Domain Name Registration Frauds

A business might be sent a letter that looks like the renewal notice for a domain name.

Domain name registration frauds. 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. If fraud has been committed report it to action. By jessica romero director of platform enforcement and litigation.

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. Registrar hacking is a vulnerability all websites face. Fighting domain name fraud october 31 2019 november 12 2019.

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. For several years asian companies have been pressuring firms to register identical domain names in asian top level domains tlds.

Unknown third party pressure threats high prices the slamming scam always begins with an email written in english. 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. In fact the notice has come from a different company from the one the business has previously registered the domain name with.

The term derives from telephone slamming. However like a lot of other legitimate businesses domain name registration companies are being imitated by cyber criminals who want to steal your money. Domain name scams can also come in the form of bogus domain name renewal notices.