Strange GoDaddy email

domainica · 01-10-2010, 07:31 PM

Just received an email from GoDaddy stating:

Thank you for contacting us regarding the Customer Number for your account. Please keep this information in a safe place for your reference.

It included my number which I already knew.

Bottom line, I did not contact GoDaddy for my number.

However, I called GoDaddy immediately after and let Matt of Customer Support know.

It's probably not a big deal but I just want to make it public here as I get paranoid about attempted domain name hijackings.

Yofie · 01-11-2010, 08:21 AM

Might not be a bad idea to change your password. Better safe then sorry!

kathirvel · 01-11-2010, 08:24 AM

Lot of Domain hijacking attempts made these days. We need to be more cautious. thanks for sharing domainica.

Gradius · 01-11-2010, 10:27 AM

I got the same email last week. It worried me for a bit too but I decided it didn't pose any risks I could think of so I forgot about it. Only thing I could think of is them calling support to try and "social engineer" their way into sending them ("me") a new pass to a different email or something like that. Even then, they wouldn't need a customer # so far as I know - only an account name (which it seems they had already). Fortunately, I was very careful in selecting my security questions and knew no-one would be able to bypass them.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/warnings-and-alerts/633487-strange-godaddy-email.html

My advice is for everyone to do the same if you haven't already. Make your security questions for support calls/password problems such that no one could research them or ask your acquaintances to find the answer! If anyone has any other ideas or opinions about this I'd be interested to know. It is still somewhat puzzling. There are some shady figures out there to be sure!

***mwzd*** · 01-11-2010, 10:55 AM

Change your password as well as your security pin.

And if it happens, be sure to let Godaddy know of it.

You really do need to be careful nowadays, nothing is safe anymore.

01-10-2010, 07:31 PM	THREAD STARTER #1 (permalink)
domainica NamePros Regular Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In the woods, with my li'l buddy Spot Posts: 618	Strange GoDaddy email Just received an email from GoDaddy stating: Thank you for contacting us regarding the Customer Number for your account. Please keep this information in a safe place for your reference. It included my number which I already knew. Bottom line, I did not contact GoDaddy for my number. However, I called GoDaddy immediately after and let Matt of Customer Support know. It's probably not a big deal but I just want to make it public here as I get paranoid about attempted domain name hijackings.

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Yofie Yofie.com Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: DotWeekly.com Posts: 2,891	Might not be a bad idea to change your password. Better safe then sorry! __________________ DotWeekly.com <--My Blog, Readers Welcome!

01-11-2010, 08:24 AM	#3 (permalink)
kathirvel Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Salem \| TamilNadu \| India Posts: 1,020 Follow @kathirR	Lot of Domain hijacking attempts made these days. We need to be more cautious. thanks for sharing domainica. __________________ 300+ .in Domain Names for Sale \| Exchange Offer Available \|Rush Now Domains from $5 : Mostly .com's

01-11-2010, 10:55 AM	#5 (permalink)
*mwzd* Extension Agnostic Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 7,918 Follow @mwzd	Change your password as well as your security pin. And if it happens, be sure to let Godaddy know of it. You really do need to be careful nowadays, nothing is safe anymore. __________________ Premium Domains for Sale \| Domain Broker \| Domain Consultant \| Domain Blog WebSite Development \| MiniSites

01-11-2010, 10:27 AM	#4 (permalink)
Gradius NamePros Regular Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 214	I got the same email last week. It worried me for a bit too but I decided it didn't pose any risks I could think of so I forgot about it. Only thing I could think of is them calling support to try and "social engineer" their way into sending them ("me") a new pass to a different email or something like that. Even then, they wouldn't need a customer # so far as I know - only an account name (which it seems they had already). Fortunately, I was very careful in selecting my security questions and knew no-one would be able to bypass them. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/warnings-and-alerts/633487-strange-godaddy-email.html My advice is for everyone to do the same if you haven't already. Make your security questions for support calls/password problems such that no one could research them or ask your acquaintances to find the answer! If anyone has any other ideas or opinions about this I'd be interested to know. It is still somewhat puzzling. There are some shady figures out there to be sure!

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