Need Assistance from Domain Community

[.edu]

Yesterday I purchased the domain idiot.info from a Steve Long. The domain was currently registered at eNom and what appeared to happen is that he initiated a transfer to another registrar right before he pushed the domain to my eNom account, so what I have now is a "dummy" domain. I need to know if anybody has ever dealt with this guy and how to find out which registrar the domain was transferred to. His contact information is as follows (Probably fake) I am not worried about the money I just want to nab this fraud. This is a a warning not to deal with this guy and he had the domain listed on Afternic, probably has more domains there.


Domain ID: D562099-LRMS
Domain Name:IDIOT.INFO
Created On:15-Sep-2001 12:14:02 UTC
Last Updated On:27-Sep-2003 15:43:32 UTC
Expiration Date:15-Sep-2005 12:14:02 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:R212-LRMS
Status:ACTIVE
Status:OK
Registrant ID:C647304-LRMS
Registrant Name:Steve Long
Registrant Street1:9777 Bird River Rd
Registrant City:Baltimore
Registrant State/Province:MD
Registrant Postal Code:21220
Registrant Country:US
Registrant Email:[email protected]
Admin ID:C647304-LRMS
Admin Name:Steve Long
Admin Street1:9777 Bird River Rd
Admin City:Baltimore
Admin State/Province:MD
Admin Postal Code:21220
Admin Country:US
Admin Email:[email protected]
Billing ID:C647304-LRMS
Billing Name:Steve Long
Billing Street1:9777 Bird River Rd
Billing City:Baltimore
Billing State/Province:MD
Billing Postal Code:21220
Billing Country:US
Billing Email:[email protected]
Tech ID:C647304-LRMS
Tech Name:Steve Long
Tech Street1:9777 Bird River Rd
Tech City:Baltimore
Tech State/Province:MD
Tech Postal Code:21220
Tech Country:US
Tech Email:[email protected]

 

[Raf]

Where did you purchase the domain from .edu, like any website or did you speak with him directly?

 

[.edu]

I contacted him after seeing the listing on afternic. The deal was made through emails.

 

[AdoptableDomains]

The sponsoring registrar of the whois record you list is Stargate Communications.

http://www.afilias.info/whois_search/sponsoring_registrars
(R212-LRMS Stargate Communications Inc. )

The email he used for the whois record is on a domain owned by Baltimore Gas & Electric (BGE.com). http://www.whois.sc/bge.com Perhaps this is his employer, unless they also offer ISP services?

Good Luck.

 

[.edu]

Thanks alot mark for the info

 

[pelican]

you need to email him what happens. If he does not reply, announce to all domain forums

 

[armstrong]

This is a a warning not to deal with this guy and he had the domain listed on Afternic, probably has more domains there.

A good idea would be to compile the list of domains he does have listed on Afternic, so if your current issue isn't settled, then we can watch out for when those other domains do come up for sale in this forum or elsewhere, and take extra precautions.

 

[Anthony]

Oh man. Has he replied to your emails since this happened? Are you sure this was on purpose or could it have been a mistake?