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Fair enough
I've been using whois to investigate spam for years (as do many others) and see no reason why the feds shoudn't use it to investigate scammers as well. Mind you, no swindler with any brains is going to put any more real info into the whois database than he has to, but even the fake stuff is often useful to investigators (there are usually patterns).

Personally, I think it would also be useful for the feds to actually answer some of these suspicious spams and see where they lead (this would be particularly helpful in catching 419ers).
Posted by: John L. Ries   Posted on: 06/27/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Using whois data will destroy accuracy  ishmell@... | 06/27/06
So NOW they want to help us with Spyware...  BitTwiddler | 06/27/06
Unfortunately...  ishmell@... | 06/27/06
Fair enough  John L. Ries | 06/27/06
jesus, you mean they don't already?  baubo | 06/28/06
How about an Active Whois utility like Firefox has?  Mr. Roboto | 06/27/06
I have used whois for ages for ecommerce ...  George Mitchell | 06/27/06
Good Idea  GG4rest | 06/29/06
I Always Use It To Report Spam  EBathory | 06/28/06
It is not the information  IxeMan | 06/28/06
Spammers and phishers winning  Hsbarney@... | 06/28/06
Perhaps there is need for a new whois tool ...  George Mitchell | 06/28/06
The new generation browsers are  IxeMan | 06/28/06
Founding Principals of the Internet  IxeMan | 06/28/06
Principals or principles?  rahbm | 06/30/06
How would this affect whois proxies?  Colonel Panijk | 06/30/06

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