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; […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.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 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.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 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Revision Legal: Law Firm recovered $3.5 million in stolen domain assets in 12 months
Revision Legal, a law firm based in Michigan, has announced its track record for the past 12 months, regarding the recovery of stolen domains. Acknowledging that domain theft has become rampant, the statement opens thus: “Domain name theft is an ever-increasing reality for any individual or business that owns a domain name. And combating this […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.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, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.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 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.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 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.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 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.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. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Took a bloody year: Stolen domain MLA.com has been returned to rightful owner!
Michael Lee can finally breathe; his premium corporate asset, MLA.com, is no longer in the hands of a Russian youth, who stole it in May of 2013. It took more than one year to get MLA.com back, and the combination of good luck, corporate pressure, legal processes – and the outing of the thief on […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain name hijacking: How to slam the door on potential thieves
This year we’ve seen an exponential increase in domain name hijacking and theft, all thanks to a requirement by ICANN for registrars to verify WHOIS information. Domain theft is rampant in countries that the US legal system cannot comfortably reach, such as China and Russia. What can domainers do to prevent the loss of their […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Breakthrough in stolen domain case revealed
The owner of a domain name that has been stolen relayed us the good news: the domain’s fate has been sealed, pending the Registrar’s compliance with a court decision. Although at this point the domain is still showing the contact info of the domain thief, it has been ‘frozen‘ at the Registry. Considering the time […]
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