The original subject clearly states that the WHOIS data was the enabling factor to unmask this particular group, that affirmation is what does not convince me.
Well, OK, let's flip it around. Beau and I have told you that we use WHOIS to deal with scams and frauds all the time. Why don't you believe us? Do we have some reason to lie about it?
The current WHOIS rules say that the WHOIS info has to be correct. The various WHOIS privacy services list debatably "correct" info.
Then what's all the fuss about ? who is breaking the rules ?
Large numbers of registrants who put in false information, of course. If I sound exasperated, it's because I am baffled that so many people seem to believe that the DNS should be run for the convenience of vanity registrants (of whom I am one) rather than for the benefit of Internet users. R's, John