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Friday 31st August 2018 at 09:52 By Rob |
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Read on to find out how to stay clear of these scams.
You receive an email in your inbox which tells you something like:-
Please see below a scam email we recently received, relating to a client's domain name. I've blanked out with black lines the clients information for confidentiality.
As you can see from above, the email tries to:-
1) Cause panic!
2) Look legitimate
If you pay these guys money, you are literally paying for nothing. They use confusing and misleading terminology to make it look genuine, but that's it.
1) Did you receive it from the people you normally pay to renew your domain name?
Let's say you registered your domain name with "COMPANY A". Is the email you're receiving from "COMPANY A", or is it from some company you've never heard of?
If it's from a company you've never heard of, then it's likely a scam!
2) Did you receive it at the right time of year?
Domain names are renewed annually or bi-annually, based on the date the domain name was registered.
So let's say you register the domain name my-company-name.com, on 1st Sept 2018. You'll need to renew it around 1st Sept 2019, 1st Sept 2020, 1st Sept 2021, and so on.
If you get a renewal reminder around Feb or March time, then obviously it's going to be a scam!
3) Does your domain name renew automatically?
Many domain name providers, such as ourselves (we're official domain name registrars), automatically renew your domain name for you and invoice you for it (unless you ask us not to). So with a lot of providers you'll simply get an invoice, rather than a threatening reminder.
4) Check with who normally registers your domain name
If in doubt, check with the company you registered your domain name with.
Please note we won't be able to advise you unless you're a client of ours.
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