Whois data a key weapon in fraud fight, FTC says

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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Fair enough John L. Ries | 06/27/06

Good Idea GG4rest | 06/29/06

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