Letter to EURID (Re: 2nd Landrush and fraud)

[binaryman]

Just sent the following e-mail to Patrick Linden at EURID. Hope it has some effect. I also sent a copy of this to the Fraud Department of the European Commission.

Dear Mr. Linden,
Please take some time and study the info below. I have gone to a lot of trouble to condense this for you so you may see what a big fraud case is taking place right now.I believe this company has been brought to your attention already but nothing has been done to stop their practises. I hope you dont approve of the way they aquire .eu domains.Soon we have the second Landrush and I feel that all the names this company/individual has laid claim to should be released for the general public.
In view of all the controversy that has been happening around the .eu domain release I wish to bring to yout attention the following details about a particular individual/aka company that is attemting to and has indeed already obtained many .eu domains in a fraudulant manner. Currently hundreds of his applications for top level generic .eu domains are still in the being processed stage. This company/individual has been obtaining domains in other extensions in a fraudulant way in the past and here in Holland he is well known for this and has often been in the press about it.He obtains hundreds of top names for selling at a big profit. I will give you details and links to some of these press reports.
Here are two excamples of his applications for .eu which are currently pending. Notice how he changes the applicant name details in every application. Be aware that PARKNET.BV and Blixem internet services,Vof vinkweb,Trafficweb Holding,ISP services, BHM van der Heyden and the individual R.Broekman are all one and the same although he tries to make it look not to be so. The following I have cut and pasted from the WHOIS.EU search pages.

Application for KEG.eu (Prior right- k & g) really?

Application Details
Application
Domain Name keg
Applied 06/04/2006 13:17:21.367
Prior Right Registered National Trademark
Prior Right Country Netherlands
Prior Right on k & g
Applicant
Name B.H.M. van der Heijden
Organisation Parknet BV
Language Dutch
Address Kwikriem 17
5351 SM Berghem
Netherlands
Phone +31.628097148
Email [email protected]
Registrar technical contacts
Name R.L.M. Broekman
Organisation Vof Vinkweb
Language Dutch
Address Kerkdijk 6
6576 CE Ooij
Netherlands
Phone +31.243605040
Fax +31.243605030
Email [email protected]
Registrar
Organisation Vof Vinkweb
Website (No website is given)

Application for LANGUAGES.eu

Application Details
Application
Domain Name languages
Applied 07/03/2006 08:50:15.876
Prior Right Registered National Trademark
Prior Right Country Netherlands
Prior Right on languages
Applicant
Name D. Beheer
Organisation Parknet BV
Language Dutch
Address Kwikriem 17
5351 SM Berghem
Netherlands
Phone +31.628097148
Email [email protected]
Registrar technical contacts
Name R.L.M. Broekman
Organisation BliXem Internet Services
Language Dutch
Address Toernooiveld 222
6525 EC Nijmegen
Netherlands
Phone +31.243605040
Fax +31.243605030
Email [email protected]
Registrar
Organisation BliXem Internet Services
Website www.blixem.nl
Nameservers


And here is an application by the same entity which is already approved. It is for GAMING.eu


Domain details
Domain
Name gaming
Status REGISTERED
Registered 21 March 2006
Last update 19 April 2006 12:15
Registrant
Name B.H.M. van der Heijden
Organisation Traffic Web Holding BV
Language Dutch
Address address
Phone phone
Email email
Registrar technical contacts
Name Afdeling Support
Organisation ISP Services BV
Language Dutch
Address Gildenbroederslaan 1
7005 BM Doetinchem
Netherlands
Phone +31.314399900
Fax +31.314399910
Email [email protected]
Registrar
Organisation ISP Services B.V.
Website www.isp-services.nl
Nameservers

dns4.blixem.nl
dns5.blixem.nl
History

Mr.Linden these are just 3 excamples of this individual/company. There are many .eu names already awarded to him and there are hundreds of applications by him under various guises but easy to recognise as the address is always the same namely KWIKRIEM 17. He changes the other details around. Here are some press releases about his malpractises.They are in Dutch so I dont know if you read Dutch but I am sure you have someone who can translate.

http://www.zeikerdje.com/index.php?include=react&id=329

http://66.249.93.104/search?q=cache.../arts.PDF+parknet+bv&hl=nl&gl=nl&ct=clnk&cd=6
LOOK AT PAGE 13 and 14 where you can see more about the following extract

"GELDERSCH BEHEER
Name Space is helaas niet het enige Nederlandse bedrijf dat zich op een dergelijke
manier met de registratie van domeinnamen bezighoudt.
Een andere onderneming die zich (via schimmige holdingconstructies, waaronder
Parknet B.V. en internetprovider Blixem ) profileert als ‘domeinenmakelaar’
58
is
Geldersch Beheer, die alle Nederlandse gemeente- en plaatsnamen had vastgelegd,
van gemeente-aalburg.nl en aalburg.nl tot zwolle.nl en gemeente-zwolle.nl.
59
Ook
staan heel veel verschillende meisjesnamen en bijna alle dagen van het jaar op haar
naam geregistreerd (onder het .nl-dom"

Here are other names he/they use
Netstate Holdings B.V., Ooij, Netherlands
- BliXem Internet Services, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- B.V. Hollandsch Goed, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Vof Weblog Hosting Nederland, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Vof Particulieren Hosting Nederland, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Vof Vinkweb, Ooij, Netherlands
- Vof Meesweb, Ooij, Netherlands

Mr. Linden I am sure that it is obvious what is going on here. Question is..are you going to turn a blind eye to these practises? Although much fraud has happened already by unscrupelous persons it is still possible to stop at least some of them like abovementioned from getting any more names in this way.
I hope you will look into this carefully.
Thank you
Fred van der Linden

 

[nmr86]

oh my god.. dit is echt een dikke fraude zooi man.. pff

 

[kev]

Nice letter with a convincing set of evidence to back it up. I doubt they will do anything but i really hope they do!

 

[MadAboutDomains]

I have also sent message like this one to many public bodies and Eurid... I have just been told they can do nothing about it.

Which is funny seems as they own the registry,

 

[binaryman]

I have sent copies of this to the perpetrators as well and neither they nor Eurid have bothered to reply or deny.

 

[binaryman]

12 hours later- No reply nor deny. This is like beating one's head against a brickwall. I guess Eurid,the perps and the European Commission are all part of some sinister plot.

 

[jmcc]

12 hours later- No reply nor deny. This is like beating one's head against a brickwall. I guess Eurid,the perps and the European Commission are all part of some sinister plot.

Well if you bothered to look at the Eurid website, you'd see that the smurfs in EUrid are on holiday today.

Regards...jmcc

 

[binaryman]

OK so the Eurid smurfs are on holiday..and the Perps and the European Commission as well?

 

[kev]

boy have they earnt that holiday. all that scamming can really take its toll without a proper break. Lets all hope they come back fresh and ready to be ethical for a change

 

[jmcc]

OK so the Eurid smurfs are on holiday..and the Perps and the European Commission as well?

The European Commission is probably taking the day off as well. Not sure about the perps though. But at least the perps did real work and you've got to respect that. That doesn't make it right. The problem is that the Eurid smurfs are probably going to take the money and do nothing. Is it any wonder that we associate the EU with fraud?

Regards...jmcc

boy have they earnt that holiday. all that scamming can really take its toll without a proper break. Lets all hope they come back fresh and ready to be ethical for a change

I can just imagine them showing up at a trade show expecting all the domainers and hosters to be grateful to them and the thing turning into a repeat of the end of Braveheart.

Regards...jmcc

 

[binaryman]

Eurids reply and the mail they replied to.

Dear Sir,

Thank you very much for the information. At the moment the application in question is still waiting for the validation. We can assure you than validation agent will check whether this application and supporting documents comply with the rules. Our legal department will investigate whether the warehousing indeed took place.

Kind Regards
The EURid Team

On Sun Apr 30 14:55:00 2006 fred wrote:
>
>
> Dear Sir,Madam
> Will the fiasco of the Landrush just be continued into phase 4?
> Here is just one excample. Look at this pending application for
> AIRCRAFT.EU
>
> Domain Name aircraft
> Applied 08/02/2006 08:58:45.253
> Prior Right Companyname / Tradename / Business Identifiers
> Prior Right Country Netherlands
> Prior Right on a&i&r&c&r&a&f&t
> Applicant
> Name M. Roos
> Organisation B and S and D
> Language English
> Address Parlevinker 17
> 1186 ZA Amstelveen
> Netherlands
> Phone +31.203458804
> Fax +31.203458806
> Email [email protected]
> Registrar technical contacts
> Name M Roos
> Organisation RoosIT
> Language English
> Address Parlevinker 17
> 1186 ZA Amstelveen
> Netherlands
> Phone +31.203458804
> Fax +31.203458806
> Email [email protected]
> Registrar
> Organisation Roos IT
> Website www.roosit.nl
> Nameservers
>
> The Applicant and the registrar are the same person. They dont have a
> right on the name AIRCRAFT.eu
> What is a&i&r&c&r&a&f&t and B and S and D?
> There are many more applications like this. It would be a travesty of
> justice if people like this got the names awarded to them. Even a baboon
> can see that this is an attempt to hoodwink the system.I dont understand
> why this application is still being considered. It should have been
> turned down long ago.
> --
> fred
> [Include this Ref:EURID:51945:wTEl7h+mut7nawimvI2krQ in any reply]

And to my other mail they replied:

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your e-mail.

Please note, however, that EURid is a registry (technical agent), not a judicial, executive or legislative body to be able to determine the legitimacy of a holder's claim to a domain.

In case you believe the current holder is holding the domain name
speculatively, abusively or in bad faith, you are free to submit a Complaint
to the Czech Arbitration Court (www.adreu.eurid.eu) or initiate other (court
or non-court) proceedings. Another option may be to contact the holder directly.

Please note that in the Land rush period, anyone who fulfils the General
eligibility criteria as stipulated in the Regulation (EC) no. 733/2002
Article 4, can obtain a /eu domain name that is available at the moment they
ask for it.

For holders of prior rights, there was the so-called "Sunrise period"
instated, aalsting a total of four months, during which the prior right
holders had the exclusive right to submit an aplication for the domain name
and have their prior right documents examined.

Kind Regards
The EURid Team

On Fri Apr 28 20:19:00 2006 fred wrote:
>
>
> Dear Sirs
> I wish to bring it to your attention that the following applicant(he has
> hundreds of .eu applications with you) is applying for .eu names under
> false pretences. It is obvious he wants to aquire these names for
> selling at a big profit. Are you going to help him with this??
> Especially after the "fiasco" of the Landrush and Bob Parsons? Here are
> his details. He applies as PARKNET.BV
> Name B.H.M. van der Heijden
> Organisation Parknet BV
> Language Dutch
> Address Kwikriem 17
> 5351 SM Berghem
> Netherlands
> Phone +31.628097148
> Email [email protected]
> Why does this person apply for so many totally different names? He has
> applied for hundreds of top level names and his only intention is to
> get rich from this. It is not fair if you pass his applications. Please
> have a more intense look at this person and see how many applications he
> has going. Are you going to let yourself get fooled here?
> I hope not. This person is absolutely greedy.
> Regards
> Fred.
> --
> fred

 

[wot]

Yeah, yeah, yeah - yawn.

Sorry, just somewhat sceptical- I thinkl they will do j-s--t.

At least you got a reply. Can you imagine that if they look in to this that gives precedence to look in to all the other dodgy regs- whoa - 1 million + .eu domains back on the market.

My personal rating out of 10 for this happening : - 1

 

[binaryman]

Yeah I know WOT. It's sad though is it not. That they just allow this to happen.

 

[kev]

i might just register a company called

r & e & a & l & e & s & t& a &t &e

Judging by that logic, i should easily get the name i want with that and they think it is ok?

Shame on you Eurid

 

[cjcjcj]

Good work. Friendly tip to run a spell check on your work before it's sent.

Good luck.

 

[zehrila]

there is a good sign in their email.

Our legal department will investigate whether the warehousing indeed took place.

Since the issue has been raised they may finally ending up cancelling warehousing ppls domains.

 

[Azam.biz]

Good work. Pity EURid and the EU will do anything about it.

I've written three detailed emails to EURid with evidence of blatant wrongdoings, but they just respond with Eurojargon-filled emails and I'm 99% sure they won't do anything about them.

 

[IAmAllanShore]

Would it behoove EURid to "prosecute" "warehousers?"
What would they gain? What would they lose?
I see nothing to gain, and nothing to lose aside from the time and energy expended in fighting it. While their legal dept (If such a thing exists) will want to make themselves useful/worthwhile to keep around, they don't want to highlight just how dirty this whole procedure turned out to be.
Until I see LIVE.eu going back to gen-pop, and casino.eu and poker.eu and the tons of other G-E-N-E-R-I-C words going back into the trough, I will remain a sceptic :td:
-Allan

 

[jmcc]

Would it behoove EURid to "prosecute" "warehousers?"

Difficult call. To do so would be an admission of guilt on EUrid's part - that the system used was flawed. Now admitting that the system was flawed would open EUrid and their "agents" PwC open to some really nasty intellectual property suits. At the recent Domain roundtable event, PwC replacing its speaker with a video was perhaps an indication of PwC circling the wagons.

While their legal dept (If such a thing exists) will want to make themselves useful/worthwhile to keep around, they don't want to highlight just how dirty this whole procedure turned out to be.

It is going to be hard going for their "legal department" when potentially upwards of 700K domains have been registered by the bogus registrars and then there is the problem of the equally dubious trademarks that have been used to snag all those generic domains.

Right now, in Europe, there is nothing but contempt for the people in EUrid. Unless they move to resolve the situation, they are just as guilty as those who gamed the system. Is it any wonder we are so cynical about the actions of the smurfs in Eurid?

The process was so incompetently designed that the names of those responsible should be published and they should never be left near the internet again for as long as they live. The EUrid contract should be revoked and a proper, industry backed commission should evaluate proposals for a proper .eu registry. The people from EUrid and anyone so connected should be prohibited from even being associated with a new bid. But will this happen?

Such are the dangers of getting mickey mouse ccTLD registries refugees to form a gTLD registry.

Regards...jmcc

 

[mole]

A lot of supposedly registered names are still not resolving to anywhere, it will be interesting to see what happens when Eurid has to rerelease some names back to the market.