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Computer Software => Security => Topic started by: Weaver on May 16, 2020, 11:39:30 PM
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Here’s the email I received: looks like a scam, is it?
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Unclaimed domain (<one of my actual domain names>)
Hello,
We received notification from Nominet that the tag for alistairwebb.co.uk has been changed to DYNADOT. Can you please reply with your Dynadot username so we can add the domain to your account?
How do I transfer my .UK domain to Dynadot?
https://www.dynadot.com/community/help/question/transfer-UK-to-Dynadot
Best Regards,
Anya Glass
Dynadot Customer Support
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DYNADOT | $8.99 .com domains / free privacy / free website
http://www.dynadot.com
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Assuming that "alistairwebb.co.uk" is not one of your domain names or that which you obfuscated with "(<one of my actual domain names>)" then that message does appear to be dubious.
Have you checked the headers of that message?
Do you have a Dynadot account?
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It is one of my domain names and I do have a dynadot account. But why doesn’t dynadot know my account name? I haven’t checked the headers yet, but ‘tis difficult on an iPad but I will look into it as I think there’s another way to tackle that.
Just seems really odd that it’s out of the blue. From whois it looks like the dns is set up with 123-reg, and it may be that I tried to move the domain from 123-reg to dynadot months ago and then forgot about it. The transfer perhaps got mixed up. What also bothers me about it is that it’s not immediately linked to anything I initiated; although as I said, in my current confused state I may have simply forgotten.
The safest thing to do might be to contact dynadot directly rather than by replying?
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Hi
It is best to make contact independent from email if your ever not sure.
However that said, it appears to be genuine from the little information you posted
If a domain is TAG changed to a new provider but the new provider is not aware of the incoming domain, it is placed into a holding account until either the owner claims it by notifying the provider of the domain or domain expires
The above happens simply because the new provider does not know which account to put the domain into....
Also, until the domain has been claimed, all dns is set by the provider and no changes could be made by the owner until claimed
An easy way to determine if email is genuine would be to a simple Whois lookup and that will tell you if 123reg or dyno - so if 123reg - email not genuine but if dyno email is likely to be genuine
Many thanks
John
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dns is 123-reg. according to whois the tags are already dynadot.
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Hi
Put a request in for your domain so they know which account to put it in....
Many thanks
John
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Thanks John