Spammers and Scammers #6755 Cheapertelco.com

Sponge Bob

These guys sent out a stack of spam emails to Irish email addresses over the weekend. They have a web page with no information on how to contact them

Here is a specimen of the spam email

Hi,

Look what I have found on the internet!

http://www.cheapertelco.com/

This site compares all rates for long distance calling.
And it seems to have all the IE telco's in their database, so you can't miss out a bargain. There is even an option to get an email when they've received a lower rate for the destination you've specified.

Check out http://www.cheapertelco.com/ to always get the lowest rates for calls to any destination.

Kind regards,

A friend.

Of course while they appear to say they have a .ie domain .looking at the graphic on the web page... and they state they have the "IE telcos" there is no .ie anything and no physical presence in Ireland at all. They are in Holland, home of the 419 gangs

; This data is provided by Tiscom Hosting B.V.
; for information purposes, and to assist persons obtaining information
; about or related to domain name registration records.
; Tiscom Hosting B.V. does not guarantee its accuracy.
; By submitting a WHOIS query, you agree that you will use this data
; only for lawful purposes and that, under no circumstances, you will
; use this data to
; 1) allow, enable, or otherwise support the transmission of mass
;    unsolicited, commercial advertising or solicitations via E-mail
;    (spam); or
; 2) enable high volume, automated, electronic processes that apply
;    to this WHOIS server.
; These terms may be changed without prior notice.
; By submitting this query, you agree to abide by this policy.

DOMAIN: CHEAPERTELCO.COM

RSP: Tiscom Hosting B.V.
URL: http://www.tiscomhosting.nl

created-date: 2005-10-27
updated-date: 2005-10-27
registration-expiration-date: 2006-10-27

owner-contact: P-OMV33
owner-fname: opm
owner-lname: van baten
owner-street: europaboulevard
owner-city: alkmaar
owner-zip: 1825rr
owner-country: NL
owner-phone: 0847565900
owner-email:  Email address protected from spam harvesters

admin-contact: P-DVA94
admin-organization: Hostingdiscounter
admin-fname: Domain
admin-lname: Administration
admin-street: IJsselburcht 4
admin-city: Arnhem
admin-zip: 6825 BP
admin-country: NL
admin-phone: +31 26 36 20 977
admin-fax: +31 26 36 17 448
admin-email:  Email address protected from spam harvesters

tech-contact: P-DVA94
tech-organization: Hostingdiscounter
tech-fname: Domain
tech-lname: Administration
tech-street: IJsselburcht 4
tech-city: Arnhem
tech-zip: 6825 BP
tech-country: NL
tech-phone: +31 26 36 20 977
tech-fax: +31 26 36 17 448
tech-email:  Email address protected from spam harvesters

billing-contact: P-DVA94
billing-organization: Hostingdiscounter
billing-fname: Domain
billing-lname: Administration
billing-street: IJsselburcht 4
billing-city: Arnhem
billing-zip: 6825 BP
billing-country: NL
billing-phone: +31 26 36 20 977
billing-fax: +31 26 36 17 448
billing-email:  Email address protected from spam harvesters

nameserver: ns1.tiscomhosting.nl

Avoid .

MOH

Heh. I like that their WHOIS entry shows:
"Email address protected from spam harvesters".

Oh, the irony!

the_syco

MOH wrote:

Heh. I like that their WHOIS entry shows:
"Email address protected from spam harvesters".

Oh, the irony!

Its info@hostingdiscounter.nl

BendiBus

The site looks pretty harmless to me. Although I certainly don't condone the spamming.

I selected Canada as the place I wanted to call and it returned a list of telcos and their rates. When I clicked on the link to the provider with the best rate it brought me to the providers website.

What's your specifiic concern Spongey?