[IP] more on Domain name registration scam by phone?

[David Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Lorrie Cranor <lorrie+@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: July 31, 2006 5:09:57 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IP] more on Domain name registration scam by phone?

I got a similar call a few days ago, except this caller told me that  
they needed to fax me important information about my domain  
registration account and asked for my fax number. When I refused to  
give it to him he told me it was very important. I told him if it was  
so important, he could just email the information to me at the email  
address my domain registrar already has for me. He told me that was  
not possible because their email servers were down.  At that point I  
hung up.

Lorrie


On Jul 26, 2006, at 8:27 PM, David Farber wrote:

> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Brett Glass <brett@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: July 26, 2006 8:07:49 PM EDT
> To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx, ip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [IP] more on Domain name registration scam by phone?
>
> Bruce Koball wrote:
>
> > I had the identical experience about a week ago. I got the distinct
> > impression that it was a boiler-room operation (lots of chatter in  
> > the
> > background), and probably in Asia, based on the accent and QOS of the
> > line.
>
> I receive calls from these operations a few times a year. The calls  
> seem to be originating from India and to be scams launched by to  
> "Domain Registry of America" and "Liberty Domains of America", two  
> well known domain slammers.
>
> For more, see
>
> http://www.thelivingmedia.com/business/services/ 
> news_domain_registration_scams/
>
> or Google "Domain Registry of America" or "Liberty Domains of  
> America".
>
> --Brett Glass
>
>
>
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