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I see the new ICANN regs allowing transfer requests to be granted on a domain even when you dont reply to the registrars request for transfer (which as we all know sometimes come from a foreign entity of whom you know nothing about) to be nothing but an enticement just too good to resist for those wonderful scammers out there.....
What a bizarre decision..
The likes of our Mr Michael Murphy (tnbaf) I guess, instead of appraisal scamming unsuspecting domainers, will now turn his hand into scouring whois looking for unlocked domains and then issuing a request for transfer. Which, if you happen to be on vacation or something, will then go through.....
Another problem is should you register domains (as account holder) for customers and these are entered as Owner/Admin in the WHOIS, then these transfers can get processed without any further notice from yourself (the Owner can approve the transfer).
Good old ICANN.
But anyway fellow NP'rs, if you havent done so already, MAKE SURE EACH AND EVERY DOMAIN YOU OWN IS LOCKED.
You have been warned (as Jeff says)
What a bizarre decision..
The likes of our Mr Michael Murphy (tnbaf) I guess, instead of appraisal scamming unsuspecting domainers, will now turn his hand into scouring whois looking for unlocked domains and then issuing a request for transfer. Which, if you happen to be on vacation or something, will then go through.....
Another problem is should you register domains (as account holder) for customers and these are entered as Owner/Admin in the WHOIS, then these transfers can get processed without any further notice from yourself (the Owner can approve the transfer).
Good old ICANN.
But anyway fellow NP'rs, if you havent done so already, MAKE SURE EACH AND EVERY DOMAIN YOU OWN IS LOCKED.
You have been warned (as Jeff says)