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Re: Check out this rip-off site ..

2 posts by 2 people · 14 Nov 2001 14:12 UTC - 14 Nov 2001 22:48 UTC

Joe Marques 14 Nov 2001 14:12 UTC#152343
Brilliant work Holmes! ;-) What fricken' scammers. I hope Avault can seek some kind of remedy. -- Joe Marques "rrevved" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > I was on a legitimate flight sim site ( www.flightsim.com ) and > I saw a banner ad for 3D gaming glasses: > > http://image.ugo.com/ads/eDimensional/flightsim.jpg > > > http://mediamgr.ugo.com/event.ng/Type=click&FlightID=3170&AdID=5460&TargetID =119&Segments=138,145,245,287,654,782,1117,1184,1202,1297,1379,1389,1453,148 1,1486,1495,1527,1536&Targets=79,119,1150,1157,1206,1215&Values=25,31,43,48, 50,60,77,83,93,100,110,150,152,197,210,214,302,531,596,638,651,682,731,740,7 41,742,743,777,1267&RawValues=&Redirect=http:%2F%2Fwww.edimensional.com%2Fin dexfs.html > (long-ass URL may not work.) > > Being interested, I clicked the thing and ended up at their site: > > http://www.edimensional.com/indexfs.html > > I looked at their product page: > > http://www.edimensional.com/3d_glasses.html > > Still interested, I clicked on their 'read the reviews' section: > > http://www.edimensional.com/review.html > > I clicked on one of their 'review' links. It took me to: > > http://www.3dgamingreview.com/ > > Hmm.. that '3dgamingreview' site looks a lot like > Adrenaline Vault's website .. ;) > > Check it out: > > http://www.avault.com > > I then did a WHOIS on EDIMENSIONAL.COM and on > 3DGAMINGREVIEW.COM . Guess what? It seems they are > owned by the same people ..:) > > Query: edimensional.com > > Registrant: > > Newman, Nathan (EDIMENSIONAL3-DOM) > 4197 N. Haverhill Rd #211 > West Palm Beach, FL 33417 > US > > Domain Name: EDIMENSIONAL.COM > > Administrative Contact, Technical Contact, Billing Contact: > Newman, Nathan (FGADMIFGGI) [email hidden] > 4197 N. Haverhill Rd #211 > West Palm Beach, FL 33417 > US > Domain servers in listed order: > > NS1.NAMESERVE.NET 207.159.128.3 > NS2.NAMESERVE.NET 207.159.128.11 > > ===== > > Query: 3dgamingreview.com > > Registrant: > > Anthony Marotta > 4197 N. Haverhill Rd. #211 > West Palm Beach, FL 33417 > United States > > Domain Name: 3DGAMINGREVIEW.COM > > Administrative Contact: > Marotta, Anthony [email hidden] > 4197 N. Haverhill Rd. #211 > West Palm Beach, FL 33417 > United States > 561.385.5441 > > Technical Contact: > Marotta, Anthony [email hidden] > 4197 N. Haverhill Rd. #211 > West Palm Beach, FL 33417 > United States > 561.385.5441 > > Domain servers in listed order: > NS1.NAMESERVE.NET > NS2.NAMESERVE.NET > ================= > > > So, in a nutshell, not only have these losers apparently ripped > off the website code from AVAULT, they are sending you to > that phony 'review' site site to read THEIR reviews and THEIR > editorials about THEIR product! > > I thought it was pretty funny, and emailed Bob Mandel > at AVAULT about it... :) > >
Tom Garrett 14 Nov 2001 22:48 UTC#152197
I think Nels Anderson, webmaster at Flightsim.com would appreciate this info for an ad appearing on his site. Nice job, Detective! Move over, Columbo. -- Tom Garrett "rrevved" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > I was on a legitimate flight sim site ( www.flightsim.com ) and > I saw a banner ad for 3D gaming glasses: > > http://image.ugo.com/ads/eDimensional/flightsim.jpg > > > http://mediamgr.ugo.com/event.ng/Type=click&FlightID=3170&AdID=5460&TargetID =119&Segments=138,145,245,287,654,782,1117,1184,1202,1297,1379,1389,1453,148 1,1486,1495,1527,1536&Targets=79,119,1150,1157,1206,1215&Values=25,31,43,48, 50,60,77,83,93,100,110,150,152,197,210,214,302,531,596,638,651,682,731,740,7 41,742,743,777,1267&RawValues=&Redirect=http:%2F%2Fwww.edimensional.com%2Fin dexfs.html > (long-ass URL may not work.) > > Being interested, I clicked the thing and ended up at their site: > > http://www.edimensional.com/indexfs.html > > I looked at their product page: > > http://www.edimensional.com/3d_glasses.html > > Still interested, I clicked on their 'read the reviews' section: > > http://www.edimensional.com/review.html > > I clicked on one of their 'review' links. It took me to: > > http://www.3dgamingreview.com/ > > Hmm.. that '3dgamingreview' site looks a lot like > Adrenaline Vault's website .. ;) > > Check it out: > > http://www.avault.com > > I then did a WHOIS on EDIMENSIONAL.COM and on > 3DGAMINGREVIEW.COM . Guess what? It seems they are > owned by the same people ..:) > > Query: edimensional.com > > Registrant: > > Newman, Nathan (EDIMENSIONAL3-DOM) > 4197 N. Haverhill Rd #211 > West Palm Beach, FL 33417 > US > > Domain Name: EDIMENSIONAL.COM > > Administrative Contact, Technical Contact, Billing Contact: > Newman, Nathan (FGADMIFGGI) [email hidden] > 4197 N. Haverhill Rd #211 > West Palm Beach, FL 33417 > US > Domain servers in listed order: > > NS1.NAMESERVE.NET 207.159.128.3 > NS2.NAMESERVE.NET 207.159.128.11 > > ===== > > Query: 3dgamingreview.com > > Registrant: > > Anthony Marotta > 4197 N. Haverhill Rd. #211 > West Palm Beach, FL 33417 > United States > > Domain Name: 3DGAMINGREVIEW.COM > > Administrative Contact: > Marotta, Anthony [email hidden] > 4197 N. Haverhill Rd. #211 > West Palm Beach, FL 33417 > United States > 561.385.5441 > > Technical Contact: > Marotta, Anthony [email hidden] > 4197 N. Haverhill Rd. #211 > West Palm Beach, FL 33417 > United States > 561.385.5441 > > Domain servers in listed order: > NS1.NAMESERVE.NET > NS2.NAMESERVE.NET > ================= > > > So, in a nutshell, not only have these losers apparently ripped > off the website code from AVAULT, they are sending you to > that phony 'review' site site to read THEIR reviews and THEIR > editorials about THEIR product! > > I thought it was pretty funny, and emailed Bob Mandel > at AVAULT about it... :) > >

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