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The office of Homeland Security Investigations has seized the domain Prblogics.com, for the following reasons: Pursuant to a seizure warrant issued by a United States District Court, under the authority of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2323. In...
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June 21, 2018 DomainGang
Domain Crime, Homeland Security Investigations, Prblogics, Prblogics.com
A GoDaddy customer and veteran domain investor, has shared details of losing 29 aged domains to a hijacker, and dealing with unhelpful representatives when he tried to address the issue. The following domains were listed as stolen from the customerR...
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May 23, 2018 DomainGang
acals.com, adsec.com, cloneclothing.com, dogtail.com, Domain Crime, Domain theft, doverplains.com, eyebrowdesign.com, fagat.com, falconwood.com, fanax.com, futuretrip.com, harlemvalley.com, hoppie.com, ihopi.com, interactivebrain.com, jenil.com, mentax.com, microgirl.com, millerton.com, namedom.com, onesec.com, onlinebrain.com, onlinemed.net, petlease.com, podz.com, prosaic.com, stolen domains, wingdale.com, yetta.com, zantar.com, zata.com
The three letter domain ASZ.com is still stolen, and the thief has set up a page faking its recovery. The stupid scheme to legitimize the domain’s status was uncovered thanks to the registrant’s attempts to sell the domain on various domain...
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May 21, 2018 DomainGang
ASZ.com, Domain Crime, Domain theft, stolen domains
If you’re getting a lot of email spam from “final notice” scammers, you’re not alone. Those cybercriminals often hide in Asia or Europe, blasting emails to domain owners using WHOIS databases. Their emails serve a dual purpose: ...
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May 17, 2018 DomainGang
Domain Crime, domain scammers, domain spam, final notice, gdpr, SOULCASERA@GMAIL.COM
Rebecca J. Burns, previous owner of the domain CQD.com and founder of ComQuest Designs, has come forward in social media, claiming that her domain was stolen. A few days ago, we were informed that CQD.com was taken away from domain investor, James Boot...
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March 8, 2018 DomainGang
ComQuest Designs, CQD.com, Domain Crime, Escrow.com, James Booth, Rebecca J. Burns, stolen domains
The premium domains L5.com and XGK.com have been reported as stolen by their legitimate owner, Motohisa Ohno. Mr. Ohno was recently made aware of the theft, which occurred in June 2017. The domains were moved away from his eNom account without any noti...
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March 7, 2018 DomainGang
Domain Crime, L5.com, Motohisa Ohno, stolen domains, XGK.com
The domain name CQD.com has been listed for sale on Afternic, but its seller isn’t the real owner. Domain investor and broker, James Booth, chalked this one up as a loss, after transferring $26,000 dollars believing the seller was legitimate. The...
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March 5, 2018 DomainGang
CQD.com, Domain Crime, James Booth, stolen domains
An elaborate scam used the domain DebtCredit.US to generate thousands of dollars in unlawful IRS refunds, then used a phony debt collection agency to seek their “return.” According to Krebs On Security, the method that these cybercriminals ...
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February 20, 2018 DomainGang
cybercrime, DebtCredit.us, Domain Crime, JCdebt.com, Krebs on Security, tax refund scam
A domain investor was defrauded by a serial scammer, who used a false identity and payment location. Mr. Stanley Chen acquired MCV.com from a person called “Patrick Sitrok” but the domain was stolen, and Network Solutions eventually reposse...
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February 17, 2018 DomainGang
3620.com, Domain Crime, Domain theft, MCV.com, Patrick Sitrok, stolen domains
A fake female scammer using the NamePros moniker Barbie88, attempted to scam investors out of $85,000 dollars, by claiming they are selling XX.com. The two letter domain is under WHOIS privacy, and definitely not in the scammer’s control. Accordi...
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February 12, 2018 DomainGang
Barbie88, Domain Crime, Escrow.com, namepros, Richard Dynas, scammer