I did this once based on a rumor. The new business never materialized, but it turns out the domain was once owned by a now defunct business. I added a mail exchange that forwarded all emails pointing to that domain to my personal email account. I didn't expect to get any emails, but it turns out somebody from the defunct business was still using an email address on that domain for about a dozen different accounts including Twitter, Apple, PayPal, and more. So basically, I'd have access to all of his accounts if I bothered to reset his passwords. I haven't though, because that would be a federal offense.
I put up a simple web page on the domain stating that it's for sale, but nobody has contacted me yet. I can't reach out to the guy via email for obvious reasons, but I do have his mailing address from his Apple store receipts. (By the way, the dude buys some really weird stuff from Apple!)
RojoCinco on September 4th, 2018 at 16:10 UTC »
The spider uses the web to catch his prey.
Phanpy100 on September 4th, 2018 at 17:30 UTC »
Now I just want to know what the domain name is
tossup-23 on September 4th, 2018 at 18:47 UTC »
I did this once based on a rumor. The new business never materialized, but it turns out the domain was once owned by a now defunct business. I added a mail exchange that forwarded all emails pointing to that domain to my personal email account. I didn't expect to get any emails, but it turns out somebody from the defunct business was still using an email address on that domain for about a dozen different accounts including Twitter, Apple, PayPal, and more. So basically, I'd have access to all of his accounts if I bothered to reset his passwords. I haven't though, because that would be a federal offense.
I put up a simple web page on the domain stating that it's for sale, but nobody has contacted me yet. I can't reach out to the guy via email for obvious reasons, but I do have his mailing address from his Apple store receipts. (By the way, the dude buys some really weird stuff from Apple!)