If you have any domains...

[chayton]

...watch out for the scammers. I just got this letter below, it's obvious they're sending these out hoping people won't know better or won't bother reading the disclaimer that "This is NOT a bill" and just stick it in the pile of stuff that needs to be paid. And look at what they're charging for domain name renewal! I think the domain that they mention only is about $9 or $10 a year....also it doesn't expire until 2016!

 

[dunover]

...watch out for the scammers. I just got this letter below, it's obvious they're sending these out hoping people won't know better or won't bother reading the disclaimer that "This is NOT a bill" and just stick it in the pile of stuff that needs to be paid. And look at what they're charging for domain name renewal! I think the domain that they mention only is about $9 or $10 a year....also it doesn't expire until 2016!

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Yeah this scam has been going from internet year zero. I had the bogus invoice letters in the UK for domains owned going back to 1999. I have one somewhere that's 16 years-old! The vermin simply collect WHOIS info and send fake invoices out, hoping that 1 in a 1000 is dim-witted enough to pay them.

 

[chayton]

Yeah this scam has been going from internet year zero. I had the bogus invoice letters in the UK for domains owned going back to 1999. I have one somewhere that's 16 years-old! The vermin simply collect WHOIS info and send fake invoices out, hoping that 1 in a 1000 is dim-witted enough to pay them.

That sucks! Up til I started my affiliate site, I always either had fake whois info or domain privacy enabled on any of my websites so this is the first time I've gotten one of these letters. I thought it was something new.

 

[Webzcas]

I always either had fake whois info or domain privacy enabled on any of my websites

You should never provide fake info. Someone could file an invalid whois report and you could lose the domain as a result. If you want to keep your details private pay for privacy.

 

[KasinoKing]

Yeah, I've had loads of these - by e-mail and even through regular post.
They are very obviously a scam to anyone who has two brain-cells to rub together - but I guess some people don't , otherwise this scam would have died out ages ago

KK

 

[SlotMonster]

I think the best option is to have "Whois Protection" enabled for all your domains.