Cybercrime : Chinese domain thief continues political charades and anti-USA rhetoric
A Chinese cybercriminal who stole several domains from domain investor, Chris Goh, continued his anti-USA rhetoric and threats. Instead of showing remorse over the domain theft, the Chinese thief justified his crime as “payback” for alleged crimes that the USA has committed or is committing. “The people of the world have to see the United […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Alert : BullShitWebsites.com has been stolen
BullShitWebsites.com, the domain of investor Chris Goh, has been stolen. The active domainer who often comments on blogs using the “BullS” moniker, contacted us about this unfortunate situation. “… found out that someone from China stole my BullShitWebsites.com doman plus some of my 4l at hostgator account. Working with hostgator to get them back.” It […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Alert : Cache of 115 LLL .com domains stolen from their owner
In what appears to be the largest theft of three letter .com domains ever, a cache of 115 LLL .coms were reported stolen from their owner. Domain investor, Qiang Du, who is a California resident, lost control to the valuable domain portfolio, after his AOL email account was compromised. The list of LLL .com domains […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese domain market report : Would you buy aftermarket domains from China?
During the past 2 years, the Chinese domain market has exploded with activity. While self-sufficient, China’s domain investors more often buy domains from Westerners liquidating their domain portfolios. This is particularly common with short, “coinage” domains, particularly the “Chip” kind. Chinese domainers then trade these domains among themselves. It’s not uncommon for a domain to […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Web800.com : One of the earliest cases of ICANN-reported domain theft
Domain theft is a crime. Stealing domains amounts to removing a valuable asset that belongs to someone else, and it’s no different than stealing a car, for example. For many years, domain names have been stolen, and overseer ICANN does not currently offer the type of domain ownership record, or title, made available to owners […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Stolen domain names : What is the Sedo policy?
Domain names that get stolen can bring devastating losses to their owners; in the meantime, cybercriminals that engage in domain crime activity attempt to reap great profits. The proliferation of domain theft is a serious reality, and although there is a monetary incentive that propels such criminal activity, it is being addressed in a fragmented […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Shocking! Stolen domain 5285.com fails to be reclaimed via UDRP
In February we covered the news of yet another brazen domain theft, involving the domain 5285.com. A Chinese cybercriminal stole the domain, unlawfully transferring it away from eNom to Ename in China. The domain’s legitimate owner, Donald Williams, is an experienced domain investor. He filed a UDRP and a “wangyan hong” is listed as the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.SYA.com : Stolen three letter domain was recovered via UDRP
The UDRP process has been used on several occasions to recover stolen domain names. This appears to be the case for SYA.com, a three letter .com registered in 1996, according to DomainTools. In a case filed at the National Arbitration Forum, the Complainant, Stanley Yim / Stanley Yim and Associates, Inc., owned and operated the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain crime : Zeje.com is a stolen domain name
In this time and day, you’d better lock up your domain accounts and enable two-factor authentication. The owner of the domain Zeje.com has reported it to us as stolen. Zeje.com was unlawfully removed from his GoDaddy account in February, most likely by means of a phishing email attack. The current registrant is presumed to be […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Stolen domains : 92555.com, 92801.com, 95116.com, 92627.com, 92626.com, 92658.com
A group of six 5-digit .com domains has been reported as stolen by their legitimate owner. Mr. Steven A. Chan is the original registrant of the following domains, all registered in 1999: 92555.com 92801.com 95116.com 92627.com 92626.com 92658.com The domain theft occurred some time in March, after someone stole and transferred all 6 domains from […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Reclaimed domain : WAB.com has been returned to its legitimate owner
We have received information that the formerly stolen domain WAB.com has now been returned to its legitimate owner. Less than a week after we reported the domain theft by a Russian cybercriminal, WAB.com is back in the hands of its owner, who registered the domain in 1998. It’s definitely an ironic twist to the story, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain crime : 14491.com is no longer a stolen domain asset
It took nearly four months for the owner of the domain 14491.com to get it back, after Chinese cybercriminals stole it. In November 2015, we covered the domain theft incident that involved seven valuable numeric and short domains. With the assistance of the losing registrar, GoDaddy, six of the seven domains were returned in a […]
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