domain name scams

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Michael Goldberg Pleads Guilty In $100 Million Ponzi Scheme Featuring Bogus ‘Diamond’ Sales And Bogus Ties To JP Morgan Chase Bank; Gov’t Describes Scammer As Financial Predator And Pitchmen As ‘Feeders’

Michael Goldberg Pleads Guilty In $100 Million Ponzi Scheme Featuring Bogus 'Diamond' Sales And Bogus Ties To JP Morgan Chase Bank; Gov't Describes Scammer As Financial Predator And Pitchmen As 'Feeders'

EDITOR’S NOTE: The story of Michael Goldberg’s long-running Ponzi scheme is one that also includes a form of domain-name fraud. Goldberg, for example, created a website that used the name of JP Morgan Chase. Scammers routinely seek to piggyback off well-known brands to separate people from their money, sometimes using the names of famous firms […]