Security News > 2020 > March > Battling the global COVID-19 scammers and fake news hawkers
The office of New York Attorney General Letitia James sent letters - here's one sent to GoDaddy - to six of the internet's largest domain name registrars, asking them how they plan to protect New Yorkers and others across the country from these scams by making it tougher to register a domain that's likely to be selling snake oil, inflicting malware or setting up whatever other trap the crooks have been rushing to put into place.
Human review of complaints from the public and law enforcement about fraudulent or illegal use of coronavirus domains, including creating special channels for such complaints.
Revising terms of service to reserve aggressive enforcement for the illegal use of coronavirus domains.
De-registration of the domains cited in the articles identified above that were registered , and any holds in place on registering new domains related to coronavirus, or similar blockers that prevent rapid registration of coronavirus-related domains.
Namecheap's CEO, Richard Kirkendall, said in an email that his company has been working with authorities to "Proactively prevent, and take down any fraudulent or abusive domains or websites related to COVID19 or the Coronavirus."