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General Domain Name Discussion
Is Halverez Back In Action??
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<blockquote data-quote="JuniperPark" data-source="post: 2230698" data-attributes="member: 4640"><p>Years ago, I was the first person to notice suspicious bidding at Snapnames by an account called "halverez". </p><p></p><p>He seemed to always enter auctions at the last possible millisecond. When Google Street View posted the first working images in the Seattle test area, it showed that the address "halverez" was using was a KFC chicken store. Emails to Snapnames execs assured me that the account was verified and "totally legit"... but eventually we learned that I had stumbled upon a $20 million scam.</p><p></p><p>A few weeks ago I saw a domain name I like, so I registered my interest at the usual "big 3" dropcatchers, starting with Namejet, and I was the only bidder at the 2 who show such info.... Or so I thought. </p><p></p><p>I saw that Namejet caught the domain, but my "you won" email never came. The next day the domain was registered to BuyDomains. HUH??? I contacted Namejet, and they told me they had no record of me registering to bid for the domain at all, and BuyDomains was the only ID that did. I re-checked the other sites, and sure enough, I was the only bidder at Snapnames, and I was registered at Pool but they don't show other bidders. OK, so perhaps I made an error of some sort at Namejet... but kind of odd that I would remember it well enough that there were no other bidders, and if BuyDomains was interested why did they not put in a bid at Snapnames? That doesn't make sense, but it's possible. I decide to pay better attention next time.</p><p></p><p>Next time comes, I find a domain I want, and I'm the 2nd bidder at Namejet and 2nd bidder at Snapnames. Namejet catches the domain, but bidding goes through the roof immediately.... but I notice there are 4 bidders, not 2. HMMMMMM. After some clicking, I find the bid details, and I see that 2 bidders entered at the last moment, 8:59am, "halverez" style. </p><p></p><p>Has anyone else seen anything like this, or any other suspicious bidding at the dropcatchers?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JuniperPark, post: 2230698, member: 4640"] Years ago, I was the first person to notice suspicious bidding at Snapnames by an account called "halverez". He seemed to always enter auctions at the last possible millisecond. When Google Street View posted the first working images in the Seattle test area, it showed that the address "halverez" was using was a KFC chicken store. Emails to Snapnames execs assured me that the account was verified and "totally legit"... but eventually we learned that I had stumbled upon a $20 million scam. A few weeks ago I saw a domain name I like, so I registered my interest at the usual "big 3" dropcatchers, starting with Namejet, and I was the only bidder at the 2 who show such info.... Or so I thought. I saw that Namejet caught the domain, but my "you won" email never came. The next day the domain was registered to BuyDomains. HUH??? I contacted Namejet, and they told me they had no record of me registering to bid for the domain at all, and BuyDomains was the only ID that did. I re-checked the other sites, and sure enough, I was the only bidder at Snapnames, and I was registered at Pool but they don't show other bidders. OK, so perhaps I made an error of some sort at Namejet... but kind of odd that I would remember it well enough that there were no other bidders, and if BuyDomains was interested why did they not put in a bid at Snapnames? That doesn't make sense, but it's possible. I decide to pay better attention next time. Next time comes, I find a domain I want, and I'm the 2nd bidder at Namejet and 2nd bidder at Snapnames. Namejet catches the domain, but bidding goes through the roof immediately.... but I notice there are 4 bidders, not 2. HMMMMMM. After some clicking, I find the bid details, and I see that 2 bidders entered at the last moment, 8:59am, "halverez" style. Has anyone else seen anything like this, or any other suspicious bidding at the dropcatchers? [/QUOTE]
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