Interesting. I just checked Albumo's WHOIS info, and as of August 2010 the domain is still registered to the same company. Looks like it's still being run out of some guy's apartment.
Thread from August 2009 with WHOIS info:
http://www.microstockgroup.com/albumo-com/albumo-whois-and-contact-info/Current info:
Registrant:
Not Required
4941 Stamas Ln. #3
Fair Oaks, California 95628
United States
Domain Name: ALBUMO.COM
Created on: 18-Oct-06
Expires on: 18-Oct-12
Last Updated on: 18-Aug-10
Administrative Contact:
LLC, Home Mines,
4941 Stamas Ln. #3
Fair Oaks, California 95628
United States
9169671301 Fax --
Technical Contact:
LLC, Home Mines,
4941 Stamas Ln. #3
Fair Oaks, California 95628
United States
9169671301 Fax --
Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.SERVERHOSTPROJECTS.COM
NS2.SERVERHOSTPROJECTS.COM
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Fantero is based in the Czech Republic. Strange phone numbers and address numbers that look fake:
Domain Name: fantero.com
Registered at
http://www.dynadot.comRegistrant:
BuyStockNetwork
BuyStockNetwork
hastalska 11
#1
Prague , Prague 11000
Czech Republic
Administrative Contact:
BuyStockNetwork
BuyStockNetwork
hastalska 11
#1
Prague , Prague 11000
Czech Republic
+111 111111111
Technical Contact:
BuyStockNetwork
BuyStockNetwork
hastalska 11
#1
Prague , Prague 11000
Czech Republic
+111 111111111
Record expires on 2011/07/05 UTC
Record created on 2007/07/05 UTC
Domain servers in listed order:
ns1.serverhostprojects.com
ns2.serverhostprojects.com