Domain Name Phishing Message Coming Soon To Your WhoIs eMail Address
Everyone in business owns a domain name or more, and phishing emails had been more focused on financial accounts - until now. If you have not read about this problem yet, there is a massive number of phishing emails going out to owners of domain names.
Due to the fact registrars of domain names require information verification and correct whois data, domain name owners expect email from registrars which require them to respond. This has the potential to make domain name phishing emails more effective.
I received another of these phishing attempts this morning, 22 in the past few days, each wanting me to download from a provided link. The email received this morning is as follows:
According to an article (and comments) on Domain Name WIre <Link> Domain phishing: Why it’s happening & How to protect yourself , phishing messages have been received by domain name owners using eNom, Dynadot, GoDaddy, Moniker, and Uniregistry. (Other registrars will likely be targeted.)
The 'Click here' text above contains a hyperlink to an address which is not to your registrar. This Moniker phishing email had a (parked) domain name and my registrant name from the whois records. In the above quote, I removed the personal information and changed each of the last 4 digits of the phone provided to x (although the provided phone number was incorrect).
Needless to say, do not click on any links in an email of this type, but take care to not ignore the required response registrar emails.
Due to the fact registrars of domain names require information verification and correct whois data, domain name owners expect email from registrars which require them to respond. This has the potential to make domain name phishing emails more effective.
I received another of these phishing attempts this morning, 22 in the past few days, each wanting me to download from a provided link. The email received this morning is as follows:
| Originally Posted by Phishing eMail Content Dear Sir/Madam, The following domain names have been suspended for violation of the Moniker Online Services LLC Abuse Policy: Domain Name: <My Domain Name> Registrar: Moniker Online Services LLC Registrant Name: <My Whois Name> Multiple warnings were sent by Moniker Online Services LLC Spam and Abuse Department to give you an opportunity to address the complaints we have received. We did not receive a reply from you to these email warnings so we then attempted to contact you via telephone. We had no choice but to suspend your domain name when you did not respond to our attempts to contact you. Click here and download a copy of complaints we have received. Please contact us for additional information regarding this notification. Sincerely, Moniker Online Services LLC Spam and Abuse Department Abuse Department Hotline: 480-924-xxxx |
The 'Click here' text above contains a hyperlink to an address which is not to your registrar. This Moniker phishing email had a (parked) domain name and my registrant name from the whois records. In the above quote, I removed the personal information and changed each of the last 4 digits of the phone provided to x (although the provided phone number was incorrect).
Needless to say, do not click on any links in an email of this type, but take care to not ignore the required response registrar emails.
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