ALERT: Multi-million dollar business domain ShadesDaddy.com has been stolen!

ShadesDaddy.com is the domain of a multi-million dollar online business, retailing sunglasses since 2008. The Miami company’s domain name was registered with eNom; on Februrary 3rd, 2015 the domain was hijacked away, and was moved to the Chinese domain registrar, Ename. Mr. Pablo Palatnik, owner of ShadesDaddy, alerted us to the domain theft of ShadesDaddy.com; […]

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Update: CCT.com has been retrieved – No longer a stolen domain!

Great news for Dean Vlahos, legitimate owner of the domain CCT.com – it has been returned to his possession, and it has been transferred back to Network Solutions. CCT.com had been reported stolen in mid December, and had been transferred to Ename.com, a domain registrar popular with domain thieves in China. It is almost certain […]

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Riots in China over ‘Punch a Domain Thief’ day

Violent riots erupted in China this morning, as Americans observe the 1st annual National Punch A Domain Thief Day. Thousands of protesters, many of them affiliates of rogue domain registrars, took to the streets, smashing windows and settings cars on fire. “We no like punch face, call no thief!” yelled a protester, while another one […]

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Alert: Stolen domains 8KP.com, 3T6.com, A6Z.com were moved to Ename

No sooner did we announce the declaration of February 1st as National Punch a Domain Thief Day, and a group of domains was reported as stolen. The domains 8KP.com, 3T6.com and A6Z.com were removed unlawfully from their owner’s GoDaddy account, and were transferred to the usual destination: the Chinese domain registrar and auction market place, […]

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February 1st is National Punch a Domain Thief Day

During the entire 2014, domain theft increased to numbers unseen before, thanks to an ICANN imposed requirement for ownership verification. The Registrars rushed to comply, falling victims to a flood of email phishing originating mostly from China. Rogue domain registrars make life difficult to domain owners whose domains were stolen; although, there has been a […]

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ESQwire: Law firm assists with the return of 3 valuable numeric .com domains

It’s good news for the owner of three formerly stolen numeric domains: 224.com, 452.com and 605.com. ESQwire, the domainer-friendly law firm of attorneys Ari Goldberger and Jason Schaeffer, along with Greenberg & Lieberman, filed a lawsuit in November, to recover the domains on behalf of their owner. In late December, the Virginia court decided to […]

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9P.com update: Bodis pulls the plug on stolen domain’s parking revenue

Chinese domain thieves stole the domain 9P.com, moving it away from GoDaddy and to registrar Ename. In order to exploit its apparent massive traffic related to playing online games, they parked it at PPC traffic monetization company Bodis. After the legitimate owner of the domain contacted us to report the domain theft, we reached out […]

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9P.com – Another stolen domain name ends up at Chinese registrar Ename

The owners of the domain name 9P.com alerted us that the domain has been stolen from their GoDaddy account, sometime in late December. Presumably targeted for its use as a short, easy to remember repository of free online games, 9P.com was stolen not too long after it was renewed for a period of 10 years. […]

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Alert: 6462.com is a stolen domain name – do not buy!

The domain name 6462.com has been reported as stolen by its owner, Australian domain investor Rod Seeber, who talks about “Babes, Cars and Guitars” from Rod.tv. As most domain thefts that occurred in 2014, 6462.com was registered at GoDaddy, from where it was unlawfully transferred out yesterday, according to DomainTools. The thief transferred it out […]

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ALERT: The domain EXF.com is currently stolen – Do not buy!

The domain name EXF.com has been stolen, following the usual route from GoDaddy to the Chinese domain registrar, Ename. The presumably Chinese domain thief showed extreme interest in the domain, as it was first stolen three weeks ago and was pushed to another GoDaddy account. At the time, its owner notified GoDaddy about the domain […]

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Alert: Kamao.com is a stolen domain name

We were alerted by the owner of Kamao.com that the domain has been stolen. The incident appears to have taken place last week, and the domain was first pushed to another GoDaddy account before being transferred out to Chinese domain registrar, Ename.com. Ename is notorious as the destination registrar of choice for stolen domain names, […]

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ALERT: The domains 224.com, 452.com and 605.com are currently stolen

Domain theft has been a hot topic this year; an increased appetite by Chinese domain investors has led to numerous incidents of stolen domains. Many of these domains end up at Chinese domain registrar and selling venue, Ename. Ename.com has generally been uncooperative in blatant cases of domain theft, and despite efforts of losing registrars […]

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