Someone used my contact info...?

**TJ09** · October 11th, 2004, 11:32 AM

My Domain: http://www.whois.sc/technoized.com
I was looking at that and noticed that the .info version was registerred, so I checked and look what I found:
http://www.whois.sc/technoized.info
If you look, whoever bought it used my contact info. I was wondering what I'm supposed to do, if anything.

**spartas** · October 11th, 2004, 11:49 AM

First, I would recommend protecting the information on your domain in the whois registry. It'll be another fee, but you can't beat privacy protection when it comes to things like this. Secondly, try to find out which company registered the domain name. And thirdly, try to contact them and see if they can either get the IP address of the computer used to register it, or maybe revoke the registration based on false information.

You really should do something, you may be called in for questioning if someone uses that domain for unlawful purposes.

**pvera** · October 11th, 2004, 12:48 PM

If the new domain has your contact info, then you can transfer it to yourself! You can even whine to the registrar that you forgot your password, and since you are the one listed in the contact form I bet there is a way to work around it :-)

**spartas** · October 13th, 2004, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by pvera

If the new domain has your contact info, then you can transfer it to yourself! You can even whine to the registrar that you forgot your password, and since you are the one listed in the contact form I bet there is a way to work around it :-)

That's pretty nifty, free domain courtesy of someone else's money. I'm sure that'll teach them to use their own contact info on the registration form.

Einstein · October 13th, 2004, 1:21 PM

Here's the place if you want to beat the guy: http://wdprs.internic.net/

Or try to transfer it, LOL

**bcinelli** · October 13th, 2004, 4:01 PM

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Originally Posted by TJ09

My Domain: http://www.whois.sc/technoized.com
I was looking at that and noticed that the .info version was registerred, so I checked and look what I found:
http://www.whois.sc/technoized.info
If you look, whoever bought it used my contact info. I was wondering what I'm supposed to do, if anything.

I was talking with a Godaddy.com rep the other day and if you file a false name or wrongful information you can have your domain stripped from you NO QUESTIONS ASKED .. he was telling me bout a big p0rn guy using fake names cause he didn't want people to get his name .. he didn't opt for the $5 protection against his info and got all his sites taken away from him .. HAHAHAHA .. sucks for him ..

Dude .. soo transfer it to yourself .. dont' make the guy aware .. make him pay for his mistake the hardway .. oo and when you get the domain name .. put up a page for him to contact you ... and sell it back to him .. expensive

.. mwahahhahahhahahaha ..

Einstein · October 13th, 2004, 4:05 PM

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Originally Posted by bcinelli

.. oo and when you get the domain name .. put up a page for him to contact you ... and sell it back to him .. expensive

.. mwahahhahahhahahaha ..

LOL, That's a bit rude

**bcinelli** · October 13th, 2004, 4:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Einstein

LOL, That's a bit rude

if someone was tryin to jack my info .. i would go for the throat too ..

.. just the way life is

**patrickb** · October 13th, 2004, 5:22 PM

I have to agree, nothing rude about taking over a domain registered with your contact info.

Serves them right for trying to impersonate you in the first place.

Honestly, you have two options at this point, do as everyone said, and get the domain transferred. Or, complain to the .info registrar about false registration and have it shut down. Trying to pick up traffic on a domain by using a different extension is not good, but blatantly copying the whois info is outrageous. I would probably take over the domain, since all of the info is in your name, you shouldn't have any problems. The email address is most important. All you have to do is submit a transfer request from surpassdomains, or any other domain registrar, and then approve it through your email addy, and you will own the domain in no time.

Of course, the downfall is that you have to pay the transfer fees to get it sent to your registrar of choice, then the yearly renewals as they come about.

October 11th, 2004, 11:32 AM	#1 (permalink)
TJ09 SurPerson On a golden path... Joined in Jul 2004 Lives in front of my laptop Hosted on Sync 437 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Someone used my contact info...? My Domain: http://www.whois.sc/technoized.com I was looking at that and noticed that the .info version was registerred, so I checked and look what I found: http://www.whois.sc/technoized.info If you look, whoever bought it used my contact info. I was wondering what I'm supposed to do, if anything. __________________ Me: TeeJay Server: Sync (Statistics) Site: technoized.com (Statistics) chown -R us ./base

October 11th, 2004, 11:49 AM	#2 (permalink)
spartas surmunity freak Comfy Contributor Joined in Sep 2004 Lives in Baton Rouge, LA, North Amewica, USA, Earth Hosted on D68; Serva; Pass15 143 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	First, I would recommend protecting the information on your domain in the whois registry. It'll be another fee, but you can't beat privacy protection when it comes to things like this. Secondly, try to find out which company registered the domain name. And thirdly, try to contact them and see if they can either get the IP address of the computer used to register it, or maybe revoke the registration based on false information. You really should do something, you may be called in for questioning if someone uses that domain for unlawful purposes. __________________ Server: Pass15 twwright.net NoE Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050405 Firefox/1.0 (Ubuntu package 1.0.2) I run ubuntu hoary!

October 11th, 2004, 12:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
pvera Caffeine fiend Comfy Contributor Joined in Aug 2004 Lives in Reston, Virginia Hosted on pass15 270 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	If the new domain has your contact info, then you can transfer it to yourself! You can even whine to the registrar that you forgot your password, and since you are the one listed in the contact form I bet there is a way to work around it :-) __________________ Pedro Blog: http://veraperez.com Reseller: http://veraperez.net GPG/PGP Key: http://veraperez.com/public.asc

October 13th, 2004, 1:21 PM	#5 (permalink)
Einstein Registered User Comfy Contributor Joined in May 2004 Lives in Finland Hosted on Centi 281 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Here's the place if you want to beat the guy: http://wdprs.internic.net/ Or try to transfer it, LOL __________________ The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. - Alber Einstein Centi: ykkosrasti.net My sites on Pass38, reseller: kimslotte.net\|mtb-o.net\|perhekuvat.net\|nettikuvat.net\|tiedostotila.net About me

October 13th, 2004, 5:22 PM	#9 (permalink)
patrickb the one who was Super #1 Joined in Jul 2003 Lives in Memphis 1,967 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 3 times	I have to agree, nothing rude about taking over a domain registered with your contact info. Serves them right for trying to impersonate you in the first place. Honestly, you have two options at this point, do as everyone said, and get the domain transferred. Or, complain to the .info registrar about false registration and have it shut down. Trying to pick up traffic on a domain by using a different extension is not good, but blatantly copying the whois info is outrageous. I would probably take over the domain, since all of the info is in your name, you shouldn't have any problems. The email address is most important. All you have to do is submit a transfer request from surpassdomains, or any other domain registrar, and then approve it through your email addy, and you will own the domain in no time. Of course, the downfall is that you have to pay the transfer fees to get it sent to your registrar of choice, then the yearly renewals as they come about. __________________ Patrick Warnings: The program(s) might crash unexpectedly or behave otherwise strangely. (But of course, so do many commercial programs on Windows.) --www.gimp.org

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