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I'm suddenly getting flooded with email confirmation requests and expiration notices for domains I sold years ago via a certain large domain name brokerage.
I don't know what that brokerage tells buyers, but it appears that nearly every buyer has kept MY whois information in all 4 contacts for the domains. I have no way of knowing who the buyer is, so I'm stuck.
This causes a lot of problems --- first of all, if the domain owner does something illegal or even spammy, I'm going to be blamed as the "registered owner". Second, it increases my spam. I've been getting a flood of spam about Dubai real estate, and I had no idea why. It turns out a domain I sold is redirected to a Dubai real estate site. Third, the buyer is not going to receive the expiration notice.
So... what should I do? Should I attempt to recover the domains, since they are "registered" to me? Should I file an "invalid whois" complaint, which could result in the domain being dropped? Should I just let expiring domains expire, and deal with the wrath of an angry buyer who had no warning?
I don't know what that brokerage tells buyers, but it appears that nearly every buyer has kept MY whois information in all 4 contacts for the domains. I have no way of knowing who the buyer is, so I'm stuck.
This causes a lot of problems --- first of all, if the domain owner does something illegal or even spammy, I'm going to be blamed as the "registered owner". Second, it increases my spam. I've been getting a flood of spam about Dubai real estate, and I had no idea why. It turns out a domain I sold is redirected to a Dubai real estate site. Third, the buyer is not going to receive the expiration notice.
So... what should I do? Should I attempt to recover the domains, since they are "registered" to me? Should I file an "invalid whois" complaint, which could result in the domain being dropped? Should I just let expiring domains expire, and deal with the wrath of an angry buyer who had no warning?