<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large">Thanks for sharing, Derek. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large">The discovery process should provide very useful information that may buttress recommendations made in the CCT RT Report.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large">-Carlton</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br>==============================<br><i><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">Carlton A Samuels</font></i><br><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><i>Mobile: 876-818-1799<br><font color="#33CC00">Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround</font></i></font><br>=============================</div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 8:32 AM, Derek Smythe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:derek@aa419.org" target="_blank">derek@aa419.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Worthwhile sharing as this touches on the heart of published ICANN<br>
policies:<br>
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<a href="https://wtop.com/animals-pets/2017/10/delta-probe-uncovers-criminal-scheme-to-scam-pet-owners/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wtop.com/animals-pets/<wbr>2017/10/delta-probe-uncovers-<wbr>criminal-scheme-to-scam-pet-<wbr>owners/</a><br>
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This investigation will lead to mass abuse of domains, used to defraud<br>
thousands of people. Steve Baker of the US Better Business Bureau also<br>
did an international investigation and uncovered a massive can of<br>
worms. He addressed the pet scam side of it here:<br>
<a href="https://www.bbb.org/puppyscam/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.bbb.org/puppyscam/</a><br>
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Essentially the pet scam has trashed the legitimate portion of the pet<br>
sales sector of the internet. This despite the relevant registrars<br>
being made aware of the malicious domains with fake registration<br>
details and/or proxy abuse. It even led to one unsuccessful Compliance<br>
complaint, not really looked at by Compliance and closed where the<br>
registrar blatantly lied to protect themselves, despite whois data<br>
clearly belying said registrar's claims of innocence.<br>
<br>
If certain registrars had really applied policies and lived up to it,<br>
we would not have seen the scourge of illegal activities and gross<br>
violation of third party rights in actionable harm.<br>
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<br>
Derek Smythe<br>
Artists Against 419<br>
<a href="http://www.aa419.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.aa419.org</a><br>
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