Someone using my name on their Whois

[Poordaisy]

I sold a name a while back. The buyer did not change the who is to his name, despite my requests. I contacted icaan. They contacted the registrar enom, who apparently advised that they are satisfied the who is is correct. Icaan said that there is no problem and closed the case. Should I be concerned? Its a bit strange. My email is listed as admin.

 

[gilescoley]

Email Enom directly and tell them you don't own the name

 

[The Stealthy One]

Have you contacted eNom directly yourself?

 

[RapidNames.com]

there is no copyrights issue related with the domain, then don't care about this, b'coz you aren't real owner too

 

[Poordaisy]

there is no copyrights issue related with the domain, then don't care about this, b'coz you aren't real owner too

I haven't contacted enom as I thought ICAAN did. But, will do so now. Concern is that they use the name for spamming and, I get the feedback from irate recipients. My email is exposed and I have a history of ownership. I like a clean sale with no loose ends.

Otherwise, as last resort and as the holder of the admin email, I can ask enom to send the name back to me as admin? They will question the action and then do something bout it.

 

[DnEbook]

I had the same problem with SlowDaddy who basically refused to do anything about it, member here did not change after np auction purchase. It was the verification email spam from godaddy that really annoyed me ....... considering i told them i would not verify a name no longer mine .....idiots

 

[Ms Domainer]

If the admin mail is still in your name, simply initiate a transfer back to you -- to another account at another registrar.

If the buyer is spamming in your name and the registrars aren't doing anything about it, then I would say that you are well in your rights to "claw back" the domain.

 

[DnEbook]

If the admin mail is still in your name, simply initiate a transfer back to you -- to another account at another registrar.

If the buyer is spamming in your name and the registrars aren't doing anything about it, then I would say that you are well in your rights to "claw back" the domain.

Ha ha ...... i never thought of that

 

[Poordaisy]

What ideas! Thanks all!

 

[Chetan]

They might spam but they haven't done so yet buddy. Please don't do that as the OP will make it public issue and it may harm your reputation.

 

[Rado_Ch]

They might spam but they haven't done so yet buddy. Please don't do that as the OP will make it public issue and it may harm your reputation.

Why should he wait until the evil is done to try and protect himself when they can prevent that from happening. Personal info is something a domain owner might not want to share for various reasons, hence why Domain ID Protect exists. Fact of the matter is that he wants his details gone and has properly followed the procedure to contact both the new owner and the registry. If there is no solution from his efforts he is absolutely entitled to pull his domain back, seeing that the new owners seem to prefer him listed as domain owner.

I would wait to see if ICANN or eNom find a solution for you, send a formal email to the new owners, explaining that you will transfer out your domain after 24 hours if they don't change the personal information and act accordingly if they fail to do so.

 

[Name Trader]

You cannot transfer a domain out if it is not in your control panel? How do you unlock the domain and get the authcode?

 

[Rado_Ch]

You cannot transfer a domain out if it is not in your control panel? How do you unlock the domain and get the authcode?

Indeed he would need the assistance of the registrar to do so.

 

[Name Trader]

I had a domain stolen from me at eNom when they were still using NameWinner (pre-NameJet) for exactly this reason, and they refused to get back the domain for me. In those days the domains were pushed into your eNom account without changing the whois info. I wasn't aware of this. The former owner called eNom and asked them for the auth code and simply asked them to unlock the domain. They insisted that not changing the whois info to the new owner was a feature. I don't know who in their right mind would call this a useful feature, apart from the previous owner stealing the domain. Not soon after this incident their feature changed to changing the whois to the new owner. I had 3 of eNom's Directors, including the COO at the time telling me the same thing. So this wasn't just some low level support clerk jerking me off. What clinched it for me was NameWinner's ToS stated quite clearly at the time, that there could be no refunds for any reason whatsover, and they gave me a refund rather than go get back the domain for me. eNom's main business is selling domains to other resellers, and this is how they treated their own customers. Their attitude was stunningly appalling. I loved eNom's control panel. Clean and tidy with Magic Folders. It was perfect for my needs (and still would be today). But I transferred my 2k domains out of there as fast as I could. This was pre-NameJet, so they lost my business a long time ago, and will never, ever get it back. I own more domains today than I did then. This was a painful story for me to retell.