'Halvarez' at Snapnames auctions uncovered

I am sure that is not the only reason Rick made posts about this.

One reason would be he abhors the actions of low lifes who would take advantage of a auction system. The main criteria for my thinking is how he runs Traffic.. top notch, above board. Saying that my reasoning is I think his disgust is real. Most of us feel exactly the same.

Certainly the big boys are having a wide ranging debate about the "issues".

Nice to hear John wade into the argument, i haven't seen him around on NP's for a while.

I doubt a mere mortal such as myself could comprehend all the factors involved with the big money players.

I hope they get a resolution.

Has Frank Schilling or any of the heavy Snapnames bidders commented on this yet? Did any of them get special treatment in the form of credits too, for names they won at high prices?

Brujah said:

Has Frank Schilling or any of the heavy Snapnames bidders commented on this yet? Did any of them get special treatment in the form of credits too, for names they won at high prices?

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Frank Schilling commented in the Techcrunch blog post on this about being refunded. So far, he's the
only one who said so while the others haven't.

Not that the others are required or forced to do the same if they don't feel like it.

Just a note of interest. Seems someone has posted a complaint with the Oregan Department of Justice who have dismissed the complaint, Here is a copy of a comment posted on my blog:

Our File Number: FF++++-09
Complaint About: Snapnames.com Inc.


Thank you for the information that you sent us. Although there does not now appear to be a need for an investigation or legal action, we will keep your information on file as part of the public record.

Our primary goal is to identify and eliminate the most serious marketplace violations, and many factors are considered in determining what cases we should pursue.

We appreciate the time that you took to alert us to a possible problem in the marketplace. Your information may prove to be valuable in a future enforcement action.

If you need to contact us about your complaint, please write to me and note your file number: FF++++-09, or contact me by phone at 503-934-4400 or e-mail at mailto:[email protected]

Heather McFarlane-Martinez
Enforcement Officer
Financial Fraud/Consumer Protection Section
Oregon Department of Justice

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Peter, just goes to show that a multi-million dollar fraud is something Oregon officials consider inappropriate to investigate! Hell, you never know they might even think that crooked politicians and businessmen don't need to be investigated. Makes you wonder why these public servents are actually employed and receive a pay cheque every month, mind you perhaps not doing your job is just like any other kind of fraud. I wonder if this 'Heather McFarlane-Martinez' actually knows that this is a multi-million dollar fraud and that the company concerned has not brought charges against the so-called fraudster?

I have just emailed Ms. Heather McFarlane-Martinez, thought I would let her know that I hold such great respect for her and her office! :kickass:

TheBaldOne said:

I have just emailed Ms. Heather McFarlane-Martinez, thought I would let her know that I hold such great respect for her and her office! :kickass:

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:lol:

Its the same the world over, steal a farthing or a loaf of bread and you're a thief and they used to deport people to Australia for that.

Steal the wealth of an entire nation and they knight you and gave you land grants. :p Monarchies may be gone, the nexus between the big robber barons and the powers that be continue.

Samit said:

:lol:

Its the same the world over, steal a farthing or a loaf of bread and you're a thief and they used to deport people to Australia for that.

Steal the wealth of an entire nation and they knight you and gave you land grants. :p Monarchies may be gone, the nexus between the big robber barons and the powers that be continue.

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I vote NO for deporting Brady to Australia!:yell:

if you settle and sign a waiver for snapnames make sure it doesnt absolve Oversee from everything. Just in case there is a parking scandal in the new year.

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WHY HASNT OVERSEE CHARGED BRADY? Lack of evidence or Cover Up??? Hmmmmmmm It Stinks and makes me

Snapbidder Id: xinamesx

Doing some research on the domain bidder on snapnames by the ID of xinamesx

Looks like all of the domain won by this bidder are owned by various companies.

Also looks like this bidder may not have paid the renewal fees on any of the domains it won at snap, causing them to be auctioned off the next year

Any info would be appreciated

Michael, nice find. It would be understandable to not renew a small percentage of domains won in auction but not to renew many or all goes beyond all reason.

My hat off to you, that is good work. :tu:

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Also looks like this bidder may not have paid the renewal fees on any of the domains it won at snap, causing them to be auctioned off the next year

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How would you know this? You seem to be guessing somewhat. All you can truly comment on is from the auctions that YOU have participated in. This could be a small amount of the auctions this user was involved in.

It is quite possible they could be doing something similar to what people like John Timmers does in that they try to win domains at auction and then selling them to people who have expressed interest in the domain. Quite possible the examples you have seen that were not renewed are ones where the sale fell flat and those that are regged to other companies being the transactions that they completed.

xinamesx i dont remember that one....what period was it active and ill double check?

maxeaus said:

I vote NO for deporting Brady to Australia!:yell:

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Don't worry; Australia is only for shoplifters. :lol:

I have a scenario I am not sure anybody has adressed. On some auctions Halvarez was the high bidder. What happens to these names? Would the #2 bidder have a legitimate claim for the name or does Mr. Brady just get to keep these? Also He used DomainQueue for registration, There ar tons of names registered under this name which can be traced back to Halvarez. They are all parked and all potentially earning some income. If you had a claim as second bidder could you sue to get that parked income. for example:

Here is one from 2005 that Halvarez won and presumably still belongs to hime as it is still registered under DomainQueue.

Domain Name: pureinvestor.com

Registrar: ENOM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.enom.com
Referral URL: eNom - domain name, internet services, dns hosting
Status: clientTransferProhibited

Expiration Date: 2010-08-16
Creation Date: 2005-08-16
Last Update Date: 2009-07-19

Name Servers:
ns1.dnredirect.com
ns2.dnredirect.com

In this example Halvarez won this name in 2005, assuming he has had it parked since then (it is parked now), does he get to keep both the domain and the parking income or would the second highest bidder be able to have a claim for both?

The way I see it is that this is criminal on more than one level.
#1. Brady aka "halvarez" places a shill bid, First crime = shill bidding
#2. He wins a domain by false pretenses, second crime = recievieng stolen property
#3. He parks the domain then recieves income from it, 3rd crime possible money laundering (see the wikipedia definition below.
#4. Sells of some of his illgotten domains to a third party (ireit), 4th crime another count of money laundering. Ireit could even be accused of recieving stolen property.

money laundering = In the past, the term "money laundering" was applied only to financial transactions related to organized crime. Today its definition is often expanded by government and international regulators such as the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to mean any financial transaction which generates an asset or a value as the result of an illegal act, which may involve actions such as tax evasion or false accounting. In the UK, it does not even need to involve money, but any economic good

So what can be done?

Snapnames is the tool i use the most....love it (& the Oversee Companies) and its much better now that HALVAREZ is gone.

Lets get this Mess Cleared Up sooner rather than later Oversee and move on to bigger and better things.

Will Oversee have a Snapnames/Halvarez Q&A at Domainfest?

deb said:

Snapnames is the tool i use the most....love it (& the Oversee Companies) and its much better now that HALVAREZ is gone.

Lets get this Mess Cleared Up sooner rather than later Oversee and move on to bigger and better things.

Will Oversee have a Snapnames/Halvarez Q&A at Domainfest?

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If they want to clear the air from what has been done, A Q&A would be adequate, Although it is possible it could turn around and bite them square in the ass, Don't forget their competitors would be licking their chops for nice Q&A on the subject.

deb said:

xinamesx i dont remember that one....what period was it active and ill double check?

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There's a DNF post about drop auctions back in 2005 where this bidder xinamesx is mentioned. However, I've never come across him/her in my Snapnames bidding.

"xinamesx" is an interesting bidder ID, it either has the words "names" in the middle or spelled backwards it's "xsemanix" (with "semani" being a proper name in several languages.

No conspiracy theories, it's just late at night here....

deb said:

Will Oversee have a Snapnames/Halvarez Q&A at Domainfest?

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If they've been ordered by legal authorities not to talk pending resolution of this, probably not. That's
a big if, of course.

Dave Zan said:

If they've been ordered by legal authorities not to talk pending resolution of this, probably not. That's
a big if, of course.

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So no ones going to talk about the "Elephant" in the room at Domainfest.

Shhhhhh! maybe it will just go away.

deb said:

Will Oversee have a Snapnames/Halvarez Q&A at Domainfest?

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Are you kidding?

...they'll prob send a lawyer - or, a PR outfit....

Best we'll get will be: '...Legal issues pending - Can't say anything...SnapNames topic off-limits....'...:td:

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Dave Zan said:

If they've been ordered by legal authorities not to talk pending resolution of this, probably not. That's
a big if, of course.

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Legal authorities can't order anyone to not talk about anything, it's that pesky 'freedom of speech' issue. Anyone that says this is LYING.

As far as the 'elephant in the room' at Domainfest, or more accurately, the 'giant ball of hot stinking elephant dung in the room', we had the issue last week at Pubcon.

I was quite surprised when Victor Pitts of Moniker did a presentation of domain, and the SNAPNAMES logo was on every slide! Since there were many Snapnames victims in the room, I decided to give Mr. Pitts a very polite chance to speak to the issue by asking at the public Q&A session "Can you give us an update on the Snapnames situation?"

This was a fair question, since Oversee claims to have uncovered the situation in October, so they have had several weeks to prepare statements and 'get their story straight'.

Instead of explaining their position, apologize, or even read their statement, Victor Pitts said 'no comment'. That's a big F*** Y** to the victims of their fraud.

There now is speculation that Nelson Brady may be allowed to KEEP the millions of dollars from the sale of the domain names he 'won', including the parking revenue, and the agreements people are being asked to sign certainly indicate that the company and/or Brady will be allowed to KEEP THAT MONEY if they sign the agreement. Since Oversee has failed to protect their customers by refusing to file charges, Brady (and perhaps Kjel and other co-conspirators) are now able to flee the USA and avoid individual lawsuits.

Pretty ugly stuff.

I haven't decided if I'll be at Domainfest this year or not, but if I do I will publicly humiliate anyone from Snap or Oversee who tries to weasel out of answer questions on their fraud.

Dave Zan said:

If they've been ordered by legal authorities not to talk pending resolution of this, probably not. That's
a big if, of course.

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I'm guessing you probably meant to say, "...ordered by legal counsel...".

dumbluck said:

It is open season for duck hunting.

The entire Brady Bunch is online - courtesy of their campaign contributions. These days you can't commit a crime and get away. It's all on the internet.

Howard Nelson Brady (Snapnames)
Oversee.net, VP Operations
13311 SE Rivercrest Drive
Vancouver, WA 96683

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VANCOUVER WA 98683 - $162,245 in Political Contributions for 2008

Nice $661,000 House Nelson. Guess you won't be living in it for too long once this whole thing blows over.

13311 SE Rivercrest Drive Vancouver, WA 96683 - Google Maps
Vancouver, Washington Real Estate & Vancouver Homes for Sale - Zillow

But wait, there is Oversee.net! They have $200 million! Let's go after them!

UPDATE: FROM PEOPLEDATA

PeopleData - The Most Powerful Free People Search on Earth

Name HOWARD N BRADY
Date of Birth 1956
Address 13311 RIVERCREST DR, VANCOUVER, WA 98683
Phone Number 360-254-5211

(AND YES, I AM MAKING IT A PERSONAL CRUSADE TO BRING THIS GUY TO JUSTICE)

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Thank You Very Much, info has been used to notify law enforcements in Canada and USA.

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I for one have moved forward with getting the law enforcement involved. I'm disgusted by the scam/fraud and will not accept a bunch of THIEVES as executives to let their VP walk away. EVERYONE must be hold accountable. This scam did not operate for 1 week, it operated for years and millions of dollars have been raised by shill bidding. If any country in this world can press charges is USA and CANADA. I also like our friends in Britain to also contact their federal police to investigate this matter.

Rest assured my dear friends, no one can outrun the LAW. They may be free for now, but their days, hours, seconds are counting down!

Your complaint has been confirmed and is currently being sent to the agencies you selected. Complaint ID:XXXXX

American and Canadian Agencies are now notified. I ask all from all countries who have lost $1+ from shill bidding to contact their Federal Police Agencies. The more agencies from around the globe recieve a complaint, the more files and information will be exchanged by the world police agencies! Together as a community we will stand strong and set the rules and laws of our industry. Failure is not an option!

Below is information that will help you answer questions quickly with your complaint. I ask the Moderators and Admins of NO to allow this one time policy for us to paste another forums web address to help with questions and answers that the Police will receive. They will need all 3 links that I will paste below to help them investigate this matter. I appreciate it very much if you agree. Cheers

Name HOWARD N BRADY
Date of Birth 1956
Address 13311 RIVERCREST DR, VANCOUVER, WA 98683
Phone Number 360-254-5211

Howard Nelson Brady (Snapnames)
Oversee.net, VP Operations
13311 SE Rivercrest Drive
Vancouver, WA 96683

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