[npoc-voice] Fwd: FW: ICANN News Alert -- Fraudulent ICANN Domain Name Certificates

[Olévié Kouami <olivierkouami@xxxxxxxxx>]

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From: Mamadou LO <alfamamadou@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 09:38:05 +0000
Subject: FW: ICANN News Alert -- Fraudulent ICANN Domain Name Certificates
To: NCSG-DISCUSS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


  News Alerthttps://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-07-15-enFraudulent
ICANN Domain Name Certificates15 July 2014It 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@xxxxxxxxx.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-enAbout
ICANNICANN'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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