Now here's a funny one - the renowned website certification authority, Geotrust, get paid to issue SSL certificates that prove that a company is reputable and has a traceable identity, and that their online business is worthy and honourable. This is what SSL certificates are for. Notice the use of the word trust in Geotrust, like, hey, we're trustworthy!
But what's this?..
They are so impressed with the penis-enlargement pills spammers currently plaguing our inboxes that they have given them an SSL certificate, for their payment processor site mysecurepay.net. Yet when I asked who the owners of the certificate were - they couldn't possibly tell me, as it was against company policy to disclose this kind of information. So by extension, their company policy is to harbour criminals and shelter them from investigation. Nice one, Geotrust! I wonder which other criminal gangs they are sheltering? It wouldn't surprise me if a certain Sicilian 'family' organisation had purchased certificates from Geotrust, who feel duty-bound to keep the identity of criminals secret. Excellent company policy, and one that SOCA would commend, I'm sure.
If you want to know more about this gang, i's all here:-
http://spamtrackers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Herbal_King
Now let's see, which of these phoney addresses are mysecurepay.net based at? Could it be this one, which is what some of the over 3000 domains registered by these criminals are registered as? (With joker.com, if you're asking).
owner: Gino Roberts
organization: Etty Productions Limited
email: admin@ettyproductionslimited.com
address: Rua Pedroso Alvarenga, 332
city: Sao Paulo
state: --
postal-code: 04531-001
country: BR
phone: +55.1183145121
or is it this one, another favourite of these criminals?
owner: Sammy Lee
organization: Liquid Ventures Inc
email: admin@liquidventuresinc.com
address: 44/E ENTERPRISE SQUARE
city: KOWLOON
state: --
postal-code: 0000
country: HK
phone: +852.94528422
or is it the one that the domain mysecurepay.net is registered as, you know, the one with the non-working phone number and obviously spurious address?
domain: mysecurepay.net
owner: Eduardo Macias
organization: TOLMEN STAR ENTERPRISES LTD
email: admin@querendamx.com
address: Querenda No. 353, Fracc. Bosque Camelinas
city: Michoacan
postal-code: 58290
country: MX
phone: +52.443655187
fax: +52.443655187
One thing's for sure, Geotrust aren't going to tell us!
Now, how does it go, again?
Oh yes,under the UK Proceeds of Crime act (2002) Section 328 "A person commits an offence if he enters into or becomes concerned in an arrangement which he knows or suspects facilitates (by whatever means) the acquisition, retention, use or control of criminal property by or on behalf of another person"
I would say issuing an SSL certificate and withholding the identity of the owners facilitates crime, does it not?
Great post. I agree with you completely. Having been the victim of fraud as well as harassment, I know for a fact that criminals are always given more privacy and protections than the victims.
ReplyDeleteIs it any wonder that it identify theft is such a lucrative crime nowadays -- because nobody seems to care. Meanwhile the suspects are always 'protected' by the powers that be (whether it be the merchants, the ISPs, the credit card companies, law enforcement, etc.)
The only guaranteed right that victims have nowadays is to be victimized.
And yes, it is silly that Geotrust (now Equifax) seems to harbour criminals as well. It's all part of their privacy policy that they won't disclose information without a subpoena. And right, what information can't be disclosed about a business with which customers plan to conduct business?