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New fake agency with maybe stolen images check it please!

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b79:


a whois on efotto.com says the same person has registered http://aziz-annabi.com/, which derivates in http://boutique.broardell.com/epages/228015.sf which has the same BroarDell branding than efotto and apparently is a printing company in Belgium. and has some telephone numbers at the botton of the page


--- Quote ---BroarDell est une société de droit belge travaillant surtout en France et en Belgique, inscrite au moniteur belge: Numéro d'entreprise : 0472 941 118 - N° de T.V.A.BE-472941118
Immatriculée le 05 octobre 2000  - Siège social: Place Mansart 23 - 7100 La Louvière - Belgium
Téléphone Belgique: 04.85 30.13.54 - Téléphone France: 01.77.62.42.61
Livraisons partout en Europe
Enlèvements possibles à Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Nancy, Strasbourg, Bordeaux et à Bruxelles.
--- End quote ---

Does someone speaks French and wants to call and ask where the images come from or if they have an agreement or something?

graficallyminded:
A lot of those are free images from http://sxc.hu

bravajulia:
I am folded in two laughing----- anyone there know what the mean the italian word "fotto"? First person, singular, "I Fuck", but also "I stole"; so it means "e" like electonic, or enhanced, "stole".
Anyone note the Broardell.com means? Maybe it is bordell, I don't know how do you said in english is a bitches house.....

I think this guy is very hironic and like to take people for their ass...... Am I wrong?

leaf:
I believe if the original photographers send an email to the websites ISP they can get the site taken down fairly easily.  Also, Google will remove a site from their search if you notify them of stolen content on the site.

gill:
I think the Broardell connection is misleading (having been heavily involved in fake-site killing) before anyone rushes off to kill all three sites:
Broardell.com is registered in Belgium, with a Belgian landline number & registered August 2008.
efotto.com was registered in France, with a French mobile number & registered August 2009.
Both registered on different hosts.
and as for "le site efotto.com benéficiera d'une très importante campagne de liens sponsoriés sur google dans près de 100 pays" - they actually have 5 google hits (whereas broardell.com have several thousand)

The connection is more likely a result of ID theft, and possibly, unless they have been very good at photoshopping, credit card fraud. It would be interesting to know if any of the photos used have had cancelled fraudulent sales.
 
(just for info  :) )

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