about two months ago management was hunting for some new domain names and the same thing was happening because one of the machines they were checking from didn't have a secure connection to company they were using for the search. Some techsavvy and decidedly nefarious individuals can and do "eavesdrop" on people checking for domain name availability, snatch up the domains in question, and hope that person really wants the domain bad enough to pay an exorbitant fee for it.