Can stolen domain be "frozen"?

[Johnn]

I have never, lost a couple of good sales because of it, but I can say I haven't been (successfully) scammed yet!

Oh but they have tried

Well,

Identity theft happens everywhere. If someone hacks into a DNF account - you will be scammed big time!

Just be carefull and use common sense.

 

[jberryhill]

Frozen domains should be gently boiled before domain tasting. Heating them in the microwave is not a good idea.

ever noticed why most stolen domains are transferred to Godaddy?

Any domain, stolen or not, is more likely to be registered through GoDaddy than anywhere else in particular.

1 GO DADDY United States 20.387%
2 ENOM United States 8.934%
3 NETWORK SOLUTIONS United States 7.918%
4 TUCOWS Canada 6.910%
5 MELBOURNE IT Australia 5.369%
6 SCHLUND+PARTNER Germany 3.965%

So if I told you that 20% of stolen domains are moved to GoDaddy, and only 9% of stolen domains are moved to Enom, have I said anything meaningful?

 

[VirtualT]

So if I told you that 20% of stolen domains are moved to GoDaddy, and only 9% of stolen domains are moved to Enom, have I said anything meaningful?

probably not, but if considerably more than 20% are moved to Godaddy this becomes a trend no?

 

[Johnn]

I think what he mean by high percentage because godaddy would do nothing to the name so the scammer can sell the name to someone else vs. Enom (freeze the name) and Networksolutions (help you get the name back).

I know at least 3 cases which NS returned to name to the right owners.

 

[Kventures]

I had a domain that was considered stolen, and it was locked for many days.

In fact, the "thief" couldnt move over the domain, so he just sold me his login access to his account.

I couldn't change accounts or transfer it out myself, and it took many phone calls and many weeks to get it resolved.

 

[randomo]

Well, GoDaddy and PayPal were zero help. Meanwhile, a new owner is listed in whois for this domain.

Do you think I should contact that owner, and if so, what would be the point? (How would you feel if someone contacted you and said, "You know that domain you just bought from someone else? It was stolen from me, and I'd like it back.")

 

[VirtualT]

Well, GoDaddy and PayPal were zero help. Meanwhile, a new owner is listed in whois for this domain.

Do you think I should contact that owner, and if so, what would be the point? (How would you feel if someone contacted you and said, "You know that domain you just bought from someone else? It was stolen from me, and I'd like it back.")

for sure, the new owner might be able to chargeback and you could get it back

 

[Dave Zan]

for sure, the new owner might be able to chargeback and you could get it back

Registrars "take back" domain name/s after a chargeback is made.

 

[randomo]

EDIT: I got the domain back on 7/26! (See the first post in this thread.)

 

[Johnn]

So the scammer sold the name to someone else and you bought the name back from the last buyer?

 

[randomo]

So the scammer sold the name to someone else and you bought the name back from the last buyer?

Apparently, yes. (That is what my seller says, and I choose to believe him.)