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How namecheap steals domains is a cautionary tale below.
The tut.by mail service stopped working in my country, so I received letters about the renewal of my domains with a delay
hereinafter I am talking about domains:
regensys.com
ingardia.com
immuvit.com
diavan.com
skytek.net
japannet.net
efedrin.com
the first 6 domains are old domains that were registered 25 years ago and have high commercial value
The registrar took some of the domains from my account - I received a letter that the whois of the domains has changed:
regensys.com
ingardia.com
immuvit.com
diavan.com
skytek.net
japannet.net
example letter: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10DGATCVaR7zN-qYAxFH49sy1HxVad3l_/view?usp=sharing
I also donβt see the efedrin.com domain in my account, but I didnβt receive a letter that whois has changed in it
I wrote to support and they said that domain renewals are possible for $ 83.66 because:
"To my regret, your domain regensys.com is now in a redemption state. In order to re-instate it in this phase, there is a fee plus regular renewal cost. The total amount in this case would be $ 83.66"
domain status at the moment "Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited"
the registrar manipulates different concepts and tries to charge me for the domain restoration, although ICANN rules allow domain renewals within 45 days after expiration
As written above - in some domains whois changes, and in others it does not (the oldest and commercially valuable)
but all domains require an illegal large ransom
Moreover, all these domains were unlocked and I have transfer codes, but the registrar blocked them so that I could not transfer domains.
on what basis were the whois of my domains changed?
Why were the domains blocked?
Why do I have to pay the renewal amount even though the domains are renewable at the standard price?
why are there no specific renewal conditions and specific terms in the registrar's rules?
Why does the registrar not give the opportunity to renew domains for a longer period that I have according to ICANN rules?
It looks like an initial scheme: old beautiful domains are deleted from my account and whois changes in them and they ask for a ransom (in the support service, people with Russian names and surnames often answered me, I think that crime is possible)
Moreover, during the correspondence with the support service, there was an episode that confirms that the registrar can remove the block from the domain and renew the domains at the standard price, but does not do this:
I asked to remove blocking from domains, including efedrin.com
after that, the domain status became "ok" - see the screenshot - this was the status as of 2:48 September 3 GMT +3 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l7e-yLvEBZ_MfsoD0ajJG21rWV2mzu8l/view?usp=sharing
when i asked support to unblock domains:
regensys.com
ingardia.com
immuvit.com
diavan.com
skytek.net
japannet.net
they said it was impossible
then I asked:
"why? what different near domain regensys.com and efedrin.com?"
and the support representative said that he was wrong and the efedrin.com domain could not be unlocked and blocked the domain again - see the screenshot of the correspondence: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12mgKPUVVD45GML5zgZbCFpREDoPbS-XI/view?usp=sharing
after that the domain status became "clientTransferProhibited" see screenshot as of 3:18 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mtrLKCEEwcZtNhaKbR0wLueUzyLFML6k/view?usp=sharing
this episode confirms the illegal actions of the namecheap registrar and the fact that he manipulates the concept and illegally tries to make money, saying that "the domain is in a stage that requires additional payment"
Wrote a complaint to ICANN and write feedback so people are aware of the danger.
Where else can I file a complaint to keep other people safe?
Perhaps someone has contact with the namecheap customer service manager so I can discuss this with him?
Who has options for how I can restore my rights?
Thank you
The tut.by mail service stopped working in my country, so I received letters about the renewal of my domains with a delay
hereinafter I am talking about domains:
regensys.com
ingardia.com
immuvit.com
diavan.com
skytek.net
japannet.net
efedrin.com
the first 6 domains are old domains that were registered 25 years ago and have high commercial value
The registrar took some of the domains from my account - I received a letter that the whois of the domains has changed:
regensys.com
ingardia.com
immuvit.com
diavan.com
skytek.net
japannet.net
example letter: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10DGATCVaR7zN-qYAxFH49sy1HxVad3l_/view?usp=sharing
I also donβt see the efedrin.com domain in my account, but I didnβt receive a letter that whois has changed in it
I wrote to support and they said that domain renewals are possible for $ 83.66 because:
"To my regret, your domain regensys.com is now in a redemption state. In order to re-instate it in this phase, there is a fee plus regular renewal cost. The total amount in this case would be $ 83.66"
domain status at the moment "Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited"
the registrar manipulates different concepts and tries to charge me for the domain restoration, although ICANN rules allow domain renewals within 45 days after expiration
As written above - in some domains whois changes, and in others it does not (the oldest and commercially valuable)
but all domains require an illegal large ransom
Moreover, all these domains were unlocked and I have transfer codes, but the registrar blocked them so that I could not transfer domains.
on what basis were the whois of my domains changed?
Why were the domains blocked?
Why do I have to pay the renewal amount even though the domains are renewable at the standard price?
why are there no specific renewal conditions and specific terms in the registrar's rules?
Why does the registrar not give the opportunity to renew domains for a longer period that I have according to ICANN rules?
It looks like an initial scheme: old beautiful domains are deleted from my account and whois changes in them and they ask for a ransom (in the support service, people with Russian names and surnames often answered me, I think that crime is possible)
Moreover, during the correspondence with the support service, there was an episode that confirms that the registrar can remove the block from the domain and renew the domains at the standard price, but does not do this:
I asked to remove blocking from domains, including efedrin.com
after that, the domain status became "ok" - see the screenshot - this was the status as of 2:48 September 3 GMT +3 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l7e-yLvEBZ_MfsoD0ajJG21rWV2mzu8l/view?usp=sharing
when i asked support to unblock domains:
regensys.com
ingardia.com
immuvit.com
diavan.com
skytek.net
japannet.net
they said it was impossible
then I asked:
"why? what different near domain regensys.com and efedrin.com?"
and the support representative said that he was wrong and the efedrin.com domain could not be unlocked and blocked the domain again - see the screenshot of the correspondence: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12mgKPUVVD45GML5zgZbCFpREDoPbS-XI/view?usp=sharing
after that the domain status became "clientTransferProhibited" see screenshot as of 3:18 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mtrLKCEEwcZtNhaKbR0wLueUzyLFML6k/view?usp=sharing
this episode confirms the illegal actions of the namecheap registrar and the fact that he manipulates the concept and illegally tries to make money, saying that "the domain is in a stage that requires additional payment"
Wrote a complaint to ICANN and write feedback so people are aware of the danger.
Where else can I file a complaint to keep other people safe?
Perhaps someone has contact with the namecheap customer service manager so I can discuss this with him?
Who has options for how I can restore my rights?
Thank you
