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Unauthorised domain change question

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  • 28-05-2006 10:21pm
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    rymus
    Registered Users Posts: 8,819 ✭✭✭


    Quick one; some ratbag has somehow managed (and I say somehow because as far as I know, the domain was locked to godaddy) to transfer a domain of mine away from godaddy, to their own registrant. I've emailed godaddy support within the 15 days specified on the email to point out that I didn't authorise any transfer.

    Is it going to be a straightforward process of getting the domain back, whereon I can ring the guy that nicked it and tear him to strips? What could possibly go wrong? Will I actually be able to get the domain back? Why didn't godaddy email me to request my authorisation for the transfer? I'm hugely miffed. Ringing the guy to politely ask him to transfer the domain back isnt an option, theyre a crowd of malicious ****ers... Any answers to the above inquisitive rant would be highly appreciated.


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    mneylon
    Registered Users Posts: 7,739 ✭✭✭mneylon


    rymus wrote:
    Why didn't godaddy email me to request my authorisation for the transfer?

    Are you 100% sure that they didn't?

    A common issue we see is people not spotting emails due to their email filters putting them somewhere odd or them accidentally deleting them.

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    miju
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 8,486 ✭✭✭miju


    eh maybe i'm looking at this too obviously but if the guy had access to your godaddy account to arrange the domain transfer he'd also be able to access your email in the same account via webmail could he simply have opened it clicked on the link and then deleted it without you knowing??

    whats the domain btw?


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    rymus
    Registered Users Posts: 8,819 ✭✭✭rymus


    blacknight wrote:
    Are you 100% sure that they didn't?

    110% sure! I've checked and re-checked just to be sure. The first notice I have from godaddy is to say the transfer started. The next one was to say the transfer completed successfully.

    miju, unless the guy actually works for godaddy (which I very much doubt), theres no way he had access to my account. I'd rather not name the domain at the moment... Lets just say I was going to hold onto the domain because the client didn't pay up. Now a new web dev company has come along and whipped the domain from me somehow. I couldn't give a rats ass about the money (all $7 of it), it's the principal of the thing!


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    rymus
    Registered Users Posts: 8,819 ✭✭✭rymus


    Right.. it appears that the owner information was just vague enough for the guy to claim ownership of it and whip it out from under my nose. So, instead of being graceful in defeat I'll now redirect the domain to some hugely offensive porn website and begin a torrid google bombing campaign. I'll post the name shortly if anyone wants to help out with the googlebomb


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    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    How can you redirect if it you no longer control it? Surely he didn't leave the DNS the same?


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    rymus
    Registered Users Posts: 8,819 ✭✭✭rymus


    surely not.. 'cos only an idiot would do that :D


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    miju
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 8,486 ✭✭✭miju


    i'll help with that rymus most defo


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    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    http://blog.rymus.net/2006/05/29/poor-sportmanship-all-round/


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    Sparky
    Registered Users Posts: 22,231 ✭✭✭✭Sparky


    OMG :eek:

    Good ploy, they obviously havn't updated their nameservers yet :)


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    CuLT
    Subscribers Posts: 9,716 ✭✭✭CuLT


    Damn Internet hackers! emot-argh.gif


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    Sparky
    Registered Users Posts: 22,231 ✭✭✭✭Sparky


    CuLT wrote:
    Damn Internet hackers! emot-argh.gif

    Lolz, internet...serious business.


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    democrates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,046 ✭✭✭democrates


    Now that I've seen the mammy in question I get why it's goDaddy.
    I'd still prefer to suck her wrinkled bits than a dead mans balls in fairness, but then I've obviously got higher standards than goDaddy.


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    Asok
    Registered Users Posts: 6,628 ✭✭✭Asok


    The dirty little rat. Tbh if the admin contact details were a little hazy godaddy should really have gone down the "Can you send us a fax on company headed paper" or "Send a mail from the listed e-mail contact and we will update them correctly" route


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    #15
    CuLT
    Subscribers Posts: 9,716 ✭✭✭CuLT


    At least we all know wh onot to use for domain management in future ;)


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    #16
    jjmax
    Closed Accounts Posts: 240 ✭✭jjmax


    Fair play.
    That other developer's site is woeful.
    Keep on keepin' on :p


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