question-answered Check fraud history of domain? If any previous fraud, will it affect current owner?

[Leo2k]

I noticed a domain name available for reg but was used for a games site few years back. How to check if a domain was previously used for any scam? As far as ai checked through web search there is none. But if there is any, would it affect me in any way if I register the domain?

Any website where I can easily check it?
Did a search on Ipvoid and it didnt show any issue.

 

[Brother Bob]

I noticed a domain name available for reg but was used for a games site few years back. How to check if a domain was previously used for any scam? As far as ai checked through web search there is none. But if there is any, would it affect me in any way if I register the domain?

Any website where I can easily check it?
Did a search on Ipvoid and it didnt show any issue.

Have you tried waybackmachine? Or you could check the ss% and then go through each linked url.

 

[Armageddon]

Archive.org

 

[Eric Lyon]

I noticed a domain name available for reg but was used for a games site few years back. How to check if a domain was previously used for any scam? As far as ai checked through web search there is none. But if there is any, would it affect me in any way if I register the domain?

Any website where I can easily check it?
Did a search on Ipvoid and it didnt show any issue.

Generally, I do a quick check with the following tools to determine if I need to dig deeper in Spam/Scam data:

• SEO Stats + Spam Checker
• eMail blacklist checker
• Google Unsafe Site Checker
• Banned Site Checker
• Previous Scam Report Checker
• BBB Scam Tracker

Helpful information about spam scores:

• This guide from MOZ can help walk you through some stuff regarding spam scores: https://moz.com/help/link-explorer/link-building/spam-score
• This one provides a checklist to reduce high spam scores: https://www.copernica.com/en/documentation/some-tips-to-lower-your-email-spam-score
• This one will help with email blacklists: https://uptime.com/blog/domain-blac...:text=If your site is on,to ask to be removed.

 

[Leo2k]

you could check the ss%

Whats that?

Archive.org

Problem is if the site content was all plain and nothing suspicious if wont reveal all.the info. if they kused it for any scam.or.not

Generally, I do a quick check with the following tools t

Thank you very much! Thats a god list of tools to check. How to mark the thread as answered? I remember doing it !!?? Maybe that was a diffeent forum?!!

 

[Eric Lyon]

Thank you very much! Thats a god list of tools to check. How to mark the thread as answered? I remember doing it !!?? Maybe that was a diffeent forum?!!

Anytime!

I believe you can click the dots at the top of the thread, then edit thread and change the prefix in title to answered.

As for what "SS%" is, that's "Spam Score %" which you can see at the first link in the list I posted above

 

[Leo2k]

Anytime!

I believe you can click the dots at the top of the thread, then edit thread and change the prefix in title to answered.

As for what "SS%" is, that's "Spam Score %" which you can see at the first link in the list I posted above

Seems like that option is removed

 

[Eric Lyon]

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Seems like that option is removed

Odd... Sorry, not sure then...

 

[Eric Lyon]

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Seems like that option is removed

I just reported the thread to see if a Moderator can mark it answered for you

 

[Hypersot]

Fairly recently, I won a domain at a Namecheap auction with the domain ended being flagged by the registry rendering it unusable. Quote from the registry: "This domain has been flagged for violating our anti-abuse policies".
In short, it was on some blacklist somewhere on the planet and the registry felt it had to be blocked despite the domain having a new owner.

I wasn't able to remove the block, thus wasting the money I spent, so I'm using it as a test subject to test whether any tool can successfully detect the domain as blocked.

I hate to say it but none of the tools posted here show the domain as blocked/flagged. According to them, It is 'safe to use' and it also shows as having a 1% spam.

There are some comments showing on bbb.org but, checking each one of them, it seems they refer to different websites and not to my domain.

Imo, it is exceptionally difficult to find out whether a domain was used in whatever activity.

 

[Eric Lyon]

Fairly recently, I won a domain at a Namecheap auction with the domain ended being flagged by the registry rendering it unusable. Quote from the registry: "This domain has been flagged for violating our anti-abuse policies".
In short, it was on some blacklist somewhere on the planet and the registry felt it had to be blocked despite the domain having a new owner.

I wasn't able to remove the block, thus wasting the money I spent, so I'm using it as a test subject to test whether any tool can successfully detect the domain as blocked.

I hate to say it but none of the tools posted here show the domain as blocked/flagged. According to them, It is 'safe to use' and it also shows as having a 1% spam.

There are some comments showing on bbb.org but, checking each one of them, it seems they refer to different websites and not to my domain.

Imo, it is exceptionally difficult to find out whether a domain was used in whatever activity.

Did they specify which anti-abuse policy it violated?

It's possible, since it violated an internal registry policy, that it was never reported to the other spam, scam and malware databases.

 

[Eric Lyon]

To continue on the above, some policies that may not report to other databases, but could result in a registry pulling the domain back are:

DNS manipulation
Botnet abuse
Intellectual property violation
False whois

 

[Hypersot]

@Eric Lyon ,
not specifically. They only redirected me to China's Anti-Fraud Center (CAFC) so that I can resolve my case.
Those from CAFC never returned my attempts at communication so I just stopped bothering.

 

[classicdom]

before buying a domain you can check it on a free domain blacklist checker- https://antispywares.net/domain-blacklist-checker/ in that way you will get some idea if the domain is good to go or not. after checking you can do some more reasearch.