Financial Worth, Statistics and Analysis of NEW domain name of World Religious Travel Association - WRTAreligioustravel.com (May 6, 2010)

The previous blog post featured various statistics, anaysis and estimated financial worth of the stolen domain name of the World Religious Travel Association (ReligiousTravelAssociation.com) as provided by http://www.markosweb.com as of May 6, 2010.

As the World Religious Travel Association purchased and invested in a NEW domain name and website subsequent to the theft of its original one - what was the financial worth of the NEW domain name (WRTAreligioustravel.com)? The images below provide an estimated value as of May 6, 2010 as calculated/shown by Markosweb.com.

Keep in mind the following timeline as you review the images below:

+ 2006: WRTA began investing in the domain name of ReligiousTravelAssociation.com
+ 2008-2010: Theft of ReligiousTravelAssociation.com by domain thieves.
+ 2009 (1st quarter): WRTA purchased and began investing in new domain name of WRTAreligioustravel.com due to theft of its original company domain name and website of ReligiousTravelAssociation.com (see above).
+ 2011 (January): Due to theft of its company domain name, emails, database and other related assets, the World Religious Travel Association had to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR?

The images below features various statistics, anaysis and estimated financial worth of NEW domain name of the World Religious Travel Association (WRTAreligioustravel.com) as of May 6, 2010.

Theft of ReligiousTravelAssociation.com

Financial Worth, Statistics and Analysis of Stolen Domain Name - ReligiousTravelAssociation.com (May 6, 2010)

What was the financial worth of the stolen domain name of the World Religious Travel Association? One website provided an estimated value as of May 6, 2010 - those screen shots are provided in images below.

As of May 6, 2010 - the stolen domain name of ReligiousTravelAssociation.com had been in sole control of domain thieves for nearly one-and-a-half years (since January 2009).  As such, it had lost much of its value by May 6, 2010.


WHAT TO LOOK FOR?

The images below features various statistics, anaysis and estimated financial worth (see images #5-6) of the stolen domain name of ReligiousTravelAssociation.com as provided by http://www.markosweb.com as of May 6, 2010.

Domain name theft of the World Religious Travel Association (ReligiousTravelAssociation.com)

May 3-6, 2010: Screenshots of Stolen Domain Name of the World ReligiousTravel Association

Below are screenshots of the stolen domain name of the World Religious Travel Association as it appeared from May 3-6, 2010.

The World Religious Travel Association (WRTA) invested thousands of dollars in its company domain name of ReligiousTravelAssociation.com and obtained a #1 Google search ranking for popular keyword searches and phrases such as "religious travel".

The company email addresses and email accounts were all attached to this domain name. Domain thieves intercepted and stole WRTA's email communications.

WRTA had paid for the company domain name of ReligiousTravelAssociation.com through Oct 28, 2010 via GoDaddy.com.

Due to the theft of its company domain name, emails, database and other related company assets, WRTA had to file for Ch. 7 bankruptcy in Jan 2011 - just 8 months later following the dates of the screenshots below.

To date, those responsible for theft of WRTA's domain name, emails and related company assets have not yet been brought to justice.

This blog (www.criminalizedomaintheft.com) is dedicated to seeking an investigation by the FBI and law enforcement authorities of those responsible for conspiracy and computer crimes against the World Religious Travel Association.

 

WHAT TO LOOK FOR?

The images below show various screen shots of WRTA's stolen domain name (ReligiousTravelAssociation.com) as it appeared from May 3-6, 2010.

Domain name theft of ReligiousTravelAssociation.com

April 17, 2010 - Google Search Results of WRTA's Stolen Domain Name (ReligiousTravelAssociation.com)

More evidence postings regarding theft of the domain name and website of the World Religious Travel Association (WRTA) from 2008-2010.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR?

The images below show various screen shots of Google search results for WRTA's stolen domain name (ReligiousTravelAssociation.com) as it appeared on April 17, 2010.

Theft of ReligiousTravelAssociation.com

Screenshots of Stolen WRTA Domain Name/Website (on April 17, 2010)

A review of screenshots of the stolen domain name of the World Religious Travel Association as it appeared on April 17, 2010.

Theft of a domain name and website can have a devastating financial impact on a company.


WHAT TO LOOK FOR?

The images below show various screen shots of WRTA's stolen domain name (ReligiousTravelAssociation.com) as it appeared on April 17, 2010.

Theft of ReligiousTravelAssociation.com
Cybersquatting of ReligiousTravelAssociation.com

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Screenshots of Stolen WRTA Database and Thieves E-communications (2009-2010)

Not only did the World Religious Travel Association deal with theft of its company website and email accounts and emails - but WRTA also dealt with theft of its own company database of prospect contacts. Subsequent to this database theft, the thieves accessed/utilized the proprietary information contained in the database and began communicating with the contacts.

The FBI should investigate and determine what laws were broken by the thieves in committing the above actions such as possible violation of privacy rights/laws, etc. 

Here's a timeline regarding theft of WRTA's database along with a few other actions by thieves:

January 2010
+ Domain thieves permanently barred authorized WRTA's personnel from accessing the stolen domain and website of ReligiousTravelAssociation.com

+ Domain thieves cybersquatted 16 WRTA-related domain names

+ Domain thieves stole WRTA's company prospect database.

Years 2009-2010
+ Domain thieves communicated with contacts from WRTA's stolen database.



WHAT TO LOOK FOR?

My notes on the following 4 images are pretty-self explanatory. In general though, here are key things to look for:

Image #1
+ The Faith Tourism Kit and webpage lists the World Religious Travel Association as the Copyright holder with All Rights Reserved.

+ Anyone who signups and registers their contact information to access the Faith Tourism Kit is doing so in order to communicate with and receive information directly from the World Religious Travel Association.

Image #2
+ This is the "first" email sent by WRTA to a Faith Tourism Kit registrant.


Image #3 - #4
+ These emails are subsequent communications to Faith Tourism Kit registrants by database thieves.

+ As seen in these emails, among other things - domain/database thieves:
1) Removed all references to the World Religious Travel Association.
2) Utilized WRTA's stolen domain name and email accounts to communicate with database contacts.
3) Replaced contact info and official Colorado mailing address of WRTA with a California mailing address of database/domain thieves' own choosing.

Theft of ReligiousTravelAssociation.com
Cybersquatting of ReligiousTravelAssociation.com
Domain name theft of the World Religious Travel Association

Screenshots of WRTA's Stolen Domain Name from April 3-10, 2010

A review of domain records and screenshots from March 25-April 10, 2010 show that domain thieves were very busy in relation to the stolen domain name and website of the World Religious Travel Association.


WHAT TO LOOK FOR?

The images below show various screen shots and domain records of WRTA's stolen domain name (ReligiousTravelAssociation.com) as it appeared from April 3-10, 2010.

Stolen domain name: ReligiousTravelAssociation.com
Theft of ReligiousTravelAssociation.com

Status/Screenshots of WRTA's Stolen Domain Name on April 2, 2010

The domain thieves took many actions with the stolen domain of the World Religious Travel Association from Jan 2010-April 2010.  That stolen domain name was of course ReligiousTravelAssociation.com.


WHAT TO LOOK FOR?

The images below show various screen shots and domain records of WRTA's stolen domain name as it appeared on April 2, 2010.

Status/Screenshots of WRTA's Stolen Domain Name on March 31, 2010

The domain thieves who stole the official website of the World Religious Travel Association (ReligiousTravelAssociation.com) were very calculating in their many moves and actions with the stolen domain name.

Subsequent to the interception of emails on Jan 19, 2010 (and theft of the prior 6 months of WRTA emails), the domain thieves then took deliberate action to destroy evidence of their cyber-footprints/cyber-thumbprints. To achieve this, they deleted and sold the stolen domain name a full 8 months prior to its natural expiration date of Oct 28, 2010.

The deletion and selling of the stolen domain occurred from Feb 2010-March 2010.

Based on records, it appears the domain thieves utilized several services such as NameJet.com and InTrust Domains to delete, backorder and sell the stolen domain name.  Furthermore, it appears the domain thieves sold the stolen domain name to themselves and/or reacquired it in some form, and then utilized InTrust Domains as their "sponsoring registrar". The FBI can investigate this and determine exactly what the domain thieves did with the stolen domain name of the World Religious Travel Association.

What is a Sponsoring Registrar?
Sponsoring Registrar: The registrar that currently administrates the name on behalf of the registrant. If the domain name was registered by a reseller, the reseller's name will not appear in the Sponsoring Registrar field. Instead, you will see the reseller's registrar.

Below are the records and status of the stolen domain name on March 31, 2010.  This is the date in which the stolen domain name had been "re-registered" in the name of someone else. Just to recap the 7 days leading up to this date, here's the timeline:
* March 25, 2010: "Pending delete" of stolen domain name
* March 26, 2010-March 30, 2010: NameJet.com, a backordering service, lists the stolen domain name
* March 31, 2010: The stolen domain name is "created" on this date and lists "InTrust Domains" as the Registrant Organization.

Who is InTrust Domains? They had been an accredidated registrar service/company. However, on April 27, 2012, ICANN sent a letter advising that InTrust Domains is in breach of Registrar Accredidation Agreement: http://bit.ly/InTrustDomainsICANN.


WHAT TO LOOK FOR?

Here are images of the stolen domain name (ReligiousTravelAssociation.com) as of March 31, 2010 - the date in which the stolen domain name had been illicitly deleted, sold and placed in a sponsoring registrar's name.

Domain Thieves, NameJet.com and Backordering of WRTA's Stolen Domain Name (March 2010)

Subsequent to Jan 19, 2010 interception of emails, the domain thieves in Feb-March 2010 deleted WRTA's stolen domain name a full 8 months prior to its natural expiration date.

In March 2010 the stolen domain name of ReligiousTravel Association.com was sold and registered anew.


WHAT TO LOOK FOR?

Images #1-2
+ NameJet.com shows the stolen domain name ReligiousTravelAssociation.com on its list.

+ To learn more about NameJet.com's backordering domain services, click here:
http://www.namejet.com/

Image #3
WRTA's stolen domain is listed as "Registered" on April 1, 2010 after having been deleted by domain thieves in Feb-March 2010.

 

Domain Thieves and NameJet.com in Relation to WRTA's Stolen Domain Name (March-April 2010)

The FBI and law enforcement authorities should investigate the following regarding the domain thieves actions in Feb-March 2010 in relation to the stolen domain name of ReligiousTravelAssociation.com - the official website of the World Religious Travel Association.

1) Did the domain thieves utilize NameJet.com in in their ongoing permanent theft of the World Religious Travel Association's domain name and website (ReligiousTravelAssociation.com)?

2) Did the domain thieves utilize NameJet.com in reacquiring WRTA's stolen domain name?

3) Why did the domain thieves delete WRTA's stolen domain name in Feb-March 2010 a full 8 months prior to its natural expiration date and then seek to reacquire it during the same time period (Feb-March 2010)?


WHAT TO LOOK FOR?

The following images are from the website NameJet.com. To view more information visit their website at http://www.namejet.com.