question Awkward entry in whois history. What does it mean?

[eipi]

Hi.
when i checked whois history of one of my domains after a while, i saw a suspicious entry.
it had contact of some law firm, with registrant shown as someone from that same firm. (after i checked).

is it fraud? is this a tactic to scare the original owner off? should i be alarmed?
registry/expire timestamps also doesnt match. but how this could get into whois history?
name is in 60days lock. 2FA+registrar lock active now. but both were not active -before i noticed-

Thanks in advance.

 

[Future Sensors]

Hi.
when i checked whois history of one of my domains after a while, i saw a suspicious entry.
it had contact of some law firm, with registrant shown as someone from that same firm. (after i checked).

is it fraud? is this a tactic to scare the original owner off? should i be alarmed?
registry/expire timestamps also doesnt match. but how this could get into whois history?
name is in 60days lock. 2FA+registrar lock active now. but both were not active -before i noticed-

Thanks in advance.

What's the domain extension, is it a ccTLD? Some country codes require local presence, so a "trustee" is sometimes listed in WHOIS to satisfy that requirement.

 

[eipi]

its a .com

 

[Future Sensors]

Then I guess it's because Privacy has been set on your whois. Can you confirm that?

 

[Future Sensors]

Without seeing the exact details, it's difficult to tell.

 

[eipi]

yes, my whois info is GDPR masked. is that the cause? it was the top entry (most recent, above my masked whois entry). but why registry/expiry dates were different from my original timestamps ?

 

[Future Sensors]

Unfortunately I cannot help without knowing the domain.

 

[eipi]

Unfortunately I cannot help without knowing the domain.

thanks for your help

 

[Acroplex]

Did you acquire the domain and that entry is from the past? Or it appeared after you acquired it? Most domainers aren't mentalists.

 

[eipi]

Did you acquire the domain and that entry is from the past? Or it appeared after you acquired it? Most domainers aren't mentalists.

i did check archive.org entries at the time of regging but i didnot know looking at whois history was a crucial part of getting a used domain (beginner here).

But when i did look, the awkward one was not a past entry. it was most recent (at the top) with newer but incorrect reg and expiry dates and different registrant info, while correct whois (mine with masked info) just below it.

And all other following until bottom was former owners data.

 

[Hypersot]

You ask from us to cook a specific food but you are hiding the ingredients. No way to cook that way.
If you really want help you need to disclose more info.

OR

you can just contact your registrar?

 

[eipi]

i would like to get into exact details but i just didnot want to get exposed, if the domain is in some sort of targeted attempt. So i tried to explain the situation in a generic way. Sorry for not being clear enough. At least it would be nice to know if fake whois can sometimes sneak into legitimate records but anyway. Thank you all.

 

[eipi]

By the way, forgot to add registrar told whois info is intact and "they dont know where that whois history tool get their data from".

 

[AnX]

Go here:

https://lookup.icann.org

And tell us if it's your info or not.

It sounds like you're checking some whois history site for some reason. It doesn't matter what order they list info, you either own the name or you don't.

 

[eipi]

i checked there. its masked info. My name is in my panel so i guess its just a glitch. Nevermind. Thanks

 

[Vertibox]

Does someone know if I can obtain complete whois/registrant history for any domain?
I have tried bigdomaindata . com but their records are incomplete (I checked some of my names).

 

[katerleonid]

I used Whois Domain Tools some years ago, but I could be wrong.

Of course, if the registrar has masked or private WHOIS enabled, you won’t be able to see the data.