[governance] beijing ticket scam - is this governed at all?

[linda misek-falkoff]

Dear Ian and All,

Very interesting (and worrisome of course) -

contemporaneous with e.g. New York Times and other media announcements that
web access to and from China will be widening now!


Warm regards, Linda.

On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 4:53 AM, Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:

> Some time about March this year a major scam site called
> www.beijingticketing.com <http://www.beijingticketing.com/>
>
> was apparently first exposed as fraudulent but not too many people took any
> notice Today it is all over the news as many people have purchased fake
> Olympic tickets and lost their money.
>
>
>
> But what surprises me is that, a good 8 hours after major news stories
> about
> the site, it is still operating as I write this message. And it still
> appears in Google search results.
>
>
>
> Very interested in analysis of why this is so when it is a known major
> fraud
> site that has victims in many countries. Is there any mechanism to stop
> major international scams? Or is it just a matter of waiting until everyone
> else wakes up? Apparently there is a court case in California today to
> close
> down the site? Is this because the registry or the registrar is located in
> the USA?
>
>
>
> An interesting case study for the workshop on transboundary issues! Very
> interested in more information if anyone has it.
>
>
>
> Ian Peter
>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
>
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