Domains

I sold a domain name for US$1,750 via Go Daddy’s Premium Listing service. After waiting 45 days for my cheque to arrive in the mail, it finally came… with a big surprise.

Today, I tried transferring a domain name from Register.com to GoDaddy.com. To be able to transfer the domain name, I need an authorization code (also known as EPP code) from Register.com. When I tried to retrieve the authorization code from the Register.com website, I received the following message.

May is almost over and I thought it would be the first month in a long time when I didn’t encounter a scammer. But I was wrong. Just a few minutes ago, somebody from the DigitalPoint forums tried to scam me of five domains with PageRank worth a few hundred dollars. Good thing I always remember my (expensive) lessons from previous scams — this scammer never had a chance.

A couple of my domain names registered with EnomCentral.com are expiring soon, so I thought I better transfer them to Go Daddy while I can (Go Daddy being cheaper than EnomCentral). I logged onto my EnomCentral account to unlock the domains and retrieve the authorization/EPP code. However, when the familiar EnomCentral dashboard appeared, it “ERROR – Account not found in database.”

I received an email from Go Daddy earlier today, which informed me that numerous failed login attempts have been detected on my account and that I need to verify my information to ensure account security. It sounded like Go Daddy really cares about my account security and that I should do as the email instructed. Except the email message is not from Go Daddy — it’s a phishing email.

For a couple of months now, I’ve been getting spam messages that offer to sell me .COM versions of domain names that I own. I imagine these guys scan the drop lists for .COM domains that already registered in other TLDs, register these domains, and email the owners of the domain name in other TLDs.

I received a spam message at an email address that I use for some of my WHOIS records. I ignored it, knowing immediately that it was spam.

If you’re a domain owner, did you receive the email below? If you did, read my next post.