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Ind. Baptists say extortion involved in Internet scam


INDIANAPOLIS (BP)–The Indiana Baptist newspaper has fallen victim to a so-called “extortion” attempt by an Internet pornographer who took over the paper’s former web address.

The official state paper of the State Convention of Baptists in Indiana moved its online publication to the new state convention website, www.scbi.org. Six months later, the Indiana Baptist gave up its rights to its former domain name, www.indybaptist.org.

The day the former URL became available, pornographic material appeared on the old site.

The Indiana Baptist reported that the pornographers agreed to sell back the domain name at a much higher price in “an attempt to extort money from the SCBI.”

Published reports indicate that other Christian ministries are falling prey to pornographers who take over expired websites hoping to lure cyber-visitors.
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