Scam website posing as DL and collecting pet transport fees
Sep 22, 2017, 4:05 pm
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Scam website posing as DL and collecting pet transport fees
Sep 22, 2017, 4:09 pm
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(removed since after about 40 minutes on hold, I got thru to reservations & they gave me an email to send it to)
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Oct 18, 2017, 11:55 pm
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I can't believe this web site is still online.
I was able to figure out where the site is hosted within a couple minutes of reading the base post & article. Although its web pages are obfuscated through CloudFare, it also uses IP addresses 66.45.255.123 and 104.218.54.37, both of which belong to Interserver, Inc., of Secaucus, New Jersey.
Reservations declined to take down & forward my info. I emailed three email addresses within Delta, including the one reservations insisted I send to.
27 days later the site is still online. Is Delta's legal team on par with Delta's IT?
I was able to figure out where the site is hosted within a couple minutes of reading the base post & article. Although its web pages are obfuscated through CloudFare, it also uses IP addresses 66.45.255.123 and 104.218.54.37, both of which belong to Interserver, Inc., of Secaucus, New Jersey.
Reservations declined to take down & forward my info. I emailed three email addresses within Delta, including the one reservations insisted I send to.
27 days later the site is still online. Is Delta's legal team on par with Delta's IT?
Oct 19, 2017, 12:14 am
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I can't believe this web site is still online.
I was able to figure out where the site is hosted within a couple minutes of reading the base post & article. Although its web pages are obfuscated through CloudFare, it also uses IP addresses 66.45.255.123 and 104.218.54.37, both of which belong to Interserver, Inc., of Secaucus, New Jersey.
Reservations declined to take down & forward my info. I emailed three email addresses within Delta, including the one reservations insisted I send to.
27 days later the site is still online. Is Delta's legal team on par with Delta's IT?
I was able to figure out where the site is hosted within a couple minutes of reading the base post & article. Although its web pages are obfuscated through CloudFare, it also uses IP addresses 66.45.255.123 and 104.218.54.37, both of which belong to Interserver, Inc., of Secaucus, New Jersey.
Reservations declined to take down & forward my info. I emailed three email addresses within Delta, including the one reservations insisted I send to.
27 days later the site is still online. Is Delta's legal team on par with Delta's IT?
Oct 19, 2017, 9:53 am
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I cant believe this site is online still too!!!!
(You get the joke if you watch Last Week Tonight)
I cant believe this site is online still too!!!!
(You get the joke if you watch Last Week Tonight)
Oct 19, 2017, 10:38 am
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They have a DL 747!
What's also crazy is the spelling errors. The title element on the page says it "Delalta" Pet Transit, so many elements on the page are broken. They make the Big D's IT look fantastic!
What's also crazy is the spelling errors. The title element on the page says it "Delalta" Pet Transit, so many elements on the page are broken. They make the Big D's IT look fantastic!
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Oct 19, 2017, 3:11 pm
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Odds are that the site is violating the TOS of the internet provider, and would be shut down if the violations were pointed out to the ISP.
2-3 years ago I participated in an attempt to shut down a revenge-porn site. We didn't succeed 100%, but we got it moved from ISP to ISP (losing a lot of their secondary content in the process) until they ended up at an offshore ISP, and we got it booted from all the good ad programs.
Oct 19, 2017, 4:19 pm
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They can issue DMCA takedown notices both through Cloudfare and directly to the internet provider. Working through Cloudfare takes half a week to a week. Failure to respond leaves the ISP and/or Cloudfare liable for the damages.
Odds are that the site is violating the TOS of the internet provider, and would be shut down if the violations were pointed out to the ISP.
2-3 years ago I participated in an attempt to shut down a revenge-porn site. We didn't succeed 100%, but we got it moved from ISP to ISP (losing a lot of their secondary content in the process) until they ended up at an offshore ISP, and we got it booted from all the good ad programs.
Odds are that the site is violating the TOS of the internet provider, and would be shut down if the violations were pointed out to the ISP.
2-3 years ago I participated in an attempt to shut down a revenge-porn site. We didn't succeed 100%, but we got it moved from ISP to ISP (losing a lot of their secondary content in the process) until they ended up at an offshore ISP, and we got it booted from all the good ad programs.
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Oct 19, 2017, 4:24 pm
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The site uses delta in the name, which would be OK. But they include a logo that is a near perfect clone of Delta's and pictures of DL planes.
Overlapping names can be allowed without being infringement, but this is clear intent to deceive the customer into seeing it as Delta Air Lines.
Oct 19, 2017, 4:33 pm
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It is clearly copyright infringement.
The site uses delta in the name, which would be OK. But they include a logo that is a near perfect clone of Delta's and pictures of DL planes.
Overlapping names can be allowed without being infringement, but this is clear intent to deceive the customer into seeing it as Delta Air Lines.
The site uses delta in the name, which would be OK. But they include a logo that is a near perfect clone of Delta's and pictures of DL planes.
Overlapping names can be allowed without being infringement, but this is clear intent to deceive the customer into seeing it as Delta Air Lines.
Oct 19, 2017, 6:00 pm
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Images and reproductions (e.g. the photo of the Delta logo -- the artwork belongs to Delta) can be copyrighted.
Can the owner of that photo of 747 S/N 6303 be identified?
What are the odds that the fraudsters will sue for a false DMCA claim? The purpose is to break through the obfuscation and find out who is reponsible for the web site. Then the real lawsuit (likely not involving DMCA) can begin.
Can the owner of that photo of 747 S/N 6303 be identified?
What are the odds that the fraudsters will sue for a false DMCA claim? The purpose is to break through the obfuscation and find out who is reponsible for the web site. Then the real lawsuit (likely not involving DMCA) can begin.
Oct 19, 2017, 6:14 pm
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Images and reproductions (e.g. the photo of the Delta logo -- the artwork belongs to Delta) can be copyrighted.
Can the owner of that photo of 747 S/N 6303 be identified?
What are the odds that the fraudsters will sue for a false DMCA claim? The purpose is to break through the obfuscation and find out who is reponsible for the web site. Then the real lawsuit (likely not involving DMCA) can begin.
Can the owner of that photo of 747 S/N 6303 be identified?
What are the odds that the fraudsters will sue for a false DMCA claim? The purpose is to break through the obfuscation and find out who is reponsible for the web site. Then the real lawsuit (likely not involving DMCA) can begin.
The logo itself is only protected by trademark.
As for the 747 photo, unless DL owns the copyright it doesn't have grounds to ask it be removed. Even if it did, all they would remove is the picture.
Oct 19, 2017, 6:17 pm
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An actual photo that contains the logo can be copyrighted. However it is the photo, not the logo that would be copyrighted.
The logo itself is only protected by trademark.
As for the 747 photo, unless DL owns the copyright it doesn't have grounds to ask it be removed. Even if it did, all they would remove is the picture.
The logo itself is only protected by trademark.
As for the 747 photo, unless DL owns the copyright it doesn't have grounds to ask it be removed. Even if it did, all they would remove is the picture.
747 S/N 6303 was retired in 2015, and the site has a Copyright 2015 notice. Has it really been sitting on the internet & defrauding people for 2 years?
Oct 20, 2017, 10:47 am
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It is clearly copyright infringement.
The site uses delta in the name, which would be OK. But they include a logo that is a near perfect clone of Delta's and pictures of DL planes.
Overlapping names can be allowed without being infringement, but this is clear intent to deceive the customer into seeing it as Delta Air Lines.
The site uses delta in the name, which would be OK. But they include a logo that is a near perfect clone of Delta's and pictures of DL planes.
Overlapping names can be allowed without being infringement, but this is clear intent to deceive the customer into seeing it as Delta Air Lines.