"renew your domains" scam - GoFuckYourself.com

=^..^= · 04-09-2005, 02:41 AM

This scam is probably old but I never saw it until now:

I got a shit load of letters (snail mail) in my post box this week
all form some place calling themselves:

"Domain Registry of America"

funny thing is their office is in Melbourne australia....
anyhow it was a reminder to renew my domains which immediately aroused my suspicion as i have never requested any regitrar contact me by snail mail for this

so then i read all the letters and every single one of them is asking me to "renew" www.mydomainnameshere.INFO

haha! smart asses - ive never owned a .info LOL

oh so i went to thw website just to see what the scammers charge:

$40 for a renewal!!!

oh and their "bulk rate" is $15 per domain!!

you gotta give em credit for trying - I wonder how many ppl get sucked in by it though?

JFPdude · 04-09-2005, 02:50 AM

I been getting them weekly for years. The letter looks all official like you have to renew with them.

So real in fact my wife believes "Domain Registry of America" is Go-Daddy because she's been scared enough times we were going to lose a domain everytime we get one she goes into our godaddy account and renews the domain another year LOL

dunefield · 04-09-2005, 03:39 AM

yeah i've had those scam letters before as well... they do look authentic though...

Jace · 04-09-2005, 03:41 AM

i get them too, we all do

i wonder how many people fall for it, must be enough to keep them going

KMR Stitch · 04-09-2005, 03:41 AM

I got one the other day.. I threw it in the trash

Dalai lama · 04-09-2005, 03:43 AM

we all get them

biskoppen · 04-09-2005, 04:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JaceXXX

i get them too, we all do

i wonder how many people fall for it, must be enough to keep them going

I think tons of people fall for it .. especially non-english speaking people... if you have an important website running and you get this one you get scared

budz · 04-09-2005, 04:40 AM

yea, I get them quite a bit

shhhhrrrrrrrrrrrrrredddddd

bjjb · 04-09-2005, 06:05 AM

Yep been getting some of them lately too.

Furious_Male · 04-09-2005, 06:08 AM

I have gotten them for a long time myself. My only concern with these solicitations is they tend to fool the average business owner. I had 1 client that was fooled by it.

Sarah_Jayne · 04-09-2005, 08:00 AM

yeah I got about a dozen letter from this week too. It was another name last year but obviously the same people.

chemicaleyes · 04-09-2005, 08:02 AM

Been getting that junk mail from "Domain Registry of America" for years now.. there are agencies building cases against them.

d00t · 04-09-2005, 08:31 AM

[QUOTEhahahaha^..^=]
funny thing is their office is in Melbourne australia....
[/QUOTE]

They've been doing it since 2000 in AU and sued by everyone under the sun.... how long have you been asleep?

RawAlex · 04-09-2005, 10:12 AM

Get tons of those for a company called "domain registry of canada" in official government size brown envelope with little canadian flag almost exactly like government, doesn't look like a sales pitch, looks like a bill.

I got their lawyers on the phone, and suggested that they were going to spend a bunch of time on TV in the next few weeks if they didn't back off - I haven't gotten any from them in over a year as a result.

fuckwad scammer bastards fuckheads.

Why do you think no sane people want anything to do with the internet? All the fucking asswipe scammers are here. We are generally fucking up the best business model ever created.

thanks fuckwads!

Alex

KRL · 04-09-2005, 10:24 AM

And the ones that say its time to renew your Yellow Pages listing.

04-09-2005, 02:41 AM	#1
=^..^= Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: ICQ 380-366 Posts: 6,935	"renew your domains" scam This scam is probably old but I never saw it until now: I got a shit load of letters (snail mail) in my post box this week all form some place calling themselves: "Domain Registry of America" funny thing is their office is in Melbourne australia.... anyhow it was a reminder to renew my domains which immediately aroused my suspicion as i have never requested any regitrar contact me by snail mail for this so then i read all the letters and every single one of them is asking me to "renew" www.mydomainnameshere.INFO haha! smart asses - ive never owned a .info LOL oh so i went to thw website just to see what the scammers charge: $40 for a renewal!!! oh and their "bulk rate" is $15 per domain!! you gotta give em credit for trying - I wonder how many ppl get sucked in by it though? __________________ #RememberYourRoots #AaronMForGFYHOF

04-09-2005, 03:39 AM	#3
dunefield www.barely18movies.com Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 10,920	yeah i've had those scam letters before as well... they do look authentic though... __________________

04-09-2005, 03:43 AM	#6
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04-09-2005, 04:40 AM	#8
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04-09-2005, 06:08 AM	#10
Furious_Male Doing the grind since 99 Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Buffalo NY Posts: 16,881	I have gotten them for a long time myself. My only concern with these solicitations is they tend to fool the average business owner. I had 1 client that was fooled by it. __________________ Living in Virtual Reality Contact: Email (preferred): furiousmale .at. gmail - Skype: live:shanedws

04-09-2005, 02:50 AM	#2
JFPdude Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Mountains of Western North Carolina. Posts: 4,027	I been getting them weekly for years. The letter looks all official like you have to renew with them. So real in fact my wife believes "Domain Registry of America" is Go-Daddy because she's been scared enough times we were going to lose a domain everytime we get one she goes into our godaddy account and renews the domain another year LOL

04-09-2005, 03:41 AM	#4
Jace FBOP Class Of 2013 Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: bumfuck, ky Posts: 35,562	i get them too, we all do i wonder how many people fall for it, must be enough to keep them going

04-09-2005, 03:41 AM	#5
KMR Stitch I am cool Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 14,494	I got one the other day.. I threw it in the trash

04-09-2005, 06:05 AM	#9
bjjb Have laptop will travel Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: 145201426 Posts: 13,074	Yep been getting some of them lately too.

04-09-2005, 08:00 AM	#11
Sarah_Jayne Now with more Jayne Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 40,077	yeah I got about a dozen letter from this week too. It was another name last year but obviously the same people.

04-09-2005, 08:02 AM	#12
chemicaleyes UNSTOPPABLE Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: UK :: ICQ# 156068 Posts: 11,569	Been getting that junk mail from "Domain Registry of America" for years now.. there are agencies building cases against them. __________________ No way as way, No limitation as limitation. AmeriNOC formally PhatServers

04-09-2005, 08:31 AM	#13
d00t Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: In your mind Posts: 3,766	[QUOTEhahahaha^..^=] funny thing is their office is in Melbourne australia.... [/QUOTE] They've been doing it since 2000 in AU and sued by everyone under the sun.... how long have you been asleep?

04-09-2005, 10:12 AM	#14
RawAlex So Fucking Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In a house. Posts: 9,465	Get tons of those for a company called "domain registry of canada" in official government size brown envelope with little canadian flag almost exactly like government, doesn't look like a sales pitch, looks like a bill. I got their lawyers on the phone, and suggested that they were going to spend a bunch of time on TV in the next few weeks if they didn't back off - I haven't gotten any from them in over a year as a result. fuckwad scammer bastards fuckheads. Why do you think no sane people want anything to do with the internet? All the fucking asswipe scammers are here. We are generally fucking up the best business model ever created. thanks fuckwads! Alex

04-09-2005, 10:24 AM	#15
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