Comments on: Scam Alert: Godaddy’s ICANN confirmation emails

By: Bart

Bart — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:39:58 +0000

Woow, thank you for this valuable info!! I got a few Godaddy (I hope) mails too. But I don’t remember if I clicked on the link or typed in the URL. I better verify this.

By: Trig

Trig — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:41:03 +0000

thanks jamie.
i also got some of those emails. are any of them real? do we have to do anything for icann regularly with our names, or are they all fake?

**Jamie Says**
Hello Trig! Yes, most of the emails are real. The bad thing about not putting in the “keys” is Godaddy will just keep sending the emails out.

By: Damir

Damir — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:34:58 +0000

Thanks Jamie for the info, I did get several emails of that kind and I have known that they where fake.

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Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:18:01 +0000

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By: Shuwix

Shuwix — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:23:09 +0000

If webmaster, domain trader or whoever anyway tight with IT would click on links in e-mails should leave this his business and starts to be lumberjack instead.

By: Wendy Putnam

Wendy Putnam — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:39:21 +0000

Thanks for the insight. I received my godaddy.com icann update email yesterday. Thankfully I have a knee-jerk habit of never opening this kind of information via email. I type the domain directly always. I did, however have to login and change my address on some of my domains and for a second when I read this article I worried I may have clicked on the email. Just as a precaution I am changing my pw, so thanks. I have piece of mind again…and now as an after thought. Has anyone heard directly whether godaddy.com transferred the casino domains to Kentucky. I read somewhere where they said they didn’t do it, but other articles state they did transfer them without a fight. I would love to know so I can decide if I should move my domains to a more secure registrar. I only have generics but at this stage of the game they are also at risk!
Thanks again.
Wendy

**Jamie Says**
It never hurts to change your pw, so that was a wise move Wendy. Michael over at TheDomains.com posted this http://www.thedomains.com/2008/09/24/godaddy-caves-into-kentucky/ which stated Godaddy Did allow the domain(s) out.