Got this in my SPAM email recently.
The subject read as follows:
"Domain Notification for PENBROWPERSON.COM : This is your Final Notice of Domain Listin..."
Curious, I clicked on the message. It contained nothing except my email said it had blocked images. Further curious, I clicked to show images. I was intrigued when my mouse pointer didn't change into a cursor, but I was still able to copy the following.
"Response Requested By
08 - October - 2016
PART I: REVIEW NOTICE
Attn: REGISTRATION PRIVATE
As a courtesy to domain name holders, we are sending you this notification for your business Domain name search engine registration. This letter is to inform you that it's time to send in your registration.
Failure to complete your Domain name search engine registration by the expiration date may result in cancellation of this offer making it difficult for your customers to locate you on the web.
Privatization allows the consumer a choice when registering. Search engine registration includes domain name search engine submission. Do not discard, this notice is not an invoice it is a courtesy reminder to register your domain name search engine listing so your customers can locate you on the web.
This Notice for: PENBROWPERSON.COM will expire at 11:59PM EST, 08 - October - 2016 Act now!"
(a link to select term packages)
Payment by Credit/Debit Card
Select the term using the link above by 08 - October - 2016"
From the email address listed below.
wasa0hn2bw4u9bvtmc@domain-shield.com
WASA0HN2BW4U9BVTMC@DOMAIN-SHIELD.COM
IF any of you ever get an email like this, this is PHISHING! I really wasn't going to write this post except that it was on CNN this morning as a Topic of Interest.
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Because I am a website designer and have registered many domain names, I am constantly receiving scam offers via email and snail-mail ... which is why I posted this warning on my business blog: http://www.eparrs.com/blog/beware-domain-registry-of-canada-droc-scam/ now that I encourage business owners to OWN their own domain name.
When in doubt CC1 ... please, NEVER EVER click on email links. Do a search for the keywords used in their email or the subject words, if that seems unique enough.
Trish
O, wasn't so much doubt. Not quite a week ago, there was a fellow in Live Chat who had clicked a link similar to what I shared here and the people that he called claimed to have hacked his computer and were threatening to take over his bank account information, etc. The guy panicked and had been asking how to close his account here as he didn't want to be held responsible for something of that nature.
My heart was warmed to see the outpouring of community support on how he could not only make a backup of his hard drive, but also install software on his computer that would make it much harder for any third-party "anybody" to claim to have stolen banking information etc.
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I even get stuff like this on Facebook messaging. Ahhhh, the internet.