#Gemstoned .net : Feds grab #domain name from illegal #vape business – #NameFind has the .com

Posted by DomainGang on March 9, 2020, at 2:49 pm

Federal US authorities (NCIDE) have raided a California vaping business, seizing its domain name Gemstoned.net in the process. The 2017 registration is now displaying a message of domain seizure, as of March 3, 2020: This website has been seized since March 3, 2020 as part of a law enforcement operation by the Sacramento, California-based Northern […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with Domainers, Domains, Gemstoned, Gemstoned.net, NCIDE, Seized domains, domain seizure

#Domain crime : Shark Tank investor Barbara Corcoran lost $380k thanks to a typo-domain scam

Posted by DomainGang on February 28, 2020, at 12:33 pm

Sharks took Barbara Corcoran‘s money, to the tune of $388,000 dollars, using a typo-domain registered that same day. The domain BarbaraCorcran.com was registered on February 21 at Wild West Domains, via the Microsoft Office 365 platform and never had a web site resolving, as its primary use was email. The scammers impersonated an assistant to […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with Barbara Corcoran, BarbaraCorcran.com, Domainers, Domains, domain crime

#BigApple.ORG : Aged #domain caught in the crossfire of an #FBI raid

Posted by DomainGang on February 17, 2020, at 12:02 pm

BigApple.org, an aged domain describing New York City, has been seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI.) Registered in 1998, the domain about “Big Apple” is now showing a landing page informing its visitors about its seized status. Why would such a generic geodomain be taken over in the same crime raid that locked […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with Big Apple, BigApple.org, Domainers, Domains, FBI, VIPescorts, seized domain names.

Domain crime : FBI seizes aged #domain #Pornstars .net and more than 380 others in sting operation

Posted by DomainGang on February 13, 2020, at 11:50 am

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has seized almost 390 domains breaking the law; among them is the domain Pornstars.net that was registered in 1997. The domain keywords of these domains relate to sex and escort services, most likely linked to a recent case of prostitution enabling and money laundering in Manhattan, NY. Many of […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Seized domains, domain crime, pornstar domains, pornstars.net

No, the FBI won’t be holding onto seized #domains forever

Posted by DomainGang on February 5, 2020, at 9:54 am

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is doing an excellent job shutting down web sites that promote scams or assist crime. Many of these domains associated with the active web sites sell knock-offs. In other cases, the FBI seized domains associated with sex crimes and prostitution. Over the course of the past two decades, hundreds if […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with Domains, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Seized domains, seized servers

International crime : The FBI seized the #domain name WeLeakInfo.com

Posted by DomainGang on January 17, 2020, at 10:56 am

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced that they have seized the domain name WeLeakInfo.com. The website operating on weleakinfo.com claimed to provide its users a search engine able to review and obtain the personal information illegally obtained in over 10,000 data breaches containing over 12 billion indexed records. […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with Domainers, Domains, FBI, Federal B, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Seized domains, WeLeakInfo.com, domain crime, personal information

Give our #domains back! Change .org petition accuses #Iran of stealing #domain assets

Posted by DomainGang on January 13, 2020, at 1:13 pm

A petition on Change.org seeks the return of three allegedly stolen domains: Amadnews.com, Amadnews.net, and Amadnews.org. It’s a political petition against Iran’s government, and accuses former administrators of these domains of hijacking them. The petition is written in Arabic, English and French, and is titled with a “Give our Domains back” headline: To all the […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with Amadnews.com, Amadnews.net, Amadnews.org, Change.org, Domainers, Domains

#Fashion scam : #Cybercriminals use dot .Fun #domains to steal credit card info

Posted by DomainGang on December 20, 2019, at 10:00 am

Scammers are using a variety of ways to steal your credit card information, and passing off as famous fashion brands is one of them. These cybercriminals usually originate from Eastern Europe, such as Russia and Ukraine, and utilize fake WHOIS information for the domains they use. In a recent case involving several dot .fun domain […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with domain scams, fake goods, fake merchandise, fashion scam, scam domains

#GearsServers : The FBI takes over control of infringing #domains and seizes more than $5 million

Posted by DomainGang on December 19, 2019, at 2:18 pm

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has taken control of Gears Servers domain names, that were involved in a raid targeting infringing content. Gears TV Reloaded, a popular IPTV service, has shut down following a crackdown by the FBI. There are several domains involved in this raid, and here is the list: gearsiptvnow.com gearsservers.com gearsservers.net […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with Domainers, Domains, FBI, Gears TV Reloaded, Omar Carrasquillo, Omi in a Hellcat, Seized domains, seized servers

DoItForState : “State Snaps” founder gets 14 years in the slammer for #domain hijacking attempt

Posted by DomainGang on December 9, 2019, at 10:52 pm

A would-be domain hijacker who founded State Snaps, a social media influencing corp, was sentenced to 14 years in prison today. Rossi Lorathio Adams II, aged 27, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, also known as “Polo,” received the prison term after an April 18, 2019, jury verdict found him guilty of one count of conspiracy to […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with Domainers, Domains, Rossi Lorathio Adams II, doitforstate.com, domain crime

#Domain crime : VBK .com was stolen from its legitimate owners

Posted by DomainGang on December 1, 2019, at 5:52 pm

Three letter domains are the de facto “coinage” for domainers. For more than 15 years, the value of LLL .com domains fluctuates with an upwards trend. While there are exceptions, the worth of LLL .com domains rebounds, and it’s very rare to encounter sales with a BIN lower than $10,000 dollars. And yet, that’s what […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with Domain theft, Domainers, Domains, VBK.com, stolen domains

Unauthorized person registered a dot .GOV #domain with fake documents!

Posted by DomainGang on November 27, 2019, at 10:04 am

This is one for the facepalm department. An unauthorized individual managed to register a dot .GOV domain name, using fake papers and social engineering. Apparently, the US General Services Administration– the federal agency responsible for managing the .gov domain registration process – failed to validate the request, made by an individual who impersonated the mayor […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with Brian Krebs, Domainers, Domains, Exeterri.GOV, Krebs, dot .GOV, security

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