Beware of phishing scheme claiming to be Namesilo - GoFuckYourself.com

sarettah · 11-02-2015, 03:53 PM

From address is abuse at namesilo.com.info

Subject is: Domain **domain name was here ** Suspension Notice

Text of the email is:

Quote:

Dear Sir/Madam,

The following domain names have been suspended for violation of the NameSilo, LLC Abuse Policy:

Domain Name: ** Domain name was here **
Registrar: NameSilo, LLC
Registrant Name: ** My name was here **

Multiple warnings were sent by NameSilo, LLC Spam and Abuse Department to give you an opportunity to address the complaints we have received.

We did not receive a reply from you to these email warnings so we then attempted to contact you via telephone.

We had no choice but to suspend your domain name when you did not respond to our attempts to contact you.

Click here and download a copy of complaints we have received.

Please contact us for additional information regarding this notification.

Sincerely,
NameSilo, LLC
Spam and Abuse Department
Abuse Department Hotline: 480-822-0076

Link where it says click here is to nerdsearching.com/abuse_report.php?** domainname was here **

A reverse lookup on the phone number gave me nothing so I do not know if that is Namesilo's actual number or not.

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shake · 11-02-2015, 03:59 PM

Good reminder to not trust links in emails, best to type in direct.

AaronM · 11-02-2015, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by sarettah

A reverse lookup on the phone number gave me nothing so I do not know if that is Namesilo's actual number or not.

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What did namesilo say when you asked them about this?

sarettah · 11-02-2015, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by AaronM

What did namesilo say when you asked them about this?

I went to their chat and tried to tell them about it, I did not get a reply. I could not find a phone number for them.

Their support chat is now shut down because it is past 4:30 Arizona time.

So, I do not know what they have to say about it.

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trevesty · 11-02-2015, 04:44 PM

I got a similar e-mail, but for eNom.

Dynamoo's Blog: Malware spam: "Domain [domain] Suspension Notice" / [email protected]

Forest · 11-02-2015, 05:03 PM

Ive gotten a bunch of them "from" Directnic as well

Juicy D. Links · 11-02-2015, 05:37 PM

i just got something simlar as well

AaronM · 11-02-2015, 06:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sarettah

I went to their chat and tried to tell them about it, I did not get a reply. I could not find a phone number for them.

Their support chat is now shut down because it is past 4:30 Arizona time.

So, I do not know what they have to say about it.

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https://www.namesilo.com/contact_us.php

Phone Support
We can be reached during normal business hours (Mon-Fri 9:30am-4:30pm PT) at 602-492-8198.

sarettah · 11-02-2015, 09:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AaronM

https://www.namesilo.com/contact_us.php

Phone Support
We can be reached during normal business hours (Mon-Fri 9:30am-4:30pm PT) at 602-492-8198.

Well. Cool. Yeah I didn't look at the bottom menu, I just hit the support link on the top menu.

I have now received several of these for various domains so tomorrow I will at least let them know that it is happening. Thanks.

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SBJ · 11-02-2015, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by trevesty

I got a similar e-mail, but for eNom.

Dynamoo's Blog: Malware spam: "Domain [domain] Suspension Notice" / [email protected]

yup I got a few of those emails.. Common sense is needed when you are on the world wide web of fools

BIGTYMER · 11-02-2015, 10:06 PM

I'd of closed it at Dear Sir/Madam..

suesheboy · 11-03-2015, 05:10 AM

Started getting this for Moniker.

Called them, told them. Said they should inform customers because all the links except 1 had legit Moniker links.

A week later, no emails, bad customer service IMHO.

SBJ · 11-03-2015, 05:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by suesheboy

Started getting this for Moniker.

Called them, told them. Said they should inform customers because all the links except 1 had legit Moniker links.

A week later, no emails, bad customer service IMHO.

Pardon my french.. but how fucking stupid are you?? Do you think bill Gates should call everyone and tell them that he won't be sending them a check for forwarding emails? Grow up and use your head

BlackCrayon · 11-03-2015, 06:02 AM

this is happening to all registrars. has nothing to do with them really. i am getting hundreds of these emails per day.

H3x · 11-03-2015, 06:47 AM

Had a few of these emails, you'd be a fool to fall for it.

rowan · 11-03-2015, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by suesheboy

Started getting this for Moniker.

Called them, told them. Said they should inform customers because all the links except 1 had legit Moniker links.

A week later, no emails, bad customer service IMHO.

Quote:

Originally Posted by SBJ

Pardon my french.. but how fucking stupid are you?? Do you think bill Gates should call everyone and tell them that he won't be sending them a check for forwarding emails? Grow up and use your head

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.

BlackCrayon · 11-03-2015, 10:23 AM

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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.

moniker actually did send out an email last week. most companies didn't.

> To: All Moniker.Com Customers,
>
> You may have been receiving recent emails from [email protected] with the subject titled ?Domain ?. Suspension Notice?
>
> These emails are NOT from our abuse team.
>
> According to recent findings on Domain Name Wire several registrars including Moniker.com are being email spoofed
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.

DVTimes · 11-03-2015, 10:30 AM

Warning over email | Wouj Webmaster Site

Meloman · 11-03-2015, 11:20 AM

Ouch. Ya I've gotten all sorts of phishing emails in the past and simply never click links in emails and instead go to the direct site. Problem solved.

arock10 · 11-03-2015, 11:22 AM

Gotten a ton of these. They look legit enough too

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