Ammar Abd Rabbo : I did not sell the domain Ammar.com
In a shocking twist of events, Ammar Abd Rabbo, the French journalist and photographer that appeared to have been the seller of the domain Ammar.com to Ammar Kubba, disclaimed any such sale occurred. Ammar Abd Rabbo left a comment, stating: “Just to make things clear : I am Ammar Abd Rabbo, and I did not […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Google Password Alert : Protect domain registrar accounts from phishing attacks
The most common method of having your domains stolen, is by surrendering your registrar credentials in a phishing attack. Simply explained, phishing works by prompting one to click a link that appears to take them to a casual destination, such as a domain registrar. Once there, the unsuspected victim provides their user name and password, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Still stolen: Domain Name Theft lawsuit pending for 14 LLL .com domains
A stash of 14 stolen domain names – all of them premium LLL .coms – is being challenged in a federal lawsuit filed in October 2014. Wiley Rein, a law firm specializing in IP matters, filed the lawsuit against several John Does in China; the stolen domains were unlawfully moved to the Chinese domain registrar, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy wins pair of phishing, password-stealing domain names in UDRP
GoDaddy filed and won a UDRP for two domain names that were used as part of an elaborate email phishing scheme. As we pointed out in December of 2014, several domain names bearing the “GoDaddy” keyword and trademark, were registered at eNom. Their Chinese registrant used them in email phishing campaigns, in order to fool […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dear Santa : My Domain Name Has Been Stolen – Part Three
It’s rock’n’roll time for Australian domain investor, Rod Seeber. Three months after his domain 6462.com was stolen from a GoDaddy account and was transferred to Ename unlawfully, GoDaddy has gotten it back. Imagine, losing parking revenue or traffic for 90 days, on top of all the anguish from dealing with the domain theft! As before, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Kamao.com : GoDaddy retrieves stolen domain with order from Verisign
It’s a routine repeated more often than a ballet pirouette, these days: Unscrupulous cybercriminals from China, using phishing techniques, steal domains – primarily from GoDaddy – and transfer them to Ename, a Chinese domain marketplace and registrar. Once there, the process of reclaiming these domains is a painful reprisal of a practice that GoDaddy has […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Wall Street Journal : Domain Crime and the loss of domains and businesses
The Wall Street Journal made extensive coverage to domain theft and cybercrime that targets businesses yesterday. In an epic article covering the domain theft of ShadesDaddy.com and MLA.com – both of which we covered extensively in the past – the WSJ shares feedback from important industry attorneys. Philip Corwin, counsel to the Internet Commerce Association, emphasizes […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ShadesDaddy founder offers advice on Domain Name Hijacking recovery
Our exclusive coverage of the brazen theft and subsequent recovery of ShadesDaddy.com has a pleasant follow-up. Pablo Palatnik, founder of ShadesDaddy, promised to return and has published an article that was picked up by Forbes. In this three-pager, Palatnik offers advice on how to proceed, if your domain has been hijacked. The key points that […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domainer documents domain theft in diary
Starting in November of 2014, just days after his domain name 6FE.com was stolen from his GoDaddy account, the owner of Domainers United blogged about his ordeal. The domain was removed from his account by Chinese thieves, and was transferred to Ename – the apparent domain registrar of choice for Chinese criminals. For several days, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Cache of formerly stolen domains was returned to owner: 495.com, C5.net and more
Three times today we announced the return of stolen domain names to their lawful owners. First, ShadesDaddy.com was returned to its business owner, after Verisign took urgent steps to yank the domain from the clutch of domain registrar, Ename. Then, EXF.com was announced as no longer stolen, three months after it was taken away to […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Update: Formerly stolen domain EXF.com was returned to its owner
Who doesn’t like a happy ending? In November 2014, the domain name EXF.com was stolen from its legitimate owner – not once, but twice. EXF.com was then transferred from GoDaddy to Ename, the Chinese domain registrar notorious for being used by domain thieves. The domain’s legitimate owner contacted us today, to let us know that […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Verisign returns ShadesDaddy.com to lawful owner with executive decision
Pablo Palatnik is ecstatic, he cannot hide his overflowing excitement over the news: ShadesDaddy.com, the domain stolen from his business almost 10 days ago, is back in his possession. “I’m so relieved, but it still has to sink in,” says Palatnik on the phone. “Frustration has turned into joy and I’m working on undoing the […]
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