Received a odd email from [email protected]

[drissesco]

The contact seems rather pointless, can't really tell what the end game is unless it's to collect the emails of people who hit the unsubscribe link.

Validation <[email protected]>
To
Redacted
Today at 2:27 PM
Hello,

This email is part of a survey by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) related to contact information in the WHOIS records of domain names. No action from you is required.

For more information please visit, whois.icann.org.

Thank you,
WHOIS Accuracy Reporting System Project


unsubscribe

The Whois is pretty sketchy with a creation date of 2016-02-19 at godaddy....

Registrant ID: CR232585449
Registrant Name: Icann Whois
Registrant Organization:
Registrant Street: 123 Fake Street
Registrant City: Fake City
Registrant State/Province: Washington
Registrant Postal Code: 12345
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: +1.234567890
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax:
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: [email protected]

 

[Haroon Basha]

Be alert, such emails steals your important information the moment email is opened. Better do not open such suspicious emails.

 

[Eric Lyon]

Similar thread: BEWARE of DomainVerification.Net emails; Charging For ICANN Whois Verification

 

[bobbarato]

icannemailvalidation.org

Offer these guys $11 bucks for that gem of a domain.

 

[alcy]

i guess the simplest way and word to spread around about this is that ICANN never charges for verification. so if email about charges, it's not from ICANN

cheers