Feds take over the domain #Prblogics .com for contraband, owner arrested
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. Intentionally and knowingly trafficking in counterfeit goods is a federal crime that carries penalties for first time […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.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 Booth, who said he paid $26,000 dollars to acquire it. The story so […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#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 repossessed it. How did Mr. Chen fall for this scam? Months earlier, he had acquired the domain 3620.com […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Richard Dynas : Best example of why #Escrow .com is a must for #domain transactions
Domain investor, Richard Dynas, shared his recent experience of how he was scammed out of $2,000 dollars in an attempt to acquire the domain Technology.com, without using Escrow.com or a comparable service. A person calling herself “Barbara Untergasser” approached Dynas, offering to sell him the domain. Negotiations lasted about two weeks, during which, the scammer […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Chinese domain spammer uses dot .Win #domains flooding mailboxes
A serial domain spammer from China continues to harass domain owners, by flooding mailboxes with fake “Final Reminder” notices. The phuckstick utilizes dot .Win domain names registered with the Now.CN domain registrar in China. Dot .Win is a new gTLD domain operated by Famous Four Media. We recently came across this dirty scammer from China […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Domain investors need to watch for port-out scams
Port-out scams involve the malicious transfer of a phone number, away from its current telephone company to another. By using social engineering and other methods, cybercriminals gain access to mobile phone numbers, subsequently taking over the digital assets of the person it belongs to. Shocking as it may seem, many phone company representatives require very […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Alert : MCV.com is a #stolen #domain name, according to its owner
The aged, three letter domain MCV.com has been stolen, according to its owner, who registered it in 1997. Mr. Stanley Chen continuously renewed his premium three letter .com up to 2019, only to find it recently in the possession of another party. According to historic WHOIS data from DomainTools, the domain MCV.com changed hands in […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain crime : .XYZ and .Online registries pull the plug on offending domains
Earlier this week, we reported on a number of new gTLD domains that were being used to facilitate tech support scams. Operating from India, the scammers used a number of mostly .XYZ and .Online domains to target their victims. The .XYZ Registry intervened quickly, terminating those offending domains, and several more. Per their abuse department: […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Premium three letter .com domain name, SOT.com, is no longer stolen
It’s great news for the Finnish owner of the premium three letter .com domain, SOT.com. The domain was stolen from Wille Kuutti’s Dotster account a few days ago, by a cybercriminal who has been involved in numerous domain thefts. Mr. Kuutti has confirmed that SOT.com is no longer stolen, as the gaining registrar, Nominalia, transferred […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.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 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.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 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Bitcoin crime : Scammer attempted to sell domains he doesn’t own
Despite positive vibes in the domain industry about cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, they’re still being used to facilitate scams and other crime. A domain investor shared his plight on NamePros, about how he was scammed of 0.17 BTC (about $670 dollars) while trying to acquire the domain Kina.com. The seller, an individual from Turkey, claimed […]
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