{"id":392,"date":"2017-07-30T08:17:32","date_gmt":"2017-07-30T08:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scientificspam.net\/?p=392"},"modified":"2017-07-30T08:26:31","modified_gmt":"2017-07-30T08:26:31","slug":"another-regrettable-listing-technical-university-of-sofia-bulgaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scientificspam.net\/?p=392","title":{"rendered":"Another regrettable listing: Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The domain name of the Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria, is now listed. The following spam appeared on July 28, 2017.<\/p>\n<pre>\r\nFrom: EECS 2017 &lt;no.reply.eecs2017@tu-sofia.bg&gt;\r\nTo: x\r\nSubject: European Conference on Electrical Engineering and Computer Science\r\n        Bern, Switzerland, November 17-19, 2017\r\n<\/pre>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nThe spam was sent from an IP address we have listed as a Scientific Spammer more than a year ago.<\/p>\n<pre>\r\nReceived: from astra4050.startdedicated.net (astra4050.startdedicated.net\r\n        [62.138.2.54])\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>So let&#8217;s see&#8230;<\/p>\n<pre>\r\n$ host -t txt 54.2.138.62.bl.scientificspam.net\r\n54.2.138.62.bl.scientificspam.net descriptive text \"Applied Physics, System Science and Computers. Dubrovnik, Croatia, September 28-30, 2016 info@apsac.co 20160712\"\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Also, we had earlier listed the domain names eecs-conf.org and smartupvisuals.com for the same reason.  The latter is registered to an individual in the UK with a Lithuanian surname:<\/p>\n<pre>\r\nDomain Name: SMARTUPVISUALS.COM\r\nRegistry Domain ID: 1834689895_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN\r\nRegistrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com\r\nRegistrar URL: http:\/\/www.godaddy.com\r\nUpdate Date: 2016-10-16T09:34:31Z\r\nCreation Date: 2013-11-08T15:13:59Z\r\nRegistrar Registration Expiration Date: 2017-11-08T15:13:59Z\r\nRegistrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC\r\nRegistrar IANA ID: 146\r\nRegistrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@godaddy.com\r\nRegistrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4806242505\r\nDomain Status: clientTransferProhibited http:\/\/www.icann.org\/epp#clientTransferProhibited\r\nDomain Status: clientUpdateProhibited http:\/\/www.icann.org\/epp#clientUpdateProhibited\r\nDomain Status: clientRenewProhibited http:\/\/www.icann.org\/epp#clientRenewProhibited\r\nDomain Status: clientDeleteProhibited http:\/\/www.icann.org\/epp#clientDeleteProhibited\r\nRegistry Registrant ID:\r\nRegistrant Name: Karina Sinkeviciute\r\nRegistrant Organization:\r\nRegistrant Street: 71 Somerford Grove\r\nRegistrant City: London\r\nRegistrant State\/Province:\r\nRegistrant Postal Code: N16 7TN\r\nRegistrant Country: UK\r\nRegistrant Phone: +44.7402081332\r\nRegistrant Phone Ext:\r\nRegistrant Fax:\r\nRegistrant Fax Ext:\r\nRegistrant Email: karina@smartupvisuals.com\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>The latter is registered directly to the University, with what looks like a personal Gmail address as a contact.<\/p>\n<pre>\r\n[whois.publicinterestregistry.net]\r\nDomain Name: EECS-CONF.ORG\r\nRegistry Domain ID: D402200000000733244-LROR\r\nRegistrar WHOIS Server:\r\nRegistrar URL: http:\/\/www.wildwestdomains.com\r\nUpdated Date: 2017-01-26T03:46:12Z\r\nCreation Date: 2016-11-26T16:05:46Z\r\nRegistry Expiry Date: 2017-11-26T16:05:46Z\r\n...\r\nRegistrant Name: EECS EECS-CONF\r\nRegistrant Organization: Conference\r\nRegistrant Street: Technical University of Sofia\r\nRegistrant City: Sofia\r\nRegistrant State\/Province: Sofia\r\nRegistrant Postal Code: 1000\r\nRegistrant Country: BG\r\nRegistrant Phone: +359.877475771\r\nRegistrant Phone Ext:\r\nRegistrant Fax:\r\nRegistrant Fax Ext:\r\nRegistrant Email: mastorakis4567@gmail.com\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Googling Mastorakis, Sofia, Bulgaria together yields <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.wseas.org\/mastorakis\/\">this result<\/A> at the top of the list. wseas.org has been listed on our list since May 2015.<\/p>\n<pre>\r\n$ host -t txt wseas.org.rhsbl.scientificspam.net\r\nwseas.org.rhsbl.scientificspam.net descriptive text \"[WOPU] Dear Professor X, anna.papadimitriou@outlook.com 20150503\"\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The domain name of the Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria, is now listed. The following spam appeared on July 28, 2017. 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