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CONNED! - WorldVoice Responds to Washington Post Article - Posted by Michael Fomkin
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by MichaelFomkin | February 17, 2007 at 04:30 am
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Conned!!
From - www.worldvoicenews.com
How does an internet extortionist, operating from an hidden location in Eastern Europe (Russia), get The Washington Post, a respected and trusted news organization, to publish a completely false story that assists him in his extortion scheme?
While the premise may seem far-fetched, that is exactly what happened. Along the way the extortionist was actually able to gain the unintended support of a Yahoo company as well as that of the Better Business Bureau.
How could this happen? To get a better understanding of just how the extortionist was able to accomplish his goals, one must have an understanding of the background of the companies targeted by this malicious extortionist.
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at 23:14 on April 3rd, 2009
While the blog link above is dead, the story is also available here www.zimbio.com/The+Washington+Post/articles/2/CONNED+WorldVoice+Responds+Washington+Post
The Washington Post article is still available on their website and no apology has been made despite this "explanation" by the company. Frankly the letter they refer to as "extortion" sounds more like an offer to initiate a DDOS attack, which is exactly what happened against a number of sites such as scam.com and scamfraudalert.com which both had information on WorldVoice/Internet Solutions Corporation. Draw your own conclusions.