Domain thievery...

[hestheman]

Wow. Got a letter in my email today from my domain registrar telling me that someone....hopefully me....requested my user name and password for two of my domain names. I never requested my user name and password be sent.....i know them of course. I straightened it out with the company i register names thru fast. Someone was trying to steal my domain names. Has this happened to anyone else?

 

[LittleBigMan]

Yes

Someone tried to swipe one of mine a few weeks ago. I immediately changed the password again and made it far more complex.

LBM

 

[AdoptableDomains]

Maybe, maybe not. I've been on both ends of that story. It's not too hard to enter the wrong domain name on a lost password request form. Could be wrong TLD, wrong plurality, typo, or similar username on the account. I know I've accidentally requested lost PW on .com when I actually owned the .net.

On the other hand, it could be a hijack attempt. change your password and keep a close eye out. You could even move to another account name for safety sake. If locking is possible, lock it from transfer.

 

[Raf]

That doesnt sound to good, just make sure that you change your passwords from time to time to prevent people from stealing accounts with names attached to them.

 

[g0ldy]

hestheman there will always be people like that. Just protect your username/pass and ignore emails that you did not ask to recieve.

 

[Anthony]

You could consider regularly changing your domain passwords. I change mine regularly.