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SPAM: more from ihubnetwork Helium IoT

Unsolicited SPAM advertising equipment for the Helium IoT network.

Coming from Brad at BRADPERROW@outlook.com

Helpfully the email does say call Matt for more information on a Sydney phone number. We did call him on the supplied number and he answered so if you get this SPAM, be sure to call him and ask him why.

Sender: Brad BRADPERROW@outlook.com
Subject: Ready to get in some passive income every week mate?
Links: http://www.ihubnetwork.net/

Morning ,

Ready to get in some passive income? Good news, the renowned Helium IoT Network is rolling out across Australia.

Please visitwww.iHubNetwork.netfor details and join today to secure your location,

GETFREE HELIUM HUBSPOT& GET PAID EACH WEEK.

It is a network for the future of smart devices to run off crypto mining, owned by the people who host it.

By hosting a small hotspot device in your home or office, you would be helping to extend the network’s coverage and, of course, getting paid to do so each week.

For any questions, call Matt on 02 4022 9741 or visit www.iHubNetwork.net.

Thanks

BRAD PERROW

Registrant Contact details hidden.

Details from their website:

Terms & Conditions and Privacy pages point to ihub.global which has some very mixed reviews if you search.

02 4022 9741 – seems to also be associated with Graphiker On Demand


Graphiker’s site links to LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/company/31317475/
LinkedIn shows 9 employees with only some names available.

Bibiana Ovalle
Co-Founder at Graphiker On-Demand

Matt Greacen
Graphiker & Cyber Helper

Matthew Greacen
Graphiker & Cyber Helper

Ram Ashley Ling
Graphic Designer at Graphiker On Demand

Jeffvic Ponsica
UI Designer at MRM

Australian Communications and Media Authority
https://www.acma.gov.au/avoid-sending-spam

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SPAM

SPAM: tizifi.com t-shirt spam

Unsolicited SPAM advertising t-shirt website with an unsubscribe link that is not a link. The click through domains are all xyz domains.

We’ve seen these emails a few times always advertising TEE4NAMES or TEES4NAMES always coming from a student, now they have changed to tizifi.com

You can now add this to your list of websites not to buy products from.


Australian Communications and Media Authority
https://www.acma.gov.au/avoid-sending-spam

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SPAM

SPAM: More from ebooksidea.com & TechsterHub.com

We continue to receive unsolicited SPAM marketing from email addresses at ebooksidea.com, advertising other companies products including HPE, Mitel & Oracle. It’s probably an affiliate setup where they get a commission from leads.

The bottom of the email mentions it was sent by TechsterHub.com and the click tracking is track.softbox.co.in

The WHOIS records are all masked. Some have been using Mailchimp but most are using a softbox.co.in url for sending and tracking which is registered in Rajasthan, India.

The privacy policy on ebooksidea.com has techsterhub.com in the header and mentions Marketingbrainbox Pvt. Ltd (“MARKETINGBRAINBOX”)

The privacy policy on techsterhub.com has the following contacts in India:

The contact information for COLEDA B2B's Data Protection Officer is:
Mr. Awtansh Chand
C/o. Coleda Pvt. Ltd.
Office No. 001, A-Wing,
Second Floor, City Vista,
Kharadi, Pune
Maharashtra 411014, India
dpo@coledab2b.com
MAILING ADDRESS
Should you choose to notify us of any of the above preferences by postal service, here is our address:
Coleda B2B.
Last updated:
This website and associated websites (“Website”) are owned and maintained by:
Coleda Pvt. Ltd.
Office No. 001, A-Wing,
Second Floor, City Vista,
Kharadi, Pune
Maharashtra 411014, India

Australian Communications and Media Authority
https://www.acma.gov.au/avoid-sending-spam

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Grey Area Misleading SPAM

SMS SPAM: United Australia Party UAP

Receiving unsolicited political SMS SPAM promoting political information.

Questionable Health and Political claims should always be fact checked.

They come from a name not a number so they can’t be outright blocked although most mobile platforms still allow you to mark them as SPAM.

You should NEVER click on links in SMS messages from people you don’t trust or are not expecting messages from, especially if it comes from word based numbers. They can easily be impersonated.

Political SMS is allowed in Australia but it must contain contact information. Providing links to different websites is an interesting interpretation of that rule.

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SPAM

SPAM: The DVD Factory & The DVD Hive

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