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 Report .hk domains to OFTA (currently 622 views) |
| Ryan |
| Posted on: Sunday, June 3rd, 2007, 9:43am |
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Spam Fighter 
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On June 1st, 2007, a new law went into effect in Hong Kong that makes spam and internet fraud illegal with regards to the use of .hk domains, the Unsolicited Electronic Messages Ordinance.
From this date onward, spam and/or fraud originating from .hk domains can lead to be a fine of up to $1 million and five years in prison. Though this may not affect the registrants, who do not live in Hong Kong, it affects their registrars who must act in accordance with the new law.
You may file a complaint for .hk domain abuse at the government's dedicated website at: http://www.ofta.gov.hk/en/uem/main.html or by calling 2961 6333.
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A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.
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| MarkGiles |
| Posted on: Sunday, June 3rd, 2007, 6:57pm |
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Does that web site work? Has any one succeeded reporting on it?
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| dj |
| Posted on: Monday, June 4th, 2007, 4:03pm |
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I'm not sure that the first phase will help us much, the second phase later in the year gets rid of a lot of the exclusions. Phase 1 excludes a couple of very relevant categories of spam. -
Please note that the Unsolicited Electronic Messages Ordinance (UEMO) has not empowered OFTA to
deal with reports relating to:
1. Person-to-person marketing calls;
2. Phishing emails;
3. Survey or religious messages without commercial contents; and
4. Commercial electronic messages that:
a. are sent to you without sender’s contact information;
b. continue to be sent to you despite your request for the sender to stop;
c. are pre-recorded marketing calls without the calling line identification (CLI) shown; or
d. are email marketing messages with a misleading subject heading
before the UEMO comes into full effect towards the end of year 2007. Please refer to OFTA’s
web (http://www.ofta.gov.hk/en/uem/interim.html) for suggested actions.
although it does include -
falsifying header information (such as CLIs or email delivery headers) in multiple
commercial electronic messages and sending of such messages;
Having said that wouldn't it be nice if some of the western governments took a similar stance rather than going on about freedom of speech or just ignoring the problem. Perhaps we sould be sending copies of the HK document to our MPs, Representatives as asuggestion?
I am getting a lot of spam from .hk domains registered with HKDNR so I will have a go later in the week with anything I have got over the last few days. There have been a number of sites promoted in the last few weeks usaff.hk, usaii.hk, usaqq.hk, saxaz.hk and ujiaz.hk which are all part of the MyCanadian Pharmacy / Mens Health etc group. I have had upto 50 of them in a day! Up to now I have had acknowledgements from the HK Police Force (not computer generated!!!) but little action from HKDNR.
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| dj |
| Posted on: Monday, June 4th, 2007, 4:05pm |
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Super Spam Fighter
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I spoke too soon about HKDNR. Just got the following email.
Dear customer,
Thank you for your email
We will look into the case and may take appropriate action as needed.
Should you have any queries, please feel free to contact us.
Best regards,
Customer Service Department
Hong Kong Domain Name Registration Company Limited
Unit 2002-2005, 20/F ING Tower, 308 Des Voeux Road Central,
Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Phone No.: +852 2319 1313
Fax No.: +852 2319 2626
Email: enquiry@hkdnr.hk
Now all they have to do is act on it. |
Dave
"Now its personal" "Don't get mad, get even!" |
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