{"id":3937,"date":"2014-04-12T11:40:15","date_gmt":"2014-04-12T15:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=3937"},"modified":"2014-04-12T11:52:48","modified_gmt":"2014-04-12T15:52:48","slug":"sedo-mass-email-old-accounts-due-glitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/sedo-mass-email-old-accounts-due-glitch\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Sedo mass-email old accounts due to a glitch?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having been a Sedo account holder for a decade, I still use their services to acquire domain names listed on the Sedo marketplace.<\/p>\n

That being said, I am no longer selling domains on Sedo, due to a strategic decision to move my domains over to Domain Name Sales.<\/p>\n

Today, I received an email from Sedo asking me to confirm my email address, in order to submit an offer. I have not made any offers recently, and I have not changed my email with Sedo either.<\/p>\n

Concerned that this might be a phishing attempt, the email addressed me by name, and the link provided – which contained a hashed signature – pointed to Sedo.com.<\/p>\n

Thank you for becoming a Sedo member!<\/p>\n

In order to submit your offer for you must first verify that the email you provided is a valid email address.<\/p>\n

**********************************
\nEmail Confirmation Code: [redacted]
\n**********************************<\/p>\n

Please type this Email Confirmation Code onto the Account Confirmation page that prompted you to this email.<\/p>\n

This code will expire soon, so please confirm your account as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

If you’re not currently on the Account Confirmation page, please click the link below or copy and paste it into your browser window:
\nhttp:\/\/sedo.com\/confirm_account.php?challenge=[redacted]&language=us<\/p>\n

If you have additional questions please visit support.sedo.com<\/p>\n

Best Regards,<\/p>\n

Your Sedo Team<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The email headers show that the email originated from a German company called FHe3<\/strong><\/a> that apparently is being used by Sedo to mass-email account holders; this looks like a glitch, but one could not be too careful when receiving such emails.<\/p>\n

Always visit the web site in question by typing in the URL yourself and not by clicking on a link prompting you to log into your account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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