Hey everyone,
I just wanted to give everyone a little warning about something that you may or may not already know about. I registered an expired domain a few days ago and when I checked the catch-all email today, I noticed an email from Payoneer about a payment which was deposited into the account. Now this was not meant for me, so I just let them know through their contact page what happened, but if someone really wanted to, I am sure they could have been a little more malicious.
Because we are BlackHatters, most of us deal with a lot of "throw away" domains, which we use and abuse for a few weeks, and then we let expire without a second thought. Its just part of the game for us. But this habit can get us into a lot of trouble because someone else could come along later and register one of our domains that we tied to PayPal or Amazon or a Google account, and get access to a lot of our money and personal information. This is especially important to think about with PayPal, because they let you add multiple emails to your account.
So I urge you check your accounts. Check your PayPal, think about all of your important accounts or past expired domains, and if you may have tied those domain email accounts to anything important. Someone could be stealing clients, receiving affiliate commission on your behalf or who knows what else.
I am sure this is old news for a lot of people, but it was something I never even thought about until today, so I am sure there are others who don't think too much about it.
Here's another site I found saying basically the same thing:
I hope this helps at least one person!
Cheers,
Mary
I just wanted to give everyone a little warning about something that you may or may not already know about. I registered an expired domain a few days ago and when I checked the catch-all email today, I noticed an email from Payoneer about a payment which was deposited into the account. Now this was not meant for me, so I just let them know through their contact page what happened, but if someone really wanted to, I am sure they could have been a little more malicious.
Because we are BlackHatters, most of us deal with a lot of "throw away" domains, which we use and abuse for a few weeks, and then we let expire without a second thought. Its just part of the game for us. But this habit can get us into a lot of trouble because someone else could come along later and register one of our domains that we tied to PayPal or Amazon or a Google account, and get access to a lot of our money and personal information. This is especially important to think about with PayPal, because they let you add multiple emails to your account.
So I urge you check your accounts. Check your PayPal, think about all of your important accounts or past expired domains, and if you may have tied those domain email accounts to anything important. Someone could be stealing clients, receiving affiliate commission on your behalf or who knows what else.
I am sure this is old news for a lot of people, but it was something I never even thought about until today, so I am sure there are others who don't think too much about it.
Here's another site I found saying basically the same thing:
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http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/18/security-breach-heres-how-expired-domains-expose-you-to-embarrassment-and-theft/Cheers,
Mary
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