- Impact
- 60
The whois history looked strange so I contacted the owner Gregory Soo. He did not list the domain for sale. The domain was stolen from his Network Solutions account. Who can I talk to at Godaddy to get them to cancel this auction?
The whois history looked strange so I contacted the owner Gregory Soo. He did not list the domain for sale. The domain was stolen from his Network Solutions account.
How did you contact him, and did he offer any additional information?
We just spoke with the owner Gregory Soo and he has told us that the domain name (SOO.com) is not a stolen domain name.
However, if you look at the WHOIS record for the email address of the SOO domain, there is an email address using makaera.com, as the domain owner. And that domain expired. Did the current owner of SOO purchase makaera.com, set up the email address, and then take control of the SOO domain? Something doesn't add up here.
vir/.com and montreal/.com - it seems that admin email doesn't have 2FA. The tech email is using 2FA but it is not a smart idea to use user@gmail > another@gmail.
vir/.com and montreal/.com - it seems that admin email doesn't have 2FA. The tech email is using 2FA but it is not a smart idea to use user@gmail > another@gmail.
Yes.@Paul -- Does @elmo514 have sufficient nP privileges to post in this thread?
yes exactly. The person stole the domain. Now they are acting as if they are gregory Soo. But they are not. They have stolen the domain and now they are impersonating the prior registrant. You can see that the theif also created an account on Namepros called 'Gregory1' and posted the domain for sale here on December 13th - https://www.namepros.com/threads/soo-com.1260921/However, if you look at the WHOIS record for the email address of the SOO domain, there is an email address using makaera.com, as the domain owner. And that domain expired. Did the current owner of SOO purchase makaera.com, set up the email address, and then take control of the SOO domain? Something doesn't add up here.
Thanks. that's a great idea. I know it's at least an hour wait when calling godaddy. does anyone have a contact phone or email for a manager at godaddy or godaddy auctions that I can pass along to the victim?
The domain was stolen from his Network Solutions account.
An email to the former registrant's email addresses, there was a response within minutes (which is odd, because that typically doesn't happen in my experience). The respondent was very quick to say "not stolen". It was odd, but not to say that they just happened to be using their email at the time.
Our understanding is that Danny Sullivan 'caught' makaera when it expired. He then sold the domain to someone else.
I would also like to add that makaera had its name servers changed to Host Gator when the name was presumably sold by Danny Sullivan and thus went under privacy.
Thanks. that's a great idea. I know it's at least an hour wait when calling godaddy. does anyone have a contact phone or email for a manager at godaddy or godaddy auctions that I can pass along to the victim?Have the owner reach out to Go Daddy...
Great, thanks. That's very helpful.I posted it Twitter and tagged GoDaddy and Dan. And also e-mailed Joe and Paul from GoDaddy.
retweetI posted it Twitter and tagged GoDaddy and Dan. And also e-mailed Joe and Paul from GoDaddy.