What can I do about SPAM or “phishing” from a Tucows/OpenSRS registered domain?

Tucows has no control over this domain.

We are not the legal owners of the domain, we are just the wholesale Registrar that the domain was purchased through using one of our Providers. The domain is not hosted on our network, nor do we provide bandwidth, web hosting, or email services for this domain. We cannot just delete domains that have objectionable words in them.

If you wish to have the site shut down, you can try contacting their Internet Service Provider (ISP) directly, or the company the Internet Service Provider gets their own Internet connection from (often called their ‘upstream provider’).   You can look up the IP address that the SPAM was sent from using http://www.arin.net/ WHOIS to find who the IP Netblock (the batch of IP addresses assigned to a company) belongs to.  The site’s ISP may have rules governing the use of their service.

You can also try contacting the domain owners listed as the Registrant of the domain name, or the Administrative Contact for the domain name.   Their full contact information is available by performing a WHOIS lookup using our WHOIS lookup utility

Related Questions

• What can I do about Invalid WHOIS information?

  Related Topics: Invalid WHOIS Information

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  If the WHOIS contact information of a domain to be invalid, please contact InterNIC.  InterNIC is part of  ICANN, who develops the regulations that govern the domain name system on the Internet.

   

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• Where do I send correspondence for a formal dispute? (UDRP or court papers)

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  Please send any UDRP documents or court papers about disputes to disputes@opensrs.net.

   

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• How can I reach your Compliance Department?

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  Please use the form below to submit an email to the Tucows/OpenSRS Compliance Department.

  The Tucows Compliance department’s mandate is to ensure that Tucows and its Provider network, remain compliant with the ICANN accreditation agreement.  Compliance will assist Registrants with non-technical matters.

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  Please Select ThisMy Reseller can't be contactedI have a legal dispute over a domain name registered to Tucows/OpenSRSOther

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• What can I do about a stolen/transferred domain?

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  All domain transfers must be approved by the Administrative Contact email address of the domain and many domains also require the Authorization Code to be entered at approval.  Please contact the Administrative Contact of the domain to verify the transfer.

  Please see the question: What if I’m not listed as the Owner of my domain?

   

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• What do I do if my domain name is in REDEMPTION/PENDING DELETE and my Domain Provider is not contactable?

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  Please use the form below to submit an email to the Tucows/OpenSRS Compliance Department if you have already attempted to obtain your domain in REDEMPTION or “PENDING DELETE” through your Domain Provider and they have not been able to assist.

  The Tucows Compliance department’s mandate is to ensure that Tucows and its Provider network, remain compliant with the ICANN accreditation agreement.  Compliance will assist Registrants with non-technical matters.

  Please contact your Domain Provider before contacting us regarding your domain name.

  All fields are required to be filled in or the email will not be sent.

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