FYI.

<< … people mine whois databases to sell stuff. It’s incredibly cheap and easy to do these days: compare the zone files, get the new registrations, and then run whois lookups. 

There are even people selling the entire .com whois database  … >>

Although the technical details as to 'how it is done' escape me, it would appear that this report is relevant to the question of Whois privacy.

Regards

CW

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Subject: [New post] Spamming owners of newly registered domain names

Date: 29 Jun 2015 20:50:33 GMT+02:00

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New post on Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News & Views Spamming owners of newly registered domain names by Andrew Allemann Just one example of spam based on whois records. We all know that people mine whois databases to sell stuff. It's incredibly cheap and easy to do these days: compare the zone files, get the new registrations, and then run whois lookups. There are even people selling the entire .com whois database for a few hundred bucks. This makes it easy for people to spam new domain name registrants and sell them services they don't need, like search engine submission. Last week I registered a handful of .com domain names at Uniregistry. Shortly thereafter I received this email: Click here to continue reading... Andrew Allemann | June 29, 2015 at 1:45 pm | Tags: spam, whois | Categories: Policy & Law | URL: http://domainnamewire.com/?p=46535 Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News & Views. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser:  http://dnw.com/jnj8