GoDaddy phishing portal scam: This is how they steal your domains!

If you wondered how domain thieves steal your domains, the number one method is by email phishing and by replicating a portal of a domain registrar or other portal of authority. GoDaddy is by far the biggest target of thieves, due to the sheer amount of domains under management. Aaron of PremiumNameSales tipped us off […]

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Stolen at GoDaddy and sold at Ename: TX2.com is a stolen domain – Part 2

Yesterday we unveiled how TX2.com is a stolen domain name, currently in the hands of a China based registrant. After contacting its legitimate owner, Mr. Sean O’Carroll, he explained to us how despite being a neighbor to GoDaddy’s HQ in Arizona, little was done since he filed a report late last year. TX2.com was sold […]

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From GoDaddy to Ename: TX2.com is a stolen domain – Part 1

When the theft of Lightly.com came up, only the very tip of the iceberg was visible, so we started digging; with every layer, we found more clues about organized crime targeting domain owners. Stolen at GoDaddy and then transferred to the Chinese registrar, Ename, Lightly.com shares the same path as 8si.com, a domain whose owner […]

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