Fake #Patagonia : How scammers use cheap #domains to spread #counterfeit products
Selling counterfeit products is easy-peasy, as long as your initial investment is low. Scammers achieve that by registering very cheap domains, and there are some TLDs notorious for their cheap promos. Quite often, some domain Registries partner with Registrars and discount domains in the sub $2 dollar range. How is profit made? From that arrangement, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.After #GDPR kicks in, no more data about “final notice” #domain scammers will be shared
If you’re getting a lot of email spam from “final notice” scammers, you’re not alone. Those cybercriminals often hide in Asia or Europe, blasting emails to domain owners using WHOIS databases. Their emails serve a dual purpose: to ping the recipient’s email validity, and to attempt further scamming for unnecessary services, such as this: This […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Krebs on Security : Russian servers hosted domains used to phish for iPhone info
Renowned security expert, Brian Krebs, shared information on a massive phishing scheme targeting iPhone users. With the help of at least 146 domain names, the Russia-based criminal ring attempted to steal credentials from users whose iPhones had been stolen. “Victims of iPhone theft can use the Find My iPhone feature to remotely locate, lock or […]
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.Father Domainicus: Domain scammers shall perish
Good Sunday morning, my domaining children; this is Father Domainicus delivering the word of our Domain Lord. The news should make domainers rejoice: Scammer Starlita Similien was arrested in Panama City, Florida, after defrauding innocent entrepreneurs. Today’s sermon is about honesty and integrity in domaining. When you feel compelled to deviate from the Right Way […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Kang Hoon and $22,600,000 in vaulted tsunami money
The email scams about inheritances or money supposedly inherited but locked in some third world country vault aren’t new. The so-called “419 scam” preys on the greed of its victims, often succeeding in leeching thousands of dollars from them. We received an email attempting to capitalize on the March 11, 2011 tsunami that devastated Fukushima, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.New string of Stolen Domains starts off 2012 on DNForum
A ‘Stolen Domains‘ thread over at NamePros which was started in July 2011, received the addition of dozens more stolen domains today, thus marking these as the first reportedly stolen domains of 2012. It appears that scammers using a series of stolen accounts, stolen identities and compromised PayPal accounts attempted to sell a large number […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Alert: Francois cancels auctions of Stolen Domains
If you bid on any of the following domains on the marketplace CAX.com – operated by domain entrepreneur Francois Carrillo – you’d be notified that the auctions are canceled: – GirlsToys.com – Co7.com – BusinessShop.com – SweetKisses.com – Summoning.com – LiveAmateurs.com – Mph.com – HostingSpace.com – EcommerceHost.com – BusinessServer.com – Ex7.com Certain information related to […]
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