HELP with a name transfer foul-up

[Bob]

This is kind of screwed up.

I own "Colonist.net". In a continuting effort to consolidate all of my domain names at one registrar, I initialted a transfer of "Colonist.net" to eNom (or so I thought).

While doing my bookkeepping today, I noticed that in fact I had NOT transferred Colonist.net, but rather Colonist.ORG. This was rather curious, but I assumed that the transfer would fail because most (key word here MOST) losing registrars want an authorization before they will let the name go.

In my eNom account today was Colonist.org. When I do transfers to eNom, I NEVER apply the "Universal Contact Information" (or whatever eNom calls it) so it gets set to mine.

So now here I am with a domain name that is not rightfully mine. I need to contact the previous owner and explain what happened so I can return the domain name to them.

Does anybody know how to find the previous owner, and if so, how do I authenticate the claim so I do not give the name away to a person who is posing as the previous owner?

And yes, the previous registrar was STARGATE (as is shown by the DNS servers).

-Bob

 

[Mr Webname]

Sorry Bob, realised my error and deleted - you were too quick for me :-D

 

[Bob]

Originally posted by Mr Webname
Sorry Bob, realised my error and deleted - you were too quick for me :-D

It happens :cheeky:

-Bob

 

[GiantDomains]

Originally posted by Bob


And yes, the previous registrar was STARGATE (as is shown by the DNS servers).

-Bob

I can't believe Stargate STILL has this huge security flaw. No domains are safe at Stargate. I know you moved yours out a long time ago becuase of this Bob ...

I tried a forum search, a way back search, and a google search. Nothing, except this:

http://216.239.41.104/search?q=cach...g/Fedders/Phelps+"colonist.org&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

 

[actnow]

Even though, it will raise some flags. I would suggest you notify Enom
of the error. So, they don't over re-act.

It would be better for you to notify them. Before, they notify you.

 

[URLtrader]

Go to http://openaccess.dialog.com/ip/
Select Domains and then Who was .
It costs couple of $. Goodluck.