What is a Typosquatter?
During the late 1990s, as governments tried to gain some legislative control over the Internet, the practice of cybersquatting became front page news. A cybersquatter would register domain names which had the potential of becoming popular or lucrative. The cybersquatter would either use the domain name to generate traffic or attempt to resell it at an inflated price. The practice of cybersquatting became much more difficult with the passage of legislation such as the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA). But a savvy cybersquatter could always become an even more successful typosquatter. A typosquatter registers domain names which closely resemble high-traffic websites, but feature common misspellings and consumer confusions. A typosquatter might register several domain names like Anazon.com, Amazzon.com, Amazons.com and so on. Customers seeking the real Amazon.com website may accidentally type the wrong URL, which directs them to one of the typosquatter’s own websites. The
