The former employee says he was surprised when the world famous domain name was made available for him to buy.
A man has successfully bought Google.com - the domain name for the world's most popular website - for just $12.
Sanmay Ved was using Google's new domain sale service when he tried typing in the well-known address.
He was shocked when it was shown as available to buy, so he clicked the 'add to cart' button.
He said: "I was hoping I would get an error at sometime saying transaction did not go through, but I was able to complete the purchase, and my credit card was actually charged."
After the purchase was completed, he received two emails confirming the bargain.
Ownership was officially transferred to him, but minutes later he received an email from Google saying they had cancelled the order.
Mr Ved - a former Google employee - says he has contacted the firm's security team to alert them to the breach.
The incident has echoes of an embarrassing lapse by Microsoft in 2003, when it forgot to renew its Hotmail.co.uk domain name.
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