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JuniperPark

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Got 3 of these already today:

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<td width="273" align="left" style="padding-left:9px"><font size="2" style="font-size:12px;font-weight:bold" face="arial,helvetica">24/7 Sales & Support: (480) 505-8877</font></td>
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Dear Customer,<br><br>
This notification is generated automatically as a service to you.<br><br></font>
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Because of 
unusual number of invalid login attempts on you account, we had to believe that, 
their might be some security problem on you account. So we have decided to put 
an extra verification process to ensure your identity and your account security. 
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Please click on
<a href="http://godaddy.com.5545564655345456786565756745376.546787654325668798776542356786796454576879877965.search799.com/www3.login.idp.godaddy.com/login.idp.godaddy.com/login.aspxSPKey=/login.aspxSPKey=GDDCCEB05&myaUrl=fdefault.aspxci=8987/login.aspxSPKey=update/goddady-update/index.php">sign in to <font face="arial, sans serif" style="font-size:12px;line-height:16px" size="2">
domain servers</font></a> to continue to the verification process and ensure 
your account security. It is all about your security. Thank you. and visit the 
customer service section. </span></td>
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<font face="arial, sans serif" style="font-size:12px" size="2"> <b>please contact us within 
1 days.</b><br><br>
If you need to address this matter, or in any way need further assistance or technical support, call us any time at (480) 505-8877 or email us at
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Sincerely,<br>
GoDaddy.com DomainAlert team<br></font></td>
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<a href="https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/default.asp?prog_id=GoDaddy&isc=gdbb366" target="_blank">
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<a href="http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/default.asp?prog_id=GoDaddy&isc=gdbb366" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><font size="2" style="font-size:12px;text-decoration:none" face="arial,helvetica" color="#3c6012">www.GoDaddy.com</font></a><br><br>
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<td style="padding:4px"><font face="arial, sans serif" style="font-size:11px;line-height:14px" size="2"><a href="https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/registrar/search.asp?prog_id=GoDaddy&isc=gdbb366" style="color:#0000ff;font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;font-family:arial;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Register</a> domain names</font></td>
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I received about 10 of these earlier AM this morning. I wish I knew who to report these to at GoDaddy so they could shut it down.

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I can't quite make out what that is, but I too got a few "transfer requests" for the same name supposedly from godaddy.
 

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is it just godaddy or all registrar names?

does this mean people are hunting the whois?
 

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yes i got a load too. fact i got about 20 i knew was a scam, didnt click on anything, didnt want to risk

this is serious fraud they are attempting here

surely we should forward this to police or something? let them track down

this isn't simple spam

as im sure godaddy will do nothing :rolleyes:
 

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Yep, this is always the clue -- they encourage you to click a link to anoter domain.

This:

godaddy.com.5545564655345456786565756745376.54678765432566879877654235678679645576879877965.search799.com

Is taking you here:
search799.com
 

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Thanks for the heads up on this
 

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I got 12 of these yesterday. Gmail flagged them and gave the following warning: "Warning: This message may not be from whom it claims to be. Beware of following any links in it or of providing the sender with any personal information."

It would have been obvious that this wasn't a real GoDaddy message even without the warning because of the spelling mistakes and grammar problems. You would think that scam artists would at least take a few minutes to check their own work to make it seem more believable.

The message that they sent is below. I have highlighted a few of the mistakes.

"Because of unusual number of invalid login attempts on you account, we had to believe that, their might be some security problem on you account. So we have decided to put an extra verification process to ensure your identity and your account security.

Please click on sign in to domain servers to continue to the verification process and ensure your account security. It is all about your security. Thank you. and visit the customer service section. "​
 

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as im sure godaddy will do nothing :rolleyes:

What can Go Daddy do? They can maybe put a warning on their site and send
those sample phishing emails to the relevant authorities, but they can't always
go after the perpetrators if they're especially outside their jurisdiction.

If they're able to accurately figure out the ones doing that crap are indeed in
the U.S., then that's when they'll probably (and finally?) take action. They're
being targetted as an unfortunate consequence (?) of being the largest retail
registrar.

And damn it, I didn't get any of them.
 
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