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Originally Posted by rowan
I don't understand this response. Do you think that Moniker should just pretend it's not happening? Surely it would be better to send out a bulletin to their customers to warn them of these phishing attempts? Your Bill Gates analogy doesn't quite fit, because that was a social virus which was indiscriminately sent to everyone (dahhh this looks important, I should forward it to my friends!). In comparison, this phish is targeted at direct customers of a fairly limited set of companies.
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moniker actually did send out an email last week. most companies didn't.
> To: All Moniker.Com Customers,
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> You may have been receiving recent emails from
[email protected] with the subject titled ?Domain ?. Suspension Notice?
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> These emails are NOT from our abuse team.
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> According to recent findings on Domain Name Wire several registrars including Moniker.com are being email spoofed
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Warning: domain name phishing email blast going on right now | Domain Name Wire
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> DO NOT CLICK ON ANY OF THE LINKS WITHIN THESE EMAILS.
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> Moniker Online Services LLC. will not send any notices regarding your domains without your account number present within the email. We do not send notices with links to download files regarding your domains.
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> If you are unsure of the validity of your emails please check the email headers to determine the source and return path for the email address. If you are still in doubt, forward any emails you are unsure of to
[email protected] if it is a valid email we will notify you properly.
John McLaughlin
COO
Moniker.com, Inc.