Domain squatters. They make a living doing exactly what they did in your case. 
Rat bastard leeches, if you ask me.

>It's been a while since I have posted here... I read when I can, but
>don't post much...
>
>I am trying to resurrect my website, as my old hosting provider hadn't
>changed my registration email address, I was unable to transfer hosts
>(that's been corrected).
>
>However, thinking that I wouldn't be able to get brianmeloche.com up
>and running before MAX, I decided to search for brianmeloche.net.  It
>looks like a company, Domain Doorman, LLC, registered brianmeloche.net
>three days ago!!?!?!?!??!?
>
>It appears that they may have seen that I recently searched the WHOIS
>to see if brianmeloche.com has changed contact information, and
>perhaps registered brianmeloche.net thinking that I would want the
>.net.  I do... I called them, but it doesn't appear to be a legitimate
>business phone number.
>
>I am wondering if anyone else has seen something like this happen to them.
>
>--
>Sincerely,
>
>Brian Meloche
>http://www.brianmeloche.com
>User Group Manager,
>Cleveland Macromedia Users Group,
>http://www.clevelandmmug.org
>Co-Manager,
>Cleveland ColdFusion Users Group,
>http://www.clevelandcfug.org

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