villageidiot

wtf does this mean? anyone know??

We recently received an inquiry related to your domain name, xxxxxxxxxxxx.com. The specific inquiry related to your domain name can be described as follows:

Legal issue regarding your private domain. Please call 480.xxx-xxxx for further information. Your response is required within 72 hours. Failure to respond will result in cancelation of your privacy service.

In accordance with Domains By Proxy's Domain Name Proxy Agreement, https://www.domainsbyproxy.com/LegalAgreement.aspx, we have charged your credit card in the amount of $20.00 for DBP's processing of this inquiry.

Please also take this opportunity to review the status of your domain names and other accounts. Simply log in at:
https://www.godaddy.com

If you have any questions concerning the above, please contact our customer service center.

Thank you for your continued business,
GoDaddy.com

fris

well first of all you shouldnt be using godaddy, they are scammers. you will eventually lose your domain. just like they fucked so many people.

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villageidiot

ok, but has anyone here had an email like this from godaddy? wtf does this mean?

Fabuleux

Lol, use registerfly.com instead

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polish_aristocrat

That sucks, but you probably own a name with trademark infrigment

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TheMob

can you still transfer it out?

xclusive

I have never had a problem with godaddy but they seem to be getting worse so I think i'm going to transfer them all to enom with the rest of my domains. Hey GoDaddy

villageidiot

i can guarantee you it's not a trademark. it's a made up word that i made up, and if you type that word into google, my pages are what comes up.

i dont' have any content on the site, except a few banners. tons of links to adult sites (affiliates).

it's a milf site.

ive' got hundreds of pages, and they're well ranked on google and yahoo.

wtf?

polish_aristocrat

Please keep us updated and best luck in solving it

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MickeyG

why don't you just call the number and find out?

godaddy sucks when it comes to this kind of thing. In the future i suggest you use someone else.

villageidiot

i called them before i posted here, and they said they're still on the "graveyard shift" and the dept that can tell me what this is about won't be around for 2 more hours.....

RicardoB

Go with a real registar http://www.directnic.com

Godaddy is nothing but trouble!

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TheMob

I think the problem in this case is DomainsByProxy Inc. and not GoDaddy

Paul90

Do you spam?

if you do..someone is trying to find out who you really are....

Why the need for so much privacy?

Mr.Fiction

It probably means someone complained about you for something.

Maybe GoDaddy just wants you to respond to a complaint?

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Argoz

Really?

NinjaSteve

Most likely you have a keyword somewhere (for example "Viagra") that is trademarked, and on that page with the word you're not selling that particular product. So they probably got a legal letter regarding it.

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johndoebob

Use a fake whois and adult domains outside godaddy.Make up some company adress / PO box in russia/afghanistan/nigeria and nobody will bother you

Ev1 has cheaper prices on c/n/o domains anyway (they are a tucows reseller).

villageidiot

i just checked some of my pages on that domain, and sure enough, the word 'viagra' appears once or twice on a few pages in with a long list of other words such as mature pussy, fat mature women, etc., etc.,--- and sure enough, no viagra is for sale on my site anywhere.

i keep calling domains by proxy and the dude who can tell me what's up isn't there.

the word viagra isn't in my keyword list or title tags, and i'm not doing adwords or overture with this site.

you think pfizer would get upset about their word viagra appearing in a list of words on my adult site?

thanks for your input.

JasonB

same thing

johndoebob

Domains by Proxy is owned by GoDaddy and is one of their services.Get real anonymity through a fake whois without paying anything.If anyone has a problem with you he can contact you than.They'll hand out your infos to some creepy lawyers for sure...

Tom_PMs

Call them up and ask WTF.

They charge $20 because someone asked who owns this domain? Wow...

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Tom_PMs

I've never faked any whois info BTW, nor tried to hide it. No biggy.

You can lose your domain for faking the info. too, so whats the real best answer?

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polish_aristocrat

Yeah, but on the other hand..if someone hijacks your domain and you had fake whois for it, you cant prove that you were the owner. Or you can but it will look shady that you had fake whois to begin with.

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marzzo

Interesting....

johndoebob

Never happened to me,registrar lock is always on and if the person is really tricky I doubt you'll get your domain back soon.You can always tell that you registered it for a customer, also the hijacker would change the whois informations too and tell them you sold him the domain or whatever.

No you can't beside with european domains but that's another thing.No registrar gives a fuck about the info on your whois and has better things to do than prooving the existance of domain owners.

polish_aristocrat

If i have real whois info and someone hijacks my name, they can ask him if he's got some paper showing that he bought it from me ( some kind of evidence ).

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detoxed

You fulfilled your duty by contacting them, check out your agreement, call back and get the guys name you talked to. When they cancel the service sue them because you did contact them within 48 hours.

detoxed

LOL

johndoebob

If he is able to steal your domain it shouldn't be too much effort to fake a contract or find a registrar outside the US who is willing to cooperate with him and reject any domain claims.

Anyway,this is going way too theoretic and I don't have a clue how somebody should be able to hijack your registrar locked domains without lots of effort (faked passport,contracts etc.).

SykkBoy

probably some jealous fucktard who's too stupid to get their own sites listed and are hating on you by going after possible false whois info....

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johndoebob

You need to be a lawyer with a good reason to request those informations.The only possible reason is trademark/copyright infringement.

villageidiot

ok, now i found 'viagra" in some keyword tags on those pages, too.

in fact, i found 'viagra' about 200 times (once per page) on that domain. some in keyword tags, some in text on the page. never 'viagra' 100 times in a row, just once per page -- but there are a lot of pages.

the dude at domains by proxy still hasn't called back or emailed back, i keep callin' him.

you think it's a pfizer c&d?

yrs, vi

johndoebob

Yeah maybe it's them,you have any other trademarked names on your site?

Remembers me of the time some years ago where nintendo sued domain owners who had any pokemon content which they weren't allowed to use.Or timewarner who sued online shops which sold unlicensed matrix stuff.

If they get your infos and you're lucky you just have to sign an agreement that you'll never use the name viagra on your homepage again.

If you're unlucky - settlement (few hundret up to thousands of dollars) or you'll get into a lawsuite.

But normally just an agreement, good luck mate!

polish_aristocrat

change the tags asap, it wont hurt

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marzzo

BUMP

Whatever happened with this?