GoDaddy warns of Phishing: The users of the domain registrar and web hosting company GoDaddy Inc. are once again the target of two new phishing scams attempting to gain access to their accounts.
The main phishing scam sends emails to company users reporting that their domain has been sold, while a second, less well-known fraud concerns users receiving notifications and states that their inbox is full.
GoDaddy Product Manager Joe Styler issued a warning about the first phishing scam last week, attaching an e-mail with the subject line: “Congratulations! The following domain name was sold at auction ", while pretending to be from GoDaddy itself.
Το δεύτερο phishing μήνυμα ηλεκτρονικού ταχυδρομείου απευθύνεται σε χρήστες που χρησιμοποιούν την εταιρεία GoDaddy για τη φιλοξενία της by clicking hereς τους. Το email υποτίθεται ότι έρχεται από το support@godaddy.com και ισχυρίζεται ότι χώρος αποθήκευσης του e-mail λογαριασμού τους έχει φτάσει στο όριο και ότι δεν μπορούν να λάβουν νέα messages.
Malicious e-mail reports that users must upgrade their account within 24 hours or will be suspended.
The link provided in the message goes to the address
mtparent.com/themes/www.html_VV
which looks like a normal GoDaddy page. So if the user completes the form with his or her details, it actually sends them to the scammers, even though he is directed to a legitimate GoDaddy page.
Chrome users Google and Firefox will be notified that the website they are visiting is fake, but users of other browsers may not be so lucky.
