I'm really sorry to hear that. That just sucks Like Shoemoney said: there's an important lesson you learned. $110 might seem a lot of money now, but after 10 years you will be happy to learn that lesson for that money. It might save you tens of thousands (or perhaps millions - who knows) in the future. I remember selling a hard-drive to one (not so good) "friend". He was supposed to pay me like $60 or $110 (can't remember - it happened years ago)... but he never did. Whenever I asked him about the money he always said "soon" and went away. Soon he was avoiding me... and I never see the money. At that time it was pretty nice sum (since I was perhaps your age at that time), but I realized that it was a really cheap way to get rid of this dude. He wasn't so close friend, but actually a some sort of a small "bug" in my life anyway. I thought that it was "money well spent": getting rid of negative thing in my life, and it only cost me some bucks. It was a good investment now as I see it. Perhaps your $110 will work as a good investment as well: now you will perhaps be better at making deals in the future. --- What I would suggest though, is: PM the administrators and explain that you have private messages to proof. Also tell them that you have really lost the domains (mention what happened, when happened, and give threads if possible). Then I would also suggest doing the same that others already mention: tell to whois operators that this guy is not providing real information.