Re: (forw) [volunteers] svlug.org notice

On 09/22/2017 11:26 PM, Rick Moen wrote:
> I approved the posting below so people can see this scam in action,
> because I'm aware that many people fall for these things.
> 
> It's addressed to '[email protected]' because that's the Registrant
> (publicly advertised owner) of domain svlug.org -- and it's written to
> panic domain owners into misreading it as a 'final notice' that the
> domain will be cancelled.  Many domain owners are a bit vague about who
> is their registrar and when the domain's up for renewal, so they accept
> these fraudulent offers out of panic, thinking they're doing last-minute
> renewal.
> 
> What is subject to 'cancellation' is SEO services, not domain renewal.
> (Thanks but no thanks.)

I have several domain registrations, so I get a number of these.  Some versions don't contain the 
statement "we don't register domain names".  All have the same histrionic "times running out" tone.

Another related scam is an "official" notification from a supposed domain name registrar that 
someone is attempting to register one of my domains with a different TLD, such as .cn.  If I provide 
proof that I own the domain, and send them a fee, they will block the registration.

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