by MaryK
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No sure if this is the right forum but my site has been hi-jacked (www.millionairemindsetonline.com) time as follows:-

Monday Nov 30 (my time) no emails coming through pop server - spent hours trying to find out why - all appeared to be correct.

Monday Nov 30 - was able to access admin panel of word press blog (wordpress.org) added new post, rearranged site etc

rest of week until today Saturday Dec 5 - spent attempting to get emails down.

Today - Saturday Dec 5 - cannot access anything at all - not my wordpress admin site or my cpanel however CAN access cpanel through the original temporary url.

Site is showing as 'free domain parking' on Godaddy, not even my host site and is now filled with google ads.

Am attempting to contact Godaddy, wrote first to the president but receive a reply saying he doesn't work for them and to send my email to Godaddy - yes right - I obtained the email address from Godaddy's site!

Have also sent in a request for help via their on-line form.

As I live in Australia their free call # is not available to me.

Please help, as I have worked long and hard to gain a #1 ranking on google (now down to page 2) and a good reputation, wide readership etc. etc.

I am not very technically orientated but have looked around my cpanel on my host site (accessed as stated via the temporary url) and have not, with my VERY limited knowledge, been able to see anything amiss.

Thank you and I do hope this post is in the correct forum - if it isn't I apologize and trust that you will all understand, as I am very distressed at present.

I WILL somehow/someway get my site back! I will fight I am on the war path!
#godaddy #hijacked #site
  • Profile picture of the author gullsinn
    now it is parked at godady you parked it or high jacker did this
    and i feel very guilty when i come to know that a webmaser hacked or hijacked a web site why they do this
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  • Profile picture of the author mywebwork
    Hi Mary

    So sorry to hear of your troubles, I understand the stress you must be going through.

    I did a WHOIS on your domain and it seems that it expired on December 1st, if you like I can PM you with the details (they include the contact information now assigned to the domain which I don't think I should publish on the public forum). It does indeed show as having being registered with GoDaddy.

    Is there a chance you inadvertently forgot to renew this domain? If so someone may have used GoDaddys service that grabs expired domains to snap it up. If this is the case you may still have a recourse to get it back.

    I'd be happy to assist you in any way I can.

    All the best...

    Bill
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    • Profile picture of the author MaryK
      Thank you Bill- this could explain a lot - please pm a.s.a.p. I will let you know details which I too prefer not to publish on a public forum.
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      • Profile picture of the author MaryK
        Just for the record, how do you perform a WHOIS it search? What website etc. just in case - though I hope this NEVER happens again.

        I didn't forget to renew the domain but as I said, I will let you know details on a pm.

        Again thank you, I think the reason for the 'hi jacking' is resolved. Now it's a matter of getting back my site!

        I guess the positive twist is that someone thought it worthwhile to snap it up - boy they were quick!
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  • Profile picture of the author MaryK
    Thank you so much, I sure hope I NEVER have this happen again but it's good to know where etc.

    Appreciate the Warriors help - you guys rock, you always come to another warriors aid.
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  • Profile picture of the author HomeBizNizz
    Even Hotmail screwed up once with hotmail.co.uk...
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  • Profile picture of the author mywebwork
    Hi Mary

    I have sent you a PM, please let me know if I can be of any further assistance.

    Best of luck with this...


    Bill
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    • Profile picture of the author MaryK
      Again thanks to everyone - you are all true Warriors.

      Just to update, the information sent to me via pm from Bill has been immensely helpful and may well have saved the day.

      Seems my site was not hi-jacked (huge sigh of relief here) but due to a communication break down, yet to be sorted, I was unaware that the domain name was due to be renewed. I will not, as it involves others, disclose full details I am sure you will all appreciate that factor, especially as it is not yet fully resolved.

      However, the good news is that godaddy have responded very quickly and also on their information re expired domains, they hold them for approx 42 days before you lose them completely. All new and news to me but I am WELL inside that time frame, in fact I am inside the time frame before I have to pay extra to get back my domain.

      So, staying positive, the only way, that this will all be resolved.

      Will update when more information is to hand - a successful outcome!
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  • Profile picture of the author DPSikes
    I've had my sites hacked before as well - NEVER a fun time! My webhost had me up and running again within 24 hours. Hope you get it all straightened out quickly.
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  • Profile picture of the author hhunt
    These things happen more often than you think. Most people mistakenly let their domains expire without knowing it. I put this down however to the registrar.

    Luckily for me, my registrar has 90-day notification period, so you get notified automatically when you have 90, 60 and 30 days left. Again, make sure your email address is always up to date so you don't miss vital notification emails.

    Good luck
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    • Profile picture of the author MaryK
      Thank you, unfortunately, the domain name was originally purchased through a well known internet-marketer who helped me start my business.

      Yes, godaddy do send three renewal notifications, plus hold the site for approximately 42 days before auctioning it, but as I have NEVER received a renewal notice, which would of course have had to be forwarded b y the original person, I was unaware that it was due for renewal.

      Godaddy have replied promptly and courteously to my emails but of course, legally they are hamstrung, as the renewal can only come from the original person.

      Despite numerous emails to the person concerned, I STILL haven't received a reply. I've been emailing more than once a day for the last few days since this happened to each of his email addresses.

      As you can imagine, I am very distressed, a year's worth of very hard work branding the name and achieving page one rankings on Google and others, slipped to top of page two at present, it's heart-breaking that one email could resolve this entire matter but for some reason the person concerned appears not to care.

      There maybe a logical and valid reason as to why he hasn't replied to my emails but to be perfectly honest, I am wondering why, when he received the renewal notices he did not immediately contact me and appraise me of the fact that my domain name was due to be renewed.

      I am perfectly willing to pay for that myself, as I did not in the first instance wish for him to continue paying for same.

      Somehow this has to be resolved, for the good of all!

      Thank you all, your support is great.

      What I am now trying to work out is what to do now, or worse case scenario, what/how to do, as a year's darned hard work (often 15 hrs per day) is something I refuse to allow to go to waste!
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