Hijack Attempt ?

[NameWolf]

Hi Guys,

I have just received a transfer authorization notification for one of our domains id7.com which I have NOT initiated. The message is coming from an address @earthlink.net claiming to be Renaissance Associates, Inc and inviting me to a URL at http://www.transfer-approval.com to approve/dissaprove the transfer.

Is this a hijacking attempt ? Where can report situations such as these ? Anyone heard about Renaissance Associates, Inc ?

Thanks in advance for your input.

Regards,

NW

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"We have received a transfer request to move this domain to Renaissance Associates, Inc. from a different registrar. Please click on the following URL link and let us know if you approve OR disapprove this domain transfer"
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[NameWolf]

Well I updated the contact details and checked the lock on the domain just to be sure.

NW

 

[Steen]

just deny it.

Lock the domain as well to be sure

 

[Mr Webname]

Could be just an error in transfer request - it's not a readily assumed valuable domain.

 

[NameWolf]

Thats' what I thought... I mean, who would want to hijack this crap ? :-D

Seriously though I question the legitamacy of the request as it is coming from an @earthlink.net domain and I still can not figure out why THEY are asking for the confirmation of transfer rather then the current registar.

We'll see what happens...

Thank you for the comments folks.

NW

 

[DNQuest.com]

I receive those every now and then. I contact the requesting registrar and tell them that someone put in a false transfer request and is trying to defraud me of the domain. They usually say ok, transfer canceleed.

 

[actnow]

DNQuest, good to see you back.

Like most of us, we receive these often.

The other day I received a transfer request that also included the email
address of the person initiating it. I contacted them. And, they said they
thought they still owned it. ???? Yes, I immediately locked the domain.

Another experience I had, was a continous amount of transfer request for one
of my domains that I had caught. This went on for a couple times a month for 3 months. (I knew for the first 60 days it was safe at Dotster.)

Eventually, the person contacted me asking if I wanted to sell it. However, the point
that stands out, is that they figured if they kept trying to transfer it. Maybe, the registrar might accidently release it.

I didn't sell it cheap because of their annoying actions.

 

[DNQuest.com]

Yea, I'm still around. I just been browsing still trying to get things back in order.