Sunday, September 2, 2012

"Win A Free iPad3" Scam

This is an old scam, telling people that they've won a free iPad and directing them to a website to claim it.
"your contest entry was chosen as our prizewinner! Tell us where to send it ipad3winner[DOT]net
 I did a WHOIS search of the domain and got this
owner-organization:
owner-name: David Adams
owner-street: 4785 E Bow Ct
owner-city: Floral City
owner-state: Florida
owner-zip: 34436
owner-country: US
owner-phone: +1.3522016729
owner-fax:
owner-email: M3T4LH34D@gmail.com

btw, the domain YouveWonAnIpad3.com is also registered to this person.

Another site that is associated with this scam is superbowlspeculation.net
 owner-organization: SuperBids
owner-name: Dave Allen
owner-street: 485 E. Gobbler Ct
owner-city: Ocoee
owner-state: FL
owner-zip: 34446
owner-country: QA
owner-phone: +974.2874492241
owner-fax:
owner-email: l39ntr@yahoo.com

Going to either site, you will be redirected to this website
 http://claim.windailygadgets.com/SplashPage.aspx?g=5552121425c942c3a3dc4088d94afd1f&ust=bfa8ba7f7c8a4a98871c006a8620a4b9&nm=01uujfe6mwx8&s=10944&se=53
and WINDAILYGADGETS.COM is a Hong Kong-registered domain, as you can see from a WHOIS search I did on them
 Registrant:    
      Online Gift Shack
      20/F-33F One International Finiance Center 1 Harbour View St
      Hong Kong, Hong Kong HK
      HK
      Phone: +852.8885815503
      Email: support@onlinegiftshack.com
Domain Name: windailygadgets.com
      Created on..............: 2011-06-08
      Expires on..............: 2013-06-08

There is a contact link on the claim page and you can go here to contact them directly. I can't guarantee that they will respond or do anything in response to your complaints.


Duane Browning

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