https://mvdb.io/tags/osint/ Recent content in OSINT on Exploring IT with Michaël https://mvdb.io/%3Clink%20or%20path%20of%20image%20for%20opengraph,%20twitter-cards%3E https://mvdb.io/%3Clink%20or%20path%20of%20image%20for%20opengraph,%20twitter-cards%3E Hugo -- 0.127.0 en Sun, 01 Dec 2024 01:00:03 +0000 https://mvdb.io/posts/how-i-discovered-a-moroccan-scammer-ring-by-accident/ Sun, 01 Dec 2024 01:00:03 +0000 https://mvdb.io/posts/how-i-discovered-a-moroccan-scammer-ring-by-accident/ This blog post describes how I discovered a (currently inactive) Moroccan scam ring. In 2021, I started looking for a short .com domain for a potential business in the future. After a lot searching I finally landed on cotyx.com that was available and only 5 letters long! As any IT person would, I added it to M365 and didn’t think much more about it. In 2024, to optimize my expenditure, and since I was closing my freelance company.