Re.: DOW "HELP" FOR BHOPAL A HOAX ON THE BBC?

Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 23:26:27 +0100
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Subject: [NEWSROOM-L] DOW "HELP" FOR BHOPAL A HOAX ON THE BBC?
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Hi,

Whois info for the domain name dowethics.com shows that it is
most likely an activist site. However, the phone number in the
"press release" is a real number owned by Dow Europe in Zurich.

Here is the whois info:

domain: DOWETHICS.COM
owner-address: Marylin Mircus
owner-address: 56, flowers road
owner-address: 321
owner-address: Bhopal
owner-address: India
admin-c: MM1311-GANDI
tech-c: MM1311-GANDI
bill-c: MM1311-GANDI
nserver: ns.va.com.au 203.15.106.3
nserver: ns2.va.com.au 203.15.106.100
reg_created: 2002-12-06 10:19:25
expires: 2006-12-06 10:19:25
created: 2002-12-06 16:19:26
changed: 2003-12-08 11:39:56

person: Marylin Mircus
nic-hdl: MM1311-GANDI
address: 56, flowers road
address: 321
address: Bhopal
address: India
phone: +66 62542322
fax: +66 364839
e-mail: mmircus1@yahoo.com
lastupdated: 2004-03-08 11:34:37

--

Mickey

>[Forwarder's Note:
>The URL http://dowethics.com/bhopal/
>actually leads to
>http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=BBC+Dow+Bhopal
>and the URL http://dowethics.com/ leads to a
>site that claims to be Copyright © The Dow Company (1995-2002). All
>Rights Reserve, It is hard to judge if this is a spoof or an activist
>site unrelated to the company or if it actually has anything to do
>with the company. You must make your own judgement. Activists are
>doing very interesting things with the internet these days. George ]
>
>....
>
>"DOW" STATEMENT A HOAX
>"Historic aid package for Bhopal victims" a lie
>
> Contact: Marina Ashanin, Corp. Media Relations, +41-1-728-2347
> Related information: http://dowethics.com/bhopal/
>
>...
>