Hi Alan, You can complain to the internet service provider for asondheim.org, which seems to be wildwestdomains.com, according to the whois registry. However, this is unlikely to result in any satisfactory outcome, as wildwestdomains is basically a privacy shield service provider (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domains_by_Proxy).
If asondheim.org does not get much traffic (as seems likely) and it doesn't change (likely, too, I think it's just parked), it may not be worth bothering about. I had similar adventures with variations on paulhertz.<whatever>, but I don't think there's ever been any doubt about which site is actually mine. Sorry I can't provide a good blunt instrument to compel miscreants to fall into line. Paul > # whois.publicinterestregistry.org > > Domain Name: asondheim.org > Registry Domain ID: 793f949c39e44eaabb835d920b99eef1-LROR > Registrar WHOIS Server: http://whois.wildwestdomains.com > Registrar URL: http://whois.wildwestdomains.com > Updated Date: 2023-06-20T17:12:15Z > Creation Date: 2002-09-28T17:58:20Z > Registry Expiry Date: 2024-09-28T17:59:31Z > Registrar: Wild West Domains, LLC > Registrar IANA ID: 440 > Registrar Abuse Contact Email: ab...@wildwestdomains.com > Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4806242505 > Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited > https://icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited > Domain Status: clientRenewProhibited > https://icann.org/epp#clientRenewProhibited > Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited > https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited > Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited > https://icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited > Registry Registrant ID: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY > Registrant Name: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY > Registrant Organization: Domains By Proxy, LLC > Registrant Street: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY > Registrant City: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY > Registrant State/Province: Arizona > Registrant Postal Code: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY > Registrant Country: US > Registrant Phone: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY > Registrant Phone Ext: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY > Registrant Fax: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY > Registrant Fax Ext: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY > Registrant Email: Please query the RDDS service of the Registrar of Record > identified in this output for information on how to contact the Registrant, > Admin, or Tech contact of the queried domain name. > Registry Admin ID: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY > Admin Name: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY > Admin Organization: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY > Admin Street: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY > Admin City: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY > Admin State/Province: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY > Admin Postal Code: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY > Admin Country: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY > Admin Phone: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY > Admin Phone Ext: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY > Admin Fax: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY > Admin Fax Ext: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY > Admin Email: Please query the RDDS service of the Registrar of Record > identified in this output for information on how to contact the Registrant, > Admin, or Tech contact of the queried domain name. > Registry Tech ID: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY > Tech Name: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY > Tech Organization: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY > Tech Street: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY > Tech City: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY > Tech State/Province: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY > Tech Postal Code: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY > Tech Country: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY > Tech Phone: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY > Tech Phone Ext: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY > Tech Fax: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY > Tech Fax Ext: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY > Tech Email: Please query the RDDS service of the Registrar of Record > identified in this output for information on how to contact the Registrant, > Admin, or Tech contact of the queried domain name. > Name Server: ns-1291.awsdns-33.org > Name Server: ns-1709.awsdns-21.co.uk > Name Server: ns-211.awsdns-26.com > Name Server: ns-762.awsdns-31.net > DNSSEC: unsigned > URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: > https://www.icann.org/wicf/ > >>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2023-11-24T22:57:42Z <<< > On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 4:52 PM Alan Sondheim via NetBehaviour < netbehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org> wrote: > > > Hi - I'm writing to ask if you could help or recommend anything - years > ago my domain asondheim.org was bought out from under me by someone in > Australia who offered to sell it back for a high price. I opened up > alansondheim.org and have been using that ever since. Last night by > accident I went to asondheim.org and found identity theft and I don't > know > what to do about it - he's taken my name, my work, and turned it into > something about health industry that has to be a scam. If you have any > idea what to do or could do something at your end it would be greatly > greatly appreciated. I'm obviously distraught, I feel seriously violated. > I don't know where to turn since I'm no longer university affiliated of > course and haven't been for a while. Please let me know what you think - > do I have to live with this? > > Thank you so much - you can forward this to others if you think that > would help. Please don't publicize. > > Best, Alan, thank you - > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- ----- |(*,+,#,=)(#,=,*,+)(=,#,+,*)(+,*,=,#)| --- http://paulhertz.net/
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