Re: OT trying to figure out squatters activity

Hugo Monteiro wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm sorry to bring this subject to the list, again, but i was 
> wondering if someone could tell me if i'm being paranoid and/or help 
> me out.
>
> Some may remeber my recent posts about some expired domains i own(ed).
>
> On my last post on the subject, on the 25th of September, i said that 
> the only domain i showed interest in, by contacting the new owner - 
> LeaderByChoice, Inc- , a domain re-seller, was apparently being held 
> captive for registration, and not in fact registered since the 
> creation date kept changing. Today i did an whois on the domain again, 
> and to my surprise i got:
>
>   Updated Date: 29-sep-2008
>   Creation Date: 29-sep-2008
>   Expiration Date: 29-sep-2009
>
> I wonder how legal these record updates are and if this isn't a clear 
> manouver to keep the domain locked by some registrar which also is, or 
> is affiliated with, a  domain re-seller.
>
> I also would like to ask if, in your opinion, i should contact ICANN 
> about this or if there's any other entity, more appropriate, that 
> could clarify this matter.
>
> the registrar doing these updates is MAXIM INTERNET, INC.
>
> Best regards, and thank you in advance for any advice,
>
> Hugo Monteiro.
>


Hello all, again.

I'm Cc'in the ICANN GA list too since it was "recomended" by another 
member of this list.

A small update on the matter. Today i preformed an whois on the domain 
and suddenly it was no longer held by anyone.
Went to the registrar and registered it again.
Isn't this a CLEAR evidence that there is something very wrong happening 
with the procedure of registration of expired domains? I wish that ICANN 
steps in to investigate this further.
Since i managed to register the domain i don't think there's any problem 
making its name public now. Didn't do it earlier since i'm almost 100% 
sure that DNS/Whois queries were being monitored to analyze peoples 
interest/number of hits on the domain. Also i'm hoping that someone at 
ICANN can clarify this whole situation. The domain associated with all 
this mess is casadocerrado.com.

Thank you all for your time and understanding on this so-off-topic issue.

My best regards,

Hugo Monteiro.

-- 
ci.fct.unl.pt:~# cat .signature

Hugo Monteiro
Email	 : [email protected]
Telefone : +351 212948300 Ext.15307

Centro de Informática
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da
		   Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Quinta da Torre   2829-516 Caparica   Portugal
Telefone: +351 212948596   Fax: +351 212948548
www.ci.fct.unl.pt	      [email protected]

ci.fct.unl.pt:~# _