Another campaign to watch out is the
ICANN verification email scam.
Here, scammers send an official looking notice to a scraped email address linking to what appear to be an official ICANN URL, complete with 'generated verification code'.
As with all scams the official looking URL cloaks the real URL link to the scammer which, subject to email client being used, should be revealed by simply moving the mouse over the messaged URL to display the actual, disguised link. It won't point to
icann.org, so the email can be deleted.
IMPORTANT: as a general rule of thumb, registrant information (domain owner information) is filed and submitted by the entity through which a given domain name is registered, and not through the ICANN directly, e.g. GoDaddy. For more on checking domain registration data see "Information for Domain Name Registrants".Dear domain name owner,
*Your action is required to prevent domain suspension*
This verification request is triggered as your e-mail address "[scraped email address]" was used in the owner contact on your domain "katsbits.com" registration. Your e-mail address was not verified before and because we have received information that this e-mail address might not be in use anymore.
The domain name registration policy of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) requires that a valid and working e-mail address is provided with each domain registration.
To verify this requirement, we kindly request you confirm the validity of your e-mail address by following the prompt below;
https;//icann-verification.registrar.us/?email=[scraped email address]&authCode=[legitimate looking auth code]
If you do not confirm the validity of your e-mail address, all e-mail user(s) associated with this domain name may be suspended and can only be re-activated once the verification is completed.
Thank you very much for your cooperation.
Kind regards,
ICANN Registrar
