[AfrICANN-discuss] Fwd: [fellowships-alumni] FW: ICANN News Alert -- Fraudulent ICANN Domain Name Certificates

[Seun Ojedeji]

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 *Sent:* Tuesday, July 15, 2014 9:09 PM
*Subject:* ICANN News Alert -- Fraudulent ICANN Domain Name Certificates




News Alert

https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-07-15-en
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Fraudulent ICANN Domain Name Certificates

15 July 2014

It has been brought to ICANN's attention that some online entities have
attempted to sell fraudulent "certificates", which they claim are required
to protect generic top-level domain names. The perpetuators of this scam
threaten registrants on the protection service with the objective of
securing a fee from the registrant. The "certificates" look official and
include an unauthorized use of the ICANN logo.

Please note that ICANN does not issue certificates to registrants and does
not collect fees from registrants directly.

ICANN is currently investigating these cases and advises registrants who
encounter similar incidents to report to ICANN immediately via an email to
Contractual Compliance at compliance at icann.org.

ICANN recommends that any individual or legal entity wishing to register a
domain name under a generic top-level domain name to do so using an
ICANN-accredited registrar. More information, including a list of all
current ICANN-accredited registrars can be found here:
https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/registrars-0d-2012-02-25-en
About ICANN

ICANN's mission is to ensure a stable, secure and unified global Internet.
To reach another person on the Internet you have to type an address into
your computer – a name or a number. That address has to be unique so
computers know where to find each other. ICANN coordinates these unique
identifiers across the world. Without that coordination we wouldn't have
one global Internet. ICANN was formed in 1998. It is a not-for-profit
public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world
dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It
promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet's unique
identifiers. ICANN doesn't control content on the Internet. It cannot stop
spam and it doesn't deal with access to the Internet. But through its
coordination role of the Internet's naming system, it does have an
important impact on the expansion and evolution of the Internet. For more
information please visit: www.icann.org.

For additional information about domain names, please visit:
https://www.icann.org/resources/files/domain-names-beginners-guide-2010-12-06-en

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