wtf?? I own a domain I've never seen, at a registrar I've never been to!

**The Heron** · 04-28-2005, 11:04 AM

Identity theft gone awry.

**baddog** · 04-28-2005, 11:07 AM

I have 100's of domains I never even heard of, much less visited.

**StuartD** · 04-28-2005, 11:11 AM

Originally posted by baddog

I have 100's of domains I never even heard of, much less visited.

yeah but that's a case of losing track... I only have like, 8 to my name. So I know specifically what domains I do and don't have.

**Downtime** · 04-28-2005, 11:12 AM

Alcohol does some crazy things!

**Furious_Male** · 04-28-2005, 11:14 AM

Or someone was doing something illegal with the domain and switched it into your name.

**StuartD** · 04-28-2005, 11:15 AM

Originally posted by Downtime

Alcohol does some crazy things!

Except that I don't drink.

**cool1** · 04-28-2005, 11:20 AM

Is it a good domain name??

**boner 2.0** · 04-28-2005, 11:23 AM

Originally posted by NichePay - StuartD

Except that I don't drink.

Are you sure? If you register domain(s) that you don't even know...

hehehe just kidding

**Cains** · 04-28-2005, 11:23 AM

It's common over in the UK that companies mass register domain names of local businesses, then phoning them and saying they have their domain name, then they renew or buy it

Anything like that?

**StuartD** · 04-28-2005, 11:24 AM

Originally posted by cool1

Is it a good domain name??

not great, but actually not bad. I wouldn't mind getting control of it.

**StuartD** · 04-28-2005, 11:25 AM

Originally posted by Cains

It's common over in the UK that companies mass register domain names of local businesses, then phoning them and saying they have their domain name, then they renew or buy it

Anything like that?

I'd believe it except that I got spam from a competitor of the place the domain is registered. And... if they did that, would they really pick a porn domain?

**JFPdude** · 04-28-2005, 11:25 AM

Originally posted by NichePay - StuartD

not great, but actually not bad. I wouldn't mind getting control of it.

I thought you said it had all your info. If so I guess you do have control of it.

**StuartD** · 04-28-2005, 11:27 AM

Originally posted by JFPdude

I thought you said it had all your info. If so I guess you do have control of it.

You'd think... wouldn't you?

**JFPdude** · 04-28-2005, 11:29 AM

Originally posted by NichePay - StuartD

You'd think... wouldn't you?

All it would take is a fax to the registrar and then changing the registrar to yours ... LMFAO

**JFPdude** · 04-28-2005, 11:30 AM

It would be a lesson to the real owner about false information in his whois.

**cool1** · 04-28-2005, 11:31 AM

Well I hope it all works out in your favour

**StuartD** · 04-28-2005, 11:31 AM

Originally posted by JFPdude

All it would take is a fax to the registrar and then changing the registrar to yours ... LMFAO

Oh believe me, I'm definitely planning on that

**Adultnet** · 04-28-2005, 11:32 AM

Originally posted by Downtime

Alcohol does some crazy things!

yeah it should be it

**Cains** · 04-28-2005, 11:33 AM

Originally posted by NichePay - StuartD

I'd believe it except that I got spam from a competitor of the place the domain is registered. And... if they did that, would they really pick a porn domain?

Hmm, autobot usually, I've had spam from a company trying to buy my personal domain name because their business trades under that name

**evildick** · 04-28-2005, 11:36 AM

I used to get those fake renewal notices from a registrar here in Canada that I had never used before, but they were for domains that I actually owned.

They were trying to get me to transfer to them at an outrageous price, but tried to make it look like I had initially registered it through them.

This is probably a similar scam, but apparently they are getting desperate enough to use domains you don't even own yet.

**tungsten** · 04-28-2005, 11:47 AM

interesting, never heard of this shit before

wtf?? I own a domain I've never seen, at a registrar I've never been to!

wtf?? I own a domain I've never seen, at a registrar I've never been to!

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