Yahoo! Inc. — Nominet D00016910

Nominet D00016910 (Mar. 2016)

Case

Nominet D00016910 (Mar. 2016)

Decision date

2016-03-03

Outcome

2 transferred

Policy

Nominet DRS

Scope

Nominet DRS; support-site impersonation; deception

Public attribution

User-confirmed; Nominet public decision does not identify representatives

Evidence summary

Yahoo submitted that the domains resolved to purported support services, that the respondent pretended to be Yahoo, and that customers could be deceived into providing remote access or personal information; the record also referenced a separate customer-fraud complaint.

Panel finding

Expert found Yahoo had Rights and that the respondent's use deceived Yahoo customers, describing the respondent as in effect pretending to be Yahoo; both domains were held Abusive Registrations and transferred.

Qualification

Jonathan directly confirms this was his matter. The published Nominet decision does not identify representatives. It may be cited as one of Jonathan's matters based on owner confirmation, but do not state or imply that the published decision itself names him as representative.

Domains adjudicated

2 domains adjudicated: yahoosupportnumbers.co.uk, yahoosupports.co.uk

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