Florida county implements domain monitoring after large scam
Volusia county officials in Florida implemented domain monitoring, after a scam involved the creation of emails on a similar domain name. Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood announced the arrest of 26 year old Keith Merard, following a complex fraud scheme involving stolen Starlink satellites worth $48,000 dollars and other equipment. Merard created email addresses on […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Fake US Post Office SMS: Phishing campaign uses .US #domain names
A new phishing campaign utilizes SMS messages, sent from scammers that want you to believe there’s a problem with a package delivery. The SMS message states more or less the following: [Postal Service] Your package is on hold due to incomplete address information. Modify your address to ensure delivery per schedule. Visit [domain removed] The […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.China Registry scam continues to pester #domain holders for fake trademark applications
The China Registry scam has been ongoing for several years. Operating from the domain ChinaRegistry.com.cn and several others, this is an attempt by scammers in China to pay up for fake trademark applications. How does this scam from China work? Let’s begin with the email below, that urges us to send it to the CEO […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Richard Dynas : Best example of why #Escrow .com is a must for #domain transactions
Domain investor, Richard Dynas, shared his recent experience of how he was scammed out of $2,000 dollars in an attempt to acquire the domain Technology.com, without using Escrow.com or a comparable service. A person calling herself “Barbara Untergasser” approached Dynas, offering to sell him the domain. Negotiations lasted about two weeks, during which, the scammer […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.“Final reminder” #domain spammer using Chinese registrar West.CN
If you’ve been getting a lot of domain-related spam with “Final Reminder” in the subject, you are not alone. Some phuckstick is using China’s domain registrar, CHENGDU WEST DIMENSION DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD to send thousands of unsolicited emails, with fake expiration notices. Here’s a sample email from this bastard: FINAL NOTICE – Your account […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain scam uses previously registered domain names and a sob story
A new domain scam is making the rounds, and it involves domains that were registered previously, but which were then dropped. It works like this: You let a domain drop, and someone registers it and sets it up for sale for a relatively low price, for example $499 dollars. At that point, as the previous […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Alert : ThisDaddy.com scam continues to seek potential victims with cheap domain “Chips”
A scam operating from ThisDaddy.com, continues to seek potential victims among buyers of domain “Chips.” Priced well below market averages, the LLLL .com domains are being offered via email to various domain investors. There is no indication whatsoever that these domains are owned or brokered by the scammers behind ThisDaddy.com, a domain with a fake […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain appraisal certificate scam with a new twist
The domain evaluation / certificate scam isn’t new, and it targets domain owners eager to sell their domains. The way the scam works is simple: You receive an email that expresses interest in your domain. Most of the time, it also mentions a high value dollar range, to entice you into believing the sender is […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy warns of ongoing phishing campaign targeting premium domains
GoDaddy has issued a warning regarding an ongoing phishing campaign. The cyberattack is targeting premium domain names, according to Joe Styler, Aftermarket Product Manager at GoDaddy. The warning is as follows: “We were made aware this morning by a few customers that they are getting emails claiming to be from GoDaddy that are saying that […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese domain market report : Scammer gets 8 years in jail for domain squatting!
China is a fascinating culture that combines progressive western elements with traditional Chinese. The world’s 2nd largest economy continues to surprise with its implementation of “Communist Capitalism” and fraud punishment can be severe, by Western standards. A Chinese national attempted to extort money from a company, using a common practice of imaginary domain squatting. The […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.From the “WTF Sedo” department: Domain scam attempts to trick seller into buying back domain
A very active domain investor and entrepreneur, alerted us to the following domain scam that he came across not once, not twice, but three times at Sedo. The same trick might be in effect in other domain sale venues as well. Here’s how the domain scam works. You get a direct solicitation for a domain […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Spammer re-emerges: Domain Notification: – This is your Final Notice of Domain Listing
A few weeks ago we managed to shut down an infamous domain spammer that sent hundreds of thousands of emails with the headline: “Domain Notification: – This is your Final Notice of Domain Listing” It appears that the domain spammer has re-emerged from a different web host, as a cluster of new emails arrived earlier […]
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