Stolen domains update

Aug 22, 2002

All,

Good news, a couple stolen domains have been returned to proper owners!

Spoke with some domain expert. Apparently this thief has been at it a while. This "source" insists the guy lives in California, not Asia. Evidence is pretty compelling. This guy knows his name too and will rat him out with some more pressure I think--I am trying.

Anyone see the china.net Who Is now?? It has changed. Apparently, the lights were turned on for this cockroach (thief) and he is fleeing the light of truth and trying to seek cover and legitmacy. Won't work dude! Someone knows who you are by name! A congressman may know him soon!

Stay tuned.

fizz · Aug 22, 2002

That's great news nameinvestor. Keep up the good work

MillerTyme · Aug 24, 2002

Anyone see the china.net Who Is now?? It has changed. Apparently, the lights were turned on for this cockroach (thief) and he is fleeing the light of truth and trying to seek cover and legitmacy. Won't work dude! Someone knows who you are by name! A congressman may know him soon!

Stay tuned.>>>> did the guy take china.net ? thats retarded. Is there anywhere that shows the old whois for it ?

RacerX · Aug 24, 2002

Whois: (Totally bogus)

Registrant:
Doug Esposito (CHINA-NET-DOM)
912 E Omahu Rd
Remuera, Auckland
NZ
520508
[email protected]

Domain Name: CHINA.NET

Administrative Contact:
Doug Esposito [email protected]
912 E Omahu Rd
Remuera, Auckland
NZ
520508

Dickie · Sep 1, 2002

Also totally bogus:

Registrant:
Doug Esposito (ADVICE-COM-DOM)
912 E Omahu Rd
Remuera, Auckland
NZ
520508
[email protected]

Domain Name: ADVICE.COM

Administrative Contact:
Doug Esposito [email protected]
912 E Omahu Rd
Remuera, Auckland
NZ
520508

Omni · Sep 1, 2002

This guy's good... (or have good taste)

Sep 2, 2002

Got it yet MillerTime? Watch your use of 'retarded'.....

Sep 2, 2002

http://www.whoisdatabase.com/index.php?domain_name=china.net

Brujah · Sep 2, 2002

Did they really get it back ? Or maybe the Whois info is being changed to get you off the trail.

The name was with NetSol before. Dotregister said Netsol had to get it resolved and they would return the name. The name is still with Dotregister though ?

Meanwhile, who benefits from all that type-in traffic ? Dotregister does. They have a client they KNOW is taking domain names that doesn't belong to him. Many names still in his inventory, while they know what has taken place.
http://www.advice.com/

Omni · Sep 3, 2002

Just curious Brujah, how does DotReg know? (haven't been keeping track of this too much...)

Brujah · Sep 3, 2002

Omni, if you return a stolen name to its rightful owner.. you can pretty much be sure many of the other names your client has been accumulating are likely to be stolen also.

They've also already indicated the client has given them false information in the whois records and provided them with false information for their own account records.

If you were the registrar, and this client was yours. What would you do ?

MarkyMark · Sep 3, 2002

OMNI, because someone recently transferred many high (super high) profile domains to them. Don't tell me you dont think they would notice that?... So besides theivery what could it be?

1. He just spent a lot of money buying domains and is transferring them to DR? Unlikely...

2. He owned them before?... nope DR would see that the whois changes for them when he orders the transfer.

3. He managed to take control of obsolete email addresses and "steal" domains? Bingo!

Omni · Sep 3, 2002

Cool thx.net

MillerTyme · Sep 3, 2002

nameinvestor
Cool Member

Registered: Jul 2002
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Posts: 82
Points: 498
Got it yet MillerTime? Watch your use of 'retarded'.....>>>>>

Oooh are you threatening me ? LOL

I was talking about the guy who would take such a high profile name as china.net being retarded.

Why are you so touchy ?

MattyP · Sep 3, 2002

nameinvestor and MillerTyme.

How about we forget the mis-understanding and all stay friends.

Matt

RacerX · Sep 4, 2002

The thief did not take 'old email addresses' to do this. He fraudulently changed the admin email at Netsol first. Big difference.

MarkyMark · Sep 4, 2002

you may be right, but thats not the explanation that was posted here earlier and subsequently removed by moderators...

Sep 4, 2002

MarkyMark,

There were two methods discussed here. The thief chose the first (most aggregious method) one that was discussed, changing the Admin email contact at NetSol then moving it to another registrar and using false contact names and addresses.