Public Threat Alert

scamFRAUDalert believe websites that harvest public records database and sell the harvested information are a public threat.

Why? Because individual private records regardless of it in the public domain are being sold to someone adversary or to some criminal organization.

The sale of people private records is a practice that law makers and law enforcement need to pay keen attention. This business model is a CLEAR and PRESENT DANGER to our privacy and a threat to humanity.

These business practices Are A Threat To The Global Internet Infrastructure

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I stumbled across this rather dubious site called 123people.com who have crudely used robots to scrape public information about me and the hundreds of other people who shared my name or second name. In my opinion, we must mobilise and see them charged, convicted and jailed for a range of data protection, libel and consequential damages crimes. A simple search for 123people complaints that excludes their site finds 2.3 million hits. Something’s wrong.

While the items of information they have aggregated about me is, or was correct and was at least once public, it was previously in context. I had placed this information on trusted websites like LinkedIn where it accurately presented my credentials but not at 123people.com.

They have haphazardly interlinked my web presence with that of others with a similar name, regardless of sex. For example, a woman with my second name and 19 positive criminal record searches which reads like we are related and an advertisement for a male hooker and a punk rocker from my old town. Despite sourcing much of this mash-up from LinkedIn, they proudly announce that I have no professional linkages which also transmits a completely inaccurate picture.

After a number of difficult attempts, I have marked all my links to 123people for removal and will give them a few days to act. If they have not corrected this nonsense at that point, I will be looking to lead a significant legal claim against them on behalf of all of us who have been affected. Let me know any interest in providing evidence and legal services.

Vienna
Linke Wienzeile 8/29
Vienna, 1060, AUT

Paul Weinberger
Chairman of the board
Lukas Zinnagl
Business Development

Russell Perry
CEO
Markus Wagner
Advisory Board
Stefan Kalteis
CEO

Address lookup
canonical name http://www.123people.com
aliases
addresses 81.16.155.30
Domain Whois record

Queried whois.internic.net with “dom 123people.com”…

Domain Name: 123PEOPLE.COM
Registrar: PSI-USA, INC. DBA DOMAIN ROBOT
Whois Server: whois.psi-usa.info
Referral URL: http://www.psi-usa.info
Name Server: NS.NEXTLAYER.AT
Name Server: NS2.NEXTLAYER.AT
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 02-jun-2012
Creation Date: 01-jun-2004
Expiration Date: 01-jun-2013

Last update of whois database: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 14:12:12 UTC
Queried whois.psi-usa.info with “123people.com”

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PSI-USA, Inc.
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This is the PSI-USA, Inc. WHOIS server

All requests are logged.

Requesting IP: 209.200.105.157
Requesting URL: http://whois.psi-usa.info
Requesting Object: domain 123people.com
Timestamp: 2013-04-21 16:12:51

You can see the policy that you agree by submitting a query to this server: whois -h whois.psi-usa.info POLICY

domain: 123people.com
status: LOCK
owner-c: LULU-10182684
admin-c: LULU-10176046
tech-c: LULU-10176046
zone-c: LULU-10176046
nserver: ns.nextlayer.at
nserver: ns2.nextlayer.at
created: 2004-06-02 01:25:43
expire: 2013-06-02 01:25:43 (registry time)
changed: 2012-11-20 07:40:35

[owner-c] handle: 10182684
[owner-c] type: PERSON
[owner-c] title:
[owner-c] fname: Helga
[owner-c] lname: Bernold
[owner-c] org: 123people
[owner-c] address: Stronsdorf 24
[owner-c] city: Stronsdorf
[owner-c] pcode: 2153
[owner-c] country: AT
[owner-c] state: Austria
[owner-c] phone: +43-664-4398603
[owner-c] fax: +43-2526-6710
[owner-c] email: domains@123people.com
[owner-c] protection: B
[owner-c] updated: 2010-03-26 09:53:42

[admin-c] handle: 10176046
[admin-c] type: PERSON
[admin-c] title:
[admin-c] fname: Martin
[admin-c] lname: Stemeseder
[admin-c] org: 123people
[admin-c] address: Linke Wienzeile 8/29
[admin-c] city: Wien
[admin-c] pcode: 1060
[admin-c] country: AT
[admin-c] state: AT
[admin-c] phone: +43-664-4398603
[admin-c] fax: +43-2526-6710
[admin-c] email: domains@123people.com
[admin-c] protection: B
[admin-c] updated: 2010-06-15 12:02:22

[tech-c] handle: 10176046
[tech-c] type: PERSON
[tech-c] title:
[tech-c] fname: Martin
[tech-c] lname: Stemeseder
[tech-c] org: 123people
[tech-c] address: Linke Wienzeile 8/29
[tech-c] city: Wien
[tech-c] pcode: 1060
[tech-c] country: AT
[tech-c] state: AT
[tech-c] phone: +43-664-4398603
[tech-c] fax: +43-2526-6710
[tech-c] email: domains@123people.com
[tech-c] protection: B
[tech-c] updated: 2010-06-15 12:02:22

[zone-c] handle: 10176046
[zone-c] type: PERSON
[zone-c] title:
[zone-c] fname: Martin
[zone-c] lname: Stemeseder
[zone-c] org: 123people
[zone-c] address: Linke Wienzeile 8/29
[zone-c] city: Wien
[zone-c] pcode: 1060
[zone-c] country: AT
[zone-c] state: AT
[zone-c] phone: +43-664-4398603
[zone-c] fax: +43-2526-6710
[zone-c] email: domains@123people.com
[zone-c] protection: B
[zone-c] updated: 2010-06-15 12:02:22

Network Whois record

Queried whois.ripe.net with “-B 81.16.155.30″…

% Information related to ‘81.16.155.0 – 81.16.155.255’

inetnum: 81.16.155.0 – 81.16.155.255
netname: YELSTERDIGITAL-NET
descr: yelster digital gmbh
descr: Linke Wienzeile 8/29
descr: 1060 Vienna
descr: Austria
country: AT
admin-c: NLNC1-RIPE
tech-c: NLNC1-RIPE
status: ASSIGNED PA
mnt-by: AS1764-MNT
changed: daniel.stricks@nextlayer.at 20130116
source: RIPE

role: NOC Next Layer
address: NEXT LAYER Telekommunikationsdienstleistungs-
address: und Beratungs GmbH
address: Mariahilfer Guertel 37/7
address: A-1150 Vienna
phone: +43(0)5 1764 110
fax-no: +43(0)5 1764 9
e-mail: noc@nextlayer.at
org: ORG-NLTU1-RIPE
admin-c: RA773-RIPE
admin-c: TF2679-RIPE
tech-c: RA773-RIPE
tech-c: MD13304-RIPE
tech-c: ASC1764-RIPE
tech-c: CG46
tech-c: SOS-RIPE
tech-c: POWO-RIPE
tech-c: DSTR-RIPE
tech-c: MR10426-RIPE
tech-c: TF2679-RIPE
nic-hdl: NLNC1-RIPE
remarks: —————————————————–
remarks: The NEXT LAYER NOC can be reached during office hours
remarks: between 0900 and 1800 (CET) at +43 5 1764 110. Outside
remarks: these hours, please use the duty-engineer mobile number
remarks: supplied in the handover document or send an email
remarks: to noc@nextlayer.at in non-urgent cases.
remarks: —————————————————–
notify: hostmaster@nextlayer.at
abuse-mailbox: abuse@nextlayer.at
mnt-by: NEXTLAYER-MNT
mnt-by: AS1764-MNT
changed: Rene.Avi@nextlayer.at 20050721
changed: Rene.Avi@nextlayer.at 20060311
changed: silvia.schuckert@nextlayer.at 20060713
changed: andreas.poiss@nextlayer.at 20070213
changed: silvia.schuckert@nextlayer.at 20080422
changed: Rene.Avi@nextlayer.at 20090510
changed: daniel.stricks@nextlayer.at 20120501
changed: Rene.Avi@nextlayer.at 20120522
source: RIPE

% Information related to ‘81.16.155.0/24AS42829’

route: 81.16.155.0/24
descr: ONETWOTHREEPEOPLE-NET
descr: 123people Internetservices GmbH
origin: AS42829
mnt-by: AS1764-MNT
changed: Rene.Avi@nextlayer.at 20090825
changed: daniel.stricks@nextlayer.at 20100803
source: RIPE

% This query was served by the RIPE Database Query Service version 1.60.2 (WHOIS3)

DNS records
name class type data time to live
http://www.123people.com IN A 81.16.155.30 86400s (1.00:00:00)
123people.com IN TXT v=spf1 include:sendgrid.net ip4:81.16.155.0/24 mx a:mail.123people.com a:123people.com mx:123people.com include:123people.com ~all 3600s (01:00:00)
123people.com IN SOA
server: ns.nextlayer.at
email: hostmaster@nextlayer.at
serial: 2013031903
refresh: 1800
retry: 900
expire: 1209600
minimum ttl: 3600
86400s (1.00:00:00)
123people.com IN NS ns2.nextlayer.at 86400s (1.00:00:00)
123people.com IN NS ns.nextlayer.at 86400s (1.00:00:00)
123people.com IN A 81.16.155.30 86400s (1.00:00:00)
123people.com IN MX
preference: 200
exchange: mail2.i5invest.com
86400s (1.00:00:00)
123people.com IN MX
preference: 100
exchange: mail.123people.com
86400s (1.00:00:00)
30.155.16.81.in-addr.arpa IN PTR mail.123people.com 86400s (1.00:00:00)
155.16.81.in-addr.arpa IN SOA
server: ns.nextlayer.at
email: hostmaster@nextlayer.at
serial: 2012111501
refresh: 28800
retry: 14400
expire: 3600000
minimum ttl: 86400
86400s (1.00:00:00)
155.16.81.in-addr.arpa IN NS ns2.nextlayer.at 86400s (1.00:00:00)
155.16.81.in-addr.arpa IN NS ns.nextlayer.at 86400s (1.00:00:00)

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