While everyone else is settling back into a New Year it’s “nice” to see that the scammers have been hard at work.
So what’s on the menu this year?
Well there’s Internet Register Ireland. Remember them?
There’s also those “lovely” people from Domain Registry of America. They got a nice slap on the wrists in the UK recently, so maybe someone could report them to the Irish advertising standards authority?
If you get letters from either of these organisations please bin them. If you wish to lodge a complaint with the Advertising Standards Authority it may help raise awareness.
Just so it’s clear.
We do not send out hard copy renewal notifications or letters to our clients. If we ever send anything out in the mail it will be very clear that it is from us, as our paper is very heavily branded!
Another one to watch out for is domain name resellers charging a “release” or “unlock” fee for domain names. If this has happened to you we’d love to hear about it!
I received two so far this year.
I binned one, but still have the other – Internet Register Ireland. Sign it, and you have signed away €958 for nothing!
Hi
I received the Internet Ireland directory listing mailer as well. Here’s what I recommend:
1) Shred the page that is the form with the signature request
2) On the cover letter, scrawl a message of your choice (I told them to remove me from their list) in big black marker.
3) Put this page in the reply paid envelope. This means that they have to pay for the postage!!
Grandad
Do you know if they have had any success in pursuing people for the fee?
I’ve seen a few posts and comments about them trying to get the money from people who had signed up without realising what they were signing up for, but I don’t recall seeing any update beyond that
Michele
Brian
Nice idea 🙂
Michele