Hijacking Alert: Industry Pioneer Has Muliple Domains Stolen From His Enom Account - DNForum - Domain Sales, Domain Forum, Domain Appraisals, Domain Registrars

**Duke** · 07-21-2009, 10:02 PM

Warren Weitzman's worst nightmare has just come true. He has been in the domain game since 1994 but Weitzman has never seen anything like this. Somehow over a dozen domains have been stolen from his Enom account and he thinks the break-in may have occurred as high as the registry level. Even worse, the thefts may not have stopped yet:
http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/low...s/20090721.htm

**mxdominios** · 07-21-2009, 10:12 PM

Unbelievable to say the least!

**bigboydog_0** · 07-21-2009, 10:24 PM

SOMEONE STOLED MINE TOO !!!! WINEWRITER.COM SAME 000domains INC
I JUST CHECKED MY DOMAINS AND WINEWRITER.COM IS GONE FROM MY PORTFOLIO....THIS IS CRAZY... I GOT TO CHECK THIS OUT.

**south** · 07-21-2009, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by mxdominios

Unbelievable to say the least!

Agreed.

Thanks for spreading the news Ron!

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigboydog_0

SOMEONE STOLED MINE TOO !!!! WINEWRITER.COM SAME 000domains INC
I JUST CHECKED MY DOMAINS AND WINEWRITER.COM IS GONE FROM MY PORTFOLIO....THIS IS CRAZY... I GOT TO CHECK THIS OUT.

Bummer man. Give them a call / email / support ticket asap! And change your enom password! Think I'll go change mine now...

**Doc Com** · 07-21-2009, 11:42 PM

Horrible!

**wmloz** · 07-21-2009, 11:42 PM

WTF is going on with all these thefts! Unbelievable!

**Doc Com** · 07-21-2009, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by wmloz

WTF is going on with all these thefts! Unbelievable!

I am involved with one also, but do not want to give any details as it has been given a priority and is being investigated.

From what I have seen with the other posts, all the major registrars are now involved in some sort of domain theft.

**Poker** · 07-22-2009, 12:03 AM

That sux, I bet he will get them all back though, plenty of publicity.

On a lighter note, couldn't help but notice the irony of the first stolen domain mentioned:

Adios.com

**Jagusa** · 07-22-2009, 12:25 AM

Also disconcerting is that the contact email for the stolen names is, according to domaintools.com, associated with about 126,209 domains

**Jeffreyw** · 07-22-2009, 02:01 AM

How could a domain be transferred again in less than a week when the ICANN rule is 60 days?

Fishy!

**24HourDomainer** · 07-22-2009, 02:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeffreyw

How could a domain be transferred again in less than a week when the ICANN rule is 60 days?

Fishy!

inside jobs!

**Focus** · 07-22-2009, 02:53 AM

Great...just what we need...

Wonder why they would steal some of those names though..I only saw 2 worth their salt.

**jasdon11** · 07-22-2009, 03:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeffreyw

How could a domain be transferred again in less than a week when the ICANN rule is 60 days?

Fishy!

Just what I was thinking.

**Doc Com** · 07-22-2009, 09:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeffreyw

How could a domain be transferred again in less than a week when the ICANN rule is 60 days?

Fishy!

That is exactly what happened with me and is being investigated.

Something is going on and someone with access to these systems is involved because this exact thing is NOT supposed to happen.

**wmloz** · 07-22-2009, 11:13 AM

There has to be something going on at a level beyond your registry.

**Acro** · 07-22-2009, 11:38 AM

Registrar hopping can happen, trust me. You just have to know people.

pcproffenno · 07-22-2009, 11:42 AM

Damn. Who can you really trust nowadays? ..

**24HourDomainer** · 07-22-2009, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by pcproffenno

Damn. Who can you really trust nowadays? ..

GoDaddy!

pcproffenno · 07-22-2009, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by 24HourDomainer

GoDaddy!

I'm not so sure about that.. I've read a lot of hijacking stories involving GoDaddy.

BUT, most of them are because of people who have had their; web-based e-mails hacked, computers hacked or generally f***ing up the transfer process (by having payments reversed etc.). No registrar should be blamed for that. I'm not saying that's the case here though.

What's more scary is if we can no longer trust the people who work for the different registrars.

**24HourDomainer** · 07-22-2009, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by pcproffenno

I'm not so sure about that.. I've read a lot of hijacking stories involving GoDaddy.

BUT, most of them are because of people who have had their; web-based e-mails hacked, computers hacked or generally f***ing up the transfer process (by having payments reversed etc.). No registrar should be blamed for that. I'm not saying that's the case here though.

What's more scary is if we can no longer trust the people who work for the different registrars.

Anyone who is stupid enough to register a domain name using gmail, hotmail, yahoo, etc as admin email - is asking for thieves to take their domain name! otherwise, GoDaddy Internal Security team does not go around hopping or transfering domain names from accounts!

I don't trust any other registrar in the business! GD is by far the only trustable company for Domainers. I've had this discussion in the past and was slammed hard and was told enom and moniker is a better choice! I disagree and will never use enom or moniker, they have the worst customer service! How can one trust their assets with a company who takes weeks to reply back to a email support?

For now GoDaddy ranks #1

07-21-2009, 10:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
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07-21-2009, 10:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
mxdominios Platinum Lifetime Member Name: Pensamientos.com Last Online: Yesterday 10:14 PM iTrader: (54) Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,175 DNF$: 1,170 Location: Torreon, Mexico Country:	Unbelievable to say the least! __________________ ...

07-21-2009, 10:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
bigboydog_0 Platinum Lifetime Member Name: gv Last Online: Yesterday 05:44 PM iTrader: (3) Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 608 DNF$: 10,290 Location: kansas city Country:	SOMEONE STOLED MINE TOO !!!! WINEWRITER.COM SAME 000domains INC I JUST CHECKED MY DOMAINS AND WINEWRITER.COM IS GONE FROM MY PORTFOLIO....THIS IS CRAZY... I GOT TO CHECK THIS OUT. __________________ www.Sevendeporeldueno.com \|Contract4Deed.net\|HomesbyOwner.net\|NationalWideMo rtgage.com\|MortgageFirstSource.com\|

07-21-2009, 11:42 PM	#5 (permalink)
Doc Com Dances With Dogs Name: info [@] gerry.mobi Last Online: Today 12:53 AM iTrader: (73) Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 10,284 DNF$: 25,441 Country:	Horrible! __________________ Conservative With A Conscience

07-22-2009, 12:25 AM	#9 (permalink)
Jagusa Platinum Lifetime Member Name: John Last Online: Yesterday 09:31 PM iTrader: (23) Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 439 DNF$: 0 Location: Santa Barbara, California Country:	Also disconcerting is that the contact email for the stolen names is, according to domaintools.com, associated with about 126,209 domains __________________ Hi!

07-21-2009, 11:42 PM	#6 (permalink)
wmloz Last Online: Yesterday 11:29 PM iTrader: (6) Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,253 DNF$: 8,555	WTF is going on with all these thefts! Unbelievable!

07-22-2009, 12:03 AM	#8 (permalink)
Poker Domains Biatch! Last Online: Yesterday 08:39 PM iTrader: (13) Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,150 DNF$: 12,243 Location: Nirvana Country:	That sux, I bet he will get them all back though, plenty of publicity. On a lighter note, couldn't help but notice the irony of the first stolen domain mentioned: Adios.com

07-22-2009, 02:01 AM	#10 (permalink)
Jeffreyw Platinum Lifetime Member Last Online: 11-06-2009 11:34 PM iTrader: (7) Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 695 DNF$: 104 Location: Cebu, Philippines	How could a domain be transferred again in less than a week when the ICANN rule is 60 days? Fishy! __________________ Personal Blog \| Dyuc.com - 230$ \| Byux.com - 140$ \| JQR.org - taking offers

07-22-2009, 02:53 AM	#12 (permalink)
Focus Making Everything Click Name: Chris Last Online: Today 12:41 AM iTrader: (111) Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 9,403 DNF$: 15,334 Location: Dirty South Country:	Great...just what we need... Wonder why they would steal some of those names though..I only saw 2 worth their salt. __________________ Selling the tremendous domain name : FLUS dot com must see unbelievable price & opportunity! Hurry!

07-22-2009, 11:13 AM	#15 (permalink)
wmloz Last Online: Yesterday 11:29 PM iTrader: (6) Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,253 DNF$: 8,555	There has to be something going on at a level beyond your registry.

07-22-2009, 11:38 AM	#16 (permalink)
Acro Bloody lovely Last Online: Yesterday 08:07 PM iTrader: (394) Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 23,903 DNF$: 4,071 Location: USA Country:	Registrar hopping can happen, trust me. You just have to know people. __________________ DomainGang.com - Domainers' Most Awesome News Source Acroplex - Web & Graphics Acro.net - My Blog My Countdown Counting down to: Snapnames rebate hitting my mailbox 80 days 22 hours 43 minutes

07-22-2009, 11:42 AM	#17 (permalink)
pcproffenno Never Sleep™ Name: Stian Last Online: Yesterday 01:31 PM iTrader: (132) Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,833 DNF$: 3,895 Location: EHOT.net Country:	Damn. Who can you really trust nowadays? .. __________________ EHOT.net \| Twitter \| Skype ID: ehot.net

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