Scam
https://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/text/2020/dco2020-0020.html
The Complainant asserts that the Respondent is using the Domain Name without a license or authorization from the Complainant. The Complainant asserts that before filing of the Complaint, the Respondent had not used or made any demonstrable preparations to use the Domain Name in connection to a bona fide offering of goods or services. The Complainant contends that the Domain Name resolves to several redirections: “ww2.siteplug.com”, a malicious link, while the host of “
www.siteplug.com” seems legitimate. The Complainant argues that the Respondent is using the feature of the “
www.siteplug.com”, which can redirect users to a brand’s corporate site when users make domain typos, in this case typing “carrefur” instead of “carrefour”. The Complainant contends that the Domain Name also points to either a malicious website potentially containing malware, or to the official site of the Complainant at the domain name <carefour.fr>. The above use of the Domain Name does not constitute a bona fide use.
https://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/search/text.jsp?case=D2019-0667
The Panel notes that, after typing the address composed of the disputed domain name, the disputed domain name redirects to the official website “
www.groupon.com” by using the redirection tool “
www.siteplug.com”.
The Panel noticed that the URL of the page to which the disputed domain name redirects includes the term “redirect” twice.
The Complainant explains that this redirection enables the Respondent to earn a commission, as affiliates do.
The official affiliates are bound by an agreement forbidding use of the term “GROUPON” in a trademark, a domain name, an email address or anything else, which means that the Respondent cannot rely on a potential affiliate status to justify its decision to register the disputed domain name and to use it as it does.
https://udrp.adr.eu/decisions/detail?id=62fac90ebfe30f8f4e0cdef6
The Complainant did not grant any license or authorization to register or use the disputed domain name by the Respondent. The Respondent uses the disputed domain name to redirect internet users to the Complainant's website and the Respondent is thus benefiting financially from and unlawfully trading upon the renown associated with the Complainant's trademarks and name, because the value of the domain name depends mainly on its traffic. The redirection of internet traffic to the Complainant's official website occurs with the help of Siteplug under Sitedirect which is a software/redirect technology that identifies Internet user typing errors in domain names and corrects them and thus redirects consumers to the intended website. It has been established that redirecting to the Complainant's official website is not a use of a domain name in connection with any bona fide offer of goods or services in accordance with paragraph 4(c)(i) of the Policy and thus the Respondent cannot be viewed as making any legitimate non-commercial or fair use of the disputed domain name in accordance with para 4(c)(iii) of the Policy.