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Domain Name Scam – look out for this one

We own quite a few domain names here at Computers Made Simple. All are registered with one company, all are up to date and all are set to automatically renew on their respective anniversary dates. We get substantial amounts of email from our domain company but we also get emails from the vulture service that is known as ‘Domain Service’.

 

This particularly loathsome outfit scours the web for domains that are about to expire. Once they find such a domain, they send out an email, from a hotmail account if you can believe it, that looks like this:

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This looks vaguely like a domain renewal notice.

 

Next, farther down the email, comes the prices:

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Ridiculous prices for nothing, absolutely nothing.

 

Lastly, here is a description (in fine print) of what this email is actually soliciting:

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This is a ‘search engine submission’, something that is completely unnecessary these days.

 

Once you read the fine print, you’ll see that this is just another scam. With the likes of Google and Bing, there is no need for ‘search engine submission’ at all. Additionally, this looks vaguely like a domain registration renewal, doesn’t it? Even if it it was, the prices are at least three times higher than any other company out there. There is no ‘lifetime’ renewal, by the way.

The big clue in this would be the originating email address. We can guarantee that no reputable company uses a hotmail address. The web is full of scams like this. We’ll try to help you identify them as they come to our attention.

Thanks for reading!