Registrar Disappears? New Scam?

[doobee]

Hi folks. I would appreciate any advice you could throw my way regarding a situation I've found myself in.

I bought a website (videos3.com) from a seller on a popular forum recently. The domain was registered with a registrar called 5nweb.com. They had an admin panel for the domain and I was able to create an account, change my nameserver details there, etc. as with any registrar. As of two days ago I was not able to log onto my account at 5nweb.com. I sent out two emails to the registrar with no response. Today I am noticing that the registrar is down (504 gateway timeout). A whois check now shows that the domain name server does not point to my server anymore and the registration details are concealed with privacy protect. Whois shows http://whiz.in as the registrar and they are down too (504). I see no mention of 5nweb.com or whiz.in in ICANN's list of accredited registrars.

Looks like I may have been scammed. Where can I turn for help in this matter? Your help appreciated.
Dov Katz

 

[VirtualT]

i see http://www.PublicDomainRegistry.com as the registrar in whois.
Contact them maybe.

 

[doobee]

i see http://www.PublicDomainRegistry.com as the registrar in whois.
Contact them maybe.

Yes, I see that now. I will email immediately. Thanks.

 

[mediawizard]

There was a scheduled downtime yesterday for all Resellerclub resellers.

Check now, might be back up.

Good Luck