Spammers Launch New Product
A new company amteus is launching a new secure email product.
http://www.amteus.com/
However they are related to this company which caused a bit of a stir:
http://www.techdirt.com/features/20041001/0941211.shtml
The relatioship is such that:
www.jeftel.co.uk redirects to amteus.
and
Code:
ping www.amteus.co.uk
PING www.amteus.co.uk (213.249.176.141) 56(84) bytes of data.
whois 213.249.176.141
[Querying whois.ripe.net]
[whois.ripe.net]
% This is the RIPE Whois query server #1.
% The objects are in RPSL format.
%
% Rights restricted by copyright.
% See http://www.ripe.net/db/copyright.html
inetnum: 213.249.176.128 - 213.249.176.143
netname: WWT-KCOM
whois wwtmedia.co.uk
[whois.nic.uk]
Domain Name:
wwtmedia.co.uk
Registrant:
WWT (Media) LTD
Registrant's Address:
10 Sweet Street
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS16 5NB
GB
Registrant's Agent:
Pipex Communications Hosting Ltd [Tag = HOSTEUROPE]
URL: http://www.123-reg.co.uk
Relevant Dates:
Registered on: 02-Oct-2003
Renewal Date: 02-Oct-2005
Last updated: 16-Jun-2004
Registration Status:
Registered until renewal date.
Name servers listed in order:
ns0.wwtglobal.com 213.249.254.2
ns1.wwtglobal.com 213.249.254.3
WHOIS database last updated at 12:45:00 14-Apr-2005
Note the similarity with names & ip ranges of ns0.wwtglobal.com & WWT-KCOM and the IP for www.amteus.com
whois on worldwidesalesoffice.com also shows connections : -
Code:
Registrant:
WWT MEDIA LTD
10 Sweet Street
Leeds, West Yorkshire LS11 9DB
UK
Domain name: WORLDWIDESALESOFFICE.COM
Administrative Contact:
hostmaster, hostmaster [email protected]
10 Sweet Street
Leeds, West Yorkshire LS11 9DB
UK
+44.1132451460
Technical Contact:
Technical, PIPEX [email protected]
Portland Street
Beeston
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire NG9 2LP
UK
+44.1159170000 Fax: +44.1158770213
A quick search on google for worldwidesalesoffice reveals many compaints about spam!
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=wor...lesoffice+spam
Thier product is a P2P secure email system, tightly integrated with outlook. You have to give an email to sign up for it, but I especially like this clause in the acceptance:
"3.3 The User by accepting these terms and conditions grants permission for the Company to utilise the processor and bandwidth of the User's computer for the limited purpose of facilitating communication between others within the Jefcom Community."
Any takers folks?
