[registrars] RE: [gnso-dt-wg] Domain Tasting Ad hoc Group - Action points fromcall 25 July

[Robert F. Connelly]

At 06:15 AM 8/7/2007 Tuesday  -0700, Tim Ruiz wrote:
>3] Agree. Perhaps it would be useful to instead give examples in the FAQ
>section of how the AGP has been used by registrars for things other than
>tasting. For example, we have used it to correct typos and remove names
>that were paid for fraudulently. 

Dear Domain Tasting Ad Hocs:

1.  Over the years at PSI-Japan, I used the Add Delete Grace Period to fine tune our software.  I registered names like "testyyyymmddrfc.tld" frequently, charging the registration to my company credit card.  That was quite valuable to our firm.  We have done it several times in the last year at Domains Only, Inc.

2. There have been several times in the last few months when an SLD was registered with a typographical error and we caught it in time to delete the erroneous registration and register the correct SLD.

3. About three months ago, we had a flurry of suspicious registrations.  Something caught my eye, so I called a registrant in Cleveland, OH.  She had been hit by several credit card frauds.  What caught my eye was what looked like an erroneous country code in the phone number.  There were about twenty of them, all using legitimate credit cards and legitimate names and addresses in the United States, but with country codes ranging from 6 to 48  (should be "1").  They were for just one year (not the 5 year bunch we had in 2000 and 2001).  We were able to delete about half of then within five days.

The lady in Cleveland had already been hit at least one time before.  A prior fraudulent registration had been used to register and use a domain to erect an objectionable web site.

Hope these comments are helpful.  

Regards, BobC
Domains Only, Inc.

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