Domain Abuse: 2017
The below statistics shows the advance fee fraud related domain abuse per quarter for 2017 as recorded by Artists Against 419. This report expands on the annual Domain Endings abuse report. This time we also break down documented abuse by registrar, exposing at which registrars and registries problematic malicious domains find a foothold to target internet consumers.
The details are broken down by Registrar and TLD/ccTLDs/free sub-domains ( the previous Domain Endings). We also see a comparison of All vs Active domains at the end of 2017, as this comparison is indicative of Registrar tolerance for fraud. While a registrar can impossibly police their clients and are not expected to, they most certainly have the tools to address fraud if alerted to it.
- Registrar Quarterly: 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31 (All Domains)
- Registrar Quarterly: 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31 (Active Domains)
- Domain Endings Quarterly: 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31 (All Domains)
- Domain Endings Quarterly: 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31 (Active Domains)
- Note to registrars, registries and law enforcement
Registrar Quarterly: 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31 (All)
| Registrar vs Quarter | Q1 2017 | Q2 2017 | Q3 2017 | Q4 2017 | Annual Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pdr Ltd. D/b/a Publicdomainregistry.com | 820 | 862 | 541 | 332 | 2555 |
| Namecheap, Inc. | 215 | 335 | 658 | 219 | 1427 |
| Enom, Inc. | 241 | 208 | 233 | 80 | 762 |
| Namesilo, Llc | 120 | 207 | 245 | 152 | 724 |
| Free Subdomain | 78 | 178 | 74 | 33 | 363 |
| Godaddy.com, Llc | 107 | 72 | 127 | 36 | 342 |
| Web4africa Inc. | 93 | 132 | 30 | 18 | 273 |
| Tucows Domains Inc. | 102 | 72 | 68 | 30 | 272 |
| 1&1 Internet | 51 | 57 | 63 | 27 | 198 |
| Network Solutions, Llc | 41 | 42 | 82 | 11 | 176 |
| Domain.com, Llc | 28 | 70 | 27 | 4 | 129 |
| Onlinenic, Inc. | 28 | 73 | 15 | 9 | 125 |
| Ourdomains Limited | 64 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 116 |
| Ligne Web Services Sarl Dba Lws | 38 | 48 | 13 | 16 | 115 |
| Shinjiru Msc Sdn Bhd | 34 | 39 | 12 | 26 | 111 |
| Internet Domain Service Bs Corp | 31 | 27 | 27 | 18 | 103 |
| Register.com, Inc. | 23 | 20 | 33 | 6 | 82 |
| Ascio Technologies, Inc | 21 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 80 |
| Registrar Of Domain Names Reg.ru | 27 | 17 | 10 | 26 | 80 |
| Mesh Digital Limited | 13 | 5 | 26 | 29 | 73 |
| Wild West Domains, Llc | 30 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 69 |
| Crazy Domains Fz-llc | 9 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 68 |
| Name.com, Inc. | 20 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 64 |
| Free Domain | 16 | 7 | 29 | 11 | 63 |
| Url Solutions, Inc. | 15 | 3 | 29 | 9 | 56 |
| Uniregistrar Corp | 10 | 16 | 4 | 26 | 56 |
| The Registry At Info Avenue, Llc D/b/a Spirit Communications | 1 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 53 |
| Hostinger, Uab | 18 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 50 |
| 1api Gmbh | 3 | 2 | 19 | 23 | 47 |
| Domainshype.com, Inc | 2 | 39 | 0 | 5 | 46 |
| Google Llc | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 38 |
| Dynadot, Llc | 5 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 36 |
| Bigrock Solutions Ltd | 6 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 34 |
| Znet Technologies Pvt Ltd. | 0 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 34 |
| Danesco Trading Ltd. | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 33 |
| Nameweb Bvba | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33 |
| 101domain Grs Limited | 18 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 |
| Instra Corporation Pty Ltd. | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 27 |
| Regional Network Information Center, Jsc Dba Ru-center | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 25 |
| Netearth One Inc. D/b/a Netearth | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 25 |
| Dreamhost, Llc | 12 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 24 |
| Alpnames Limited | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
| Internet Invest, Ltd. Dba Imena.ua | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| Moniker Online Services Llc | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| Upperlink Limited | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 19 |
| Cronon Ag | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| Launchpad.com, Inc | 7 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| Webair Internet Development, Inc. | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Regtime Ltd. | 2 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 18 |
| Bizcn.com, Inc. | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Fastdomain Inc. | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| Key-systems Gmbh | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| Eranet International Limited | 8 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| Ovh Sas | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| Liquidnet Ltd. | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| Netim Sarl | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Gandi Sas | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| Paknic (private) Limited | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Psi-usa, Inc. Dba Domain Robot | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| Web Commerce Communications Limited Dba Webnic.cc | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Afriregister S.a. | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Gransy S.r.o. D/b/a Subreg.cz | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| Opentld B.v. | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Csl Computer Service Langenbach Gmbh D/b/a Joker.com | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Arsys Internet, S.l. Dba Nicline.com | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Above.com Pty Ltd. | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Hosting Ukraine Llc | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| Omnis Network, Llc | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| Realtime Register B.v. | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Dnc Holdings, Inc. | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Diamatrix C.c. | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Elb Group Inc. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Vautron Rechenzentrum Ag | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Hosteur Sarl | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Cv. Jogjacamp | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Namebay Sam | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| French Connexion Sarl Dba Domaine.fr | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Deluxe Small Business Sales, Inc. D/b/a Aplus.net | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Tpp Wholesale Pty Ltd. | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Kheweul.com Sa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Free Listing | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Wa Networks | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Reg2c.com Inc. | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Amplehosting | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Register.it Spa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Afrihost | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Domains | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Cloud Group Limited | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 007names, Inc. | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Domainpeople, Inc. | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Register Domain Sa | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Porkbun Llc | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Turncommerce, Inc. Dba Namebright.com | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Guangdong Naisinike Information Technology Co Ltd. | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Evoplus Ltd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| United-domains Ag | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Tlds L.l.c. D/b/a Srsplus | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Frikkadel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Host4 Group | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Advanced Internet Technologies, Inc. | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Epag Domainservices Gmbh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rebel Ltd | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Web Werks India Pvt. Ltd D/b/a Zenregistry.com | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Pt Ardh Global Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Com.nu | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pointer.gr | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Qservers Network Limited | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Binero Ab | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Automattic Inc. | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Infocom Network Ltd. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Marcaria.com, International, Inc. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Za Domains | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Eurid | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Web Address Registration | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Denic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Freenom | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Online Sas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pierx, Inc | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Colcatweb Limited T/a Uk-cheapest.co.uk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Tld Registrar Solutions Ltd. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Hosting Concepts B.v. Dba Openprovider | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Fasthosts Internet Ltd | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| One.com A/s | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Netdorm, Inc. Dba Dnsexit.com | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| R01-ru | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cv. Rumahweb Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| N/a | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Protocol Internet Technology Limited T/a Hosting Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kenyawebexperts.com | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Todaynic.com, Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Xin Net Technology Corporation | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jiangsu Bangning Science & Technology Co. Ltd | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Goepp.co.za | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Alibaba.com Singapore E-commerce Private Limited | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Smart Cloud Hosting Uk Ltd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Axxess Dsl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Whogohost | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Hostking | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Promo People, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Encirca, Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Imperial Registrations, Inc. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Easydns Technologies, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| West263 International Limited | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| In2net Network, Inc. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ali Cloud Computing Limited Company (million Net) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Net Logistics Pty. Ltd. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ip Hosted | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Syrahost | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Easily Limited T/a Easily.co.uk | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dk Hostmaster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Za Web Hosts | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Domaincontext, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Inwx Gmbh & Co. Kg | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Acens Technologies, S.l.u. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total Web Solutions Limited Trading As Totalregistrations | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 2667 | 3006 | 2650 | 1272 | 9595 |
Registrar Quarterly: 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31 (Active)
| Registrar vs Quarter | Q1 Active | Q2 Active | Q3 Active | Q4 Active | Annual Active |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Namecheap, Inc. | 103 | 228 | 498 | 196 | 1025 |
| Namesilo, Llc | 29 | 113 | 172 | 123 | 437 |
| Enom, Inc. | 84 | 88 | 160 | 64 | 396 |
| Free Subdomain | 17 | 88 | 52 | 14 | 171 |
| Godaddy.com, Llc | 32 | 16 | 82 | 33 | 163 |
| Tucows Domains Inc. | 27 | 29 | 57 | 24 | 137 |
| 1&1 Internet | 18 | 25 | 50 | 18 | 111 |
| Web4africa Inc. | 10 | 73 | 12 | 11 | 106 |
| Network Solutions, Llc | 9 | 21 | 65 | 10 | 105 |
| Shinjiru Msc Sdn Bhd | 18 | 19 | 12 | 24 | 73 |
| Domain.com, Llc | 5 | 54 | 9 | 4 | 72 |
| Mesh Digital Limited | 5 | 1 | 23 | 29 | 58 |
| Crazy Domains Fz-llc | 6 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 41 |
| Url Solutions, Inc. | 8 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 41 |
| 1api Gmbh | 1 | 1 | 13 | 23 | 38 |
| Name.com, Inc. | 2 | 2 | 13 | 21 | 38 |
| Free Domain | 5 | 6 | 20 | 7 | 38 |
| The Registry At Info Avenue, Llc D/b/a Spirit Communications | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 35 |
| Internet Domain Service Bs Corp | 6 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 35 |
| Uniregistrar Corp | 2 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 34 |
| Ourdomains Limited | 17 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 29 |
| Znet Technologies Pvt Ltd. | 0 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 28 |
| Ascio Technologies, Inc | 7 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 28 |
| Register.com, Inc. | 3 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 28 |
| Onlinenic, Inc. | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 27 |
| Registrar Of Domain Names Reg.ru | 8 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 27 |
| Wild West Domains, Llc | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 |
| Google Llc | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| Hostinger, Uab | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 17 |
| Regional Network Information Center, Jsc Dba Ru-center | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| Danesco Trading Ltd. | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| Dynadot, Llc | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| Dreamhost, Llc | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| Launchpad.com, Inc | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| Cronon Ag | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Liquidnet Ltd. | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| Moniker Online Services Llc | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 101domain Grs Limited | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Instra Corporation Pty Ltd. | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Fastdomain Inc. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Realtime Register B.v. | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Ligne Web Services Sarl Dba Lws | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| Psi-usa, Inc. Dba Domain Robot | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Webair Internet Development, Inc. | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Netearth One Inc. D/b/a Netearth | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Arsys Internet, S.l. Dba Nicline.com | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Omnis Network, Llc | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Dnc Holdings, Inc. | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Eranet International Limited | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Csl Computer Service Langenbach Gmbh D/b/a Joker.com | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Hosting Ukraine Llc | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Nameweb Bvba | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Web Commerce Communications Limited Dba Webnic.cc | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Opentld B.v. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Gransy S.r.o. D/b/a Subreg.cz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Kheweul.com Sa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Guangdong Naisinike Information Technology Co Ltd. | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Netim Sarl | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Paknic (private) Limited | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Ovh Sas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Key-systems Gmbh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bizcn.com, Inc. | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Regtime Ltd. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Wa Networks | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Deluxe Small Business Sales, Inc. D/b/a Aplus.net | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pointer.gr | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Upperlink Limited | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Register Domain Sa | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Porkbun Llc | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Advanced Internet Technologies, Inc. | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Hosting Concepts B.v. Dba Openprovider | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Domains | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Afriregister S.a. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Free Listing | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Epag Domainservices Gmbh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tpp Wholesale Pty Ltd. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Register.it Spa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Infocom Network Ltd. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Netdorm, Inc. Dba Dnsexit.com | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Whogohost | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| One.com A/s | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kenyawebexperts.com | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Axxess Dsl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Colcatweb Limited T/a Uk-cheapest.co.uk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Denic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| N/a | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Todaynic.com, Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Smart Cloud Hosting Uk Ltd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Alibaba.com Singapore E-commerce Private Limited | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Automattic Inc. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Xin Net Technology Corporation | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jiangsu Bangning Science & Technology Co. Ltd | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Web Werks India Pvt. Ltd D/b/a Zenregistry.com | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| West263 International Limited | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Eurid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ali Cloud Computing Limited Company (million Net) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Diamatrix C.c. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fasthosts Internet Ltd | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Promo People, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Afrihost | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Syrahost | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tld Registrar Solutions Ltd. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| United-domains Ag | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| In2net Network, Inc. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Za Domains | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vautron Rechenzentrum Ag | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gandi Sas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tlds L.l.c. D/b/a Srsplus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Frikkadel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Amplehosting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rebel Ltd | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| French Connexion Sarl Dba Domaine.fr | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ip Hosted | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cv. Rumahweb Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 521 | 947 | 1454 | 751 | 3673 |
Note: At the end of 2017, the totals for PDR Ltd. D/b/a Publicdomainregistry.com was zero; there was no carry over of fraudulent domains!
Domain Endings Quarterly: 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31 (All)
| Domain vs Quarter | Q1 Total | Q2 Total | Q3 Total | Q4 Total | Annual Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| com | 2072 | 2245 | 2019 | 991 | 7327 |
| us | 94 | 121 | 210 | 66 | 491 |
| net | 154 | 157 | 92 | 23 | 426 |
| org | 84 | 189 | 80 | 46 | 399 |
| info | 35 | 13 | 37 | 18 | 103 |
| co.uk | 33 | 23 | 18 | 21 | 95 |
| blogspot.com | 0 | 69 | 3 | 1 | 73 |
| online | 20 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 43 |
| eu | 9 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 34 |
| co.za | 12 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 32 |
| biz | 17 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 29 |
| wixsite.com | 3 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 27 |
| ml | 0 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 21 |
| webs.com | 4 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 19 |
| jimdo.com | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 16 |
| tk | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| site | 2 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| cf | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| wordpress.com | 0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| ga | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 14 |
| nethouse.me | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| esy.es | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| over-blog.com | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| weebly.com | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| ca | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| co | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| zohosites.com | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| xyz | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| company | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| club | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| asia | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| website | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| page.tl | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| fr.gd | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 16mb.com | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| co.nf | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| top | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| uk | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 2fh.co | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| ltd | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| in | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| site.pro | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| me | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 4fd.us | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| pw | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| trade | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| com.ng | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| world | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| store | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| imexbb.com | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| hol.es | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 000webhostapp.com | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| yolasite.com | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| express | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| ctempurl.com | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| sitey.me | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 890m.com | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| fr | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| com.nu | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| tumblr.com | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| ueuo.com | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| wpdevcloud.com | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| work | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| ftempurl.com | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| co.ua | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| pe.hu | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| uk.tn | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| org.za | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| live | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| services | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| global | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| co.in | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| one | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| group | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| de | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| cu.cc | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| sites.google.com | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| cc | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| somee.com | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| jigsy.com | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| btempurl.com | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| com.au | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| simplesite.com | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| gq | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| webself.net | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| site123.me | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| ulcraft.com | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| onlc.eu | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| skynova.io | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| wix.com | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3dcartstores.com | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| eu.pn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| rentals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| win | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| flu.cc | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 50webs.com | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| oneminutesite.it | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| ecplaza.net | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| medianewsonline.com | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| webmium.com | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20m.com | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| my-free.website | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| zone | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| sito-web-online.it | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| org.uk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| eu5.net | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| ru.com | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| enterprises | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| zz.vc | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| link | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| atwebpages.com | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| ru | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ukit.me | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3-a.net | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| usrfiles.com | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| viens.la | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| getenjoyment.net | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| co.ke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| page4.me | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| solutions | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| itempurl.com | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| vimar.ca | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| es | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| hst.im | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| limited | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| atspace.cc | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| online.de | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| tech | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| myartsonline.com | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| cn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| offre-rapide.fr.gd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| baseportal.com | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| htw.pl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| comuf.com | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| webnode.com | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| webutu.com | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| in.net | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| netne.net | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| about.me | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| twxproxy.com | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| dk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| getlivesite.com | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| se | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| communyties.cyclos.org | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| zaridi.to | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| home.ro | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| rf.gd | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 96.lt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| monwebeden.fr | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| francite.com | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| miiduu.com | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| n.nu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| easybuy-digital.com | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| net.au | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| atempurl.com | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| drivehq.com | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| gdk.mx | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| vosi.biz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| eu.org | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| square7.ch | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| comxa.com | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| centerblog.net | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| net.za | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| tekcities.com | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| wz.cz | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 2667 | 3005 | 2650 | 1271 | 9593 |
Domain Endings Quarterly: 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31 (Active)
| Domain vs Quarter | Q1 Active | Q2 Active | Q3 Active | Q4 Active | Annual Active |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| com | 366 | 670 | 1096 | 603 | 2735 |
| us | 50 | 69 | 139 | 57 | 315 |
| net | 40 | 40 | 64 | 13 | 157 |
| org | 11 | 46 | 33 | 20 | 110 |
| blogspot.com | 0 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 36 |
| info | 4 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 31 |
| co.uk | 7 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 28 |
| webs.com | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 14 |
| wixsite.com | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| ml | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 12 |
| over-blog.com | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| nethouse.me | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| jimdo.com | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 11 |
| co.za | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| biz | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| tk | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| ga | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| eu | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| wordpress.com | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| club | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| cf | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| co | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| website | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| imexbb.com | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 000webhostapp.com | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| weebly.com | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| page.tl | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4fd.us | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| ltd | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| ca | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2fh.co | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| world | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| in | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| tumblr.com | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| site.pro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| company | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| webself.net | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| ftempurl.com | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| com.ng | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| hol.es | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| express | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| esy.es | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| wpdevcloud.com | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| ulcraft.com | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| onlc.eu | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| trade | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| yolasite.com | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| me | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| usrfiles.com | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| ukit.me | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| flu.cc | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| getenjoyment.net | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| co.ke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| win | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 50webs.com | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| de | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| online | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| btempurl.com | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| ru.com | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| org.uk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| itempurl.com | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| uk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| my-free.website | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| sito-web-online.it | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| one | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| enterprises | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| atempurl.com | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| co.ua | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| cn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| se | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| sitey.me | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16mb.com | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| communyties.cyclos.org | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| simplesite.com | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| site123.me | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| about.me | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| comxa.com | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| twxproxy.com | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| com.au | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| online.de | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| es | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| gdk.mx | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| pe.hu | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| miiduu.com | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| easybuy-digital.com | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| uk.tn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| wz.cz | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| webmium.com | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| sites.google.com | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| francite.com | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| monwebeden.fr | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| top | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| net.za | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ctempurl.com | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| fr.gd | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| zaridi.to | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| home.ro | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| zone | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 521 | 946 | 1454 | 750 | 3671 |
Note to registrars, registries and law enforcement
Artists Against 419 does not just say it, we can also prove it. We record numerous attributes for each entry in our database. While some of these are publicly visible at https://db.aa419.org, we record additional evidence of maliciousness. These includes website snapshots with embedded EXIF data, source code of interesting pages, email headers and/or linking data.
We appreciate outreach from any registrar and registry alike where they are keen to understand the nature of this maliciousness and wish to mitigate. You are the parties either abused or used as an entry point for this fraud on the web. The choice is yours to be part of the solution or the problem. Remember, these domains are purchased with the proceeds of fraud to facilitate further fraud.
Most recently one law enforcement agency was quite excited to discover all the evidence they thought had been lost, had been safely recorded and preserved in our database. Any law enforcement agency is welcome to reach out – our data is yours! We may mitigate till the cows come home to protect consumers, but you are the parties that ultimately stop this illegal abuse.
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