On December 19, 2006, GoDaddy received a third party complaint of invalid domain contact information in the WHOIS database for the domain FamilyAlbum.com.[112] GoDaddy wrote a letter to the owner of FamilyAlbum.com saying, "Whenever we receive a complaint, we are required by ICANN regulations to initiate an investigation as to whether the contact data displaying in the WHOIS database is valid data or not...[112] On 12/19/2006 we sent a notice to you at the admin/tech contact email address and the account email address informing you of invalid data in breach of the domain registration agreement and advising you to update the information or risk cancellation of the domain. The contact information was not updated within the specified period of time and we canceled the domain."[112] The editor of "Domain Name Wire" said that since domain names are valuable it was reasonable to expect that the registrar would try to contact the domain owner by phone or postal mail.[112] On February 28, 2007, GoDaddy offered to get the domain name back for the previous owner if he would indemnify GoDaddy from legal action by the new registrant.[113] GoDaddy stated that the new owner paid $18.99 for the domain, the price of a backorder, not a regular registration.[113] On November 2, 2007, Domain Name Wire reported that it appears that GoDaddy no longer cancels domains for invalid WHOIS.[114] The editor on Domain Name Wire received a message from a reader who is trying to acquire a domain with obviously false WHOIS information.[114] The message from GoDaddy said, "The domain has been suspended due to invalid WHOIS. The domain will remain in suspension through expiration, including the registry's redemption period, unless the owner updates the contact information before that time."[114]
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Generating fake domain name renewal notifications is a trick followed by scammers for domain hijacking. You should sign up to your web host with a personal email address in order to stay away from this hassle. If you are getting a lot of spam mails for your existing email address, you can think about creating another email address and linking it to the host. Some of the email service providers such as Gmail have excellent spam filtering capabilities. You can get the best use out of them to stay away from hassle. If a domain transfer is being attempted, Godaddy would notify you and you will be able to take appropriate action.
