ICANN - Domain Upgrade Notice Hoax

Yet another domain name email scam

If you receive an email with the following, you can be ensured that it's a hoax. Whatever you do, do not click on the link or visit the site! Delete the email immediately.

Dear Domain Account Holder,

ICANNResolve
ICANN.org Resolutions Department

How to identify hoax emails

The sure way to avoid ever being ensnared by a hoax or phishing scam (a phishing scam is an email that sends you to a site that attempts to capture personal and private information, including credit cards, social security numbers, etc.) is to never click on an email link. Instead, visit the website directly by typing it into your web browser.

Only type in websites you know

The bottom line when dealing with emails is that they can be modified to look like they came from anyone, and websites can be modified to look like they are legitimate (ie. from someone else). Never visit a website that contains a legitimate domain (in this case icannresolve.com) - you want to only visit the original websites (such as icann.org), and not a variation of them. It's obvious trademark infringement for the hoaxer to use the word "icann" in the domain name, but if they don't care about deceiving you and stealing your personal information, they're not going to care much about this either.