Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Warning! Avoid the Facebook Scam Involving DisneyCruises-Competition [dot] com



Don’t be gullible, use life before it uses you. Understand there are no free lunches, and for every action you take, there’s a reaction.
 – Sylvester Stallone
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Yesterday (February 24, 2015), this outfit, owners of the domain name shown in the title, set up a Facebook page, advertising a fake contest for a Disney Cruise.
(I’m not going to post the FB link here.)
The domain name is about six weeks old (registered January 4, 2015).
I guarantee you that this domain does NOT belong to Disney, which does not use privacy (see DomainTools for the Disney.com Whois entry. 
Hundreds of people have already jumped onto the FB thread and, supposedly, have clicked onto the website, possibly compromising their personal information and/or catching a good dose of malware.
Unfortunately, stupidity and greed are fertile stomping grounds for criminals and cybersquatters.
I’ll do my best to bring these evil people from behind the shadows, by posting their details, such as they are, but I’m not optimistic – I keep seeing the same people posting the same-old, same-old Facebook scams, even after they have been warned.
DomainTools whois for DisneyCruises-Competition.com:



Domain Name: DISNEYCRUISES-COMPETITION.COM
Registry Domain ID: 1894008863_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.name.com
Registrar URL: http://www.name.com
Updated Date: 2015-01-04T15:48:54-07:00Z
Creation Date2015-01-04T15:48:19-07:00Z (New domain registration)
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2016-01-04T15:48:19-07:00Z
Registrar: Name.com, Inc.
Registrar IANA ID: 625
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: https://source.domaintools.com/email.pgif?md5=21038f06952591300e6b3ef49d8a2cb4&face=arial&size=9&color=000000&bgcolor=FFFFFF&face=arial&size=9&color=0000FF&bgcolor=FFFFFF&format%5b%5d=transparent&format%5b%5d=transparent
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.17203101849
Reseller:
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: Whois Agent
Registrant Organization: Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc.
Registrant Street: PO Box 639
Registrant City: Kirkland
Registrant State/Province: WA
Registrant Postal Code: 98083
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: +1.4252740657
Registrant Fax: +1.4259744730
Registrant Email: disneycruises-competition.com@protecteddomainservices.com
Registry Admin ID:
Admin Name: Whois Agent
Admin Organization: Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc.
Admin Street: PO Box 639
Admin City: Kirkland
Admin State/Province: WA
Admin Postal Code: 98083
Admin Country: US
Admin Phone: +1.4252740657
Admin Fax: +1.4259744730
Admin Email: disneycruises-competition.com@protecteddomainservices.com
Registry Tech ID:
Tech Name: Whois Agent
Tech Organization: Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc.
Tech Street: PO Box 639
Tech City: Kirkland
Tech State/Province: WA
Tech Postal Code: 98083
Tech Country: US
Tech Phone: +1.4252740657
Tech Fax: +1.4259744730
Tech Email: disneycruises-competition.com@protecteddomainservices.com
Name Server: ns1543.websitewelcome.com (Also registered under privacy)
Name Server: ns1544.websitewelcome.com
DNSSEC: Unsigned Delegation
URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http://wdprs.internic.net/

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