nwrickert
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| reply to Gaff
Re: [Scam] Federal Funds Administration
(because government sites use .com addresses, right?) Actually, some government sites do use ".com" addresses, so that's not a foolproof test.
In this case the domain was recently registered:
Domain Name: NEVERGIVEITBACK.COM
Registrar: ENOM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.enom.com
Referral URL: http://www.enom.com
Name Server: NS81.WEBSITEWELCOME.COM
Name Server: NS82.WEBSITEWELCOME.COM
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 08-may-2009
Creation Date: 29-apr-2009
Expiration Date: 29-apr-2010
That reason for suspicion, though not conclusive. However, domain ownership is masked by "Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc." and, in my opinion, that is a good reason for suspicion for commercial domains or for domains that claim to be government entities.
I'm not sure what the scam is but I'm not going to call and find out. I checked their page. They ask for name and email address. Then they redirect to a link at www.federalfundsadministration.com. And that's another recently registered domain:
Domain Name: FEDERALFUNDSADMINISTRATION.COM
Registrar: ENOM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.enom.com
Referral URL: http://www.enom.com
Name Server: NS81.WEBSITEWELCOME.COM
Name Server: NS82.WEBSITEWELCOME.COM
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 02-jun-2009
Creation Date: 28-may-2009
Expiration Date: 28-may-2010
and the ownership of that domain is also masked (same masking service).
Finally you get to a page where they say "The only upfront committment on your part is the Simple & Small One-Time $28 Refundable Deposit. Nothing more!"
I guess they are planning on finding lots of suckers who send them that $28 "refundable deposit."
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