Tuesday, April 20, 2021

auDA scam: Please confirm domain name ownership.

I received an email today which is an obvious scam, but since I hadn't seen this scam before I thought I'd share in case it helps others not get scammed.

The subject of the email is: "Please confirm <my name> domain name ownership.

The body of the email contains the following.


The email pretends to be from auDA which is the domain name authority for .au domains.

The link for Upload Document isn't an auDA domain.

I've never had any such request from auDA in the past, sometimes requests from my domain registrars, but it's always possible the system could change.

This is a faked email designed to trick and potential scam people. Do be careful and treat all emails with suspicion.

Kelvin Eldridge
www.OnlineConnections.com.au