Domain Name Registration Frauds

In fact the notice has come from a different company from the one the business has previously registered the domain name with.

Domain name registration frauds. This week we filed suit in california against domain name registrar onlinenic and its privacy proxy service id shield for registering domain names or web addresses that pretended to be affiliated with our company. Typosquatting is where hijackers register misspelt versions of your domain name to sent the traffic to malicious sites. A business might be sent a letter that looks like the renewal notice for a domain name. Unknown third party pressure threats high prices the slamming scam always begins with an email written in english.

By jessica romero director of platform enforcement and litigation. A business might be sent a letter that looks like the renewal notice for a domain name. These domain names can trick people into believing they are legitimate and are often used for phishing fraud and scams. Domain name registration is a legitimate activity and one that is necessary for businesses to undertake if they want to secure their business name for use on their own websites.

This week we filed a lawsuit in arizona against namecheap a domain name registrar as well as its proxy service whoisguard for registering domain names that aim to deceive people by pretending to be affiliated with facebook apps. The term derives from telephone slamming. It is a kind of scam called slamming and is an illegal practice to mislead firms in order to sell them unsolicited services. Fighting domain name fraud october 31 2019 november 12 2019.

For several years asian companies have been pressuring firms to register identical domain names in asian top level domains tlds. Domain slamming also known as unauthorized transfers or domain name registration scams is a scam in which the offending domain name registrar attempts to trick domain owners into switching from their existing registrar to theirs under the pretense that the customer is simply renewing their subscription to their current registrar. Domain name scams can also come in the form of bogus domain name renewal notices. In fact the notice has come from a different company from the one the business has previously registered the domain name with.

If fraud has been committed report it to action. Registering all possible versions of your domain name including singular and plural versions all common domain extensions and hyphenated and non hyphenated word compounds. Domain name scams can also come in the form of bogus domain name renewal notices.