6a.net Domain Name Stolen via Paypal Charge Back

I received an email too from him. Has anyone tried contacting Adam Dicker of DNF yet?

Mike had contacted me as well. Had not done the research yet to give advice to him. Hopefully we can all band together and figure the best way for him to handle this situation.

@Leonard,
I spoke with Paypal several times to have them at least consider putting in a better option for digital items to protect the seller better, but you know how that goes. Paypal use to make four figures in fees from me each year, but not any more. It’s Mass Pay or no pay from me via Paypal unless it’s coming from a company I trust.

One thought which came to mind on this topic is that the domain marketplaces pay via Paypal (if that is the option you select). If there were ever a disagreement over parking revenues, a domain purchase, advertising service, etc…

This is very alarming.
I think Paypal and the registrars together should at least provide enough data for the holding registrar to make a judgement on whether the domain was obtained/sold/transferred legitimately.

This is a sad but very good article, Jamie. The more domainers are informed, the less this will happen.

Even more alarming is that the domain is registered at GoDaddy. This registrar, the largest by far of all registrars, has the resources and means to police transfers and purchases within their systems. With all the users they have, what would bad press about them not responding to scam investigations by their customers, or to investigate customers who are suspected of scamming? If Godaddy doesn’t investigate complaints like this, then they are partners in the crime.

Current whois for “6a.net” as I write:

Registrant:
Jehad Almustafa
PO Box 5265
Fujairah, 12345
United Arab Emirates

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: 6A.NET
Created on: 24-Jan-06
Expires on: 24-Jan-10
Last Updated on: 12-May-09

Administrative Contact:
Almustafa, Jehad jmgulf@yahoo.com
PO Box 5265
Fujairah, 12345
United Arab Emirates
+971.1650602 Fax –

Technical Contact:
Almustafa, Jehad jmgulf@yahoo.com
PO Box 5265
Fujairah, 12345
United Arab Emirates
+971.1650602 Fax –

Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.SPEEDYDNS.NET
NS2.SPEEDYDNS.NET

What is odd is that the “CREATION DATE” on the whois is listed as the year 2006. Huh? I’m sure this domain was created long before 2006.

Hope this works out well for the owner/seller. We all need to feel comfortable in knowing that selling a domain name through well-known banking services such as paypal will protect us.

@Stephen
If Godaddy really wanted to assist, I’m sure they easily could but I can see why they may want to stay out of any issue similar to this. Proof is a hard thing to prove but with a little help from Paypal, GD should have the proof they need. As for the creation date.. The domain was purchased in an Expired auction in 2006 at Pool.com from what I can tell.

Paypal(+CC) is a strict no if the buyer has no solid reputation. Escrow should be strictly opted for all transactions above $500 especially when the buyer has no solid reputation and wants to pay using Paypal. Hope Mike gets his name back.