Hey guys,
So, I'm building a PBN and I have 14 domains doing well so far. I'm getting those cheap $10~15/year hostings from forums like Web Hosting Talk and others - doing exactly how explained here: different hosting providers, different registrars, some with WHOIS Protection others with fake WHOIS.
I ordered a new hosting package for $12/year from stallionhost.com and during the first few days everything seemed fine as they setup everything right. Their support was quite slow to answer, but that's expected with these cheap hosting companies.
A week later my website went down and StallionHost's website was down as well. Next thing my hosting account was suspended and when I opened a ticket to understand what happened, the support staff answered with this message:
Now I'm a bit paranoid that my wordpress sites may be compromised by malware. I am not related to any phishing activities whatsoever. I already scanned my PC with several malware tools and all I got was negative for any kind of infection.
Could this be on the hosting company's end? As I mentioned, their website went down for around 2 or 3 days.
So, I'm building a PBN and I have 14 domains doing well so far. I'm getting those cheap $10~15/year hostings from forums like Web Hosting Talk and others - doing exactly how explained here: different hosting providers, different registrars, some with WHOIS Protection others with fake WHOIS.
I ordered a new hosting package for $12/year from stallionhost.com and during the first few days everything seemed fine as they setup everything right. Their support was quite slow to answer, but that's expected with these cheap hosting companies.
A week later my website went down and StallionHost's website was down as well. Next thing my hosting account was suspended and when I opened a ticket to understand what happened, the support staff answered with this message:
You are hosting a spamvertised phishing site on your account. We received following complaint about your site.
************************************************We have received the following complaint for 107.150.35.50. Please investigate, take any necessary actions, and reply back to this email with full resolution details within 24 hours to avoid suspension and/or termination for TOS violation. In order to ensure all communication is received, please do not open a support ticket. Simply respond to this email and we will get back with you. Only open support ticket if you need a technician to suspend the server.
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Below this line is an example of a complaint we have received:
Subject: [eBay:2ANID17JU435] URGENT: New eBay Phishing Site Report [107.150.35.50]
Body:
http://MYWEBSITE.COM/base/5/?eBayIS...yEbayBeta&MyEbay=&gbh=1&guest=1&pageType=3984
Dear DataShack,
We have just learned that your service is being used to display false or "spoofed" eBay.com pages, apparently in an effort to steal personal and financial information from consumers, including eBay users, in order to defraud them. Specifically, it appears that a DataShack user is sending unsolicited messages to consumers, misrepresenting itself as eBay, and making statements that encourage the recipient to go to a page hosted by you at
107.150.35.50 - http://MYWEBSITE.COMbase/5/?eBayISA...yEbayBeta&MyEbay=&gbh=1&guest=1&pageType=3984
MYWEBSITE.COM
to enter personal and account information. The deceptively gathered information is then sent to an email account and, based on our investigation of similar schemes, used to gain access to consumers personal accounts in order to commit fraudulent acts such as international credit card and wire fraud.
This matter is urgent - we believe that consumers have been falsely directed to this page and may be deceived into divulging personal information to a criminal if the page is not immediately disabled. We ask that you immediately disable the site at http://MYWEBSITE.COM/base/5/?eBayIS...bayBeta&MyEbay=&gbh=1&guest=1&pageType=3984as well as any associated email addresses, so that this fraudulent scheme can be stopped. We further request that you provide us with all contact information that you have for this user so that we may provide it to the proper law enforcement authorities.
We would also like to ask for you to assist us in educating consumers about phishing and how to protect themselves. To that end, we have set up an educational page at https://signin.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAP...bayBeta&MyEbay=&gbh=1&guest=1&pageType=3984to help prevent consumers from being victimized by phishing sites. We would greatly appreciate it, and think it would be enormously beneficial, if you would set up a redirect from the taken down fraudulent address to the educational page we have created, as default error messages such as "404 Not Found" dont educate the public about the dangers of phishing and fraud on the Internet.
We sincerely appreciate your immediate attention to this important matter. We would also appreciate if you would take steps to confirm the accuracy of any contact information that your user may have provided to you in establishing the account. Should you have any accurate information that could assist eBay and law enforcement in tracking this individual, we greatly appreciate your assistance, as we know that you do not condone the use of your services for such criminal purposes.
Thank you,
eBay Inc.
Trust & Safety
************************************************We have received the following complaint for 107.150.35.50. Please investigate, take any necessary actions, and reply back to this email with full resolution details within 24 hours to avoid suspension and/or termination for TOS violation. In order to ensure all communication is received, please do not open a support ticket. Simply respond to this email and we will get back with you. Only open support ticket if you need a technician to suspend the server.
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Below this line is an example of a complaint we have received:
Subject: [eBay:2ANID17JU435] URGENT: New eBay Phishing Site Report [107.150.35.50]
Body:
http://MYWEBSITE.COM/base/5/?eBayIS...yEbayBeta&MyEbay=&gbh=1&guest=1&pageType=3984
Dear DataShack,
We have just learned that your service is being used to display false or "spoofed" eBay.com pages, apparently in an effort to steal personal and financial information from consumers, including eBay users, in order to defraud them. Specifically, it appears that a DataShack user is sending unsolicited messages to consumers, misrepresenting itself as eBay, and making statements that encourage the recipient to go to a page hosted by you at
107.150.35.50 - http://MYWEBSITE.COMbase/5/?eBayISA...yEbayBeta&MyEbay=&gbh=1&guest=1&pageType=3984
MYWEBSITE.COM
to enter personal and account information. The deceptively gathered information is then sent to an email account and, based on our investigation of similar schemes, used to gain access to consumers personal accounts in order to commit fraudulent acts such as international credit card and wire fraud.
This matter is urgent - we believe that consumers have been falsely directed to this page and may be deceived into divulging personal information to a criminal if the page is not immediately disabled. We ask that you immediately disable the site at http://MYWEBSITE.COM/base/5/?eBayIS...bayBeta&MyEbay=&gbh=1&guest=1&pageType=3984as well as any associated email addresses, so that this fraudulent scheme can be stopped. We further request that you provide us with all contact information that you have for this user so that we may provide it to the proper law enforcement authorities.
We would also like to ask for you to assist us in educating consumers about phishing and how to protect themselves. To that end, we have set up an educational page at https://signin.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAP...bayBeta&MyEbay=&gbh=1&guest=1&pageType=3984to help prevent consumers from being victimized by phishing sites. We would greatly appreciate it, and think it would be enormously beneficial, if you would set up a redirect from the taken down fraudulent address to the educational page we have created, as default error messages such as "404 Not Found" dont educate the public about the dangers of phishing and fraud on the Internet.
We sincerely appreciate your immediate attention to this important matter. We would also appreciate if you would take steps to confirm the accuracy of any contact information that your user may have provided to you in establishing the account. Should you have any accurate information that could assist eBay and law enforcement in tracking this individual, we greatly appreciate your assistance, as we know that you do not condone the use of your services for such criminal purposes.
Thank you,
eBay Inc.
Trust & Safety
Now I'm a bit paranoid that my wordpress sites may be compromised by malware. I am not related to any phishing activities whatsoever. I already scanned my PC with several malware tools and all I got was negative for any kind of infection.
Could this be on the hosting company's end? As I mentioned, their website went down for around 2 or 3 days.
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