Domain Listings Directory Scam

If you are a small business owner who has purchased a domain name then you may have come across a domain listing scam invoice.

Domain listings directory scam. This solicitation is similar to scams targeting trademark owners it looks official and it is has zero legitimate value. An annual website domain listing on internet directory so what. Domain listing requested 228 00 for a 1 year renewal.

Anyone who has purchased a domain knows that renewal fees are typically between 10 20 per year. The documentation looks legit the invoice has a logo an account number and includes your contact information and domain name. If you own a domain name and you re not using a domain name privacy service your full name and address is public information.

A client received the domain name scam below last week. But beware these statements are designed to mask their true intentions. Their contact information was kept private in both whois listings which i recommend to everyone to do especially if you re a small business that operates out of your home like me so that.

This makes sense that the scam likely started around 2016 since the whois listing for domainlistings directory states it was was registered in june 2016. Scammers such as domain listings in las vegas nv scrape the internet and mass mail thousands of these letters to unsuspecting domain name owners. So our next step was to try to figure out what service they were trying to solicit to our client.