OED.net

[philiporchard]

OED.net

A well matured and tasty looking 3 letter

BIN: £1.5k

[philiporchard]

I was brokering the sale of OED.net.

After posting on DN Forum, someone contacted the owner of the domain directly and agreed a sale. No problem there, as I'd have received payment regardless of how a sale went through.

The owner, however, transferred the name prior to payment, and no payment was ever made. OED.net was stolen. The email address and names (all probably made up) were jahad mustafa email : mydomainworld@gmail.com.

We have a domain lawyer, but this is fraud. Can anyone recommend the best course of action.

Thanks, Phil Orchard

[davidpearce]

I am the (ex-) owner of the domain in question. Over the years, I'm sure we've all waived the process of escrow for people we know and trust - and for people in the industry who have a good reputation.
However, foolishly, in this case I simply trusted a friendly stranger without a Net presence. The fraudster in question has now sold the domain to an innocent third party in Portugal whom I have no doubt purchased the domain in good faith.

Anyhow, this is just to alert people on the forum to be cautious about any dealings with the party below:


ADMIN CONTACT INFO
jahad mostafa
901 - B1 - Al Naumiyah Towers - Kuwait Stajm
ajman
ajman
8834
AE
Phone: +971.4425004
Email Address: vb2deal@gmail.com

[the contact details are taken from a the domain rafiei.com with which he is associated. I've belatedly done a little detective work]

He used the email address
jahad mostafa <mydomainworld@gmail.com>
when contacting me.
Sadder and Wiser Dave

[Melly]

Why would anyone push the domain before payment?

[Focus]

Brilliant..

[Melly]

Brilliant..

Really doesn't make sense does it? I mean I am sorry that he got screwed over but why would anyone in their right mind push a domain first much less to someone they don't know.

[davidpearce]

I've used escrow.com in the past - but it has been expensive and has pitfalls of its own.
So I normally prefer to trust people - perhaps not always wisely, but until now without any problems. Deals get done quicker.

[Banned: theinvestor]

I am not so sure how it's expensive... for a name you were planning to sell for $1500 ...it would cost you $50 for escrow ..which you shouldn't be paying anyway. The buyer should pay it.

[Acro]

Dave, also see this post where the same email turns up in another recent fraud:

http://www.dnforum.com/f26/sold-doma...ml#post1744151

I am the (ex-) owner of the domain in question. Over the years, I'm sure we've all waived the process of escrow for people we know and trust - and for people in the industry who have a good reputation.
However, foolishly, in this case I simply trusted a friendly stranger without a Net presence. The fraudster in question has now sold the domain to an innocent third party in Portugal whom I have no doubt purchased the domain in good faith.

Anyhow, this is just to alert people on the forum to be cautious about any dealings with the party below:


ADMIN CONTACT INFO
jahad mostafa
901 - B1 - Al Naumiyah Towers - Kuwait Stajm
ajman
ajman
8834
AE
Phone: +971.4425004
Email Address: vb2deal@gmail.com

[the contact details are taken from a the domain rafiei.com with which he is associated. I've belatedly done a little detective work]

He used the email address
jahad mostafa <mydomainworld@gmail.com>
when contacting me.
Sadder and Wiser Dave

[davidpearce]

Dave, also see this post where the same email turns up in another recent fraud:

http://www.dnforum.com/f26/sold-doma...ml#post1744151

Thanks. The new owner Oliver Hoger informs me that he paid $550 to the fraudster. I'm not an expert in these things, but surely there must be a "money trail" back to someone's bank account? Are there any skilled fraudbusters present on the forum???

[PRED]

think he has popped up again, Vik spotted the domain again
http://mobility.mobi/showthread.php?...d=1#post129092