Should the fraudster Naveed Yusuf topic be Public or Hushed (1.Viewing)

DomainTrader said:

Yusuf is a fraud

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I think we both agree with that

I’m the person who was previously in communication with Bare Metal regarding the domain. I’m asking you to please share any information you have about Yusuf. I have no doubt there are others who’ve been affected.

Yusuf owes me Handy.ca, which has already been transferred to another well-known member of this board and held in trust. I am currently gathering all relevant information and fully intend to pursue legal action against Yusuf and whoever is in the way. This is no longer about the money — it’s about principle. I will not let it go, regardless of the cost. Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.

For those needing more info, this is how it all started: https://dn.ca/topic/5711/

One of the parties involved has no objection to making the fact that he was jobbed and robbed by Naveed Yusuf public which leaves bare metal - how exactly would they be damaged by acknowledging they have no desire to do business customers who don’t pay them?

Does anyone know a lawyer that specializes in domains? Thanks all.

Asselin said:

Does anyone know a lawyer that specializes in domains? Thanks all.

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@Zak would be the guy to talk to

Naveed Yusuf scammed me in the recent past. I'll copy what I shared it on my blog:

It’s with a heavy heart that I’m sharing this incident where the person goes by the name of Naveed Yusuf, using https://x.com/BreakingDomain as X (formerly Twitter) handle and info@411media.net for email communication.

Almost all of the communication we had was over X platform and in total I paid him $17,500 via Wise in total 10 separate transactions. His Wise email ID is payment@411media.net. His PayPal ID is info@411corp.com and contact number is +1-416-457-3411.

Some of the below domains he still owns or may have sold/dropped during the time we exchanged messages were as follows:

areapost.com
findmyzipcode.com
flfk.com
publicmessageboard.com
forex411.com
hippages.com
oakvillehouseforsale.com
athingofbeauty.org
streetzoom.com
civicall.com
cdnweb.com
commongoodplan.com
placeorderhere.com
newswirein.com
googoal.com
lunchbook.com
masonryrenovations.com
youlistit.com
1947.org
pak.tv
opxi.com
deiq.com
swisscreations.com
choiceofplayers.com
idefamation.com/idefamation.org
indianmedic.com
bizgulf.com
verifind.com

Initially I was contacted by Naveed Yusuf around a year ago via X platform. He approached me to sell his domains. So every time we did any deal, he transferred the domains to me first before I transferred money via Wise. The last transaction which included two 4L .com domains which he unlocked and provided the auth codes. I initiated the transfer process on 7th February 2025. He was as always in hurry to receive the money so this time I didn’t wait for the domain to be released from his end and sent him $2,000 via Wise. I waited for him to release the domain which he didn’t and went completely silent until now. I sent him several messages and after some hours of no response, I had a thought that possibly I am being scammed by this guy.

2-3 days later, he quietly locked the domains so the transfer got automatically cancelled. I messaged him about the situation and warned him of making things public if he will not honor the deal or return my money back. Still no response. I could’ve waited a little longer and see if he gets back to me or not because sometimes there is internet connection problem or any issues at registrar for releasing the domain or anything else but when he locked the domain in around 3 days of providing me the authorization code, that’s the time I came to believe I was been scammed.

So after doing 9 separate transactions for a $15,500 amount, Naveed Yusuf scammed me for $2,000 and ruined his reputation forever. It’s really mind boggling to understand such a type of people’s mindset.

I know my money is gone but the purpose of sharing this post is to make fellow domain investors beware of Naveed Yusuf. I strongly suggest being cautious and not to deal with this person.

So you have three high functioning members of this forum @AbdulBasit @Asselin and myself @DomainTrader each of whom has gone public, and when I say public I mean beyond the walls of this forum as well as within them, with the fact that they have been outright scammed by Naveed Yusuf who is also a member of this forum @CDN. We also have incontrovertible evidence of the fact that a fourth highly regarded member here @bmetal was also a victim of Yusuf's failure to pay his debts. While Bare Metal may wish to reserve making any further public comment on the matter it doesn't change the fact that they have acknowledged that they had been aggrieved by Naveed Yusuf ("add me to the club") Considering their role as a domain name service provider the acknowledgement that Naveed Yusuf is a "Persona Non Grata" at Bare Metal is significant. So now you have the statements of four respected members versus the conspicuous silence and absence of one serial deadbeat two bit domain fraudster. But thats not even the end off it, there are other members here who are either owed large amounts of money by Naveed Yusuf or who have already also been duped by him who for reasons of their own may not want to publicly acknowledge their dealings with him. Then there's guys like you @MapleDots guys who acknowledge that Yusuf hounded them relentlessley for money but who were able to smell a rat. Hushing a thread which needs to be made in the public interest is counter intuitive. Bare Metal has had ample opportunity to address the matter and has yet to make a comment. I see no reason why you would want to protect the interests of a corporation over the interests of the public. The fact that Naveed Yusuf is a pathological liar con artist and a fraud is well known by those who have had the misfortune of placing their trust in him but I feel it important that the general public be made aware of it as well. Bare Metal is who you seem to want to protect and Bare Metal has had a chance to respond. How long is the charade vote open for?

DomainTrader said:

How long is the charade vote open for?

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The evidence seems pretty overwhelming that Yusuf's rights here should be revoked.

rlm said:

The evidence seems pretty overwhelming that Yusuf's rights here should be revoked.

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He is not the reason I have not moved the topic, I am holding until I hear from @bmetal

Only other option I have is to delete the post showing his communication before I move the topic but I traditionally do not delete member posts.

Things are not always as cut and dry as they seem, I have a responsibility to protect members privacy and no I am not talking about Naveed's.

I don't really care about what posts have or haven't been made. I'm just thinking his account should be frozen, if it already hasn't been.

rlm said:

I don't really care about what posts have or haven't been made. I'm just thinking his account should be frozen, if it already hasn't been.

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He has been flagged by our system, he won't be causing any more issues... at least here, guys like that usually find new ways to scam people.

MapleDots said:

I am going to reveal why I moved this topic to Hushed

There was a Direct Message between @bmetal and another member (I don't know who) must have reposted that somewhere and then a screenshot of that was posted on Twitter.

It was at that time I decided to move this too Hushed because I was not sure if bmetal gave permission for his direct message to be published.
It was obviously the other person in the direct message who took the screenshot.

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Thanks for the consideration Frank. I'm happy enough to give permission to publish anything I said in that private conversation. I'm generally fairly careful not to put things into black and white that I wouldn't want becoming public, at least when dealing with folks I don't know very well.

Sorry for the delayed response, literally living out of a van down by the river and have been since last friday. (Also working my arse off physically, so not spending much time online.)

-Tom

bmetal said:

Thanks for the consideration Frank. I'm happy enough to give permission to publish anything I said in that private conversation. I'm generally fairly careful not to put things into black and white that I wouldn't want becoming public, at least when dealing with folks I don't know very well.

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Thank you Tom this conversation is now moved to Domain Names and is available for public viewing and will be indexed on Google.

The account is restricted, I have added a public note, his real email address and account has been preserved as evidence for any legal proceedings.

What about @CDN2 ?

MapleDots said:

The account is restricted, I have added a public note, his real email address and account has been preserved as evidence for any legal proceedings.

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Thank you @MapleDots @rlm @AbdulBasit @Asselin @bmetal and everyone else who chimed in to help level the playing field and make the decision to protect the innocents and the idiots like me who trusted the scamming fraudster dirtbag fraud Naveed Yusuf aka Josef aka @CDN

When searching the phone number on his profile it goes to this guy:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hardeep-batoo-74020a190/?originalSubdomain=ca
They are actually business partners: https://www.canadacompanyregistry.com/company?utm_source=rate-cloud-inc
Another business part: Charanjeev Singh Randhawa
I'll contact both of them and let them know their business partner is a scammer and their names and business name will be indexed with Yusuf reputation.

The phone number that @AbdulBasit used 416-457-3411 doesn't show anything but seem to be the best way to get in touch with him.

More about him:

411directoryassistance.ca | BBB Business Profile | Better Business Bureau
https://www.mississauga.com/busines...cle_3033bab8-871f-5909-855a-8aaffc51818b.html
https://resolutioncanada.ca/rescms/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Decision-gotomeeting.ca_.pdf

Asselin said:

When searching the phone number on his profile it goes to this guy:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hardeep-batoo-74020a190/?originalSubdomain=ca
They are actually business partners: https://www.canadacompanyregistry.com/company?utm_source=rate-cloud-inc
Another business part: Charanjeev Singh Randhawa
I'll contact both of them and let them know their business partner is a scammer and their names and business name will be indexed with Yusuf reputation.

The phone number that @AbdulBasit used 416-457-3411 doesn't show anything but seem to be the best way to get in touch with him.

More about him:

411directoryassistance.ca | BBB Business Profile | Better Business Bureau
https://www.mississauga.com/busines...cle_3033bab8-871f-5909-855a-8aaffc51818b.html
https://resolutioncanada.ca/rescms/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Decision-gotomeeting.ca_.pdf

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Naveed is such a massive deadbeat that even his partner who specializes in lending money to discharged bankrupts apparently won't lend him any money!

Poor Batoo.........you hang with shit - you smell like shit