I pre-registered over 50 names (many times each) at the Landrush, and when I found
out many of these names were going to fake Sunrise applicants, I took one middle
of the road name and registered it as a fake, just to see if it really WOULD get
through Afilias's scrutiny.Sure enough, the name just got registered without any
checks.
I notified Afilias in August that it was fake, but they told me that I
couldn't delete the name but it would probably be challenged in the end.
In early
January, after Afilias said they would delete names for people whose Sunrise applications
were incorrect, I asked them to delete my name (which I now felt embarrassed by).
They said that there had been a brief window to delete names but I had missed it,
and they weren't prepared to open up the database again.
In fact, I've noticed
hardly ANY names that have been deleted.
Even more crazily, because my name is
relatively low-profile, it seems to have slipped through the net. I've received no
notice of challenge, and I'm still "stuck" with the name (even though I've told them
it's fake!)
I notice that you are allowed to transfer Sunrise names 180 days after
August 31st, which is the end of this month.
Anyone want a fake Sunrise name?!!!
And
how many hundreds or thousands of other fake names are going to be transferred at
the end of this month.
Afilias have taken so long to challenge fakes, and challenged
so few, that their own deadline for transfers is going to overtake them.
Thousands
of names could be transferred to obscure destinations in the days ahead.
I never
really wanted my name at all. I was just pissed off that I'd lost so much money in
the Landrush, and I was curious to see how the Sunrise fakes had done it.
I've
asked for my fake to be deleted, I've asked again. I've told them it's fake. But
STILL they won't challenge me!