Can somebody explain this domain scam email i just received?
 

i've never received one like this, my most valuable domain which is reg'ed at Directnic so when i saw it my heart skipped a beat. what are these assholes up to?


Priority Expiration Notice

Name: XXXXXXXX.COM

Bill To: XXXXXXX, XXXXXX Invoice # 1318284615
4500 South Lakeshore Drive Invoice Date Oct 10, 2011
Tempe, AZ Terms Net 14
85282 - US Due Date Oct 25, 2011
P.O. #
SAFELY PROCESS PAYMENT

Domain Name Registration Price Term
XXXXXXXX.COM Oct 10, 2011 - Oct 10, 2012 $75.00 1 Year

Dear XXXXXXX, XXXXXX,

This solicitation is to inform you that it's time to send in your registration for XXXXXXXX.COM. We are a search engine ranking and submission service company.

Failure to complete your registration by Oct 25, 2011 may result in the cancellation of this offer.


XXXXXXXX.COM registration will include search engine submission for 1 year. You are under no obligation to pay the amount stated above unless you accept this offer by Oct 25, 2011. This notice is not an invoice. It is a courtesy reminder to register XXXXXXXX.COM for search engine listing so that your customers can locate you on the web.

This Offer for XXXXXXXX.COM will expire on Oct 25, 2011. Act Now!

For Domain Name:
XXXXXXXX.COM
SAFELY PROCESS PAYMENT

pure scam shit puss filled spam

Overcharging you for a basic domain registration, which often occurs via their own re-seller plan or some affiliate linkso they cram out even more of your money. Those "offers" seldom represent any real, ICANN registered domain companies but work on commission and by overcharging.

They are trying to get you to move your domain to them. Pure direct marketing crap.

Throw it in the trash.

they send postal mail for the same shit too.

It's junk.

But fraudulently - let's say somebody was stupid enough to fill that form in - would the current registrar who holds that domain warn the domain owner that what was really happening is that the domain was about to be transferred and who knows, maybe even stolen once it was in another shady registrar's control?

I have a buddy who informed me that he uses a service with the very same wording... lol

Then I showed him how to become a domain reseller and get them for $8 instead of $35.

yeah i got one of those also

It's legit, proceed with it.

What's funny is that I get snail mail notices like that from a "reputable" registrar all the time as well.

Go for it ...

If I tilt my screen to just the right angle I can read what you XXXXX'd over.

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i don't get it did it come from Directnic?

otherwise looks like one of the 20-30 spam solicitations i get a month. not so much a scam as it is bait for the fools/noobs

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Why are you even reading that crap the came from nobody you ever heard of???

Trash bin dude!

Unless the domain is unlocked and the Auth Code is sent it's not gonna happen.

Wouldn't call it fraudulent nor a scam, but just creative spam. There are lots of indicators that let you know right away that its simply an advertisement trying to induce you into domain registration/seo services. Terms like, "This solicitation", "You are under no obligation...", "This is not an invoice" tell you its just scare spam. Actually looking at it again I don't even think this is for switching your domain's registration, but simply submitting your domain to the search engines, "We are a search engine ranking and submission service company".

it doesn't even appear to be a domain registrar scam , it is simply a search engine submitter service. The wording makes it appear it is from your registrar but the wording says it is just a search engine submission service..

"We are a search engine ranking and submission service company"

How many years ahead have you registered the domain? Spend that $75 on adding a few more to it. :)

I get those all the time.

Do you ever get those canadian domain registry things in the mail?
Thats some kind of scam too i think

It's aimed at company secretaries who have enough permission to pay something but not enough brains to realise it's a scam. Oh shit' i'd better pay it now while I remember or i'll be in trouble.

Spam
 

These companies look at domain registrations, see who is due for renewal. They get a percentage of people foolish enough to switch to them. Most of these companies are legit, just a high price service of what you are already doing yourself.

Another version of this is the "Doing Business As" registration, several states such as California require. Company I worked for, the Legal Dept. handled DBA renewals, but store managers were getting letters constantly, from these official looking letters saying it was time to renew the DBA registration.

It says so right there, they charge for one year submissions to search engines...

"This notice is not an invoice. It is a courtesy reminder to register XXXXXXXX.COM for search engine listing so that your customers can locate you on the web."