<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Ian and All,</div>
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<div>Very interesting (and worrisome of course) - </div>
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<div>contemporaneous with e.g. New York Times and other media announcements that web access to and from China will be widening now!</div>
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<div>Warm regards, Linda.<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 4:53 AM, Ian Peter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com">ian.peter@ianpeter.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Some time about March this year a major scam site called<br><a href="http://www.beijingticketing.com/" target="_blank">www.beijingticketing.com</a> <<a href="http://www.beijingticketing.com/" target="_blank">http://www.beijingticketing.com/</a>><br>
<br>was apparently first exposed as fraudulent but not too many people took any<br>notice Today it is all over the news as many people have purchased fake<br>Olympic tickets and lost their money.<br><br><br><br>But what surprises me is that, a good 8 hours after major news stories about<br>
the site, it is still operating as I write this message. And it still<br>appears in Google search results.<br><br><br><br>Very interested in analysis of why this is so when it is a known major fraud<br>site that has victims in many countries. Is there any mechanism to stop<br>
major international scams? Or is it just a matter of waiting until everyone<br>else wakes up? Apparently there is a court case in California today to close<br>down the site? Is this because the registry or the registrar is located in<br>
the USA?<br><br><br><br>An interesting case study for the workshop on transboundary issues! Very<br>interested in more information if anyone has it.<br><br><br><br>Ian Peter<br><br>Ian Peter and Associates Pty Ltd<br><br>
PO Box 10670 Adelaide St Brisbane 4000<br><br>Australia<br><br>Tel (+614) 1966 7772 or (+612) 6687 0773<br><br><a href="http://www.ianpeter.com/" target="_blank">www.ianpeter.com</a><br><br><br><br><br><br>____________________________________________________________<br>
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