snotelecom.co.za

I recently was pointed to snotelecom.co.za - a seemingly legitimate site. A quick trip to the lookup-o-matic reveals:

This domain is managed by RegistryWeb Discount Domain Names
PO Box 334,Turramurra,NSW,2074,Australia
+612-9487-7255
info@whois.registryweb.com

and that it was registered on 25th October 2005.

Moneywebsearch.com (not the rather more famous moneyweb.co.za) is also registered to the same P.O. Box, and trawling through old forum posts reveals some phishing fraud attempts (possibly not related to RegistryWeb). So all in all there seems to be something fishy going on - not exactly kosher.

Since the SNO has not chosen a trading name, and the majority shareholder of the (real) SNO is based in India (.in, not .au*), perhaps we should beware this poor imitation. Perhaps it isn't fish I'm smelling, but rather spam.



* Nor .il - considering the kosher comment...