False Whois information

I read this, regarding some guy stealing the Al Qaeda website:

Sorry to bore you, interesting story....

Now my question is, does this work.

There's a REALLY nice domain name I want. BLANK whois details (someone has entered a space in each box, instead of real information).

So if I put it on snapback, and notify the registrars can I expect to get the domain?

Any comments?

 

I feel like a pretzel.

I can't remember when I was pulled so many ways in such a short time.

Quite a story - Anyone know if it is true???

 

So you're saying even though they're breaking the AUP of ICANN the domain wont be deleted?

Do you have anything to back this up or are you guessing?

 

You can take a domain if the WHOIS details provided are false or not provided. It's a clear ICANN policy violation and you can either:
1.) Contact the registar and threaten to report to ICANN if you don't get the domain, but the registrar might contact the registrar first so I'd suggest doing number two..
2.) Contact ICANN and tell them that the domain has false WHOIS information or no WHOIS information provided violating their policy and they will release the domain. Then it's your time to shine.

You can do it. I have.

 

That's what I gathered. Good times, thanks.

 

Interesting story.

Sorry to read the guy passed away.

 

It was on al-neda.com

http://web.archive.org will show it you. But a nasty meta refresh makes it hard to read, hence me not providing a link and pasting the large block of text.

I can't verify if it's real, but if so it should have made headline news imo :/

 

if the name and family are false info but adress and tel correct , is it counted as false whois info ?

can someone provide the form where we can submit a false who is info ?

 

I think you're missing the point.

EDIT: Sorry guys, I didn't see that it from 2006, not 2007. If anyone wants to have more info on this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alneda has an article on it.

 

You can report inaccurate WHOIS info here: http://wdprs.internic.net/
My understanding is that the holding registrar will contact the email in the WHOIS asking them to verify the info. If there is no response they will take back the domain and treat it like any other expired domain. It will eventually get dropped & then its first come first served to re-register it. They don't just give it to the complainant.

 

What tobycoke posted is essentially correct, although each registrar will treat
this issue in their own way. Some will give the registrant and/or contacts just
a few days, others a few weeks to try to rectify the issue.

Some of you may have heard of Go Daddy transferring ownership of a domain
name to another party after its last registrant didn't reply to a WHOIS report.
Pardon the possibly shameless plug, but I also wrote of a domain name that
was also deleted but not possibly "redeemable" because it was reported for
invalid WHOIS twice in its registration period.

Bottom line, everything can be used and abused, and full of risks one way or
the other. Be aware before you decide.

On the side, that's an interesting story. But like I said, full of risks.

 

I am surprised that you didin't ban this idiot.