The Asian domain scam seems like it will never end! The scammers send an email titled Brand name dispute or similar, claiming someone is trying to buy domains that are associated with your business, and offering them to you instead I originally reported this domain scam back in August 2008
Recently I received another official looking letter notifying me that the succinctideas.net.au domain is available and if I pay for it before a deadline I get a free iPod shuffle. Sound familiar? You may have read this here in Sept 09 Do I need this domain? It is really superfluous to my needs. I already [...]
Is an Aussie company is trying to scam you into paying a super-premium for superfluous domains ?
Recently a client queried an email claiming to alert them that another party was trying to register ‘their’ internet domain in Asia. See email 1 below (Client information removed for privacy) On face value this appears to be a valuable service, and the administrator’s initial response was of interest, and they referred it to me [...]