Spam site using HardForum page data

[ghostwich]

Found the below while doing a Google search (beware, the site will redirect upon page exit into an infinite javascript loop, use Chrome's Incognito mode, private browsing via Firefox/Waterfox, or private browsing in IE). Two things - it appears to be a pretty (daily) recent scrape (as by my post count), and I don't know "how far down the rabbit hole" the pages go.

www.theworkingarent.com/member.php?u=279161

Domain Name: THEWORKINGPARENT.COM
Registry Domain ID: 182901180_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.meshdigital.com
Registrar URL: http://www.domainbox.com
Updated Date: 2014-09-10T00:00:00Z
Creation Date: 2005-07-13T00:00:00Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2018-07-13T00:00:00Z
Registrar: WEBFUSION LIMITED
Registrar IANA ID: 1515
Registrar Abuse Contact Email:
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.8779770099
Reseller: 123Reg/Webfusion
Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: rebecca mosley
Registrant Organization: Woof Media Ltd
Registrant Street: Littleworth Grange
Registrant Street: South End
Registrant City: Barrow-Upon-Humber
Registrant State/Province: Lincolnshire
Registrant Postal Code: DN19 7NE
Registrant Country: GB
Registrant Phone: +44.7581048575
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email:
Registry Admin ID:
Admin Name: rebecca
Admin Organization: Woof Media Ltd
Admin Street: Littleworth Grange
Admin Street: South End
Admin City: Barrow-Upon-Humber
Admin State/Province: Lincolnshire
Admin Postal Code: DN19 7NE
Admin Country: GB
Admin Phone: +44.7581048575
Admin Phone Ext:
Admin Fax Ext:
Admin Email:
Registry Tech ID:
Tech Name: Webfusion Limited
Tech Organization: Webfusion Limited
Tech Street: 5 Roundwood Avenue
Tech City: Stockley Park
Tech State/Province: Uxbridge
Tech Postal Code: UB11 1FF
Tech Country: GB
Tech Phone: +44.8712309525
Tech Phone Ext:
Tech Fax Ext:
Tech Email:
Name Server: josh.ns.cloudflare.com
Name Server: vera.ns.cloudflare.com
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http://wdprs.internic.net/

The site appears to be hosted at Webfusion (http://www.webfusion.co.uk) and I believe the next action should be reporting it as per the instructions on their abuse/illegal activities page (http://www.webfusion.co.uk/support/...illegal-activity-on-a-site-that-you-host-999/).

Thoughts? Should an admin from [H] report it instead?

 

[Oldie]

Sadly there are a LOT of content scrapers running on the internet. They grab all of the content to make it appear they have a lot of activity to advertisers. Kyle always seems interested in hearing about it when people find one though, so thanks for posting.

 

[jojo69]

is this the same one they are already chasing on genmay?

 

[ghostwich]

Sadly there are a LOT of content scrapers running on the internet. They grab all of the content to make it appear they have a lot of activity to advertisers. Kyle always seems interested in hearing about it when people find one though, so thanks for posting.

Alright so I'll leave it in the mods/admins/Kyle's hands?

is this the same one they are already chasing on genmay?

Oh I don't know - is that gen[m]ay? I only know of [H].

 

[jojo69]

that was a question more for Oldie

General Mayhem is the pay/premium side of this forum...well worth the $5 in my opinion. There is a new thread there about 3 days ago about one of these scrapers popping up. Kyle has been on with cloudflare about that one. I am not paying enough attention to know if yours is the same one or another new one.

Your vigilance is appreciated,

 

[FrgMstr]

Thanks for the heads up, we are working to get this looked at now. Overseas, so not sure what will be the outcome.