Att; Website owners

[Ben Longden]

Its not often I pass along an email scam notice.. these things are usually sooo obvious.

 

But I received an invoice in the snail mail from a company called DOMAIN RENEWAL GROUP. its a US firm with a base in Collins St, Melbourne. So on face value, it had a greater look of being genuine.

 

Essentially, it said to ensure my domain name could not be used by anyone else, I needed to pay this firm $75 a year.

 

My first thought was "Dosen't my web service already do that?"

 

The answer is yes, they do. And so will yours.

 

So, if you have a website up and running and you get an invoice in the post from DOMAIN RENEWAL GROUP, just file it in the bin.

 

Or, do what I did.. send them back their envelope with no stamp, and nothing in it. :devil:

 

Ben

 

 

[Yenn]

To get their attention. send back with a sheet of paper and some talcum powder.

 

 

[turboplanner]

Never fly near Rodds Bay - he'll get you one way or the other!

 

 

[Ultralights]

or just send it back with all the junk mail you can find!

 

 

[Ben Longden]

Mmmmm... stuffing the envelope with junk mail sounds the go....

 

Ben

 

 

[skydog]

Lots these scammers about

 

The IT guy at my work says this is a common scam and best to avoid it. They are usually not malicious, just annoying.