Domain Name Registration Renewal Scam
Here's a domain name registration scam that often catch domain name owners off guard and sucks them out of 50 smacks.
This very effective domain name registration renewal scam usually comes from a pretender, and not your domain name's original registrar company. It makes its arrival by U.S. Postal Mail and sometimes email in the form of a notice or billing for domain name registration renewal, and it looks authentic.
The unsuspecting recipient, (domain name owner) will usually only glance at the document and realize that in fact, his domain name is up for renewal. Without carefully reading the document, he writes the check and sends the registration renewal payment to the fraudulent domain name registration company.
A few weeks later, Joe "the domain name owner" gets an e-mail billing and notice from his original domain name registrar, stating that his domain name is up for renewal and requesting payment. Catch 22?
Joe then contacts, replies to his original domain name company and explains that he already paid for renewal. His domain name company replies... "we haven't received any payment from you Joe".
Now, after realizing what had happened, Joe has got to pay for his domain name registration renewal once again- or else he'll loose it.
Joe, desperately wanting his 50 smacks back, calls the fraudulent company only to find there is no such phone number or it's disconnected. What means, other than writing to the company where he sent the check, can he contact them? None.
Most likely, a Joe (the domain name owner) like this will have just lost out on $50 smacks. Imagine that happening several hundred times a day. That's a whole lot of green.
If you get caught up in this domain name registration scam... don't pay it!
Helpful Domain Name Registration Tips
1. Always know exactly who your domain name provider is.
Always be suspicious of any domain name company renewal e-mails and/or postal notices.
3. Never share your domain name credentials with anyone.
4. Keep your domain name account information updated. If you change your e-mail, phone or physical address, make sure to keep your domain name information current. Otherwise you may not receive important notices pertaining to your domain name cyber-property.
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