[registrars] Grave Robbing and SEDO Fencing

[Sam BAVAFA]

Hi guys,

I am also interested by any solution that could avoid such ID usurpation.

For now, we are asking to the registrant to provide his ID copy. When the
owner change is requested, we are also asking for a copy again + physical
owner change form printed and signed by both parties and if both ID copies
are matching, and the signature is the same, we call the constumer on his
original phone number provided at the registration time and then authorise
the owner change.

Sometimes infos has been changed so we cannot verify all infos it means that
we somehow must get our own conviction that his is the real owner (askling
for details on many different infos on his account).

But when a domain belong to a company, and the responsible has changed to
another one!. The only fact that this new person has access to the company
account admin is not enought to my opinion. Is someone has a better process
?

Thank you.
Sam

www.Domaine.fr
www.Domaine.info




De : Bashar Al-Abdulhadi <bashar at kuwaitnet.net>
Date : Sat, 04 Aug 2007 01:27:22 +0300
À : Lau <richard at lau.com>
Cc : 'Registrars Constituency' <registrars at gnso.icann.org>
Objet : Re: [registrars] Grave Robbing and SEDO Fencing

Thats what i thought too.



but seeing this happen twice in less than 3 years scares me off (although
the other domain was with different registrar)



what might be possible to secure the domains of dead people to their heirs
in future for other registrars?





Lau wrote, On 8/4/2007 12:12 AM:
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> anything NSI could teach many other registrars how to protect domains. This is
> a far cry from the pre-Champ M. days.
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> From: Bashar Al-Abdulhadi [mailto:bashar at kuwaitnet.net]
>  Sent: 03 August, 2007 10:12 PM
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>  Cc: john at johnberryhill.com; 'Registrars Constituency'
>  Subject: Re: [registrars] Grave Robbing and SEDO Fencing
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>> So, in summary.... an identity theft occurs at NSI (hijacker pretends to be
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> it should be harder for american registrant to be faked at american registrars
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