[Wylug-discuss] Warning: Domain Name Scam

[Daniel Walker]

On Wed, 2004-06-30 at 18:30, Smylers wrote:
> James Holden writes:
>
> > I've had two phone calls regarding domains which I manage for local
> > businesses.  ...  You are told that another company is seeking to
> > register a domain similar to yours.
> >
> > If you manage domains for business customers, I'd recommend you let
> > them know to avoid this obvious scam.
>
> Or, if the near-miss domain is sufficiently close to your main domain
> that you do think it's worth having, simply keep them talking on the
> phone long enough to log on to your usual domain-registering website and
> grab it yourself ... then thank them for bringing it to your attention.

That's what we did. Except my boss actually said something of the form
"Well, it appears that no-one had registered those domains. We've just
got them with no trouble. This leads me to belive you are a bunch of
dubious con-artists"

Needless to say, they became flustered at this...

Dan