Usually I expect open source to have a .net or .org so just jumping on
quick with the address mysql.net - Amazon.com loads. It is the real
amazon as far as I see since it says Hello Mike, etc.

Strange

On 1/5/2012 9:36 AM, Michael Joel wrote:
Why would you expect open source to have a domain meant for networks or
non-profits? MySQL is neither of those.

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On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:02:22 -0500, Jerry Stuckle
<jstucklex (AT) attglobal (DOT) net> wrote:

Don't know... just a personal biass I guess lol.

But my point was it is strange to find Amazon using derivatives of
other popular domains... Who is going to shop Amazon using the
mysql.net address?

On 1/5/2012 1:36 PM, Michael Joel wrote:
They aren't. It's not an Amazon site.

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Michael Joel:

While this seems not to be too smart...

....I agree, that this is quite extraordinary:

I could see why amazon.com wants all amazon.XXX domains, as well as
domains like "amason.com", "ammazon.com" or "amzon.com". It's not
uncommon to claim such typing-error-domains, too.

But "mysql.net"?? Are they hoping to be able to get serious money for
that domain in the near future?

Michael Joel <no (AT) please (DOT) com> wrote in
news:d7dbg7tjcg5bc857bhg1pe7ipp255ak4sc (AT) 4ax (DOT) com:

It's not an Amazon site.

Look at the HTML source for mysql.net. It frames another domain; that
domain, in turn, redirects to www.amazon.com. The purpose could be simply
to gain a small commission on anything purchased from Amazon after being
redirected there -- but I suspect it's more likely intended as a way of
stealing credit card numbers.

Michael Joel wrote:

If you get out your "whois" utility, you'll see that "mysql.net" is owned
by Koreans.

Examine the source of the mysql.net page, and see that it is a framed
redirect to "on-sale.com" and it too is owned by those Koreans.

on-sale.com is then in turn a framed redirect to the Amazon page you saw.

Why? Probably a scam to collect your credit card info.

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When you find a new site, *ANY* new site, that has a field to enter
a credit card number, the first thing to assume is that it is there
to steal credit card numbers and/or personal information, especially
if there is anything suspicious about it. A domain name that has
no apparent connection to the business is suspicious. If, after
some investigation, it seems to be associated with a legit company,
you might decide it's real. I have decided that amazon.com is real.

Do you think the real Amazon.com is run from South Korea? That's
where the domain owner is. 'whois' is a useful tool.

People who want their credit card numbers stolen.

On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:13:18 -0600, gordonb.054vp (AT) burditt (DOT) org (Gordon
Burditt) wrote:

I didn't bother to examine the site any closer than just noticing it
as "Amazon". I didn't look at the html either (obviously). But then I
would never have even considered using a site not under it's own
domain.

It is usually very simple to see the scam sites - this is obviously
one as everyone mentioned - if it had been anything more than a
passing "oddity" I would have looked into it closer.

As for do I think amazon is run by s. koreans? Possible.. afterall
most large american corps are chinese.

Mike