German school students victims of dutch drug trafficker TLD scam
German school students victims of dutch drug trafficker TLD scam http://bit.ly/LfCq7 I wonder - could ICANN and IANA have done more to prevent this? German high school students recent victims of dutch drug trafficker<http://joebaptista.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/german-high-school-students-rece...> *September 21, 2009*<http://joebaptista.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=421> [image: Dr. Hans-Jorg Däumer, Principle of Gymnasium Querfurt] Dr. Hans-Jorg Däumer, Principle of Gymnasium Querfurt German high school students at the Gymnasium Querfurt are the recent victims of a Top-Level Domain (TLD) sales scam run by Dutch con artist Herman Xennt<http://joebaptista.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/herman-johan-xennt/>. Herman known to the Netherlands police is a convicted felon who was arrested for drug trafficking and tax evasion. Administration at the school, one of Germany’s top ten high schools, confirmed today they are an INAIC approved reseller of Top-Level Domains (TLDs). The press release <http://inaic.com/index.php?p=news-01-06-2009>dated July 1 but published September 16 announced the distinguished German high school, recognized by the German government as one of the best in the country, launched GQnet. The school joins an impressive list of organizations on the INAIC victims list. Both the Government of Turkey and SITA (Societe Internationale de Telecommunications Aeronautique) participated in marketing stolen property through INAIC. In these cases the intellectual property rights to top-level domains sold by INAIC are part of a commercial fraud involving former partners of Herman Xennt and the Top Level Domain Association<http://www.tldainc.org/>, another front for the organization. *Innocence exposed “You can trust me … this organization exists”?* [image: Christopher Mettin, Student Network Administrator at the Gymnasium Querfurt] Christopher Mettin, Student Network Administrator at the Gymnasium Querfurt Christopher Mettin the schools 18 year old student network administrator runs the GQnet <http://tld.gqbc-online.com/> student project for the Gymnasium Querfurt <http://www.gymnasium-querfurt.de/>. Mettin insists the INAIC organization is not a scam. “You can trust me”, he said “this organization exists”. When pressed for details on the organizations head office address or it’s jurisdiction of incorporation Mettin was unable to answer but did confirm his contact at INAIC was Herman Xennt. Martijn Burger the official chairman of the Internet Names Authorization & Information Center (the real INAIC) issued an official statement on December 3 2008<http://www.cynikal.net/users/baptista/images/INAIC-Statement-December-3-2008-1.pdf>that the organization behind INAIC.com has never been operational. When presented with the statement Mettin responded he did “not really care whether the address was correct or” where “INAIC is incorporated”. He insisted instead that if the technical aspects of the system worked that was all the credibility he and the school needed. “The TLD’s resolve and that’s what counts” he said as proof INAIC is legitimate. According to Mettin school administration were aware of the scandal and he did not rule out legal action. Dr. Hans-Jorg Däumer, the school Principle, was away from his office this week and unavailable for comment. *Identity theft – could the Gymnasium Querfurt be next?* [image: Keith Teare, former CEO, President, and Chairman of RealNames Corporation] Keith Teare, former CEO, President, and Chairman of RealNames Corporation In a related story INAIC TLD reseller VAGUE is claiming the Irish company<http://tld.webvague.com/>is associated with Keith Teare <http://www.linkedin.com/in/kteare> the well known founder of RealNames a $130 million Microsoft project. Teare denied RealNames has anything to do with the reseller. “I just read the various sites”, Teare said, “looks like a major scam”. Teare is not alone in having his identity stolen to sell bogus TLDs. At INAIC identity theft and brand name piracy is a common practice used as a marketing tool to look legitimate. The legal departments of major multinational corporations like Hilton Hotels, Akzo-Nobel, KFC and Philips Electronics have all threatened legal action against INAIC to protect their identities and brand names. *Xennt – the wizard behind the curtain.* Herman Xennt the man behind INAIC first came to public attention in 2002 as the man behind the XTC bunker. The “bunker” is a former NATO base built in 1955. In 1995 Herman purchased the facility from the dutch government and installed himself as a constitutional monarch<http://www.republic-cyberbunker.org/>. He also installed an XTC lab to manufacture the psychoactive and psychedelic drugs ecstasy and MDMA. On Saturday July 27th 2002 the XTC lab went up in flames and the dutch fire brigade was called. This prompted a police investigation into the XTC lab and Xennt was arrested the next day for drug trafficking. Herman became an infamous local celebrity overnight and was widely reported in the local papers. But at the local police station in the City of Goes Herman is best known as a commercial fraud artist. Adriaan Capello is the police officer who keeps an eye on Herman. Capello has an impressive file of complaints from people swindled by Xennt in various technology investment schemes. Capello points out there is nothing the local police can do. Capello tries his best to investigate but in the end the police don’t have the time, resources, or expertise to investigate commercial crime involving high technology fraud and the cases end up in limbo. -- Joe Baptista www.publicroot.org PublicRoot Consortium ---------------------------------------------------------------- The future of the Internet is Open, Transparent, Inclusive, Representative & Accountable to the Internet community @large. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Office: +1 (360) 526-6077 (extension 052) Fax: +1 (509) 479-0084 Personal: www.joebaptista.wordpress.com -- Joe Baptista www.publicroot.org PublicRoot Consortium ---------------------------------------------------------------- The future of the Internet is Open, Transparent, Inclusive, Representative & Accountable to the Internet community @large. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Office: +1 (360) 526-6077 (extension 052) Fax: +1 (509) 479-0084 Personal: www.joebaptista.wordpress.com
Joe Baptista wrote:
German school students victims of dutch drug trafficker TLD scam http://bit.ly/LfCq7
I wonder - could ICANN and IANA have done more to prevent this?
Before I can even hope to answer this, I need to know more
Administration at the school, one of Germany’s top ten high schools, confirmed today they are an INAIC approved reseller of Top-Level Domains (TLDs). The press release <http://inaic.com/index.php?p=news-01-06-2009>
What the heck is a "reseller of TLDs"? What is INAIC? And what is this list of "TLD registrars"? http://inaic.com/index.php?p=tld-registrars
From a cursory looks of things, it appears that the school was the perpetrator of a scam as much as it was the victim of one...
- Evan
On 9/21/09, John R. Levine <johnl@iecc.com> wrote:
What is INAIC?
It's Joe's pretend competitor to ICANN. I wouldn't pay too much attention to it.
Hey - I'm the first t say their a SCAM. I pulled the plug on them in 2005. But has ICANN done anything to protect it identity, brand names and trademarks? http://www.inaic.com/index.php?p=tld-registrars As you can see both ICANN and IANA are clearly listed as TLD registrars. cheers joe baptista R's,
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On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 9:36 PM, Joe Baptista <baptista@publicroot.org> wrote:
On 9/21/09, John R. Levine <johnl@iecc.com> wrote:
What is INAIC?
It's Joe's pretend competitor to ICANN. I wouldn't pay too much attention to it.
Hey - I'm the first t say their a SCAM. I pulled the plug on them in 2005. But has ICANN done anything to protect it identity, brand names and trademarks?
http://www.inaic.com/index.php?p=tld-registrars
As you can see both ICANN and IANA are clearly listed as TLD registrars.
If they don't care, why do you. Let it go, please! -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel
On 9/21/09, McTim <dogwallah@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey - I'm the first t say their a SCAM. I pulled the plug on them in
2005.
But has ICANN done anything to protect it identity, brand names and trademarks?
http://www.inaic.com/index.php?p=tld-registrars
As you can see both ICANN and IANA are clearly listed as TLD registrars.
If they don't care, why do you. Let it go, please!
I do care - thats true. Well - I want to make sure ICANN and IANA are constantly reminded because in the end there is a connection directly to ICANN through SITA. But thats another story. Also there are many poor victims to come as long as ICANN and IANA allow their trademarks and brands to be used this way. I want those victims to see that I tried my best to get ICANNs attention on this. regards joe baptista
Joe Baptista wrote:
I do care - thats true. Well - I want to make sure ICANN and IANA are constantly reminded
It's not ICANN's business, IMO, except perhaps to have an FAQ or other entry on the website of the effect "beware imposters". Otherwise ICANN owes the "victims" of this scheme nothing. It shouldn't have taken much due diligence for the German school to see that the TLDs being promoted by INIAC are not reachable through commonly-configured DNS. That they got involved suggests that greed trumped common sense and maybe it's not as elite a school as it thinks it is....
Also there are many poor victims to come as long as ICANN and IANA allow their trademarks and brands to be used this way.
But INIAC never represented that they were an ICANN contracted party. They simply said that they considered ICANN to have met their requirements.
I want those victims to see that I tried my best to get ICANNs attention on this.
I want them to have their collective heads examined. It is incomprehensible to me that anyone who would get involved in the tricky, hyper-aggressive field of domain selling (let alone TLD selling!) would not have done at least minimal research. - Evan
Joe Baptista wrote:
On 9/21/09, John R. Levine <johnl@iecc.com> wrote:
What is INAIC?
It's Joe's pretend competitor to ICANN. I wouldn't pay too much attention to it.
Hey - I'm the first t say their a SCAM. I pulled the plug on them in 2005. But has ICANN done anything to protect it identity, brand names and trademarks?
http://www.inaic.com/index.php?p=tld-registrars
As you can see both ICANN and IANA are clearly listed as TLD registrars.
Since the term "TLD registrar" appears to be something of an INIAC invention, and since the information presented on ICANN is technically accurate, this would strike me as requiring an infornmational (as opposed to legal) reaction. - Evan
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Joe Baptista <baptista@publicroot.org> wrote:
German school students victims of dutch drug trafficker TLD scam http://bit.ly/LfCq7
I wonder - could ICANN and IANA have done more to prevent this?
Useless + Waste of Time + Out of context = Ignore
* Jorge Amodio wrote:
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Joe Baptista <baptista@publicroot.org> wrote:
German school students victims of dutch drug trafficker TLD scam http://bit.ly/LfCq7
I wonder - could ICANN and IANA have done more to prevent this?
Useless + Waste of Time + Out of context = Ignore
Wrong. They misuse the ICANN logo.
On 9/22/09, Lutz Donnerhacke <lutz@thur.de> wrote:
I wonder - could ICANN and IANA have done more to prevent this?
Useless + Waste of Time + Out of context = Ignore
Wrong. They misuse the ICANN logo.
Exactly Lutz. The use of the ICANN and IANA logos gives the false impression there is an association between INAIC and ICANN / IANA. This is primarily given as the reason why people get caught up in the INAIC scam. They see the ICANN / IANA connection and wrongly assume all is well. I have been bring this point to ICANNs attention now for some two years and nothing has been done. regards joe baptista
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