STOLEN DOMAINS ALERT cool.org AND coolstudios.com

Peter · 01-25-2009, 10:07 AM

Yesterday a new user signed up here at namepros attempting to sell the domain cool.org.

This domain has been stolen.

The events that led upto this are as follows:-

Jenny Cool (the original owner of the domain) posts on her twitter account that she is locked out of her Gmail account (the whois for cool.org was her Gmail account).

coolorg attempts to register using an email address for this domain

cooldotorg registers on the forum using a Gmail account and posts an appraisal thread for cool.org as well as a sales thread.

Several people report the thread as suspicious.

Jenny Cool updates her twitter account again to say that her account is still locked out.

cool.org changes status to transfer pending and the whois information changed.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/warnings-and-alerts/554009-stolen-domains-alert-cool-org-coolstudios.html

I send an email to jenny's email at cool and receive the following response:-

Quote:

Dear Peter,

I have sold cool.org a couple of days ago.

I no longer own it.

Thanks for your concern though.

Regards,

Cool, Jennifer (PhD)

The header of the email show it is sent from Kuwait (the potential thief logged in once from a Kuwait IP as well as several AOL ip's).

5 minutes ago Jenny Cool updates her twitter account with the following :-

Quote:

God I hope they're just after the 4-letter domain and that it's nothing personal. Huge thanks @glennon and @drcheezie for your alerts.

Spoke with Jenny Cool on the phone personally and have been advised coolstudios.com has also been stolen.

DO NOT BUY THESE DOMAINs.

chandan · 01-25-2009, 10:19 AM

Sponsoring Registrar

otster, Inc. (R34-LROR)
Status

ENDING TRANSFER

so may be she should call dotster and file unauthorized access

Peter · 01-25-2009, 12:22 PM

THIS IS 100% CONFIRMED STOLEN. AS IS coolstudios.com

I have just personally spoken with Jenny on the telephone and she has confirmed that this domain and another have been stolen.

I have advised Jenny to call Dotster as soon as they are open (tomorrow)

***mwzd*** · 01-25-2009, 01:20 PM

Yeah, to start she should block that transfer.

Thanks for the heads up Peter, saved me some $$$...

Was about to make an offer...

Peter · 01-26-2009, 12:47 PM

Just to let you all know today the whois changed to :-

Status: CLIENT DELETE PROHIBITED, CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED, CLIENT UPDATE PROHIBITED

The whois has also been changed back to the proper owners.

chandan · 01-26-2009, 07:41 PM

good work peter

CureCancer · 01-26-2009, 07:47 PM

people need to stop using free emails!

James · 01-26-2009, 09:58 PM

Originally Posted by MIR

people need to stop using free emails!

Sometimes it unavoidable, if someone does it long enough they can get it... Jenny was lucky and props to peter for actually getting the message across

Peter · 01-27-2009, 04:14 PM

The following 2 domains are POSSIBLY still in the hands of the domain thief:-

Teamonkey.com
Treachery.com

If you see these up for sale DO NOT BUY. Jenny is in the process of getting this resolved at the moment.

testingyou · 01-27-2009, 04:24 PM

This is why I like NamePros and dont use other domaining forums.

Which other staff-member in other forums would have used time to check this up.

Nice job Peter.

01-25-2009, 10:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
chandan Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Unblock.in Posts: 4,782 Follow @chandan123	Sponsoring Registrarotster, Inc. (R34-LROR) StatusENDING TRANSFER so may be she should call dotster and file unauthorized access __________________ chandan.in- Domain Names-foods - iblogs- Steroids for Sale - 074.in for 15$ Recipes- DIR-stumble 4 Sales 54 DBS-Recipes DB-Drinks DB-Jokes- book marks-Chandan

01-25-2009, 12:22 PM	THREAD STARTER #3 (permalink)
Peter NamePros Expert Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Scotland Posts: 5,074	THIS IS 100% CONFIRMED STOLEN. AS IS coolstudios.com I have just personally spoken with Jenny on the telephone and she has confirmed that this domain and another have been stolen. I have advised Jenny to call Dotster as soon as they are open (tomorrow) __________________ Manage your portfolio using my new Domain Portfolio Management script. Securing Your Domain Name From Theft Last edited by Peter; 01-25-2009 at 12:27 PM.

01-25-2009, 01:20 PM	#4 (permalink)
*mwzd* Extension Agnostic Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 7,918 Follow @mwzd	Yeah, to start she should block that transfer. Thanks for the heads up Peter, saved me some $$$... Was about to make an offer... __________________ Premium Domains for Sale \| Domain Broker \| Domain Consultant \| Domain Blog WebSite Development \| MiniSites

01-26-2009, 12:47 PM	THREAD STARTER #5 (permalink)
Peter NamePros Expert Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Scotland Posts: 5,074	Just to let you all know today the whois changed to :- Status: CLIENT DELETE PROHIBITED, CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED, CLIENT UPDATE PROHIBITED The whois has also been changed back to the proper owners. __________________ Manage your portfolio using my new Domain Portfolio Management script. Securing Your Domain Name From Theft

01-26-2009, 07:41 PM	#6 (permalink)
chandan Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Unblock.in Posts: 4,782 Follow @chandan123	good work peter __________________ chandan.in- Domain Names-foods - iblogs- Steroids for Sale - 074.in for 15$ Recipes- DIR-stumble 4 Sales 54 DBS-Recipes DB-Drinks DB-Jokes- book marks-Chandan

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CureCancer Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,222	people need to stop using free emails! __________________ End User Domain Name Appraisal - How to find End Users - How to Email End Users Domaining Blog - Domain Name Landing Page Templates - Domain Name Appraisal Domaining Tools - How to sell Domain Names - How to buy Domain Names

01-27-2009, 04:14 PM	THREAD STARTER #9 (permalink)
Peter NamePros Expert Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Scotland Posts: 5,074	The following 2 domains are POSSIBLY still in the hands of the domain thief:- Teamonkey.com Treachery.com If you see these up for sale DO NOT BUY. Jenny is in the process of getting this resolved at the moment. __________________ Manage your portfolio using my new Domain Portfolio Management script. Securing Your Domain Name From Theft

01-27-2009, 04:24 PM	#10 (permalink)
testingyou Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Copenhagen - Denmark Posts: 1,789	This is why I like NamePros and dont use other domaining forums. Which other staff-member in other forums would have used time to check this up. Nice job Peter. __________________ World Food Programme - No Children Should Go To Bed Hungry. It's simple, it's not rocket science, not political, not cultural, not religion, not complicated... It's this simple!.

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