Top 10 Locations of Attempted Domain Registration Fraud

Fraudulent Registrations (payment with stolen card details, attempted payment with hacked paypal accounts, theft due to chargeback etc) are major problems for all Domain Registrars

Many fraudsters use open proxies, hacked machines or internet cafes for their scams, which make identifying their actual location difficult (but not impossible). The most common locations initiating domain fraud for 2015:

Country %age
CN 12.5
VN 6.8
FR 11.6
EG 4.3
RU 10.6
TR 4.4
NL 6.2
TH 5.7
US 10
BF 5.4
UA 7.5
Other 15

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