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Re:Hacking law firms with abandoned domain names by godzillabrennus on Monday August 27, 2018 @03:49AM (#17850042)
I bought a four character dot com domain after it had failed to be renewed by a Bank.

Let’s just say that setting up a catchall for that domain generated countless hours of entertainment.

Highly unsophisticated people will put the dumbest things in emails to their bankers.

On the other hand there were rare heartbreaking instances where families would beg to find a way to keep their homes or cars.

I always forwarded those on to the intended recipient.

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Re:Hacking law firms with abandoned domain names by exikyut on Monday August 27, 2018 @10:55AM (#17851842)
> I always forwarded those on to the intended recipient.

And this didn't generate any electronic knocks-on-your-door??

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Re:Hacking law firms with abandoned domain names by godzillabrennus on Monday August 27, 2018 @03:55PM (#17853957)
They didn't seem to care.
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Re:Hacking law firms with abandoned domain names by bkor on Monday August 27, 2018 @04:23AM (#17850155)
Isn't the name of a bank usually trademarked? And often trademarked domains are much easier disputed? A bank could way easier take back the domain, no?
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Re:Hacking law firms with abandoned domain names by dazc on Monday August 27, 2018 @07:28AM (#17850747)
Since he mentioned it was a 4-letter domain, it could be the bank had a mark for a longer name but used the LLLL for customer convenience? The fact they failed to renew suggests it wasn't an acronym in common use - like HSBC, for example.
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Re:Hacking law firms with abandoned domain names by godzillabrennus on Monday August 27, 2018 @03:56PM (#17853962)
Yes. It was an abbreviation for the bank and it was a small regional bank in a rural area that eventually folded into another company.
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Re:Hacking law firms with abandoned domain names by tomhoward on Monday August 27, 2018 @04:52AM (#17850245)
Probably yes, but that commenter can still have their fun in the meantime.
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