Thans Reg (and Owen).  This is interesting information.  I note that there is no information regarding why phishing was not found in the relevant 73% of such complaints.  Also, I would note that the number or percentage of complaints where phishing (or DNS Abuse generally) is not found is not really relevant here as those complaints would not trigger an ADC.  Only the complaints where there was actionable evidence of DNS Abuse (phishing or otherwise) would trigger the ADC.

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The below comes from an observer with more data about reported vs. actual to help get a sense of scale.

/R

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From: Owen Smigelski <owen.smigelski@namecheap.com>

Subject: Namecheap phishing report data for 2025

Date: April 9, 2026 at 10:08:39 PDT

To: Reg Levy <rlevy@tucows.com>

 

Hi Reg,

I saw your email on the list for the ADC PDP regarding phishing reports at Tucows. I reached out to my abuse team, and obtained data for Namecheap and Spaceship for 2025 (which have over 27 million domains under management). The stats are:  

Total reports: 432,796
Phishing confirmed: 116,871 (27%)
Phishing not confirmed: 315,925 (73%)

Note: this counts tickets in our system, and some tickets may cover more than one domain name

Can you please share this with the PDP as another data point regarding the volume of abuse complaints that are not actionable? Thanks!

Regards,

Owen