Dear All,
ECDOL is itself a bogus institution. The entire web site was set up
to give an air of authenticity and respectability to the few bogus
institutions that are listed.
The results of my investigations a while back showed that the registrant
was a Dave Hudson, whose address is given as 196 High Road, London,
England N224HH. The postcode is actually N22 8HH, and this is basically
just a mail collection point. The phone number given is 020 8938 3550,
which is a message-taking service.
The technical contact is given as DNS Administrator,
[log in to unmask], Site Protect Web Services, 200 W Adams
Suite 1001, Chicago, IL 60606, USA. Tel- 312-236-2132 Fax- 312-236-1958.
The Web site at www.siteprotect.com simply has a note about preventing
spam etc, supposedly reassuring but perhaps not? If I was in Chicago
I would check this address out - if it turned out to be a mail collection
point too I would be very suspicious!
The people behind this have covered their tracks well.
Best wishes,
Adrian
Adrian Tribe <[log in to unmask]>
Web Editor, Birkbeck College, University of London
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