Report: #959195

Complaint Review: The Online Watch

Submitted: Wed, October 24, 2012
Updated: Wed, October 24, 2012

Reported By: Mike — United States of America

The Online Watch

Internet United States of America

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Web: www.theonline-watch.com
Category: Sex Offenders

The Online Watch predator mugshots Blackmail Internet

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This website publishes fake personal ads on craigslist's casual encounters section. Then when someone replies to them, they take the name, picture and email address and create a profile on their website, which is marketed as a website for "potential" online predators. The victim is then sent an email saying they've been added to their watch list, but they can be removed for $100. This is pure blackmail and extortion. They've already been shut down for doing this under "predator mug shots" or some other name, now they're back to their old illegal tricks doing it again under a different name.

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AUTHOR: Mike - (United States of America)

SUBMITTED: Wednesday, October 24, 2012

I was able to finally get a hit on a whois for the website. It is registered through eNom.com out of Washington. If you are being victimized by this website, go to enom.com and contact their legal department, demanding the page being taken down. The website is registered out of Sweden to Gottfrid Swartholm, which is the name of the pirate-bay cofounder, so I suspect it's a fake name on the registry. That guy was arrested last month for extradition back to Sweden though, so maybe it's the real guy and this is how he's raising his defense funds. This site was only registered on 12 October. I highly doubt they have that many new anonymous contributors all of a sudden putting all of those people in there, just more proof it's a scam.