Is SEDO helping scammers with fake domains like wíne.com or físh.com ?

Erdy · 02-10-2007, 03:24 PM

That one is different. The í bends right instead left.

There were 26 different bidders on the recent auction:
http://www.sedo.com/auction/auction_...5400&tracked=1

GijsZePa · 02-10-2007, 03:27 PM

Originally Posted by MarcelProust

That one is different. The í bends right instead left.

Still ...read the text...

Originally Posted by MarcelProust

There were 26 different bidders on the recent auction:
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http://www.sedo.com/auction/auction_...5400&tracked=1

26 x Stevie Wonder ?

Incredible...

Martin

CrazyHorse · 02-10-2007, 03:30 PM

As of now these are available:

xn--fll-nma.com
xn--fre-nma.com
xn--fst-nma.com
xn--fzz-nma.com

Let's see how fast they go.

circa1850 · 02-10-2007, 03:40 PM

Originally Posted by CrazyHorse

Umm yeah........ WTF describes it pretty well.

This is the one with the accent mark pointing to the right. The one that sold point to the left, very cleverly hiding the accent mark to blend into the downstroke of the letter "f". This is something I pointed out earlier. This is beyond clever and deception.
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Originally Posted by MarcelProust

That one is different. The í bends right instead left.

There were 26 different bidders on the recent auction:
http://www.sedo.com/auction/auction_...5400&tracked=1

And I would have loved for any of those 26 bidders to buy my or anyone elses legitimate one word or three letter dot com domain names.

I wonder how many of those 26 bidders are also looking at the other fake fix and asking the same thing...WTF?

scandiman · 02-10-2007, 05:28 PM

Originally Posted by circa1850

I wonder how many of those 26 bidders are also looking at the other fake fix and asking the same thing...WTF?

25 of them are very happy right now.

wot · 02-10-2007, 05:43 PM

Coming Sedo's way in the near future

http://thisdomainname4sale.com/list-idn

Charley · 02-11-2007, 07:40 AM

Just curious, the domain price showed $ 11 before commencing. After the auction was over, it showed RESERVE met. Now I dont understand that.
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Quote:

There were 26 different bidders on the recent auction:
http://www.sedo.com/auction/auction...=5400&tracked=1

Makis.TV · 02-11-2007, 07:46 AM

oh god!!!
thats so hillarious!
so many money for a non english word

Datalife · 02-11-2007, 07:55 AM

Umm....well this is rather funny, but I agree all those bidders either dont know what theyre doing or they have too much money...in which case I have many better real ones on offer for them...

sibaong · 02-13-2007, 08:19 AM

mix.com

m¡x.com (xn--mx-4ca.com)

networkmsia · 02-13-2007, 08:28 AM

maybe its a new trend these days to buy IDN domains.

Broker · 02-13-2007, 08:48 AM

I knew that was going to happen, these bogus, garbage, crappy names are now popping up for sale right here on namepros and other forums. Before too long, there going to be all over the forums like flies on $#@t < dont take that the wrong way

Jo · 02-13-2007, 08:54 AM

What did the wine one end at? I had the page open to check when there was 8 minutes left and then closed it by accident.

circa1850 · 02-13-2007, 08:55 AM

Another one on Sedo:

http://www.sedo.com/auction/auction_...ed=&partnerid=

Actual domain: http://www.xn--doman-2sa.com

xn--doman-2sa.com

And what do we have here?
http://www.namepros.com/domains-for-...-quiz-com.html

xn--quz-sma.com

Sweet.

Ben42 · 02-13-2007, 09:03 AM

A while ago I got a big offer for Ge1.com the user thought it was GEL. Sedo wanted to hold them to it, but I was like nah, let em go, it was a simple mistake.

Don't be surprised if Sedo tries to hold these guys to their bids.

RogueWriter · 02-13-2007, 09:37 AM

Sedo might like to try to hold them to the contract, but then Sedo would probably prefer not to get circumscised on public forums and worldwide television, either.

tricolorro · 02-13-2007, 01:06 PM

Originally Posted by RogueWriter

Sedo might like to try to hold them to the contract, but then Sedo would probably prefer not to get circumscised on public forums and worldwide television, either.

The current Sedo newsletter which came out today warns about
domain name scams in an article entitled:
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Domain Scams and How to Avoid Them

I think they need to heed their own advice.

Patrick

circa1850 · 02-13-2007, 02:53 PM

Originally Posted by tricolorro

The current Sedo newsletter which came out today warns about
domain name scams in an article entitled:
Domain Scams and How to Avoid Them

I think they need to heed their own advice.

Patrick

Indeed they do.

I don't understand why a legimate leader in the industry is allowing this and referring to it as a English "typo" word. Nothing is further from the truth as this is manipulated on the keyboard and is so distant from being a legitimate typo.
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Sure takes a hell of alot of effort to "create" these typos.

VURG · 02-13-2007, 03:17 PM

This is shocking. Check out this one:FAKE-OIL.COM.

There are no bids on this domain and it is therefore classed as Premium. Considering some of my names that have been rejected as not being premium such as India.im which only took a few months after reg to get a $250 offer, this shows how low Sedo is stooping here! This is wrong!

DNWizardX9 · 02-13-2007, 04:49 PM

Looks like Sedo is digging themselves a grave

http://www.namepros.com/domains-for-...?highlight=idn

heres one for sale

wot · 02-13-2007, 05:29 PM

wíne.com - last I saw on Sedo it was 30,000- euro+ , there's one that won't get paid.

If Sedo had a modicum of sense these " fakes" should be on the auction as punycode with a reference back to description at the least.

Come on Sedo, you are making complete asses of yourselves.

And, six emails , two attempts to register . with codes for Sedo Pro - guess how many replies I have had from you! Yep , the usual, nada, zip, zero, zilch.

circa1850 · 02-13-2007, 06:21 PM

Originally Posted by LessThan96

This is shocking. Check out this one:FAKE-OIL.COM.

I tend to agree with whomever mentioned that perhaps this was an employee at sedo regging and submitting these. They are allowing this to go unchecked. Even if it is not an employee submitting these, the only way a domain name can be submitted to auction without recieving offers is through a Sedo Broker.
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And yet I am told they are too busy to contact me? Yeah, too busy submitting bullshit like this and then having to deal with damage control after the auction. Wonder if the buyer who paid $46,000.00 for the fake "fix" paid up?

Erdy · 02-13-2007, 08:07 PM

On February the 4th, two days after I wrote my first email I wrote another email to my Sedo representative Oliver. I will quote both emails to show you how they understand the issue:

Quote:

Your auctions page is full with scammers. Are you going to start listening before too many people are scammed? Have you seen those fake domains on active auctions:

fìx.com
vísa.com
wíne.com

There are 3 different types of i's. Firstly there is the real i which is what everybody thinks they are seeing. Secondly there is the í with a dot that bends right. This is the í in vísa.com and wíne.com.

Thirdly there is an ì that bends left. This is the ì in fìx.com. You can't even see this since it is choosen on purpose so that it touches the f.

I'm very disappointed with sedo allowing those scammers. You are in domain business but yet you don't know what an idn is. Is vísa.com an idn? No, it isn't. Café.com is an idn since the work Café is a French word. On the other hand vísa.com is just a counterfeit of visa.com.

I suggest that you forward this email to development team and they check the picture on my first message here:
http://www.namepros.com/showthread.p...41#post1743341

Also you idn filter on auction search doesn't work. I choose exclude hypens, numerals, and idn's but it doesn't exclude them.

Quote:

Hello,

Thank you for your email.

Please notice that we are knowing what is an IDN domain and what is not an IDN domain.

Please notice that we are informing our customer about the IDN domain. You can take a look at márketing.com (details of the domain).

http://www.sedo.com/search/details.p...d=&language=us

At this page you see on the top we are informing customer that this domain is an IDN domain whether it is misleading

IDN domain like físh.com or köln.de.

It doesn’t matter if word is a used word in a country or not e.g. café or if it just a misspelled name. The domain is an IDN domain if it could be
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written also in “xn--“.

café.com (IDN-version)

xn--caf-dma.com (ACE-String)

IDN Domains:

IDN Domains are "Internationalized Domains Names", they make the use of special non-English characters possible

(i.e. Umlauts like "ä", "ö" und "ü", other European Characters like "á", "é", "í"). These domains are subject to many
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temporary technical restrictions, for example users need an IDN compatible browser to visit them.
Which keyword has you used in order to search for IDN domains?
For further information's please don't hesitate to contact us again.
Kind regards,
Oliver

The_Desertfox · 02-13-2007, 08:16 PM

websítes.net is another IDN listed for auction right now. It received 4 bids so far. SEDO will loose a lot of reputation if they don't stop this nonsense.

VURG · 02-13-2007, 08:32 PM

Marcel

Sedo has a rep who visits Namepros. Username Sedo. Have you tried PMing the rep?

02-10-2007, 05:43 PM	#81 (permalink)
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02-11-2007, 07:46 AM	#83 (permalink)
Makis.TV Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Glyfada, Greece Posts: 2,823 Follow @makismour	oh god!!! thats so hillarious! so many money for a non english word __________________ Check your Speed Test in just a few seconds Domain blogging, hosting tips, wordpress theme reviews and development

02-13-2007, 08:19 AM	#85 (permalink)
sibaong NamePros Fansâ„¢ Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: NamePros Posts: 2,736	mix.com m¡x.com (xn--mx-4ca.com) __________________ Charity Ribbons - Together, We Create A Special World!

02-13-2007, 08:28 AM	#86 (permalink)
networkmsia Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: On the Moon Posts: 1,769	maybe its a new trend these days to buy IDN domains. Last edited by networkmsia; 02-13-2007 at 08:54 AM.

02-13-2007, 08:55 AM	#89 (permalink)
circa1850 Account Suspended Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,652	Another one on Sedo: http://www.sedo.com/auction/auction_...ed=&partnerid= Actual domain: http://www.xn--doman-2sa.com xn--doman-2sa.com And what do we have here? http://www.namepros.com/domains-for-...-quiz-com.html xn--quz-sma.com Sweet. Last edited by circa1850; 02-13-2007 at 09:03 AM.

02-10-2007, 03:24 PM	THREAD STARTER #76 (permalink)
Erdy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London, UK Posts: 1,922	That one is different. The í bends right instead left. There were 26 different bidders on the recent auction: http://www.sedo.com/auction/auction_...5400&tracked=1

02-10-2007, 03:30 PM	#78 (permalink)
CrazyHorse Account Closed Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 23	As of now these are available: xn--fll-nma.com xn--fre-nma.com xn--fst-nma.com xn--fzz-nma.com Let's see how fast they go.

02-11-2007, 07:55 AM	#84 (permalink)
Datalife NamePros Regular Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Home and the internet Posts: 549	Umm....well this is rather funny, but I agree all those bidders either dont know what theyre doing or they have too much money...in which case I have many better real ones on offer for them...

02-13-2007, 08:48 AM	#87 (permalink)
Broker Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Philly Burbs Posts: 3,199	I knew that was going to happen, these bogus, garbage, crappy names are now popping up for sale right here on namepros and other forums. Before too long, there going to be all over the forums like flies on $#@t < dont take that the wrong way

02-13-2007, 08:54 AM	#88 (permalink)
Jo Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 2,225	What did the wine one end at? I had the page open to check when there was 8 minutes left and then closed it by accident.

02-13-2007, 09:03 AM	#90 (permalink)
Ben42 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Chi-Town Posts: 2,072	A while ago I got a big offer for Ge1.com the user thought it was GEL. Sedo wanted to hold them to it, but I was like nah, let em go, it was a simple mistake. Don't be surprised if Sedo tries to hold these guys to their bids. __________________ Good Bands \| Tablet Protectors \| SAIL \| Which Toner? \| 3d Projecting

02-13-2007, 09:37 AM	#91 (permalink)
RogueWriter NamePros Expert Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Smalltown USA Posts: 5,024	Sedo might like to try to hold them to the contract, but then Sedo would probably prefer not to get circumscised on public forums and worldwide television, either. __________________ "I'm so mean I make MEDICINE sick." -Muhammad Ali

02-13-2007, 03:17 PM	#94 (permalink)
VURG VURG Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 2,606	This is shocking. Check out this one:FAKE-OIL.COM. There are no bids on this domain and it is therefore classed as Premium. Considering some of my names that have been rejected as not being premium such as India.im which only took a few months after reg to get a $250 offer, this shows how low Sedo is stooping here! This is wrong! Last edited by LessThan96; 02-13-2007 at 03:29 PM.

02-13-2007, 04:49 PM	#95 (permalink)
DNWizardX9 Account Closed Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 742	Looks like Sedo is digging themselves a grave http://www.namepros.com/domains-for-...?highlight=idn heres one for sale

02-13-2007, 05:29 PM	#96 (permalink)
wot NamePros Expert Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Golden Triangle Posts: 5,776	wíne.com - last I saw on Sedo it was 30,000- euro+ , there's one that won't get paid. If Sedo had a modicum of sense these " fakes" should be on the auction as punycode with a reference back to description at the least. Come on Sedo, you are making complete asses of yourselves. And, six emails , two attempts to register . with codes for Sedo Pro - guess how many replies I have had from you! Yep , the usual, nada, zip, zero, zilch. __________________ Perú.co,上海.biz,红旗.com,MonikerBlog.com 247.in,888Blog.com,México.co,中国888.com

02-13-2007, 08:16 PM	#99 (permalink)
The_Desertfox NamePros Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 51	websítes.net is another IDN listed for auction right now. It received 4 bids so far. SEDO will loose a lot of reputation if they don't stop this nonsense.

02-13-2007, 08:32 PM	#100 (permalink)
VURG VURG Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 2,606	Marcel Sedo has a rep who visits Namepros. Username Sedo. Have you tried PMing the rep?

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