£1.5M alleged domain names scam,wow !

[domaingenius]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,172-1822068,00.html

 

[Ellis]

Quality, I'm sure he's to the first to consider a .eu scam

 

[Alpha]

I wonder if he's registered here?

.. what a phsyco.

 

[domaingenius]

Mind you was when he was 18, 5 years ago so apart from the obviously very bad behaviour he was quite intuitive in registering .eu domains . Doesnt seem to say what the charges are and may be if he had behaved properly he would have got away with the trading part ?

DG

 

[charliecharlie is verified member.]

The money rolled in at the rate of £200,000 a fortnight, people thinking that he was a genuine registrar, the court was told.

tempted!!
the returns are a lot better than PPC

 

[Ellis]

It's alot easier to do if you rent a flat in a blcok of flats - I saw a documenty on major mail order fraud, it's surprisingly easy to get away with....

 

[charliecharlie is verified member.]

It's alot easier to do if you rent a flat in a blcok of flats - I saw a documenty on major mail order fraud, it's surprisingly easy to get away with....

noted....i love it when a plan comes together!

 

[domaingenius]

So does that then mean that acting as a registrar and taking orders with the intention of being a middle man is illegal ?.Thats what I cannot quite grasp as if he took orders as a middle man and then was going to pass them on and take a cut of the sales then what is wrong with that ?

dg

 

[charliecharlie is verified member.]

Perhaps it was just his unlimited spending that pushed him over, what i agree, must have been a fine line. I suppose it must come down to the fact whether he guaranteed the name and he registered illegal domain names that forfeited his legality??

 

[domaingenius]

Yep but how far should the police interfere in bad business practices that do not amount to fraud ? I reckon it was his behaviour with the police that led to them doing what they did and not the trading side of it excepting as a "might as well chuck that in".

DG

 

[binns]

Well scams like this are on all the time you just have to watch your back

 

[domaingenius]

Well here is today's update;

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,173-1823384,00.html