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Yeah based on the downvotes I got I'm understanding that this is an unpopular opinion. Truth is, I've been in the web hosting business for over 25 years and the

Yeah based on the downvotes I got I'm understanding that this is an unpopular opinion. Truth is, I've been in the web hosting business for over 25 years and the number of actual domain name related scams that I've personally seen are very very low. Perhaps I just don't eat sleep and breath DNS enough. And I mean sure, godaddy sucks. I get it. I don't use them. But a customer of mine has all his domains there, and it just works. That doesn't make them better in my eyes. I work with people who helped build godaddy- and yes, we giggle and rudely point at them for what they've become. But a scam? That's a stretch to me. and what the OP posted about was not a scam.

goku12 2y ago
What OP described here does sound like it's a domain privacy measure, rather than a scam. But Godaddy is known to register domains that their customers search for, and then offer it on auction - at least in the past. They also demonstrated some fine-print policy by which they hold hosted data hostage to force a steeper renewal fee. (Not me. I wouldn't host anything other than DNS records with my registrar - even though I trust mine much more than Godaddy). I don't know why they won't count as scams. But they are red flags enough for me to stay well away.