Domain name scam!
I created another website for a sporting organisation, and registered their domain with a .com.au domain.
So I get the renewal notices for renewing the domain name, hosting, etc.
I was shocked to hear the other day when their treasurer said they've received a bill from someone for a ".com" version of their URL!
I told her not to pay it, and to send me the bill.. I figured it must be a scam, and it was!
Well, not a scam, but very devious. DomainName.com.au has sent them a letter with an "Invitation to Register" the .com address, for a whopping ripoff price of AU$225, about 5 times the going rate for a .com address! Oh but you get a "free MP3 player".. no details about it, capacity of it, etc. It's probably a $20 256Meg version or something.
The real devious thing is, they didn't send it to the webmaster - they actually got their postal address off the website and sent it directly to the organisation. Not very nice at all.
I can imagine some unsuspecting treasurers or secretaries just paying it, thinking it's for their website.
Very nasty.
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