Internet.bs an ICANN Registar That Protect Rogue Online Pharmacy Websites

Internet.bs an ICANN approved registar in Europe has been identified as a registar that act as a facilicator for “Rogue Online Pharmacy Websites.” They have provided registration of these pharmacy sites to go unchecked and served as incubator. Now a study by LegitScript published on March 11, 2012 appear to confirm that suspicion.

The report estimated that Internet.bs is the Registrar for 33% to 44% of all non-spam rogue online pharmacy domain names, and showed how Internet.bs was willing to help us, even after being informed that they would be used for counterfeit drug sales and the sale of prescription drugs without a prescription.

The WhoIs registration below appears to follow the pattern we at scamFRAUDalert have seen over the years.

Address lookup
canonical name http://www.internetbs.net

aliases
addresses 68.233.252.33

Domain Whois record
Queried whois.internic.net with “dom internetbs.net”…

Domain Name: INTERNETBS.NET
Registrar: INTERNET.BS CORP.
Whois Server: whois.internet.bs
Referral URL: http://www.internet.bs

Name Server: ANYCAST1.INTERNETBS.NET
Name Server: ANYCAST2.INTERNETBS.NET
Name Server: ANYCAST3.INTERNETBS.NET
Name Server: ANYCAST4.INTERNETBS.NET
Name Server: NS-CANADA.TOPDNS.COM
Name Server: NS-UK.TOPDNS.COM
Name Server: NS-USA.TOPDNS.COM

Status: clientTransferProhibited
Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Updated Date: 08-nov-2011
Creation Date: 21-may-2008
Expiration Date: 21-may-2019

Last update of whois database: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:03:14 UTC
Queried whois.internet.bs with “internetbs.net”…

Domain internetbs.net

Date Registered: 2008-5-21
Date Modified: 2011-11-8
Expiry Date: 2020-5-21

DNS1: anycast1.internetbs.net
DNS2: anycast2.internetbs.net
DNS3: anycast3.internetbs.net
DNS4: anycast4.internetbs.net
DNS5: ns-canada.topdns.com
DNS6: ns-uk.topdns.com
DNS7: ns-usa.topdns.com

Registrant
Internet.bs Corp.
Domain Manager info@internet.bs
98 Hampshire Street
N-4892 Nassau
Bahamas
Tel: +1.6463831418

Administrative Contact
Internet.bs Corp.
Domain Manager info@internet.bs
98 Hampshire Street
N-4892 Nassau
Bahamas
Tel: +1.6463831418

Technical Contact
Internet.bs Corp.
Domain Manager info@internet.bs
98 Hampshire Street
N-4892 Nassau
Bahamas
Tel: +1.6463831418

Registrar: Internet.bs Corp.
Registrar’s Website : http://www.internetbs.net/

Network Whois record
Queried rwhois.noc4hosts.com with “68.233.252.33

whois V-1.5:003eff:00 server.nocstatus.com (by Network Solutions, Inc. V-1.5.9.5)
network:Class-Name:network
network:ID:NETBLK-HIVEL.68.233.252.0/24
network:Auth-Area:68.233.252.0/24
network:Network-Name:Marco Rinaudo-68.233.252.33
network:IP-Network:68.233.252.33/32
network:IP-Network-Block:68.233.252.33 – 68.233.252.33
network:Organization;I:Marco Rinaudo
network:Street-Address:None
network:City:None
network:State:None
network:Postal-Code:None
network:Country-Code:None
network:Tech-Contact;I:hostmaster@hivelocity.net
network:Admin-Contact;I:ARIN-NIC-HANDLE
network:Created:20010919
network:Updated:20020219
network:Updated-By:HVIPADMIN@hivelocity.net
network:Comment:68.233.252.33 – 68.233.252.37
network:Comment:68.233.252.32 – 68.233.252.32
network:Comment:68.233.252.44 – 68.233.252.46
network:Comment:68.233.252.41 – 68.233.252.43

network:Class-Name:network
network:ID:NETBLK-ISPWIDGET.68.233.252.0/24
network:Auth-Area:68.233.252.0/24
network:Network-Name:ISPWIDGET-68.233.252.0
network:IP-Network:68.233.252.0/24
network:IP-Network-Block:68.233.252.0 – 68.233.252.255
network:Organization;I:hivelocity
network:Tech-Contact;I:hostmaster@hivelocity.net
network:Admin-Contact;I:ARIN-NIC-HANDLE
network:Created:20010919
network:Updated:20010924
network:Updated-By:HVIPADMIN
ok
Queried whois.arin.net with “n 68.233.252.33″…
NetRange: 68.233.224.0 – 68.233.255.255
CIDR: 68.233.224.0/19
OriginAS:
NetName: NOC4HOSTS1
NetHandle: NET-68-233-224-0-1
Parent: NET-68-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
RegDate: 2009-09-08
Updated: 2012-03-02
Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-68-233-224-0-1

OrgName: NOC4Hosts Inc.
OrgId: NOC4H
Address: 8010 Woodland Center Blvd
Address: Suite 700
City: Tampa
StateProv: FL
PostalCode: 33614
Country: US
RegDate: 2004-04-26
Updated: 2011-04-08
Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/org/NOC4H

ReferralServer: rwhois://rwhois.noc4hosts.com:4321

OrgAbuseHandle: NAA7-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: Noc4Hosts Abuse Admin
OrgAbusePhone: +1-877-801-1443
OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@noc4hosts.com
OrgAbuseRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/NAA7-ARIN

OrgTechHandle: IPADM158-ARIN
OrgTechName: IP Admin
OrgTechPhone: +1-888-869-4678
OrgTechEmail: noc@noc4hosts.com
OrgTechRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/IPADM158-ARIN

RTechHandle: IPADM158-ARIN
RTechName: IP Admin
RTechPhone: +1-888-869-4678
RTechEmail: noc@noc4hosts.com
RTechRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/IPADM158-ARIN

RAbuseHandle: NAA7-ARIN
RAbuseName: Noc4Hosts Abuse Admin
RAbusePhone: +1-877-801-1443
RAbuseEmail: abuse@noc4hosts.com
RAbuseRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/NAA7-ARIN

DNS records
DNS query for internetbs.net failed: MessageTruncated

DNS query for 33.252.233.68.in-addr.arpa returned an error from the server: NameError

name class type data time to live
http://www.internetbs.net IN A 68.233.252.33 59s (00:00:59)
internetbs.net IN MX preference: 10
exchange: mx-usa.topdns.com
3600s (01:00:00)
internetbs.net IN A 68.233.252.33 60s (00:01:00)
internetbs.net IN SOA server: anycast1.internetbs.net
email: hostmaster.topdns.com
serial: 2012022722
refresh: 3600
retry: 1200
expire: 1209600
minimum ttl: 1800
3600s (01:00:00)
internetbs.net IN NS anycast1.internetbs.net 3600s (01:00:00)
internetbs.net IN NS anycast2.internetbs.net 3600s (01:00:00)
internetbs.net IN NS anycast3.internetbs.net 3600s (01:00:00)
internetbs.net IN NS anycast4.internetbs.net 3600s (01:00:00)
internetbs.net IN NS ns-uk.topdns.com 3600s (01:00:00)
internetbs.net IN NS ns-usa.topdns.com 3600s (01:00:00)
internetbs.net IN NS ns-canada.topdns.com 3600s (01:00:00)
internetbs.net IN MX preference: 5
exchange: smtp08.topdns.com
3600s (01:00:00)
internetbs.net IN MX preference: 5
exchange: smtp07.topdns.com
3600s (01:00:00)

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3 thoughts on “Internet.bs an ICANN Registar That Protect Rogue Online Pharmacy Websites

  1. THEReporter says:

    Online Pharmacy Domain Policy Changes Announced by ICANN Registrar Internet.bs Corp.

    From PR Newswire
    Published 1 day ago

    NASSAU, Bahamas, Aug. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — In a recent move, Bahamas-based ICANN Registrar Internet.bs Corp. has announced a change in its Terms and Conditions related to online pharmacy domain names.

    “It was recently brought to our attention that a small number of domain names registered with us may have been involved with potentially harmful practices,” said Marco Rinaudo, CEO. “Due to the large number of domains in that field we are unable to distinguish the few ones whose actions are potentially in breach of laws and regulations. Therefore, in order to dissociate ourselves from any allegations we have revised our terms and conditions accordingly.

    “We estimate the number of names affected will be very small,” he said.

    Changed conditions have been advised to registrants of almost 600,000 domain names and will be in effect within 20 days counting from August 6, 2012:

    https://internetbs.net/en/domain-name-registrations/termsandconditions.html

    Internet.bs Corp. is committed to conducting its business according to the highest standards and by respecting all applicable laws and regulations and expects its customers and partners to do no different.

    Established in 2004, Internet.bs Corp. is one of the top 25 fastest-growing ICANN Registrars worldwide, with more than 600,000 domains under sponsoring. They serve customers of all sizes, from the single domain buyer to the largest domainers. Internet.bs Corp. is directly accredited for many domain name extensions, including .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info, .asia, .tel, .mobi, .co, .cc, .eu, .be, .tv, .us, .in, .co.uk, .fr, .re, .it, .tf, .wf, .yt, .NL and .DE. Their website, http://www.internetbs.net, is available in seven different languages and payments in many currencies are accepted. A powerful and complete domain name registration API is available for free, and customers from all over the world are welcome and have access to instant chat support 24/7. The CEO Marco Rinaudo has been in the domain industry since 1995, and during the late ’90s, he was running one of the first accredited ICANN Registrars in Europe after the end of the gTLD monopoly.

    Contact:

    Norbert Stocker
    Internet.bs Corp.
    Phone: 507-6676-9922
    norbert.stocker@internet.bs
    http://www.internetbs.net

    This press release was issued through eReleases® Press Release Distribution. For more information, visit http://www.ereleases.com.

    SOURCE Internet.bs Corp.

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