... or a great conspiracy theorist :D

Did you get my mail I sent this week eman? :)

No mate - must have missed it amongst the 600+ messages I'm getting daily |angry|

Send me a PM |waves|

Surfn's domaindiscover.com suggestion isn't suitable as I would like to be able to make one off domain purchases without an initial $50 outlay each time (they want 2yr @ $25 for single new domain buys)

People keep mentioning directnic... has anyone had a problem there and found them helpful in resolving it?

This is making me very nervous |couch|

I'm considering transferring all my domains to Network Solutions...does anyone have opinions on them?

Thanks!

see this thread
http://www.greenguysboard.com/board/...&threadid=8286

25$ a year and a two year minimum??? :(


www.domainnamesystems.com - is a GREAT registar I have been using them for over 5 years and I don't think I have ever seen ANYTHING bad posted about them.


Good luck AcidMax
I Really hope you get your domains back.

That sucks. I hope you can get this straightened out Andy.

Thanks for the info, Opti

I am telling you guys...the best registrar I have found is directnic. As Cleo has said, their admin is the best you can find and I have never had a problem of anykind with them.

You get what you pay for.

Been using them for long time but never had a single issue.

I could say the same about GoDaddy

DD

I use http://www.registerfly.com never had any problems, but if you use them at peek times their site sometimes loads slowly.

I'm with DirectNic also - no problemos.... EVER!

I had a few with Registerfly once but I got fed up with their admin section. They still spam me every once in a while about domains about to expire - although I have long since tranfered them away.
I guess I don't have anything serious against them... I just don't like them.

I only read the first page of this thread so don't know if this has already been mentioned, but track him down through his sponsors. His checks go to a real address somewhere.

I had someone rip off my bank card a few years ago for a couple of thousand bucks, one of his purchases was a domain and hosting which I used to start contacting sponsors. Had him pinpointed in less than a day.

How's the hunt for that mofo going, Andy?

Keep us informed, and let us know if you need help.

Well I was gone for 5 days visiting a sick grandfather, but the hunt continues. I have had a couple people email me with information they have on this guy. He is stealing from other webmasters so I am not the only one. So far I think I have tracked him down to stealing domains from approx. 5 webmasters. I will definitely keep everyone posted. I am sure it will be a slow process but I will get this guy.

Andy

Another victim of the hijackers :(

Some fucker(s) have "borrowed" a few domains ie replaced my whois info with their more than likely fake info. I only noticed when I did a whois on myself just for fun... it wasn't fun what I saw

AcidMaX: Are these names on you list?
John Franklin
55 Lakeview Drive
Nederland
Colorado 80466
United States
john4y2002@yahoo.com

Mike Hampton
229 FrenchRoad Ave
Queens
New York 10019
United States
koking99@yahoo.com

To make matters worse one is up for renewal in three days.

I don't want any more registar bashing just info on how I might get my property back.

Those names specificaly are not but the koking99@yahoo.com is definitely the same guy. That is one of the emails he has used in the past. The investigation is still going on. According to another individual they are close to nabbing this guy, he lives up in Canada.

AcidMax - dont know if this will help but he is a registered member over at dnforum.com

http://www.dnforum.com/member.php?u=7613

I dont see any posts from him but you might be able to run things down through the admins

likewise the koking99 name is being used on securibox.net as a registered user in their board

also this might help out a little :)
http://geocities.com/john4y2002/night_vision2.html
although Im thinking it might not pan out - might just be a spoofed mail addie?

I use http://www.cheapestregistry.com - they are an enom reseller and the guy that runs it, Eric, is good value! I have had to call on him in the past and he always provided top notch service.

cheers,
Luke

I'm glad I read this thread. I had a couple domains regged with GODaddy, and then started doing searches on other boards, and found LOTS of webmasters who've had GOdaddy domains snatched. Needless to say I switched my domains to a different registar.

Good luck tracking this guy down.

Thanks Linkster, I will check that out. The word from another guy who got scammed who is looking into this guy is they know everything about this guy already, I think they had a private investigator on him. I'm not sure where the case is at but they have the data. I know the guy has spent thousands to get this piece of shit and i think he will. I have talked to the other webmasters attorney and provided information I tracked down and they used that plus their own information. We will see but I will forward that URL on as well.

Although I havnt checked the links, the 2nd one I dont believe is that guy. This thief steals peoples identities, emails etc and uses them. Most of the addresses and emails he uses are not his own. It's all a front, he even launders the money through multiple business fronts with different names so its harder to track down.

Andy

In times where six people are beat to death over a Xbox I can't believe that people would steal domains. Not like you can keep where you live secret from everyone, at least if you want to receive money from your sponsors.

Hunt the fucker down
 

AcidMaX is getting close to him.......

RE : "Not like you can keep where you live secret from everyone, at least if you want to receive money from your sponsors"

Oh it is possible, but it takes a hell of a lot of work. Even if I was dishonest enough to do it I could make more money for the same amount of work in honest businesses, so would not bother.

Used to be I thought that people who did this sort of thing were people who were too stupid to make a living honestly, but then I realized that you needed to be more clever to be a successful crook than a successful honest man, so this theory did not hold water.

A short while ago there was a program on (non-internet) crooks and conmen, and the interviews led you to believe that although the money was nice, the main reason they did this was the thrill of "getting one over on other people". I guess that is the same thing with A******s like this, a sort of "hacker mentality" overriding his "business sense".

Finnally got my "can't help" email with a email link to WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center - Domain Name Disputes.

Bit of interesting light a read here WIPO

AcidMaX: When you get some info can you pass it on

Re: Hunt the fucker down
 

It's actually not me, I started an investigation, then I received an email from another webmaster who lives in Canada, we exchanged notes, I spoke with this other webmasters attorney and I provided them with some more information.

The other webmaster is actually paying the cost to get this guy, I am not sure if he posts on here or not, but I know he does read this board (the webmaster chasing the thief). The other webmaster also got his domain back through a dispute agency, and he is still going after this guy, we should know more in a month or two.

My thought is that the thief reads this board too because he seems to have information and is stealing from many webmasters on this board. All I can say is be very careful, move your domains from godaddy (because they could give 2 shits about you as a client) and change your passwords often.


Pazz: I think WIPO is who awarded this webmaster his domain back, I would have to look through my emails.

ecchi is right too , you can keep it secret. This guy supposedly has dummy companies setup that he is filtering money through them to get to him. He has multiples and will just filter all the monies from one to another until it gets to him and he takes all of his checks at a PO box.

Ok the one that was expiring expired. The fucker changed the name servers but then for some stupid reason copied my pages(goto be a copyright issue there) and put it on his space with fucked up links so nothing works.

Anyone know anything about cybehost.com?

I don't know about the host but that is this fuckers MO. He likes to steal entire sites and put the sites up. What I did when I saw it happen I put a page up that said "Someone stole this domain". This was before he was able to change the dns. I think I pretty much ruined his traffic at that point and to this day he still has the generic godaddy page on my domain.

-Andy

dont say that, you make me nerveus, i have all my domains with godaddy, after 3 years i still havent any trouble with them , and i dont want trouble in future with my domains....lol and dont say move them then.........i keep believing in them|violin|

I'm moving my one crucial domain to directnic - Canada's a long way away for me to swing and connect with a baseball bat.

I'm still using Godaddy for everyday domains but I feel that I can no longer risk the major source of my income with them.

So could I!

I have locked all my domains at godaddy i have autorenew, till this time i am very happy with godaddy and hope to stay that way in the future!

Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong, but locking your domains within godaddy won't necessarily protect you. The thief seems to operate within the godaddy jurisdiction.

well sometimes i need to unlock an domain, if i do that i cant use all futures in godaddy and i get an email right away that my domain is unlocked and if not right i need to contact them, but for real i just changed my pass word and put the 4 digit number in my accound for support.........................i am getting more nervouse now|violin|

Anyone using GoDaddy good luck, I mean that sincerely, I hope you have no problems with them ever.

I have never used them and from what I have read on this board and others I find them too risky for me to ever use.

My domains were locked...

We've always used Go Daddy and not had any problems, our domains are locked. If I unlocked them I got an email right away. After reading on this board and others about the troubles people were having with them we decided to leave them and are in the process of doing that now with all of our domains. I don't want to stay with them and wait for the problems.