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Stolen #domains and squatters : Confusion about the obligations of a registrant

Domain names are digital assets that depend on a basic act of maintenance: they must be renewed in order to be kept. Even to this day, domain registrants fail to grasp that concept, and often act shocked when their expired domain is re-registered or ac...

CQD.com #domain drama continues : Previous owner claims #domain was stolen

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...

March 8, 2018 DomainGang ComQuest Designs, CQD.com, Domain Crime, Escrow.com, James Booth, Rebecca J. Burns, stolen domains

Warning : L5.com and XGK.com have been reported as #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...

March 7, 2018 DomainGang Domain Crime, L5.com, Motohisa Ohno, stolen domains, XGK.com

Stolen #domain CQD.com listed for sale on #Afternic

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...

March 5, 2018 DomainGang CQD.com, Domain Crime, James Booth, stolen domains

#Domain scammer in MCV .com theft case used grocery store address!

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...

February 17, 2018 DomainGang 3620.com, Domain Crime, Domain theft, MCV.com, Patrick Sitrok, stolen domains

Corporate crime: Don’t fire your employee before you secure your domain assets

A domain was reported stolen at GoDaddy, after a company’s former employee took control of it and changed the password and even the account’s PIN. The distraught business owner, shared his plight on the GoDaddy support forum: I own a busine...

November 22, 2017 DomainGang corporate crime, Domain Crime, Domain theft, stolen domains

Domainer files lawsuit claiming Roxi.com is stolen

Lawsuit seeks to recover Roxi.com. A domain name investor has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to try to recover Roxi.com, which was allegedly stolen. John Lee of Precision Telephone Services, Inc. filed the lawsuit. The suit claims that he was the original registrant of the domain name in 1999. The domain name was subsequently hijacked from […]

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November 9, 2017 Andrew Allemann Policy & Law, stolen domains

F45.com is a stolen domain that belongs to photographer Rolfe Horn

The domain F45.com is stolen, and it’s an asset that belongs to a famous photographer, Rolfe Horn. Strangely, it was recently involved in a UDRP case filed by an Australian fitness company, F45 Training Pty Ltd, that tried to acquire it from the current registrant, for $15,000 dollars. The only snag: the seller, Oleksandar Shapoval […]

October 6, 2017 DomainGang Domain Crime, f45, f45.com, Oleksandar Shapoval, stolen domain f45.com, stolen domains

Sedo removes stolen domain SOT.com from its marketplace

Sedo removed the stolen domain, SOT.com, from its marketplace, and terminated its auction. As we reported yesterday, the owner of SOT.com reached out to us with information about the domain’s unlawful transfer away from Dotster, to Spanish domain registrar, Nominalia; the owner is working on getting the domain back. According to our research, the domain […]

September 28, 2017 DomainGang Domain Crime, SOT.com, SOT.com stolen, stolen domains

Domain crime : SOT.com is a stolen domain name being auctioned at Sedo

The domain name SOT.com has been hijacked, and its legitimate owner notified us that it’s being auctioned off at Sedo. The current bid is $20,000 dollars. The cybercriminal selling off the domain has altered the email address of the legitimate owner, and added bogus information. From the looks of it, the thief appears to be […]

September 27, 2017 DomainGang Domain Crime, SOT.com, SOT.com stolen, stolen domains

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