If we receive an ICANN complaint of invalid WHOIS information, and our investigation shows that all or part of the required information is missing or invalid, we send a warning to the registrant of the domain. They then have 5 days to respond or update the information so that it is all accurate.
In this case, we received a notification from ICANN because the original WHOIS for this domain name contained all zero's for the phone number. We sent a warning and asked the registrant to update the information. He then updated the Registrant phone number only to a number that did not include an area code. There were no changes made to the Administrative or Technical contacts following the initial warning.
At that point, we charged the adminisrative fee accordingly. Only after this was done was the WHOIS information for the domain in question updated to it's current form.
Please note that the initial warning sent in this case is seperate from the general reminders that have been sent out in the last 2 days. ICANN requires all accredited registrars to send annual reminders to domain registrants. If there is a problem with your domain name's contact information, you will be sent an official warning at that time.
Thank you,
Nick Fuller
Office of the President
GoDaddy.com