Are these attempts to steal the domain?

[Ahmed.elkashef]

Please help from specialists
The story started more than a year ago
I contacted the owner of the domain and purchased it through Dan
The domain was transferred from godaddy to godaddy
Everything was going well and I renewed the domain for the next several years
For about four days I have been receiving these messages
"Action required: Authorize your domain listings."
I have never put the domain up for saleI did not click to agree and sent a messageto godaddy and afternic
the answer is :
We understand that the domain mydomain.com had been listed for sale erroneously by a user who does not own the domain. Kindly be advised that, after a review of the registrant & ownership, the outdated listing has been deleted so that the domain does not appear to be listed for sale at this time.
after some hours i get again
"Action required: Authorize your domain listings."
i sent to godaddy and afternic
the answer
"It appears there was a listing error on the Afternic platform that initiated this request. Afternic's failsafes have already caught and removed the errant listing request, and they have taken proactive steps to ensure it does not happen again. We don't anticipate any further issues, but if you do receive any further emails, please contact customer support immediately at ..
""Action required: Authorize your domain listings."
i sent
the answer
We understand you have been advised by GoDaddy to create an Afternic account and list your domain name there to verify it so no one could list it.
We are working on getting this not to happen again, so no one should be listing your domain name again.
Again And Again
they advice me to list my domain by my selft for sale)))

We are investigating this so the issue gets fixed once and for all. In the meantime, I would suggest you do the following:
Since you already created an account at Afternic, list the domain in your account as explained below:
- Login to your account at afternic

- On the left, hover over "Portfolio" and click on "Add Domains" (you may also click here:

- Type in the domain name you are trying to add and hit Next

- Enter your preferred pricing and hit Submit
After listing it, you can hide it so the domain never appears for sale. At the same time, nobody else will be able to list it. To have the domains hidden, please access your Portfolio again, and check the domain. At the bottom, in the black ribbon, choose the option "Unlist."
We apologize for the inconvenience this is causing.

After i get
One quick thing: We just need you to notify your registrar that you are allowing us to facilitate the transfer during the sale of the following names:

mydomain.com You will receive an email shortly from your registrar, which will be sent to the administrative contact on the WhoIs record of your domain name. Please follow the provided instructions to successfully opt-in the domain. Thank you!

Now i start be in shock and worry
i sent to them
and the answer

Thank you for contacting Aftermarket Support.
I understand that you have followed the advised steps and now received the notification for Afternic's premium network.
As you are not going to list the domain for sale you can ignore that email and any other regarding Afternic's premium network.
If you have any questions about Afternic or their platform, you can reach out to them using the following details:

# i start reading in namepros to help and learn my self
i read most member talking about disable fast transfer , i open my account try to found this option "fast transfer" to disable it but You can count stars but you won't find this option. i contact godaddy support in whtsapp after 90 min of Telling the same story every time, there is no direct answeri cant found this option and no one help or advice me

I made the easy decision transfer out from godaddy this was easy part in this story 15 min and i transfer to register not in this network.
Does anyone have an explanation for what happened?
Where was the option to turn off fast transfer?
Now am I safe?
Does the fast transfer option only work once?
Is it possible to sell a domain and transfer it from one person to another while the quick transfer option is activated?
How can I protect my domain now?
Thanks for reading.

 

[QDomains]

Did you get the domain back?

No

 

[D Haynes]

But Afternic and Dan have improve the way to list a domain, must be with NS3 or TXT verification on DNS/Nameserver. Should ban the thiefs those listed thousands of domains they do not owned, they are scammers. Hoping one or two domain owners will approve fast transfer accidently. They are criminals

You don't need to use any verification if the domain isn't already listed which is the problem.

 

[Surya Giri Kurniawan]

You don't need to use any verification if the domain isn't already listed which is the problem.

Oh, thanks for the info, I don't know about it, I thought it works for every domains. Yes, if someone still able to list domains without verification on NS or TXT, then there will be scammers try to sell or stole others' domains with Fast Transfer Scheme again and again. Hope Afternic and Dan can work to tackle this isue.

 

[D Haynes]

Yeah it really isn't hard to rectify. Just treat every domain submission as though it were already listed and require ownership verification. Sedo does it (although their verification system is a complete shit show).