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PetScamCop-SA

@mariveolivier

Making people aware of pet scams in South Africa is a daunting task. Getting people to write about it is impossible!

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linkhttp://www.puppyscams.co.za calendar_today20-03-2015 08:41:08

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Hi Kristaps - Kristaps Ronka What goes with pet scams, forged passport scams, counterfeit currency scams, commodity commodity scams, fake couriers and other non-delivery scams? The stuff that Interpol warned about in a purple notice in 2020? I guess it's your privilidge as

Hi Kristaps - <a href="/kristaps_ronka/">Kristaps Ronka</a> 

What goes with pet scams, forged passport scams, counterfeit currency scams, commodity commodity scams, fake couriers and other non-delivery scams? The stuff that Interpol warned about in a purple notice in 2020? 

I guess it's your privilidge as
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Pearson Languages IELTS by IDP OET ETS /getptecertificates.com is clearly not a hacked domain. Yet ... ? We tried. This scam is now so common, ingrained in the DNS where ICANN and it's contracted parties refuse to acknowledge their role in soft facilitation,

<a href="/pearsonlanguage/">Pearson Languages</a> 
<a href="/IELTS/">IELTS by IDP</a> 
<a href="/OETOfficial/">OET</a> 
<a href="/ETSInsights/">ETS</a>

/getptecertificates.com is clearly not a hacked domain. Yet ... ?

We tried.

This scam is now so common, ingrained in the DNS where <a href="/ICANN/">ICANN</a> and it's contracted parties refuse to acknowledge their role in soft facilitation,
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Hi DENIC eG Could you please pull the trigger on falschgeldkaufen[.]de #malware Originally abused for counterfeit currency scams. As a general heads-up, .DE domains are becoming popular under non-delivery scammers where we know the responsible are nowhere near Germany,

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Hello South Africa: SA Police Service πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ ZA Registry Consortium hodan #Cyberfraud #Moneylaundering #Crime June 2025: Over half a million rand (> R500 000) known losses due to cyber fraud where criminals abuse South Africa's DNS system. When is this madness going to stop? South Africa's

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South Africa, you have a massive problem and you're not addressing it. It's underminding your economy, trust in the capability of the South African authorities, while you've allowed South Africa to be turned into the second largest hub for non-delivery fraud globally. In turn,

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More than a week after reporting it to the Registrar, whose T&C explicity prohibits such usage, it's still alive. Oh, and it's asking your credit card details. This is the same scam syndicatee that also infamously spoofed the DEA.

More than a week after reporting it to the Registrar, whose T&amp;C explicity prohibits such usage, it's still alive.

Oh, and it's asking your credit card details.

This is the same scam syndicatee that also infamously spoofed the DEA.
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Why do scammers love Wix ? Why, you can hide stuff ... where a 404 page is a hidden threat. hXXps://outstandingyorkie.wixsite.com/ Oh, it's 404 ... ? Nope, the same puppies have been sold since at lrast Aug 30, 2017 hXXps://outstandingyorkie.wixsite.com/mysite

Why do scammers love <a href="/Wix/">Wix</a> ?

Why, you can hide stuff ... where a 404 page is a hidden threat.

hXXps://outstandingyorkie.wixsite.com/

Oh, it's 404 ... ?

Nope, the same puppies have been sold since at lrast Aug 30, 2017

hXXps://outstandingyorkie.wixsite.com/mysite
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There's a pattern here, discrete abuse reports will not work. Removing a scam should not result in a non-descript 404 page either, where any scammer hiding content results in the same. Please make a better plan for the sake of legitimate users being targeted by your abusers.

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Something fun to do over the weekend: Learn German using #scam websites. "Ara" is "Macaw" in English. Comparing /petsbreedinghome.com supposedly in Australia, according to fake Google reviewer "Michel Trick" (is that a pun?), and /haustierbauernhof.de supposedly in Germany.

Something fun to do over the weekend: Learn German using #scam websites.

"Ara" is "Macaw" in English.

Comparing /petsbreedinghome.com  supposedly in Australia, according to fake Google reviewer "Michel Trick" (is that a pun?), and /haustierbauernhof.de supposedly in Germany.
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On a serious note DENIC eG - we are seeing an uptick in .DE domain abuse by Non-Delivery Fraudsters based in Africa. For obvious reasons, the victims will never complain to law enforcement, yet their details will also be abused to perpetuate further crimes - #IdentityTheft.

On a serious note  <a href="/denic_de/">DENIC eG</a> - we are seeing an uptick in .DE domain abuse by Non-Delivery Fraudsters based in Africa. For obvious reasons, the victims will never complain to law enforcement, yet their details will also be abused to perpetuate further crimes - #IdentityTheft.
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Why would a registrar acknowledge abuse by suspending a domain, but then allow it to transfer out to another registrar? It's active again. Carding etc ... πŸ˜–

Why would a registrar acknowledge abuse by suspending a domain, but then allow it to transfer out to another registrar? It's active again.

Carding etc ... πŸ˜–
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Where is South Africa's pride? Why can things like //www.ssita.co.za #spoof //procurementcaasa.co.za #spoof and friends thrive in ZA's DNS system? Even SAPS is spoofed without a care in the world, targeting businesses. Then we see an extraordinary number of non-existing

Where is South Africa's pride? 

Why can things like 
//www.ssita.co.za #spoof
//procurementcaasa.co.za #spoof 

and friends thrive in ZA's DNS system? Even SAPS is spoofed without a care in the world, targeting businesses. 

Then we see an extraordinary number of non-existing
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Some are not using South Africa's DNS system, yet linked and should be removed via rapid mitigation. //www.judiciaryprocurement.org spoofing RSAJudiciary So much for a Cybersecurity Bill.

Some are not using South Africa's DNS system, yet linked and should be removed via rapid mitigation. 

//www.judiciaryprocurement.org  spoofing <a href="/OCJ_RSA/">RSAJudiciary</a>

So much for a Cybersecurity Bill.
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.za Regulator ZA Registry Consortium Maybe you want to take a look at this list of domains before talking further about "trusted digital identities". db.aa419.org/fakebankslist.… Even a beginner anti-abuse operator with 5 mins of basic DNS knowledge will spot the problem and cry.

<a href="/dotZADNA/">.za Regulator</a> <a href="/ZaRegistry/">ZA Registry Consortium</a>

Maybe you want to take a look at this list of domains before talking further about "trusted digital identities".

db.aa419.org/fakebankslist.… 

Even a beginner anti-abuse operator with 5 mins of basic DNS knowledge will spot the problem and cry.
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SollyMalatsi Ian Cameron NeilD Currently there are literally a few thousand folks in South Africa reporting online scams. Yet this info has nowhere to go to. All the evidence is there to prove fraud. This is the flip side of money laundering. It's extremely difficult

<a href="/SollyMalatsi/">SollyMalatsi</a> <a href="/IanCameron23/">Ian Cameron</a> <a href="/DundasNeil/">NeilD</a> 

Currently there are literally a few thousand folks in South Africa reporting online scams. Yet this info has nowhere to go to.  All the evidence is there to prove fraud. This is the flip side of money laundering. It's extremely difficult