun 6, 2003
  6. Vengeance

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    Here's a whois on the cnnarchive.us site:
    <blockquote>
    Registrant:
    Trevis Consalting (MLSPEZXBED)
    Trevis Consalting
    Atlanta, GA 30303
    US

    Domain Name: CNNARCHIVE.US

    Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
    Trevis Consalting (JKSPGIHKUO) mcduffi@attglobal.net
    Trevis Consalting
    Atlanta, GA 30303
    US
    404-827-1995

    Record expires on 11-Mar-2005.
    Record created on 12-Mar-2003.
    Database last updated on 6-Jun-2003 16:58:42 EDT.

    Domain servers in listed order:

    NS1.DNSMANAGED.COM 192.5.6.34
    NS7.DNSMANAGED.COM 192.42.93.34
    NS6.DNSMANAGED.COM 192.35.51.34
    NS4.DNSMANAGED.COM 192.31.80.34</blockquote>

    and here's one for the REAL cnn website:

    <blockquote>Registrant:
    Turner Broadcasting (CNN-DOM)
    1 CNN Center
    Atlanta, GA 30303
    US

    Domain Name: CNN.COM

    Administrative Contact:
    Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TL92-ORG) TMGROUP@TURNER.COM
    1 CNN CTR NW
    ATLANTA, GA 30303-2762
    US
    404-827-3470 fax: - - - 404-827-1995
    Technical Contact:
    Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TS309-ORG) hostmaster@TBSNAMES.TURNER.COM
    Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
    1 CNN CTR NW
    ATLANTA, GA 30303-2762
    US
    404-827-5000 fax: 404-827-1593

    Record expires on 23-Sep-2009.
    Record created on 22-Nov-2002.
    Database last updated on 6-Jun-2003 16:59:11 EDT.

    Domain servers in listed order:

    TWDNS-01.NS.AOL.COM 149.174.213.151
    TWDNS-02.NS.AOL.COM 152.163.239.216
    TWDNS-03.NS.AOL.COM 205.188.146.88
    TWDNS-04.NS.AOL.COM 64.12.147.120</blockquote>

    There are several things to note that make it obvious that cnnarchive.us is not a CNN website. Chief among them is that it is a .us domain, which is hardly ever used, and never by any big companies like CNN. The whois really has some interesting information . . .

    giddyup -- don't feel badly. When I went to the site, I started falling for it too. It looks like it's on the up and up . . . I wasn't sure it was a scam until I saw the cnnarchive.us site and did the whois . . .
     
    #26 Vengeance, Jun 6, 2003
  7. rockHEAD

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    what's consalting???? in the fake CNN whois info, they have consalting?
     
    #27 rockHEAD, Jun 6, 2003
  8. rockHEAD

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    here's the whois info for i-mobilesol.com

    isn't that weird, the technical/admin contact email is an AOL account?
     
    #28 rockHEAD, Jun 6, 2003
  9. Vengeance

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    I know, I thought that was funny. I googled for it, but didn't come up with anything. Also, it's "Trevis Consalting". I've never heard of anyone or anything named "Trevis" before . . . Trevis Consulting didn't come up with anything either . . .

    well done rockHead -- I hadn't thought to do a whois on that site! hahaha, this is a pretty funny little scam -- they certainly did a lot of work to make it look nice at first glance, but with some research, it crumbles very easily . . .
     
    #29 Vengeance, Jun 6, 2003
  10. giddyup

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    That "Read More About Us" CNN banner is the bomb. I still haven't heard from the lawyers at CNN.... :)
     
    #30 giddyup, Jun 6, 2003
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