[Gllug] Fake domain expiration notice

[Ian Norton]

Believe it or not, I got a domain expiry notice through the post warning 
that one of my names was due to expire in 30 days,

it was a nice little invoice informing me that to renew the domain i 
should pay them 60 pounds.

i expect there is a new bread of underhanded spammer snooping the dns 
records for names that are about to expire.

in the bin it went, unfortunatly i cant remember who it was with, but it 
was asking me to send the cheque to a po box in cambridge.

Ian

Christopher Hunter wrote:

>On Wednesday 28 Jul 2004 9:26 am, Richard Jones wrote:
>  
>
>>I've just got one of these through the post, from "Domain Registry
>>Services", Compass House, Vision Park, Cambridge, CB4 9AD.
>>
>>Who do I report this scam to?  I'm guessing that the police
>>won't be interested ...
>>
>>Funniest thing is they want 60 quid for a two year registration!
>>    
>>
>
>Did it have a reply-paid envelope included?  If it did, you can seriously 
>abuse it - tape it to something roughly envelope-shaped but quite heavy, and 
>post it to them.  They'll have to pay for the weight of your attached item, 
>and if a few folks do this, it might dissuade them.  
>
>Incidentally, this is a great way to get rid of all the postal spam that you 
>get if a "friend" thinks it's funny to subscribe you to a Readers Digest 
>mailing list!
>
>Chris
>
>  
>

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