Talk about fishy, I just got an email from GoDaddy saying they already transferred my RegisterFly domain(s) and created an account for me. What the????

First off, I don’t use GoDaddy nor do I want to. Nothing against it, but it’s just not for me.

Second, how did they get my email? It’s not one I put publicly on the web, or used for my whois information. So where did they get it?

Third, this seems like a scam. Or a really bad promotion. By telling me they already took my domains and created an account in my behalf, without my knowledge, just seems wrong.

A while back I posted about ListingCorp and how they were tricking people by sending out fake bills asking for money. In reality, it was a solicitation and no action was necessary, however the solicitation was made to look like a bill and it was made to convince the user that they had to pay.

Recently I’ve heard that Corp.com is doing the same thing and just a few days ago I got a letter from Liberty Names of America doing the same type of scam.

I can’t believe how good these PayPal scams are getting. So good that I fell for it!! But, I caught myself before I did anything stupid.

I got an email saying that my PayPal account has been accessed by a foreign IP and I was to click the login link and verify my account. So I did. I clicked, logged it and it asked me for my CC# and my social security number. Then, my brain woke up. This didn’t seam right and I quickly logged into PayPay from visiting www.paypal.com and there was nothing wrong with my account!