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.