Go Domain World Email Scam

A scam email spoofing the who s domain.

Go domain world email scam. This scam is not to be confused with domain name hijacking which involves a dishonest registrar sending a fake renewal email that claims your domain name is about to expire. About to go to my site and block their ip email address. A marketing agency every day business owners around the world receive an email saying. This is a public service announcement brought to you by beyond the trend.

If you receive one of these scam email do not reply or follow any links in the email. Domain phishing scam phishing scams are ploys that are used to trick unsuspecting individuals into giving out their personal account information. They are designed to scare you into registering domain names at inflated prices. Well scammers are scraping the postal addresses and or email addresses from the whois info for every domain they can find and sending the domain owners realistic looking but scam invoices for renewing the domain.

If like me and my clients you ever receive an email about a domain name expiration proceed with great suspicion because many of these notices are a sham. Your domain name is about to expire. This isn t the typical nigerian money offer scam as i m not offered free money for helping someone i ve never heard of. They re designed to sell you services you don t need or to trick you into transferring your domain name to another registrar.

Domain slamming which has been around the longest is used effectively by unethical domain name registrars to exploit unsuspecting recipients. If your domain name registration information is public your email and information pertaining to your domain name registration is out there for others to see. Mines due in 2021 so i knew it was a scam instantly plus it was through my website contact form so wix or godaddy wouldn t contact me through a contact form on my site but directly via email so stupid them. If you receive a letter or email that your domain name renewal is due be sure to take a close look at the details as you may have received domain name renewal scam.

Sophos labs this is just one of many fake emails that have spoofed the who s domain name during the coronavirus pandemic. Beware of emails from phony registry companies looking to scam your company domain name scams occur in a few variations designed to trick the domain name owner and benefit the scammer. I ve received this twice today forwarded to wix to advice them of the fraud.