We received SPAM emails from two companies that appear to be the same company. The interesting thing is the email address we received it on is unique to one of our domain registration whois records which clearly indicates this company is harvesting email addresses from whois which would contravene the SPAM act.
thedvdfactory.com.au and thedvdhive.com.au were both advertising DVD sales (remember those?).
Both domains are registered by Blagojce Petreski with ABN 58638898580
The websites don’t have contact information beyond an email address and no privacy policy or terms and conditions. As a customer, that would concern me.
Domain Name: THEDVDFACTORY.COM.AU Registry Domain ID: D407400000107091146-AU Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.auda.org.au Registrar URL: Last Modified: 2021-08-23T10:06:11Z Registrar Name: GoDaddy.com LLC trading as GoDaddy.com Registrar Abuse Contact Email: Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: Reseller Name: Status: clientDeleteProhibited https://afilias.com.au/get-au/whois-status-codes#clientDeleteProhibited Status: clientUpdateProhibited https://afilias.com.au/get-au/whois-status-codes#clientUpdateProhibited Status: serverRenewProhibited https://afilias.com.au/get-au/whois-status-codes#serverRenewProhibited Status Reason: Not Currently Eligible For Renewal Registrant Contact ID: CR498318145 Registrant Contact Name: Blagojce Petreski Tech Contact ID: CR498318150 Tech Contact Name: Blagojce Petreski Name Server: NS17.DOMAINCONTROL.COM Name Server: NS18.DOMAINCONTROL.COM DNSSEC: unsigned Registrant: Blagojce Petreski Registrant ID: ABN 58638898580 Eligibility Type: Sole Trader
Domain Name: THEDVDHIVE.COM.AU Registry Domain ID: D407400000097971389-AU Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.auda.org.au Registrar URL: Last Modified: 2021-07-26T01:00:57Z Registrar Name: GoDaddy.com LLC trading as GoDaddy.com Registrar Abuse Contact Email: Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: Reseller Name: Status: clientDeleteProhibited https://afilias.com.au/get-au/whois-status-codes#clientDeleteProhibited Status: clientUpdateProhibited https://afilias.com.au/get-au/whois-status-codes#clientUpdateProhibited Registrant Contact ID: CR447722854 Registrant Contact Name: Blagojce Petreski Tech Contact ID: CR447722855 Tech Contact Name: Blagojce Petreski Name Server: NS71.DOMAINCONTROL.COM Name Server: NS72.DOMAINCONTROL.COM DNSSEC: unsigned Registrant: Blagojce Petreski Registrant ID: ABN 58638898580 Eligibility Type: Sole Trader
An ABN lookup shows they are Sydney based and have a trading name of “BP Computer Services”
Australian Communications and Media Authority
https://www.acma.gov.au/avoid-sending-spam