Facebook Sues Indian Registrar for Domain Name Fraud
Facebook filed a lawsuit in Virginia against 12 fraudulent domain names registered by India-based proxy service Compsys Domain Solutions, it said Monday. The domains, such as facebook-verify-inc.com and videocall-whatsapp.com, were allegedly used to deceive people by impersonating Facebook apps. Facebook…
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said that to protect users from phishing, credential theft and other methods of online fraud, it regularly scans the internet for domain names and apps that infringe its trademarks. Compsys doesn't appear to have a website and couldn't be reached.