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Step 8. Go to
Allwhois website (www.allwhois.com) and look up
dishonest party's domain name. This might give you some information about
dishonest party and who is providing them with web hosting. Inform
company providing them with web hosting that if they continue to provide
dishonest party with web service, their company may be charged as an accomplice in a criminal action.
Step 9. Sometimes a company has their own servers and do not use a web hosting service. Go to
Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) website. (www.icann.org/general/contact.htm) ICANN is
organization that has responsibility for Internet address space allocation. Contact them to find out how to get
dishonest party off
web.
Step 10. If
dishonest party is still operating and you learn who their other customers or advertisers are, contact those customers or advertisers and notify them of your problem. Inform them that they have now been notified and if they continue to associate with and support
dishonest party, they may be charged as an accomplice in a criminal action.
Step 11. Use a search engine to find any message boards and discussion forums that might be interested in your problem. You might find that many other individuals have been ripped off by
same company and you may be able to initiate a class action lawsuit.
As you can see, some of these steps are pretty nasty. How many of these steps you actually take depends upon how mad you are and how much time you want to dedicate to extracting revenge. In your attempts to punish
dishonest party, it is very important to stick with
facts. Don't exaggerate or make false accusations. If you exaggerate, they could turn around and file a lawsuit against you for false advertising against them, or for character defamation.
Keep all your actions focused on solving
actual problem. If you begin contacting
dishonest party or other parties related to them with information or accusations not related to
actual problem, you could be charged with harassment. However, you cannot be charged with harassment for frequently contacting a party in an effort to get a product or service that you paid for and didn't receive, or to get paid for a product or service that you have provided.
Disclaimer: Stephen Bucaro assumes no responsibility for damages resulting from
use of this information. This information is provided with
understanding that Stephen Bucaro is not engaged in rendering legal service. If legal advice is required,
services of a competent Lawyer should be sought.
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