Domain crime : Abdullah.com and ASAD.com are stolen domains
Two domains of Arabic interest have been reported as stolen; both ASAD.com and Abdullah.com were taken away from their legitimate owner, Abdullah S. Jafari. The Texas resident seems to have lost ownership of the domains in the past 30 to 40 days. Both domains were up for sale on NamePros, by a newly registered account […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain crime : 5285.com has been stolen from eNom
The domain 5285.com has been reported as stolen by its owner, who became aware of the theft today. According to our research, a cybercriminal unlawfully removed the domain from an eNom account, and transferred it to the Chinese domain registrar Ename. The theft of 5285.com appears to have taken place in early December; the domain […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain crime : Three more domains were stolen, from a Chinese domain investor
A domain investor from China has reported that three of his domains were stolen, and moved away from an eNom account. Manhua.com, 5678.com and 26266.com are now in the hands of cybercriminals, who stole them and transferred them to Dynadot. Domainer-friendly lawfirm, ESQwire.com, has been retained to enforce the rights of the domain owner; in […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain Crime : OLP.com added to list of stolen domain names
A brazen theft of domains we covered yesterday, has a new addition; the domain OLP.com is currently stolen as well. ESQwire.com, the domainer-friendly law firm, has been retained on behalf of their legitimate owner to take all steps necessary for their immediate return. All currently listed domains were stolen from an eNom account, and were […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain Crime : EOL.com, NNN.com, Zhang.com, Tang.com, WOK.com, JOL.com, WTV.com are currently stolen
A highly valuable portfolio of short domain names has just been reported as stolen. A total of seven domains were stolen from the owner’s eNom account: EOL.com NNN.com Zhang.com Tang.com WTV.com WOK.com JOL.com Of those stolen domains, EOL.com, NNN.com, Zhang.com and Tang.com have been transferred away to Dynadot. Two were transferred away to 22.CN: WOK.com, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Quartet of stolen LLLL .com domains was recovered by GoDaddy
A quartet of four-letter .com domains that was stolen from its legitimate owner in November 2015, has been recovered by GoDaddy. The case involved the following domains: RYLN.COM, BMRD.COM, RDBY.COM, LLCY.COM. The domains were stolen by Chinese cybercriminals and were moved to Ename, where they were auctioned. Their legitimate owner engaged GoDaddy’s dispute team, which […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain crime : 1371.com is a stolen domain name
The domain name 1371.com has been declared as stolen by its legitimate owner, who lost control over it sometime in August. Since then, 1371.com was moved away from GoDaddy and is currently at Name.com. Many domain owners who do not actively keep track of their domain assets, become aware of a domain theft incident when […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain theft of the “joint venture” kind
One kind of domain theft that is often left untouched, is the type commenced by business partners, that are expected to be in good terms. Are you shocked already? A business partnership or other “joint venture” that goes south, often leads to a sudden departure from law-abiding practices expected among the former partners. Whoever controls […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Gobble gobble! Group of stolen domain names has been recovered
Happy Thanksgiving! A domain owner has more reasons to celebrate today, with extra wine, as the majority of his domains that were stolen, have been returned to his GoDaddy account. GoDaddy acted quickly, recovering almost all of the domain names reported as stolen yesterday. The only one remaining in stolen status, is 14491.com which has […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy ‘trick’ to keep your domains locked in place
If you’ve been reading all the recent stories about domain theft, you’re most likely concerned. Domain theft can lead to major financial loss, particularly when domains are transferred out to a different domain registrar. At GoDaddy, enabling two-step authentication is a must; the biggest domain registrar in the world is being targeted due to its […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain crime : More LLLL .com domains have been stolen
Several four letter .com domains were reported as stolen by their owner; the LLLL .com domains were moved to a separate account at GoDaddy. The theft occurred on November 15th, and it involved the following domain names: DYYE.COM LIEA.COM WDRA.COM MRRR.COM MFFF.COM In addition to these, B6F.COM and B4Y.COM were also stolen. Short domains are […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Cybercrime : Ename wants victim of domain theft to refund the buyers!
It doesn’t get any better than this – if you’re looking for an example of adding insult to pain, that is. A domain owner whose domains were reported stolen from GoDaddy and transferred to the Chinese domain registrar, Ename, received the following shocking response from Ename support: Thank you for contacting eName service. The domains: […]
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