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How Do I Fight Russian Site Cloners?

Posted by kdawson on from the cloned-and-pwned dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I used to run a small web design service, the domain for which I allowed to expire after years of non-use. A few weeks ago, I noticed that my old site was back online at the old domain. The site-cloners are now using my old email addresses to gain access to old third-party web services accounts (invoicing tools, etc.) and are fraudulently billing my clients for years of services. I've contacted the Russian site host, PayPal, and the invoicing service. What more can I do? Can I fight back?"

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  1. It's Russia by girlintraining · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A lot of people will try to offer technical solutions to your problem. Your problem isn't technical.

    You're living in Russia. Set a trap, lure them in, and then... explain the problem to them. Greed is an easy thing to manipulate in others and one is never so easily fooled as when one believes they are fooling others. Don't bother with the police, they'll only give you a pat on the head. They have more important things to do. Sorry that's the way it is, but it is what it is. Put your ear to the ground and follow the money. Don't bother with trying to sniff them out online -- follow the money. Audit trails are far harder to erase than web server records.

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    #fuckbeta #iamslashdot #dicemustdie
  2. Ramon Samudio by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Parabéns pelo trabalho.
    http://www.classeaflex.com.br

  3. Dear Anonymous Coward by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Don't Blink. Blink and you're dead. Don't turn your back. Don't look away. And don't Blink. Good Luck.

    1. Re:Dear Anonymous Coward by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Is there a Doctor in the house?

    2. Re:Dear Anonymous Coward by allcaps · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Is there a Doctor House in the?

  4. Form an Empire... by DarthVain · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    and ally yourself with a "Trade Federation".... then use hordes of mechanical robots to fight a "Clone War".

    You might not win, but some asshole may make a few shitty movies about it anyway...