The bad guys are at it once again! Unscrupulous cybersquatters are taking up domain names that have the name of one or the other from amongst the US presidential candidates!!!
They have registered some really interesting names. Check it out…
The lead up to the US presidential election has seen a dramatic surge in cyber-squatters keen to cash in on the public’s thirst for information.
Domain name management service NetNames said that over 1,900 domain names related to the presidential candidates have been registered as online speculators try to cash in on the heightened media coverage.
Hillary Clinton is the most popular candidate online with 1,080 domain names registered in her name including sites such as Clintonsucks.org.
- VNU Net
[...] aim US presidential candidates! citizenwells wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptDomain name management service [...]
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[...] example here: Cybersquatters intend US statesmanly candidates! Posted in Domains on Feb 29th, 2008, 2:22 [...]
You can read more about cybersquatting on presidential names here. It is a common practice; one which is rarely followed up on by presidential candidates and their staff.
Here is another post on the problem of cybersquatting on presidential and political candidate names.