All— The below comes from an observer with more data about reported vs. actual to help get a sense of scale. /R -- Reg Levy | Associate General Counsel – Domains +1 (323) 880-0831 Tucows #MakingTheInternetBetter UTC -7
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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