There are now at least 125 domain names that have been recently registered relating to the explosions at the Boston Marathon today and most troubling many that look like charitable domains that can be be used to raise money for the victims.
Over 20 of the domain .com/.net domains registered today sound like they could be used for fundraising efforts for the victims so we need to watch those to make sure they are only used by licensed and regulated charities.
We noted earlier today, just minutes after the reports of the explosions hit the news, domain names related to the bombings were already registered and some parked by people looking to make money off the tragedy. While we don’t know every registrants intention, we do know historically that many of the domain names registered immediately after were done to get traffic and make money parking domains or worse.
While many of the domains were registered under privacy some of the registrants were brave enough (orstupid enough) to put their name as the registrant of these domains.
Even several “relief” domain was registered, which is especially troubling unless it was registered by a recognized charity.
As the editor of TheDomains and as a domainer personally I hate to see these type of registrations, so here the registrant information for some of the domain names that don’t have privacy on the registrations.
Bostonexplosion.com and bostonexplosions.com are registered to FusionWorks LLC of Saratoga, the domain name bostonmarathonbomb.com who is registered to a Mr. Myers of Queen Anne, MD, bostonmarathonbombs.com is registered to Web Service Resource Associates inc of merritt island, Florida.
The domain bostonmarathonrelief.com was registered to Thomas Shaffer of Fort Worth, Texas.
The domain name bostonmarathonvictimfund.com and bostonmarathonvictimsrelieffund.com
were registered by Jason Ischia of Melrose, Massachusetts.
Bostonrelief2013.com was registered to Earl Sranton, of Scranton PA.
The domain names bostonmarathondonation.com, bostonmarathondonations.com and bostonmarathonfund.com and donatetoboston.com were registered under privacy all at namecheap.com
Here is the list of .com and .net registrations as of 7pm EST
2013bostonbombing.com
2013bostonbombs.com
2ndbostonmassacre.com
attackboston.com
attackonboston.com
bitcoinforboston.com
bitcoinsforboston.com
bombingboston.com
bombinginboston.com
bombsinboston.com
bombsoverboston.com
boston-marathon-bombing.com
bostonattack.com
bostonattacked.com
bostonattacks.com
bostonblasts.com
bostonblood.com
bostonbombed.com
bostonbomber.com
bostonbomber.net
bostonbombing.com
bostonbombing.net
bostonbombing2013.com
bostonbombingdonate.com
bostonbombinghelp.com
bostonbombinginfo.com
bostonbombingnews.com
bostonbombingrelief.com
bostonbombings.com
bostonbombings.net
bostonbombingsmemorial.com
bostonbombpics.com
bostonbombs.com
bostonexplosion.com
bostonexplosions.com
bostonmarathon-bombing.com
bostonmarathon2013.net
bostonmarathonanniversary.com
bostonmarathonattack.com
bostonmarathonattack.net
bostonmarathonattacked.com
bostonmarathonattacks.com
bostonmarathonblasts.com
bostonmarathonbomb.com
bostonmarathonbomber.com
bostonmarathonbomber.net
bostonmarathonbombing.com
bostonmarathonbombing.net
bostonmarathonbombing2013.com
bostonmarathonbombing2013.net
bostonmarathonbombingdonations.com
bostonmarathonbombings.com
bostonmarathonbombings.net
bostonmarathonbombs.com
bostonmarathonbombupdate.com
bostonmarathoncharity.com
bostonmarathonconspiracy.com
bostonmarathondonation.com
bostonmarathondonations.com
bostonmarathonexploisons.com
bostonmarathonexplosion.com
bostonmarathonexplosion.net
bostonmarathonexplosions.com
bostonmarathonfinishline.com
bostonmarathonfund.com
bostonmarathoninsurance.com
bostonmarathonlawsuit.com
bostonmarathonlawsuit.net
bostonmarathonmassacre.com
bostonmarathonmassacre.net
bostonmarathonmemorial.com
bostonmarathonrelief.com
bostonmarathonrespect.com
bostonmarathonterror.com
bostonmarathonterrorist.com
bostonmarathonterroristattack.com
bostonmarathonterrorists.com
bostonmarathonterrorists.net
bostonmarathontragedy.com
bostonmarathontruth.com
bostonmarathontruth.net
bostonmarathonvictimfund.com
bostonmarathonvictims.com
bostonmarathonvictims.net
bostonmarathonvictimsfund.com
bostonmarathonvictimsrelieffund.com
bostonmaratonexplosion.com
bostonmassacre2.com
bostonmassacre2013.com
bostonmassacre2013.net
bostonmassacreround2.com
bostonrelief2013.com
bostonterror.com
bostonterrorattack.com
bostonterrorattacks.com
bostonterrorism.com
bostonterroristattack.com
bostontragedy.com
bostontwinbombs.com
bostonunderattack.com
bostonvictimsdonation.com
bostonvictimsfund.com
bostonvictimsfund.net
donatetoboston.com
explosioninboston.com
explosionsinboston.com
heartsandsolesforboston.com
isurvivedboston.com
marathonbomb.com
marathonbombing.com
marathonexplosion.com
marathonmemorial.com
missinginboston.com
pray4boston.com
rememberbostonmarathon.com
rememberingboston.com
savethebostonmarathon.com
secondbostonmassacre.com
terrorattackboston.com
terrorinboston.com
thebostonblast.com
thebostonbombing.com
thebostonexplosion.com
thebostonmarathonattack.com
thebostonmarathonbomb.com
thebostonmarathonbombing.com
BullS says
How did this guy know??
and guess who reg the singular one??
Domain Name: BOSTONBOMBERS.COM
Created on: 08-Apr-09
Expires on: 08-Apr-13
Last Updated on: 09-Apr-12
Registrant:
santiago noriega
46 tobey road
belmont, Massachusetts 02478
United States
Administrative Contact:
noriega, santiago @gmail.com
46 tobey road
belmont, Massachusetts 02478
United States
(617) 489-5579
DrJeff says
Boston Marathon is a TM’ed term, so some of them may be lost at UDRP. Crap like this gives domainers a bad name.
Michael Berkens says
Bull
Interesting but the domain was registered in 2009 and just went into expired status a few days ago
You need to look for a recent registration before today.
BullS says
I will get a big REWARD!!!
DomainIncite says
I suppose there’s always a chance that some of these registrants bought the domains to keep them out of the hands of ne’er-do-wells, but I’m not optimistic.
DrJeff says
http://www.ballcharts.com/teams/index.php?team=wbcbl_bob
Team needs a new name….
Michael Berkens says
Kevin
Lets hope at least a few of these are such registrations.
BullS says
Now, will the owner renew the domain??
Joe says
Shameful squatters!
Joe says
Many more are being regged like BOSTONMARATHONMASSACRE.COM.
Not to mention that many of the name listed above have taken in .net and .org as well!
En Nazree says
Is this coincidence? Will the owner of bostonbombers dot com be under arrest? 😉
Do you think this will this increase the value of my domain, explode.us ? 🙂
todd says
Sometimes I wonder about the intelligence of the domain community. If you do about 15 seconds worth of research you can see that the “Boston Bombers” are a women’s semi pro basketball team. Incredible!!
https://twitter.com/BOSTONBOMBERS
Scott says
Good work, Mike. I love it when a plan comes together.
San Francisco Chronicle
http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2013/04/15/beware-of-scammers-with-tweets-links-to-boston-tragedy/
Domainer Extraordinaire says
This is non-news. This will happen every time there is a tragedy and no amount of reporting will stop it. If anything it will give more people the idea to be prepared to waste their money on the next tragedy.
Dave Zan says
Interview on the one who registered bostonmarathonconspiracy.com:
http://www.newson6.com/story/21995519/former-tulsan
Angel Sanjana says
Gofwgcr