Prominent Domainer suspended from X.com (3.Viewing)

MapleDots said:

Was it fraud as claimed by Jack?

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DataCube said:

Considering all the crypto scams and other BS allowed on Twitter, I doubt this has anything to do with "fraud".

I have seen a lot of people make similar claims with Swetha, but where is the actual evidence?

Brad

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If this happened to you me or anyone else, the first thing we would do would go to someone that we know and have them post on our behalf with an update. That hasn't happened in over 24 hours and there's a big reason for it.

Those that can continue to vouch always have skin in the game.

And after 30 years on Internet chat boards and 50+++ years in sales, I'm pretty good at human nature. And it's my humble opinion that the person that writes the posts fighting against all this when he or she does, is not a she.

I believe Swetha is real but is being used as a prop and the sales that we hear about are usually registry sales or headline sales that dissipate. That's my opinion. That's my professional opinion.

I don't have anything to base it on other than all the bullshit for years and years and the character of some of those involved. prior FTC problems.

The fact that they've lied for over a decade running around saying .com is dead. The way they partnered with network solutions and stuffed people's accounts without their knowledge or their consent. that signals people that are ethically challenged. I don't trust people that are ethically challenged.

I trust the judgment of people like
@Castello_Bros
,
@mikemanndotcom
, @wwwsnoopy168, and the number of others that can come out and identify themselves, but we all smell smoke.

So all I can say is my Bullshit meter has been in the red since about 2013.

they have even gone as far as twisting my words into making people believe that I support that XYZ when that couldn't be further from the truth. So I am a firsthand victim of their fucking deception! Let me repeat that I am a first hand victim of their deception.

And when I asked Chatgpt:

Daniel Negari runs the XYZ registry. He's had a history of crossing the line with the FTC and other possibly unethical behavior.

FTC Settlement Over Deceptive Data Practices

In January 2022, Negari and other executives associated with .XYZ agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle an FTC lawsuit. The FTC alleged that through a network of over 200 websites, they deceptively collected sensitive personal data—such as Social Security numbers and bank details—from millions of consumers under the pretense of connecting them with lenders. Instead, this information was sold indiscriminately to third parties, including potential scammers and identity thieves. The settlement imposed restrictions on their data collection and usage practices, though the defendants did not admit to any wrongdoing.

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Legal Dispute with Verisign

In 2014, Verisign, the operator of the .com domain, filed a lawsuit against http://xyz.com LLC and Daniel Negari, alleging false advertising under the Lanham Act. Verisign claimed that XYZ made misleading statements about the availability of .com domains and inflated its own registration numbers by including free domains. However, the court granted summary judgment in favor of XYZ, finding that Verisign failed to prove that XYZ’s statements were false or misleading, or that they caused any actual harm to Verisign.

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Industry Criticism and Ethical Concerns

Negari’s aggressive marketing tactics have drawn criticism within the domain industry. For instance, .XYZ achieved high registration numbers partly through deals that automatically registered .xyz domains for users without explicit consent, leading to accusations of inflating popularity metrics.

Additionally, some industry professionals have expressed concerns about the lack of transparency and ethical considerations in .XYZ’s business practices.

That's my personal and professional opinion, and those are the facts as stated by chat.

When I do business, I never cross the line. I don't even get near the line. When I do my taxes, I don't play games. I overpay. Imagine I run an empire from my home and I've never taken a home office deduction! Some people have no problem playing games and they usually end up in a bad place.

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silentg said:

She asked her account to be deleted just like @MapleDots

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Liam said:

Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

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Yesterday i found out that Swetha's X account "
@DomainNameGear
" got suspended.
Today I also found out that her NamePros account (
@DNGear
) has been deleted.
This really doesn’t look good it resembles those crypto rug pulls where, once the scam is complete, all associated accounts are deleted.
NamePros was the place where she first emerged in the domain industry.

Could it be possible that a government entity is conducting an investigation for fraud, money laundering, or tax evasion, and "Swetha" is deleting evidence?

It wouldn’t be the first time that something or someone associated with the .xyz TLD has been involved in fraudulent activities. In fact, they were already fined in a $1.5 million lawsuit that was settled, and they’ve also been sued by Facebook and other companies. You can search on Google for terms like "ITmedia," "Cyber2media," and "xyz FTC" for more information.

Yesterday, one of my posts went viral, reaching 17k views, after I uploaded a screenshot showing that Swetha's X account had been suspended.
It was the subject of the day in the domain industry.

Some people were jumping to conclusions—some suggested she was doing outbound marketing, others said it might be due to a failure to verify her identity. But what I personally believe is that her suspension is likely related to the many links she regularly shared promoting the .xyz TLD and registry. She consistently highlighted new businesses or projects that chose a .xyz domain, many of which were tied to NFTs, Web3, and crypto. Some of those projects eventually turned out to be scams.

If you're promoting scams on X—knowingly or not—there’s a chance you’ll get flagged as being complicit, especially if it looks like you're giving them visibility or benefiting from them. Additionally, she frequently shared her domain sales, which many in the domain industry viewed not as legitimate sales, but more as publicity stunts for the .xyz TLD. This fueled hype among domainers, leading many to:

A- Register .xyz domains in bulk
B - Buy "premium" .xyz domains—mostly one-word names—at exaggerated prices, either from the aftermarket or directly from Swetha, hoping to resell them at similarly high prices as she allegedly did.

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