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Engineering firm sues to recover KFDE.com domain name

Company says a thief took the domain name it has been using for nearly two decades. A California engineering firm has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to recover the domain name KFDE.com, which it says was stolen from it. K.F. Davis Engineering has been using the domain name since it registered it in 2000. It alleges […]

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September 19, 2019 Andrew Allemann Domain theft, Policy & Law

Escrow .com catches stolen #domain RF.net before sale occurs

Escrow.com has stopped dead in its tracks a transaction involving the domain RF.net. The premium two letter .net domain has been reported stolen, and the thief attempted to impersonate the domain’s real owner, who has been notified. According to ...

September 10, 2019 DomainGang Domain Crime, Domain theft, Escrow.com, RF.net, RF.net stolen, stolen domain

#DNForum : Two, three and four digit .com #domains have been stolen – including 72.com, 191.com and others

Domain crime is the unlawful acquisition of domains via the direct theft or hijacking of registrant accounts managing domain names. A new thread at DNForum is reporting the theft of these ultra-premium numeric domain names: 72.com 030.com 191.com 223.c...

July 27, 2019 DomainGang 030.com, 191.com, 223.com, 282.com, 4589.com, 6910.com, 72.com, 8028.com, 8256.com, Domain Crime, Domain theft, stolen domains

#Cybercrime : Stolen LLLL .com #domain name repossessed by #GoDaddy

A domain investor who acquired a LLLL .com domain via the Dan.com marketplace – formerly known as Undeveloped – has lost his investment. GoDaddy, the domain registrar, repossessed the domain gxog.com, after it was reported as stolen. The th...

July 11, 2019 DomainGang Domain Crime, Domain theft, Repossessed by GoDaddy, stolen domains

Network Solutions account hacked; Weed.com, Wind.com and other premium #domains offered for sale

A Network Solutions account managing ultra-premium domain names, such as Weed.com and Wind.com has been hacked. The managing email, alex69@gmail.com is selling domains for crypto, at prices below market value. This is a common method used by cybercrimi...

June 11, 2019 DomainGang Domain Crime, Domain theft, stolen domains, weed.com, Wind.com

How to keep your domains from being stolen (2019 edition)

Consider these eight safeguards to keep thieves away from your domain names. If you own domain names–particularly good names–you are at risk of having your valuable assets stolen from you. Thieves will try to compromise your domain registrar account (sometimes by first compromising your email account) and transfer the domains to another registrar. Sometimes they […]

April 25, 2019 Andrew Allemann Domain Registrars, Domain theft, stolen domains

#AQORN .com : Stolen #domain was recovered via the #UDRP process

Using the UDRP process in order to recover a stolen domain usually fails, but the owner of AQORN.com did it. Most panelists frown upon active disputes with domains such as infringement claims, lawsuits or domain theft; in the case of AQORN.com, the Res...

March 26, 2019 DomainGang AQORN, AQORN.com, Domain Law, Domain theft, stolen domains

Want to report a #domain name as stolen? We’re here to help you recover it

If your domain was stolen, either due to a phishing scheme at your registrar, or by some means of social engineering, we’re here to assist you recover it. While we can’t provide legal advice, we’re savvy in the process of how an incid...

March 11, 2019 DomainGang Domain Crime, Domain theft, stolen domain, stolen domains

#Domain clawback : CWR.com sale involved a hijacked domain name

The sale of the three letter domain CWR.com via Sedo for a reported $22,665 dollars involved a stolen or “hijacked” asset. The auction winner paid the fee in mid December, and is now risking to lose his money, as the domain was clawed back ...

January 4, 2019 DomainGang clawback, CWR.com, Domain Crime, Domain theft

ECA .net buyer discovers this 20 year old #domain is stolen

Stolen domain names are being resold on various online venues, by keeping prices below market value. This approach makes them affordable and appealing to mostly unsuspected buyers, that believe they got a deal for an aged or premium domain. A recent ex...

December 20, 2018 DomainGang Domain Crime, Domain theft, eca.net, NWX.com, stolen domains

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