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I "sold" inmobiliario.mx back in September of 2009 through Sedo.com.

The Sedo representative instructed me to transfer the domain directly to the buyer after my attempts at warning them that I should not do this.

Domain was transferred to the buyer.

I have not gotten any payment.

Today's date is Sunday, January 24, 2010.

Sedo representative will not identify himself / herself.

I will never do business with Sedo again.
 
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Odd situation, you sure it was legit and not a scam?

Do you have emails and names for sedo contact to post?
 

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Payment request created for buyer Sep/25/09


We have created a payment request for the buyer and requested payment from him/her. The transfer will commence upon receipt of this payment.

Sedo Transfer Agent Sep/25/09


Dear Carlos,

Congratulations on your sale.

To help make the transfer process efficient and secure your transfer details will be accessible exclusively through this Transfer Overview page.

In the "Transfer Status" menu, you will find information on the current transfer status as well as the steps you need to take in order to proceed.
You will receive a notification by e-mail whenever important new information about the transfer has been added in your Sedo account.
Furthermore you can send me a message at any time by entering it into the "Your comment" field and clicking on "Submit". You will find my response under "Related communication".

In "Transfer Documents" you may upload any required documents or forms (e.g. invoices, etc.) by clicking on "Upload additional documentation".
In this menu you will also find important transfer related documents, e.g. your Sedo sales contract.

In the "Transfer Details" menu you can provide technical details regarding the transfer.
Please click on "Edit Technical Details" in order to indicate the name of the registrar where the domain is currently registered. Indicating an assistant's name, email address or phone number is optional.

If you wish to work with a technical assistant in order to process the domain transfer, please enter the corresponding contact details (name, phone number and email address). Otherwise please choose "No" and leave these fields empty.

Best Regards,
Steve Opadeji


Escrow payment received Sep/28/09


Payment has arrived in Sedo’s escrow account.
Your Comment Oct/31/09


It's been over a month, what's the hold up? I'm seriously thinking about deleting all of my 500+ domains from Sedo.


Sedo Transfer Agent Nov/02/09


Hello Carlos, I certainly understand your frustration with this. I have contacted the buyer again and promise to update you as soon as I have any more information.

Thank you for your continued patience.

Best regards,

Shaun



Your Comment Nov/02/09


Ok, thanks Shaun.



Start of the transfer to the new registrar Nov/06/09


We have asked the buyer to start the transfer of the domain at his registrar.

You will shortly receive a corresponding transfer request at your registered admin-c e-mail address. Please confirm that request.

The domain will then be transferred to the new registrar. Please note that this process may take up to 7 days to be processed, depending on the losing an gaining registrars.
Kindly notify us when you have received and confirmed the transfer request.

As soon as the transfer has been completed, we will send payment to you.



Your Comment Nov/07/09


How is Sedo supposed to be able to track whether or not I actually transferred the domain?

This smells like a scam.

Once I transfer the domain, the buyer will claim he never received it and demand his funds be returned to him.

If Sedo has no way of tracking the transfer, they will have no choice but to comply.

Then the buyer has both the domain and his funds.



Please confirm if you received and approved the transfer request! Nov/09/09


The buyer has initiated the transfer process from his registrar, please check the Admin-C email address if you have received it and approve it if you have.



Sedo Transfer Agent Nov/09/09


Hello Carlos, we transfer thousands of domains every month and we never have this problem - we know who the request is supposed to be coming from and if you like, you can forward me the transfer request that you have received to [email protected] so that I can check it for you. I can also tell you that this buyer is a trusted client of ours and neither he nor Sedo are out to steal your domain.

Regards,

Shaun




Your Comment Nov/10/09


I don't understand why I'm not transferring the domain to Sedo, as usual. Why am I having to transfer the domain directly to the buyer? Also, I have not received any transfer email as of yet.



Sedo Transfer Agent Nov/10/09


Hi Carlos, for .mx domains we don't take control of them as we are not set up to register them. We only take control of domains where we can then simply push them along to the buyer, which is not possible here.

Regards,

Shaun


AUTH code needed for the domain Nov/11/09


Please write the AUTH code in the comment box. You will find this code either in your customer account or you have to request it in writing or by phone from your provider.


Your Comment Nov/11/09


D186F26296404518



Sedo Transfer Agent Nov/12/09


Hi Carlos, thank you very much for sending the code. I have passed it onto the buyer so that he can send his transfer request successfully.

Regards,

Shaun




Your Comment Nov/14/09


Why do I have the feeling that this is going to take another month?
I'm still waiting for the transfer request.




Sedo Transfer Agent Nov/16/09


Hi Carlos, can you please send me the e-mail from GoDaddy containing the authorisation code for this domain? I want to forward it to the seller's registrar, who are continuing to insist that the code is wrong.

Regards,

Shaun




Your Comment Nov/17/09


Shaun, I requested the auth code again. It's the same code. I will gladly forward it to your email. What is it? In the meanwhile, I will copy and paste:

from [email protected]
reply-to [email protected]
to [email protected]
date Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 2:15 AM
subject INMOBILIARIO.MX >> Information You Requested
mailed-by godaddy.com

hide details 2:15 AM (1 minute ago)

The authorization information you requested is as follows:

Domain Name: INMOBILIARIO.MX

Authorization Info: D186F26296404518




Sedo Transfer Agent Nov/17/09


Hi Carlos, please forward the e-mail to [email protected].

Thank you very much for your help.

Regards,

Shaun




Your Comment Nov/17/09


Shaun, the email has been forwarded to your address.




Sedo Transfer Agent Nov/18/09


Hi Carlos, I have forwarded it to the buyer. Thank you very much for your help with this.

Best regards,

Shaun



We have informed the buyer to update the whois contact details. Nov/20/09




Your Comment Nov/24/09


Any updates?


Sedo Transfer Agent Nov/25/09


Hi Carlos, we are waiting for the buyer's .mx handles, so that you can log into nic.mx and update the ownership details.

Once that is done, we can release the funds to you.

Regards,

Shaun


Your Comment Nov/26/09


Log into where and do what? I'm supposed to do something else now? I have no idea what's going on. Also, it's coming up on 2 months since the domain was "sold."



Sedo Transfer Agent Nov/26/09


Hi Carlos, as the registrant of a .mx domain, you will have an account at the .mx registry, as all registrants do. It would be a good idea to contact them and ask them for your account information, but in the meantime, I have contacted the buyer's registrar myself and asked them if they can update the registrant data from their end.

Best regards,

Shaun




Your Comment Dec/01/09


I would like to get paid as soon as possible.
I feel that I have done more than my part already including waiting an exorbitant amount of time.



Sedo Transfer Agent Dec/16/09


Hello Carlos, Below is the information needed from the buyer's registrar to get the ownership details changed.

"To change the ownership you will need a LOA, (letter of authority)

This should be on company letter head, Signed by old and new owner, and have the company stamp on it."

Please get the letter signed and send it to me via email to [email protected]

Thank you.


Your Comment Dec/26/09


Do you understand that I have no idea who the buyer is!?
When I click on Transfer Details all it says is his country of origin is in the Netherlands.
Please give me back my domain.


Your Comment Dec/26/09


Failure to comply may result in legal action.


Sedo Transfer Agent Jan/06/10


Hello Carlos, Thank you for the message. Actually, the buyer's details have been confidential in all of their transaction because they want to have all sale as confidential and I am in the position to change it. Also, please note that we cannot cancel the transfer at this point as the buyer as fulfilled his part in making sure that the domain is transferred and would really want to have the domain name.

Please let me know we should proceed.




Your Comment Jan/08/10


Clearly the domain has been transferred to the buyer.
Why haven't I been payed yet?




Sedo Transfer Agent Jan/12/10


According to the whois the domain is still showing as registered to you so I have sent an email to the buyer to have confirm if he has the domain. I will release the payment once we I get his confirmation.




Your Comment Jan/14/10


You're going to need to give me your contact information so that I can pass it along to my attorney.




Your Comment Jan/14/10


from Art Kliatchko
to [email protected]
date Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 12:55 PM
subject INMOBILIARIO.MX Whois
mailed-by 101domain.com

hide details 12:55 PM (8 minutes ago)


Dear Carlos,



Unfortunately, we do not have any control over the inmobiliario.mx domain, and I can only suggest that you contact the Mexican NIC via [email protected], and explain them the situation, and the fact that you do not own the domain anymore and do not want to be listed as the contact person for the domain. Hope this helps.



Regards,



Art Kliatchko
Domain Services Specialist
877.983.6624 · Toll Free US
T : +1 760.444.8674 x1001
F : +1 760.579.4996
E : [email protected]
W: www.101domain.com


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Your Comment Jan/14/10


The above letter has been forwarded to: [email protected]




Your Comment Jan/14/10


http://who.godaddy.com/WhoIs.aspx?domain=inmobiliario.mx&prog_id=godaddy

Date of Access: 14 January 2010, 1:08 pm CST

Domain Name: inmobiliario.mx

Created On: 01-sep-2009
Expiration Date: 31-ago-2011
Last Updated On: 19-nov-2009
Registrar: 101 domain, Inc.
URL: http://101domain.com

Registrant:
Name: Carlos Romero
City: Corpus Christi
State: Texas
Country: Estados Unidos

Administrative Contact:
Name: Carlos Romero
City: Corpus Christi
State: Texas
Country: Estados Unidos

Technical Contact:
Name: Carlos Romero
City: Corpus Christi
State: Texas
Country: Estados Unidos

Billing Contact:
Name: Carlos Romero
City: Corpus Christi
State: Texas
Country: Estados Unidos

Name Servers:
DNS: ns09.domaincontrol.com
DNS: ns10.domaincontrol.com

La informacion que ha solicitado se provee exclusivamente para fines
relacionados con la delegacion de nombres de dominio y la operacion del DNS
administrado por NIC Mexico.

Queda absolutamente prohibido su uso para otros propositos, incluyendo el envio
de Correos Electronicos no solicitados con fines publicitarios o de promocion
de productos y servicios (SPAM) sin mediar la autorizacion de los afectados y
de NIC Mexico.

La base de datos generada a partir del sistema de delegacion, esta protegida
por las leyes de Propiedad Intelectual y todos los tratados internacionales
sobre la materia.

Si necesita mayor informacion sobre los registros aqui mostrados, favor de
comunicarse a [email protected].

Si desea notificar sobre correo no solicitado o accesos no autorizados, favor
de enviar su mensaje a [email protected].



Your Comment Jan/14/10


http://who.godaddy.com/WhoIsRegData...+m2w==&domain=inmobiliario.mx&prog_id=godaddy

Date of Access: 14 January 2010, 1:11 pm CST

WHOIS Underlying Registry Data:

Domain Name: inmobiliario.mx

Created On: 01-sep-2009
Expiration Date: 31-ago-2011
Last Updated On: 19-nov-2009
Registrar: 101 domain, Inc.
URL: http://101domain.com

Registrant:
Name: Carlos Romero
City: Corpus Christi
State: Texas
Country: Estados Unidos

Administrative Contact:
Name: Carlos Romero
City: Corpus Christi
State: Texas
Country: Estados Unidos

Technical Contact:
Name: Carlos Romero
City: Corpus Christi
State: Texas
Country: Estados Unidos

Billing Contact:
Name: Carlos Romero
City: Corpus Christi
State: Texas
Country: Estados Unidos

Name Servers:
DNS: ns09.domaincontrol.com
DNS: ns10.domaincontrol.com


La informacion que ha solicitado se provee exclusivamente para fines
relacionados con la delegacion de nombres de dominio y la operacion del DNS
administrado por NIC Mexico.

Queda absolutamente prohibido su uso para otros propositos, incluyendo el envio
de Correos Electronicos no solicitados con fines publicitarios o de promocion
de productos y servicios (SPAM) sin mediar la autorizacion de los afectados y
de NIC Mexico.

La base de datos generada a partir del sistema de delegacion, esta protegida
por las leyes de Propiedad Intelectual y todos los tratados internacionales
sobre la materia.

Si necesita mayor informacion sobre los registros aqui mostrados, favor de
comunicarse a [email protected].

Si desea notificar sobre correo no solicitado o accesos no autorizados, favor
de enviar su mensaje a [email protected].





Sedo Transfer Agent Jan/19/10


Hello Carlos, My apologies for the delayed response. I have sent the buyer an email to check with them if they already have the domain name as the whois you sent me still shows your details.

I will get back to you once there is a response from him.

Thank you for your understanding.


Sedo Transfer Agent Jan/19/10


The buyer got back to me that the domain is not in there account and it is still showing your details in the whois. Can you please double-check that?



Your Comment Jan/21/10


Please see my Nov. 07, 2009 comment.

I'm very close to calling the police so they can do an investigation.

I am also demanding both your contact info (you, the Sedo Transfer Agent) and the FULL contact information of the buyer including name, address, city, state, zipcode, country, phone number, and any other information that you are legally able to provide.

Please release that information immediately.

I do not have control over inmobiliario.mx
It is not in my account at GoDaddy.com, and has not been in my account ever since I was instructed by Sedo to transfer the domain directly to the buyer.

YOU, SEDO, INSTRUCTED ME TO TRANSFER THE DOMAIN DIRECTLY TO THE BUYER. THUS, YOU, SEDO, ARE THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY.

I HAVE PROVIDED YOU WITH WHOIS INFORMATION STATING THAT INMOBILIARIO.MX APPEARS TO BE REGISTERED WITH 101DOMAIN.COM

101DOMAIN.COM MAINTAINS THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER INMOBILIARIO.MX


Your Comment Jan/21/10


As the responsible party, Sedo must investigate this matter by contacting [email protected], and or contacting ICANN.

Sedo, to my knowledge, has not, up to this point, done any of the aforementioned investigative procedures and may or may not be guilty of negligence.



Sedo Transfer Agent Jan/22/10


Hello Carlos, Thank you for getting back. I do appreciate your understanding about this. The problem is that I cannot confirm if the buyer has the domain name and the person who previously handled the transaction for the company has left. However, I have written to their support to contact 101domain in order to get the contact details updated/ confirm that that the domain is in there account.

I will get back to you once I receive an update so we can release the payment.

Thank you for your understanding and I apologise for any inconvenience this might have caused.



Your Comment Jan/25/10


I've already asked you twice for your contact info and the buyer's contact info.

I don't even know who I'm addressing as I write this response.

WHO

ARE

YOU

?

IDENTIFY

YOURSELF
 

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wow, very interesting..
 

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I'm not surprised, SEDO purchased ParkingPanel.com - and as we all know - ParkingPanel.com stole money from Domainers and never paid them for their parking earnings. SEDO did not reply back to my request on why they purchased a company that is involved in FRAUD!

and your example just shows us all, how SEDO operates.
 

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I "sold" inmobiliario.mx back in September of 2009 through Sedo.com.

The Sedo representative instructed me to transfer the domain directly to the buyer after my attempts at warning them that I should not do this.

if you felt that it was risky to conduct the transaction in such as way, then why proceed?

the transfer process for some cctlds has not be established as a "routine" practice, even in domainer to domainer sales on the forums it can be a hassle.

when you include a third party, it can add more delays and frustrations.

one should "talk" out this process beforehand, with their "respective" sedo account managers to insure a smooth transaction.


to go into this with a bad feeling from the "git-go" and then blame sedo....

:rolleyes:

in the end, i wish all goes well for you


imo...
 

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thanks for sharing info...

hope it works out for you.


when in doubt contact the company direct from the website not the information provided in an email.


Good Luck
 

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Sedo is as shady as they get. I contacted them about my payment from ParkingPanel to the tune of $3600 that was never paid. First they said it had been over a year and per TOS, expired. I told them that they were never paid. They "investigated" and came back to me saying that my account had been terminated by ParkingPanel for questionable traffic and that I had been advised of this. An absolute 100% fabrication! I asked for proof and now they don't reply. 99% of the revenue was from ONE name that was a pure type in name.

Sedo are crooks as far as I'm concerned.

ParkingPanel.com owner used this fake claim to steal money from everyone.
 

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if you felt that it was risky to conduct the transaction in such as way, then why proceed?

the transfer process for some cctlds has not be established as a "routine" practice, even in domainer to domainer sales on the forums it can be a hassle.

when you include a third party, it can add more delays and frustrations.

one should "talk" out this process beforehand, with their "respective" sedo account managers to insure a smooth transaction.


to go into this with a bad feeling from the "git-go" and then blame sedo....

:rolleyes:

in the end, i wish all goes well for you


imo...





biggedon,

Thank you for comment. You ask a valid question. Why would I proceed if I am uneasy about the whole ordeal? Because Sedo is supposed to be the professional, established company. They know what they're doing. Should I trust my doctor if he is licensed, registered, and in good standing with the state? The answer is yes, yes I should. The same trust applies to big, established companies. They -should- know what they're doing and how to proceed.

Update:

Sedo Transfer Agent Jan/25/10


Hello Carlos, Thank you for the message. I am afraid we can not provide the buyer's contact details to you as this is strictly confidential. However, I have just called the company again and I was informed that they will get back to me later today.

Regards,

Steve



Your Comment Jan/25/10


Hi Steve,

Please be aware that I am trying to recover the domain inmobiliario.mx

It has been almost 4 months since the original transaction date and I am now treating the domain as a stolen domain.

If I am successful at recovering inmoniliario.mx, please return the buyer's funds to them.

(typo)
 
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Hhhmm...until a name is placed into a customers account it would still show being at said registrar ( 101domains ), my guess is if the buyer claims he doesnt have it and yet it shows his registrar and your info, is it possible the case is as I mentioned and his registrar has it?

I know they claim they dont but clearly whois says otherwise, so maybe its the buyer..maybe the registrar?

I suppose I can answer that potential with this question, has dns changed at all?

Over all a weird and difficult process at sedo.
 

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biggedon,

Thank you for comment. You ask a valid question. Why would I proceed if I am uneasy about the whole ordeal? Because Sedo is supposed to be the professional, established company. They know what they're doing. Should I trust my doctor if he is licensed, registered, and in good standing with the state? The answer is yes, yes I should. The same trust applies to big, established companies. They -should- know what they're doing and how to proceed.

Hi

you know ...we could go back and forth, forever and a day with this. ;)

but i'll debate the point from a neutral position if i can...

when you throw in a scenerio about trust and professionalism in comparison to a doctor,

where is sedo licensed, or registered...and in what states?

and if they have a license or a registration, what is the license for and what are they registered as?

:rolleyes:

if i went to a doctor and felt uneasy about his practice, his office, his medical equipment, the sanitary conditions, how he/she addressed me, or his/her prognosis, etc. i can choose to walk away and not let that doctor perform a transfusion, transplant or in this case...the transaction. :)

sure, somebody dropped the ball...but who?


from reading the posted correspondence, i'm wondering why or did you ever contact sedo reps by phone?

also, if there had been a previous verification of whois prior to transfer, any change of whois after, could have been the stipulation to release funds to you.

one other point, "even though sedo doesn't share buyers info", the contact at sedo could have called/contacted the buyer for you.

maybe you just had an experienced employee handling your transaction.


imo...
 

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Sedo Transfer Agent Jan/22/10
Hello Carlos, Thank you for getting back. I do appreciate your understanding about this. The problem is that I cannot confirm if the buyer has the domain name and the person who previously handled the transaction for the company has left. However, I have written to their support to contact 101domain in order to get the contact details updated/ confirm that that the domain is in there account.

Thats a great one from SEDO.
I wander what is sedo part overall in every domain auction? Do they just get the money without doing the escrow amking the client to do most of the part?
Its clear that original owner got screwed by sedo since he was asked to transfer domain directly to buyer while SEDO got the money from him.
Then he is told that something went wrong and he needs to investigate himself, what on earth will SEDO do except from loosing domain and money?

Steve Opadeji "left" and now what? Maybe he took all the correspondence with him along with passwords and email accounts so the new rep cant do anything, maybe its better from now on to sell domain in open public auctions and send money to each other with mail pigeons.

If I was the original owner i d think that buyer was Steve Opadeji and got the domain before he "left". But i m not :D
 

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Update: Sedo.com finally sent due payment, only after I initiated a domain recovery procedure.



Transfer completely finished! Jan/27/10


Credit note created Jan/27/10


The domain has been transferred successfully and the payment note has been created. Our Accounting department will process the credit note shortly and will release the escrow funds within 1-2 business days.

If you have paid the commission for the transaction, you will find a corresponding invoice in the "Payment Note" document located in the "Transfer Documents" section of the Sedo Transfer Center.
 

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Update: Sedo.com finally sent due payment, only after I initiated a domain recovery procedure.



Transfer completely finished! Jan/27/10


Credit note created Jan/27/10


The domain has been transferred successfully and the payment note has been created. Our Accounting department will process the credit note shortly and will release the escrow funds within 1-2 business days.

If you have paid the commission for the transaction, you will find a corresponding invoice in the "Payment Note" document located in the "Transfer Documents" section of the Sedo Transfer Center.

Congrats!

glad you're getting paid :)
 
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