[Coco] bogus WhoIs complaint

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On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 9:02 PM, Tom Seagrove <tjseagrove at writeme.com>wrote:

> Pay Godaddy and make your listing private...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com]
> On
> Behalf Of Roger Taylor
> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 12:12 AM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: [Coco] bogus WhoIs complaint
>
>
>
> After a few days of investigating, here is the thread that led to
> someone filing a false WhoIs dispute for my site.
> The godaddy rep told me that the complaint came from -->
> <mailto:wdprs_internic_net at it-mate.co.uk>wdprs_internic_net at it-mate.co.uk
> The person involved filed directly through ICANN.
>
> The likely source is either spgSCOTT from avast.com or Steven Burn
> from it-mate.co.uk.
> spgSCOTT "reported" coco3.com to Steven, and one or both of them
> proceded to "police" the coco3.com site which was under attack at the
> time.  Victimized while being victimized.
>
> Here's the thread that ultimately led to godaddy charging me an
> arbitrary $9.95 fee (which they refunded yesterday).
>
> http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=60555
>
> The goofball that likely thought nobody would figure how who did it -->
> http://sites.google.com/site/spg20scottsweb/
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