I locked my WHOIS as soon as I registered a domain. How do they know my phone number?

[domainsnape]

Just got a call from "are you the owner of ******.com? Do you need web designer?" phone call from a lady with a strong Indian accent.

WHOIS was locked upon registration. What's going on?

 

[MasterOfMyDomains]

Where was it registered would help.
I get so many calls mind blowing.
10 an hour. Glad i used an app in old days
Those numbers may be spoofed and it may be long distance if you used regular numbero

 

[BRANDERX]

Not sure how, but I'm sure they run a very large & organized operation.

I say that because I haven't handreged domains in a couple of years, & I still get that spam everyday for domains I registered years ago & I do not currently own.

My spam filter is quite effective, but I still see them in the spam folder.

 

[DrJacoby]

I'd guess the registrar sold your personal info. Did you register the domain at Network Solutions?

 

[damance]

we need to block all these indian spamers

 

[bmugford]

Just got a call from "are you the owner of ******.com? Do you need web designer?" phone call from a lady with a strong Indian accent.

WHOIS was locked upon registration. What's going on?

I am not sure, but I would suggest everyone gets some type of secondary number like Skype, Goggle, etc. and don't use an actual important phone number on WHOIS information.

Brad

 

[Daniel Owens]

I would suggest to be careful which number you have on file for the whois info. It's best to have a legit # on file but maybe a secondary number.

 

[MasterOfMyDomains]

You came online at 6pm and couldnt answer simple question of where the domain was registered. Whats going on?

 

[AEProgram]

You came online at 6pm and couldnt answer simple question of where the domain was registered. Whats going on?

he's scared you'll trap him down and spam him with app development and google listing phone calls

If you get calls from someone with an Indian accent it doesn't mean an Indian is behind it. People outsource to Indian call centers.

 

[Fayaz Ahmed]

Which registrar are you using?
I have 150+ domain names with Dynadot, WHOIS privacy is on - never had this problem yet.

Sometimes people may find phone numbers from hacked data leaks as well.
So using a secondary phone number for business purpose (by @danielowens) is a sound advice.

 

[Sjpals]

I never get calls. I do get some email spam, and it looks like they got the address from whois (eg whois directed it to my address). I did have a catch all on some addresses for a while, but got way too much spam.

 

[karmaco]

“Locking“ has nothing to do with domain contact info privacy.