Reported the site here:
http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/
If others do as well, it should help to get the site blacklisted by google, chrome, and probably other browsers as well
Topic: Warning: Fake Casascius Physical Bitcoins website - page 2. (Read 7364 times)
I would have suggested a DMCA takedown notice, but looks like the site is in Russia, so that wouldn't help.
Same suggestion and agree it might be usless in other countries. Though, it kinda depends on the host in RU and how convincing(preofessionl sweet talk) you can be with the company.
That aside, its pretty fugged up for someone to do.... Any of our usual Internet Detectives have any info on source?
Cheers
I agree with Roger, take down will work... any .com, .net, or .org (as well as most other non-country) extensions the registrar must support the agreement.
I would have suggested a DMCA takedown notice, but looks like the site is in Russia, so that wouldn't help.
I don't understand these people.
With the skill set and effort involved in making that fake site, they could just as easily provide a real good or service that people want, and make an honest living.
http://www.dnattorney.com/
With the skill set and effort involved in making that fake site, they could just as easily provide a real good or service that people want, and make an honest living.
http://www.dnattorney.com/
So if we take your logic to its natural conclusion, there must be some other incentive to doing this. Occam's Razor says its some kiddie scammer. But my conspiracy theory side thinks this is part of ongoing attempts to undermine bitcoin itself. Coming from whom/what organization/person? No evidence.
I suspect this could be taken down with a DDoS fairly easily though that would be a violation of the law in my jurisdiction so I couldn't participate.
Slashdot it; it's legal, and as efficient as DDoS.
(the problem if you do that is that .com too will be slashdotted)
The bitcoin address it provided after filling out the form with junk info was: 1GHRsryckBsSfKgv6zbun5egbxq8GCT8f1
I see no coins sent to it yet. Hopefully that is a static address given out to all and thus nobody got defrauded so far.
I suspect this could be taken down with a DDoS fairly easily though that would be a violation of the law in my jurisdiction so I couldn't participate.
I see no coins sent to it yet. Hopefully that is a static address given out to all and thus nobody got defrauded so far.
I suspect this could be taken down with a DDoS fairly easily though that would be a violation of the law in my jurisdiction so I couldn't participate.
I don't understand these people.
With the skill set and effort involved in making that fake site, they could just as easily provide a real good or service that people want, and make an honest living.
A few years back I had a similar problem with www.memorydealerS.com vs www.memorydealer(no S).com
For a few thousand dollars ICANN was able to reassign the domain to myself.
It might also be worth it in your case.
There are lots of lawyers that do this kind of thing.
http://www.dnattorney.com/
With the skill set and effort involved in making that fake site, they could just as easily provide a real good or service that people want, and make an honest living.
A few years back I had a similar problem with www.memorydealerS.com vs www.memorydealer(no S).com
For a few thousand dollars ICANN was able to reassign the domain to myself.
It might also be worth it in your case.
There are lots of lawyers that do this kind of thing.
http://www.dnattorney.com/
I have learned today that someone has created a fake Casascius Physical Bitcoins website at http://casascius.net. The operator of this site is also emailing the MtGox leak list. It takes orders you'll never receive.
The real Casascius Physical Bitcoins site is at https://www.casascius.com.
I don't suppose there's a whole lot I can do about it. It's flattering and to be expected I suppose, but alarming nonetheless.
The real Casascius Physical Bitcoins site is at https://www.casascius.com.
I don't suppose there's a whole lot I can do about it. It's flattering and to be expected I suppose, but alarming nonetheless.
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