Fake Whois Info / Domain Registration
 

Say I didn't want to pay for privacy and decided to just use fake info. Are there any consequences of that?
I know I get emails every couple of months from ICANN requesting I check my details. What would happen if I was caught?

Can the registrar take your domain?

don't drop the soap.

Looking for serious answers.

Maybe it depend of registrator. Real phone number is a key. Nobody asked personal data before.

use registrar like internet.bs or namesilo.com and take advantage of free privacy (besides registration/renewal/transfer low price).

Yes they can take the domain away. Use namesilo or get a resell.biz account. Free privacy year after year.

I used fake info for the first many years until I could do private registration.

I guess the biggest issue is proving that the site is owned by the real you should something legal occur or someone simply hijack it from you.

"ICANN (not the domain registrar) requires that all information in your registration be valid.

If any dispute arises (see the ICANN Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy rules here) you will be contacted via the means specified in your domain registration. Notice that section 14 of the rules is a section that defines what happens as part of a 'default' (in other words, they can't contact you): They'll proceed with a judgement, and you won't get a say in the proceedings.

ICANN has the power to take a domain from you and give it to somebody else.

So yes, it's important that you include valid information in your registration information."

SLIGHT chance of losing the domain. If you do not raise any flags, nobody is requesting screens of your ID etc.

Also, hit my sig and get free whois and lowest com prices. Win win win.

Just use register in my sig. Free whois privacy and super cheap domains. No risk.

I don't know of any cases where somebody has outright lost a domain for false info. But alot of registrars will temp suspend a domain until you add correct whois info.Normally they don't even know its fake untill they are contacted by someone who lets them know its not valid info. The most important thing in your contact info is a working number that can at the very least accept voicemail.

you may loose your domain,
just use reachable email address , nothing else matters. trust me.
you can use fake info for everything else but the email. as they have started to verify the email addresssess.

Generic Title= Domain Admin etc...
Po Box
Cell Phone
Email Made Just For Whois Contact

:2 cents:

i saw one the other day with the registrant as
tom jerry

and it was about 8 years old

Unless someone explicitly files a complaint with the registrar, I don't think there should be a problem.

But yes, the email address on WHOIS should be correct and very much functional.

What is the easiest way to get a bunch of emails that can't be traced back?

TempSky Disposable Temporary E-Mail Address

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/...jicc32pjpg.jpg

Who are you trying to scam?

Google...

Better use private whois (it's free with Namesilo, Name.com etc.)

enable catch-all email at your hosting .

and enter these in whois

[email protected]
[email protected]

thats what i do.

As soon as nobody will check it no problem. I have had few years without problems. But if this domain is valuable for you don't do it.

On today they only validate email one per year. If you don't do it they will suspend a domain temporary.

Invest for privacy or just use a cheap registrar with free whois like namesilo.com

I don't think you can do it that easily.

At least, I wouldn't want to do that at the risk of losing a domain.

If some day you decide to sell your domain / transfer to another registrar you can encounter with problems. If your current registrar will ask you a scan of your document, you can't confirm that you are owner of this domain (because registrant data of domain is fake)... you can loose your domain at worst. Then think twice before domain registration, if you are making for example doorway or something similar, then I think this is not needed to provide your real data ;) If you are making a project in the long term, then think about real data ;)

The OP obviously isn't very bright. Several people have suggested free WHOIS Privacy at various registrars. He's asked a question he doesn't want a real answer to, he just wants someone to tell him what he wants to hear.

Bottom line is that if someone complains to ICANN about fake WHOIS info then you can lose your domain, it doesn't happen often but there's enough complaints from people on domaining forums to show that it does happen.

Clickity Click bashing again huh adultking?
I would love free privacy but the domains are locked to godaddy for a while.

It must suck not to be able to find $10, because that's all it costs to make a domain private at Godaddy.

You do know that making a domain private won't erase the WHOIS information already recorded on the domain which is now searchable ?

There's no SEO benefit to domain privacy, so I don't really understand how making your domain private will help you "scam google".

When you can change registrars, go with Privacy then.

your real whois info by now has already been scraped and put on dozens of sites anyways.

:2 cents::2 cents:

Yep at this stage it's like putting the cart before the horse.

Well it's not just $10 it's 10*12 so $120 but that's not the point.

I have checked the scrapers and they are still showing the whois from the previous owners so it looks like I am not too late after all. The domains have only been in my possession for 24 hours.

As far as the SEO benefit I disagree. I think anyone that knows anything would agree that if you are running a pbn that having domains that are not linked in anyway is vital.

When I can change registars I will be moving to namesilo and namecheap as already recommended.

so you're saying those 10 sites don't generate at least $1/mo each to cover this huge cost of doing business :1orglaugh:1orglaugh?

No, they don't. I just bought them.

I bet the change has been recorded by DomainTools.

You've been reading too many SEO e-books from Warrior Forum. Google is a little more sophisticated at detecting blog networks than relying on WHOIS as it's only signal.

You're learning.

That's pretty sad really.

im moving to silo

:thumbsup

They definitely will suspend the domain name if the whois info is not correct, they will give you several warnings first but it does happen. Like the others said if it's valuable to you then just pay the 10 or 15 bucks man..........shouldn't be this hard lol.

:2 cents::thumbsup

say bye bye to your domain :pimp

Old days I always used to put "no phone" and "no fax" in those fields but registrars like godaddy require a numerical entry. Bet they wouldn't care much if you put fake stuff there. I just put a dormant number I have lying around. Or put your friends number there :winkwink: so they can get the Indian "seo gurus" calling them within 24hrs registration.

OP, either use a mask service or pobox. Its in your interests to have something verifiable incase you run into ownership issues.. Fraudulent transfer, hacking, etc. If you don't care otherwise use something that looks real.. Not, John Smith 123 Foobar lane

Nothing will happen. The chances that anyone will notice is close to none.

Internet.bs have free privacy, but you'll be fine with faking it.

If something happens with domain, it wil stay unnprotected

True.

Just get a forwarding phone number from Google Voice. Set it to go to voicemail only. It will send you an email when someone calls. Then get a PO Box. Us a role name like "DNS Administrator" and use Google Voice and PO Box for the contact. Pretty easy and it isn't fake where you risk your domain.

Believe it or not though usually if you take it down now it disappears from those various sites within 1-3 years. Over time those sites tend to disappear. Sure someone paying can probably still find it in whois history but most of the free databases eventually lose the info. Their real interest is in keeping the info up only to try to get you to pay to take it down (like a mugshot site). After a few years of you not paying they tend to give up and work with the newer information instead. Disk space costs money and Google won't list everything anyway. :)