Begin forwarded message:
From: Glenn Fleishman <glenn@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: July 26, 2006 6:49:01 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Domain name registration scam by phone?
Hi, Dave,
I thought your readers might be interested to know that there is
apparently a domain name registration transfer scam underway that
uses phone calls. I haven't figured out the details, but perhaps
someone on this list knows more.
A few days ago, I received what I recognized from the old long-
distance "slamming" days as a verification call. A firm whose name I
didn't catch asked me if I would verify my registration information
-- address, primarily -- for a domain that I knew I had registered at
a firm other than the name they provided. I growled, "put me on your
do not call list" and hung up. But I regretted not obtaining more
information.
I mentioned this in passing on a writers' list I belong to, as I've
just completed the draft of an ebook on registering and managing
domains for a general audience, and several of the list members said
they had received the same call or several calls, and recognized them
as scams before confirming.
Now in the phone slamming days, stating your name and address was
used as "proof" by the slammers that you'd agreed to transfer your
long-distance service. That abuse was solved partly by requiring a
third-party to handle confirmation, and I believe that's when the
slamming stopped or slowed. I was slammed at least three times (and
none of them had I spoken my confirmation, mind you) in the long-
distance days.
What's this about? I just don't see where having a voice record of me
stating my name and address helps a domain name scammer. Is it
identity theft using this as a tool?
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