Air.com: What the court documents say about the brazen domain theft

Posted by DomainGang on October 12, 2025, at 9:20 pm

Following the death of businessman and entrepreneur David L. Kaufman in July 2021, his widow and estate representative, Patricia Garland, maintained control over his digital assets, including the premium domain AIR.com. The domain had long been secured within Kaufman’s Network Solutions account, and in January 2022, Garland formally notified the registrar of her husband’s passing […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with Air.com, Domain theft, Domains, Wiley Rein

Air.com: Stolen domain returned to original owner’s estate

Posted by DomainGang on October 7, 2025, at 6:10 pm

The domain name Air.com, registered in 1994, was apparently stolen in recent years, most likely in 2023. Its original registrant and sole owner, David L. Kaufman, used the domain at the time for a company in Massachusetts called “Allied International Resources.” The theft was handled via the US court system, with attorney David Weslow, along […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with Adrienne Kosak, Air.com, Attison Barnes III, David L. Kaufman, David Weslow, Domain theft, Wiley Rein LLP, recovered domains

Account credentials: How scammers attempt to steal your domains

Posted by DomainGang on April 4, 2024, at 12:44 pm

The most common method that scammers will attempt to use to steal your domain names is by tricking you into surrendering the account credentials. Your registrar and host login and password can lead to the loss and hijacking of your domain names. The phishing technique relies on a psychological factor: You believe whatever your eyes […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with Domain theft, account credentials, don't believe your eyes, phishing, scammers

Stolen domains: Fey.com, DRP.com, Still.com

Posted by DomainGang on February 4, 2023, at 10:29 am

The domain names Fey.com, DRP.com, and Still.com have one thing or two in common. For starters, all 3 domains are registered at Network Solutions, using WHOIS privacy. They are premium and aged, as they were registered in the mid 1990s. One more thing in common is that they have been reported as stolen, by two […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with DRP.com, Domain theft, Fey.com, Network Solutions, Network Solutions certified offer, Still.com, domain crime, domains stolen, stolen, stolen domains

Warning: W3.com, PL.com, AAO.com are stolen domain names

Posted by DomainGang on January 4, 2023, at 2:01 pm

A group of short, premium domain names, has been reported as stolen. The stash includes PL3.com, W3.com, AAO.com and several others. The theft occurred in late December with the domains being moved unlawfully away from the owner’s account to Namecheap.com. The following domain names are currently stolen from domain investor Gregg Ostrick‘s account: PL.com W3.com […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with AAO.com, Domain theft, Gregg Ostrick, HHT.com, HKE.com, IJA.com, KVL.com, LAS.com, LVL.com, PL.com, TKM.com, W3.com, WBN.com, stolen domains

TulipBulbs.com: Stolen, dropped & auctioned—a cautionary domain tale

Posted by DomainGang on June 30, 2022, at 7:29 pm

Since 1998, the domain name TulipBulbs.com was used by the Messelaar Bulb Company in Ipswich, Massachusetts. The specialty flower grower of the “finest quality topsize flower bulbs, imported from Holland” was founded in 1969 and operated its business from a great domain name for 20 years—until one day the domain was stolen. In the words […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with Domain theft, Domains, Escrow.com, Messelaar Bulb Company, Pieter Messelaar, TulipBulbs.com, domain names, tulip bulbs

F45.com: After a theft and a UDRP, this domain is now in auction

Posted by DomainGang on May 25, 2022, at 12:18 pm

F45.com is most likely the youngest LNN .com in the world, having dropped and re-registered three days ago. When the DropCatch auction completes, F45.com will be won by the highest bidder. The ongoing auction ends in a few hours, with a currently high bid at $13,050 dollars. F45.com has a history though that might affect […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with Domain theft, Oleksandar Shapoval, Rolfe Horn, domain crime, f45, f45.com, stolen domain

FreeDesignResources.net: High traffic #domain name stolen at #GoDaddy

Posted by DomainGang on April 25, 2022, at 11:10 am

The high traffic domain FreeDesignResources.net was reported as stolen at GoDaddy yesterday. The domain has been a popular repository of graphic resources, with a high followship on Adobe Behance and Facebook. The brazen thief is seeking to extort $5,000 dollars from the victim, in exchange for the stolen domain. Offering an “alternate plan,” the cybercriminal […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with Domain theft, Domains, FreeDesignResources.net, GoDaddy, stolen domains

Warning: Tilt.com is currently a stolen #domain name

Posted by DomainGang on July 20, 2021, at 3:49 pm

The domain name Tilt.com has been stolen from its legitimate owners, and is currently in the possession of the Greenberg & Lieberman law firm. The thief appears to be from Montenegro; the sale to domain investor, James Booth, was halted once information emerged about the status of Tilt.com. James delivered the domain to Greenberg & […]

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

Matt Tolle : Attempt to steal my domains at NetSol last December

Posted by DomainGang on June 8, 2021, at 9:52 am

Matt Tolle is the owner of Night.com and a few other domains that were targeted by cybercriminals recently. Last December, there was an attempt to steal Night.com and others from his NetSol account. Mr. Tolle operates MattTolle.com and the cybercriminal registered MattToiie.com to trick the NetSol support personnel. MattToiie.com looks like MattToIIe.com when the double […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with Domain theft, Domains, Matt Tolle, Night.com, domain crime

BNN.com and Brel.com : Stolen #domains back at Web.com

Posted by DomainGang on April 5, 2021, at 10:16 am

The domains BNN.com and Brel.com were stolen and transferred away to GoDaddy by a persistent domain thief. The theft was publicized in February and since then the owner has been working with the registrars involved in this unlawful transfer to reverse it. Since late March, both domains are back in the original accounts at NameSecure, […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with BNN.com, Brel.com, Domain theft, domain crime, stolen domains

Perl.com #domain theft incident detailed by operator’s testimonial

Posted by DomainGang on March 1, 2021, at 1:29 pm

The brazen theft of Perl.com shows just how far operatives in countries with lax IP laws can go. Luckily, the domain name Perl.com was returned to its rightful owner, programmer Tom Christiansen. At the time that the incident was made public, the domain Perl.com had been transferred to Chinese domain registrar BizCN. The registrar’s erratic […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with BizCn, Domain theft, Perl, Perl.com, domain crime, stolen domains