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TheFirefox.net Fraud and Abuse

Posted on July 3, 2007 in Personal, Web Development

TheFirefox.net - Pain in the RearIn my efforts to investigate this fraud issue, I tried to contact thefirefox.net’s web host – but have yet to get one reply back from them yet.

WebUnited.com have the proverbial skirt that these guys are hiding under. Besides a few press releases I couldn’t really find much information on or about the company. I put in a help desk ticket on their support system, but since wasn’t e-mailed a notice saying something to the effect of, “this is an automated message, you will be replied to in 24-48 hours” it probably doesn’t even work.

Looks like TheFirefox.net isn’t the only web site they are running this scam with. DomainTools.com shows at least 6 other domains hosted on this sever that look to also be fraud/abuse related accounts.

If anything else comes up, I’ll keep you updated.

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  • Yeah, the bug report hopefully will get the desired results. Seems their site is back up again too. Maybe the powers that be will get it removed asap.
  • Here is a link to the bug report I mentioned earlier:

    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=387062
  • Interesting, looks like he might have changed web hosts. Guess he knows somebody is on to him. I reported him to the copyright folks at Mozilla for copyright violations - so hopefully he can run but can't hide.
  • Seems their site is down for the moment Mitch. Maybe your emails did some good after all. I had a similar experience myself with a domain of mine. It now points to a fork-lift information site. Funny thing is...the domain ends with the word "designs". Imagine that! LOL
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