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Warning: Godaddy Phishing Attack Underway

April 10, 2009 by Michael Berkens

Over the last hour I have received about 10 message purported to be from Godaddy, which is in actuality a phishing attack.

Like all phishing attempt the e-mail looks legit using Godaddy format, logos, etc, but of course are not real messages and under no circumstances should you click on the links contained in them.

Here is the body of the message:

“”””This notification is generated automatically as a service to you.

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.

please contact us within 1 days.

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 support@godaddy.com. We appreciate your business!

Sincerely,
GoDaddy.com DomainAlert team””””

Filed Under: Uncategorized

About Michael Berkens

Michael Berkens, Esq. is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of TheDomains.com. Michael is also the co-founder of Worldwide Media Inc. which sold around 70K domain to Godaddy.com in December 2015 and now owns around 8K domain names . Michael was also one of the 5 Judges selected for the the Verisign 30th Anniversary .Com contest.

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Comments

  1. Jamie says

    April 10, 2009 at 12:37 pm

    Did you look into the headers, or the domain they are using in the links to find who is behind it?

    Thanks for the heads up. I didn’t get any yet, but I’m sure they will come.

  2. MHB says

    April 10, 2009 at 12:44 pm

    Jamie

    I forwarded it on to the Godaddy.com people who have been in contact with me.

    At least there jumping on it

  3. Jamie says

    April 10, 2009 at 12:49 pm

    That’s what I was going to do with the info. Pass it on to GD. Glad to hear they are acting on it.


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