I’ve just done a quick story about the 74,000 .eu domains that EURid has suspended and the 400 registrars it is suing.
First of all, thanks to John McCormac who sent me an email earlier today pointing it out with a link to his blog with more info. EURid, I discovered soon after, had stuck up a press release and I called up Patrik Linden at EURid for more info and, as ever, he was incredibly straightforward, honest and helpful.
So the upshot to the registrar scam that came to light almost immediately after the .eu domains were opened to the public back in April is finally being dealt with. Hopefully no one will profit too much by playing the system. None of this removes the fact though that EURid was warned by several big registrars long before they started selling .eu domains that this problem was likely to happen.
If you want to know more, read my story on The Register.
This is just scratching the surface (Ovidio Ltd, Fausto Ltd and Gabino Ltd) take a look at: http://www.eu.pool.com/
You can Download a “full-list” of .EU newly registerd .eu domains for resale: http://www.eu.pool.com/Downloads/LR2DomainsList.zip
[Full-List” are the .EU domains they want to sell, not thier etire stock/inventory]
Pool.Com is (per Whois)
Pool.com Inc.
26 Auriga Drive, Nepean, On K2E 7Y8
Ottawa, ON
CANADA
K2E 7Y8
Registrar: Namescout.com
and
NameScout.com, is based in the Barbados (an Off-Shore Shell)
Namescout.com, is a subsidiary of Ottawa based Momentous.ca
[see: http://www.namescout.com, http://www.internic.ca or http://www.momentous.ca ]
Save this self-confession for your records: http://www.momentous.ca/news_mar162006.asp
Rob Hall, is Pool.com’s chairman, and CEO of the Momentous group of companies, which includes Pool.com.
So there you go McCormac & McCarthy; 74,000 .eu domains suspended is barely scratching the surface. Will EURid’s 400 legal suits include these scoundrels as well?
You may want to give EURID this tip.