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How Do I Fight Russian Site Cloners?

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. Meatloaf is more important by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What I want to know is when Meatloaf's additions to the Linux scheduler are going to make it into a release of Ubuntu? I'm not a fan of his music, but he has made some incredible contributions to the Linux community, and I want to experience the speed improvements his scheduler brings to the table.

  2. A crazy Idea by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 0, Troll

    You sound like you've taken care of most of what you can... so...

    Get a bunch of hackers together and tell them to do their best to DDOS your old site!

  3. Contact all your clients by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    And let them know they hired an asshole.

  4. talk to a lawyer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    not to take down the cloned site but to prepare for the wave of lawsuits (civial and criminal) that you're going to be hit with. See, you've broken your fiduciary duty big time and are facing jail time, fines, and any lawsuits. Hope you enjoy getting ass-raped in prison sucker.

  5. Props to them by Orga · · Score: -1, Troll

    At least someone made money from your business

  6. Re:It's Russia by Sperbels · · Score: -1, Troll

    How the fuck is this a troll? Seriously people have been dishing out the negative mods way to freely lately.