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Owen Frager Takes a Stab at Blackmail
August 11, 2008
Allow me to set the scene:
My daughter Sondra is a part-time domainer. Thats Internet
jargon for someone who buys and sells domain names. She
couldnt afford to buy all the new names she dreamed up, so
she started sending lists of her unused names to other
domainer blog sites in case they might be interested in
acquiring those names.
Imagine her surprise on August 6, when she received the
following email from gfrager@aol.com. This is verbatim:
If you want to promote yourself on my site, buy an AD -
otherwise stop because I am on the verge of writing a review
on this business - and I know about the man behind the
curtain.
Cryptic to say the least. Its just the two of us and a
Budgie in our house. I checked behind all the curtains and
there was nobody there. The interesting fact is that none of
Sondras messages to this particular blog ever got posted.
The operator of the blog blocked them from being published.
Sondras feelings were a bit hurt. She stopped posting to
other domainer blogs and started her own at
http://domain-name-brain.blogspot.com (a free online
service from Google).
Sondra uses her new blog for the same purpose as before;
listing available domain names people might be interested in
buying. And yes, she does list for sale a few domains she
herself owns.
OK, the scene is set. Today, Sondra received this email from
owen@frager.us (again, verbatim):
What Chutzpah. You have 10 hours to comply. You dont want
to mess with this mind.
[The Frager Factor] Sondra Wants To Get Sued (.com)
Sondra, you are unbelievable. Before you see the power of
someone who who knows how to use Google to ensure your
reputation will be such that NO ONE will ever do business
with you, or WORSE understand what happens to your assets
when the full power of a major corporation legal team sets
their sights on you, REMOVE all references to me, my
domains, my trademarks from any and all of your online
properties.
The email continues:
btw, We believe Sondra is an agent of a major domain
registrar. So BP, consider this a warning that if Sondra
doesnt stop... we will expose the dark dirty domain secrets
that no one, especially the mothers of some young people in
Arizona, want known.
The identical text and blackmail threats appeared online at
fragerfactor.blogspot.com. That is the site
visitors are automatically directed to if they go to
fragerfactor.com. The registered owner of fragerfactor.com
is (go figure) Owen Frager. Did you ever hear of him?
Neither have we.
Yes, Sondra does have a few complimentary links to
fragerfactor.blogspot.com in her older blogs because she
references that site as having inspired some of her creative
domain names. As for the reference to trademarks or me
(whoever that is); were in the dark.
This would be humorous if Owen Frager had not crossed the
criminal line with a public blackmail threat against not
only my daughter, but also BP. Do we know who BP might
be? Heres an educated guess. Sondra is an officer in a
corporation that has affiliate status with GoDaddy.com. That
means her corporation receives a small commission whenever
somebody buys a domain name from the corporation, because
the transaction itself is actually processed by GoDaddy.com
as the registrar. Considering this very common type of
business relationship (God help us, Sondra is an Amazon.com
affiliate too), the mystery person with initials BP can only
be Bob Parsons, owner of GoDaddy.com. I could be wrong, but
the circumstantial evidence is quite compelling.
Will Sondra change her blog site? Not likely. She believes
in freedom of speech and declines to humor a blatant
Internet bully. For the record Mr. Owen Frager; blackmail is
against the law. Although I can not possibly speak for Mr.
Parsons, I am sure he will take a dim view of your blackmail
threats related to the mothers in Arizona, and Im guessing
your legal assets would pale in comparison to his. Ill make
sure he receives a copy of your blackmail threat. Criticism
is one thing; blackmail is another. For my part, I would
appreciate knowing who is hiding in my house. I could use
the rent.
Why am I telling this story at leonblog.com? Call it my
civic duty to report criminal activity originating from
fragerfactor.blogspot.com and owen@frager.us. I am writing
this as a sort of post-viewing review of the Frager site
after visiting there to look for trademarks Sondra might
have infringed. I assure everyone that if Sondra had
inadvertently or accidentally violated any trademark or
other laws (or commonly accepted Internet ethics), her
entire blog site would be gone, with a sincere private
apology to Mr. Frager.
In this case however, Mr. Frager is not only entirely out of
line but also engaged in criminal activity. I wonder how his
alleged clients will view his behavior in this matter? Good
corporations and other businesses dont normally allow
themselves to be associated with contractors or consultants
who might generate bad publicity for the organization.
But watch out... Owen Fragers site claims TFF is linked-in
to over 10,000 thought leaders in 32 countries including 4
heads of state, 28 members of the US Congress, 178 of the
Fortune 500 CEOs, 8 billionaires, 4 media moguls, professors
at 30 universities around the world, and now... you!
Are we impressed, or what? I suppose with all that power his
next move will be to come after me. Anyone interested in
donating to Sondras (or my) legal defense fund can contact
us for details.
On the lighter side, Sondra worked very hard to come up with
the following domain names related to these events and
inspired by both Owen Frager and his free blog site at
Google. At the time I wrote this blog, these domain names
were all available. If you purchase any of them, please let
me know so I can have a little chuckle. If you dont have a
registrar to work with, you can use our service at
showtheworld.com. If you want a really appropriate name,
you can buy one we already own; webcrooks.com, 50% off
the listed price if you mention this blog.
Here goes . . .
liespeak.com aboutliars.com
aboutlies.com alltheliars.com
accountablefornothing.com artisticliars.com
badliars.com bloglies.com
borntolie.com burntpants.com
carbonlie.com cavesmeagol.com
celebrityliars.com crookedarrow.com
crownoflies.com daddyslittleliar.com
dadsliar.com dadslittleliar.com
dishonestabe.com doctorlie.com
drliar.com eatlies.com
eloquentliars.com erasemylie.com
fibberfactor.com fibbersclub.com
fibbersrus.com fibfactor.com
fibfallout.com fibmeback.com
fickletrickle.com findliars.com
freedomtolie.com fryliars.com
goodliars.com hidingtruth.com
highonlies.com honestoath.com
idespiseliars.com integritygone.com
liardoctorate.com liarenergybars.com
liarenergysnacks.com liarlockdown.com
liarprotectionprogram.com liarsearch.com
liarsforfood.com liarsreference.com
liebashing.com liebomb.com
liecops.com liecourt.com
liedefense.com liedictionary.com
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liepatch.com liesdominion.com
liesexpress.com liesfantastic.com
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liesonfilm.com liesontape.com
liesoup.com liestore.com
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lyingunderoath.com meanliars.com
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netoflies.com nobelprizeliars.com
onlymanlies.com originoflies.com
pickalie.com planetsmeagol.com
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schizophrenicliars.com schooloflies.com
sendliarstomars.com
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shopforliars.com smackliars.com
sorryilied.com sortakindatrue.com
spotalie.com stoneliars.com
thebusinessoflies.com thefibgame.com
thesoundoflies.com thewaywelied.com
tiptopliar.com toastedass.com
topliars.com toplies.com
truthiswhack.com tryalie.com
weightinlies.com
wikilie.com wikilies.com
headlinelies.com 10hourstocomply.com tenhourstocomply.com
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