The question is not whether kbo.co.ke is a scam, I do understand that
KBO is a legitimate hosting entity.. The question is who's behind the
scam being run on 'sale.kbo.co.ke'; where you get to buy a magical
ring that binds people to you for 300 USD....

On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Oliver Ndegwa <olie.ndegwa@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://tripleplay.kbo.co.ke/ our profile there.. very well indexed in google
> search too.
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 12:08 PM, Wycliffe Onduu <w.onduu@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Laban,
>>
>> The below  link could be useful to you
>>
>> http://www.kbo.co.ke/customdomain
>>
>> regards
>> Wycliffe
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 11:39 AM, Laban Mwangi <lmwangi@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I just came across kbo.co.ke. It's an outlier in every aspect <the
>>> colours are seizure inducing...>. Now, this is obviously a sick joke and a
>>> scam. It's sad that we'll have people falling for this. The kicker is what
>>> whois says:
>>> -> Google handled the registration.
>>>    That's odd, Google isn't a registrar:
>>> http://kenic.or.ke/index.php/registrars/registrar-list
>>> -> Google is hosting the website (Run traceroute or reverse lookup the
>>> domain) : https://support.google.com/blogger/answer/58317?hl=en)
>>> -> The billing contact points at Reuters. https://www.markmonitor.com/
>>>
>>> Does anyone know what's the minimum bar to get a .ke domain? Does KENIC
>>> allow foreigners to purchase .ke domains?
>>>
>>>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> % whois kbo.co.ke
>>> [2014-02-26 19:58:11]
>>> % Copyright KENIC
>>>
>>> %  The data below is provided for information purposes
>>> %  and to assist persons in obtaining information about or
>>> %  related to domain name registrations.
>>> %  By submitting a whois query, you agree to use this data
>>> %  only for lawful purposes.
>>>
>>>
>>> % remarks:     Security issues should also be addressed to
>>> noc@kenic.or.ke
>>> % remarks:     Mail abuse issues should also be addressed to
>>> abuse@kenic.or.ke
>>>
>>> % whois.kenic.or.ke accepts only direct match queries.
>>> % Types of queries are: domains (.KE) and POCs.
>>>
>>>
>>> Domain Information
>>> Query: kbo.co.ke
>>> Status: Active
>>> Created: 05 Jul 2011 18:50 EAT
>>> Modified: 14 Aug 2013 18:58 EAT
>>> Expires: 05 Jul 2016 18:50 EAT
>>> Name Servers:
>>>     ns1.googledomains.com
>>>     ns2.googledomains.com
>>>     ns3.googledomains.com
>>>     ns4.googledomains.com
>>>
>>> Registrar Information
>>> Registrar Name: Afriregister Limited
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Registrant:
>>> Name: DNS Admin
>>> Organisation: Google Inc.
>>> Address:
>>>     1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
>>>     Mountain View, CA 94043
>>>     US
>>> Phone Number: +1.6502530000
>>>
>>>
>>> Admin Contact:
>>> Name: DNS Admin
>>> Organisation: Google Inc.
>>> Address:
>>>     1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
>>>     Mountain View, CA 94043
>>>     US
>>> Email Address: dns-admin@google.com
>>> Phone Number: +1.6502530000
>>>
>>>
>>> Technical Contact:
>>> Name: DNS Admin
>>> Organisation: Google Inc.
>>> Address:
>>>     1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
>>>     Mountain View, CA 94043
>>>     US
>>> Email Address: dns-admin@google.com
>>> Phone Number: +1.6502530000
>>>
>>>
>>> Billing Contact:
>>> Name: Domain Administrator
>>> Organisation: MarkMonitor Inc.
>>> Address:
>>>     391 N. Ancestor Place
>>>     Boise, ID 83704
>>>     US
>>> Email Address: ccopsbilling@markmonitor.com
>>> Phone Number: +1.2083895740
>>> Fax Number: +1.2083895771
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