Hi all! I am George Pierce, this post is to give you a heads up about a Domain renewal scam. If you receive an email renewal notice, it might be a scam. If you click on renew and are taken directly to a payment page which does NOT divulge the name of the domain name, BEWARE!
The above looks official, but it is not. There is no domain info.
If there is no info, look at the URL (top left), if it is NOT from your web host, it is probably a scam. Take a snapshot of the page with the URL.
What should you do next?
Go to your web host and see if any of your domain names are ready to expire. Mine are all at least a year and a half away.
You can also contact your host and confirm that none of your domains are about to expire and that they did not send you an email such as the one above.
Next, use WHO IS https://who.is Who Is will tell you who is the host of the URL.
Contact the host, send them the snapshot.
Next, report the crime. Go to https://reportfraud.ftc.gov and click on Report Now. Your info will be share with about 2800 law enforcers.
Thank you for reading.
Much success,
George Pierce
Comments
Me, too. I have had web hosting for 20 years or so and this was a first, thanks, Cosmos.
Thank you for this beneficial information, George. I never thought this level of scam was possible. However, it is important to be aware that in these times anything is possible.