Comment on Hashrocket execs (not Obie) charged in $425 million mail fraud caseComments−aresant16yWow, busted.Appears their DBA was "Yellow Pages United" - hah!Their fake-directory was called "The Business Book" and members also received submission to https://www.yellowpagesunited.com/.Compare that logo to the one at http://www.yp.com and you can see the beggining of the problem.These guys had a true pump model - they're even a testimonial for a high-volume FAX website - http://www.faxcomanywhere.com/customers/united-directories.h... - which you can be sure was used to fax-spam the country.−milesf16ySome quotes from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Pages"The term YellowPages is not a registered name within the United States and is freely used by many companies."also"In some countries, the familiar "walking fingers" logo is not protected as a trademark and may be used by anyone."−cookiecaper16yyellowpagesunited.com is down now. Anyone with a mirror of the logo?−milesf16yTake out the https:// and you're redirected to http://www.bizyellow.com/−rmorizOP16yWhat's technically interesting:http://www.bizyellow.com/ looks at first view like a .NET app (.aspx) but after a closer look it's definitly a Ruby on Rails app.−Encosia16yOut of curiosity, what makes that look like a .NET app to you? The cross-domain links to ASPX pages or something else?Not disagreeing, just interested.−bombs16y.aspx is to ASP.NET what .php is to PHP and .cfm is to ColdFusion.−Encosia16yRight, but it isn't an ASPX page. It just has a couple links to ASPX pages on another site/domain.−milesf16yhttp://isitrails.com/ says it's "very sure" that bizyellow.com is a Rails app.−rmorizOP16yI know, it's my app ;)−milesf16yBwaw ha ha! I knew I'd seen your name somewhere before. Just couldn't place it. Great job on isitrails.com.
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Wow, busted.
Appears their DBA was "Yellow Pages United" - hah!
Their fake-directory was called "The Business Book" and members also received submission to https://www.yellowpagesunited.com/.
Compare that logo to the one at http://www.yp.com and you can see the beggining of the problem.
These guys had a true pump model - they're even a testimonial for a high-volume FAX website - http://www.faxcomanywhere.com/customers/united-directories.h... - which you can be sure was used to fax-spam the country.
Some quotes from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Pages
"The term YellowPages is not a registered name within the United States and is freely used by many companies."
also
"In some countries, the familiar "walking fingers" logo is not protected as a trademark and may be used by anyone."
yellowpagesunited.com is down now. Anyone with a mirror of the logo?
Take out the https:// and you're redirected to http://www.bizyellow.com/
What's technically interesting:
http://www.bizyellow.com/ looks at first view like a .NET app (.aspx) but after a closer look it's definitly a Ruby on Rails app.
Out of curiosity, what makes that look like a .NET app to you? The cross-domain links to ASPX pages or something else?
Not disagreeing, just interested.
.aspx is to ASP.NET what .php is to PHP and .cfm is to ColdFusion.
Right, but it isn't an ASPX page. It just has a couple links to ASPX pages on another site/domain.
http://isitrails.com/ says it's "very sure" that bizyellow.com is a Rails app.
I know, it's my app ;)
Bwaw ha ha! I knew I'd seen your name somewhere before. Just couldn't place it. Great job on isitrails.com.