Domain Invoice Trick

[findtim]

I know we have all talked about this but i thought i'd share the invoice i got today , its very well done and you can see why clients may get fooled.

its made out to the .com of the .com.au they already own.

http://screencast.com/t/neQvn8jSC

tim

 

[James]

The price is the main thing which should fool people, but heaps of this junk comes to people every day.

 

[atom]

I know someone that was caught out by one of these. It's very difficult for someone with no knowledge of the industry but has a site to know it's all wrong. Some aren't even aware of the difference between hosting fees and domain rego fees...

 

[payattention]

Older than the internet.

 

[findtim]

I know someone that was caught out by one of these. It's very difficult for someone with no knowledge of the industry but has a site to know it's all wrong. Some aren't even aware of the difference between hosting fees and domain rego fees...

true, thats the first conversation i have with clients, "this fee is hosting...it is annually, this fee is domain rego.... it comes bi-annually "

the next sentence is " you pay NOBODY but me " , but even then i put all the contact addresses as mine, BUT others still get through as they actually look up the addresses and snail-mail it.

theres already a few threads on this, i just wanted to post the example of thier current email as i find it all happens to my clients in "waves"

tim

tim

 

[findtim]

Older than the internet.

totally agree but it doesn't stop us from being ontop of it, this forum isn't just about seasoned domainers but also newbies and this kind of info may be not known to them yet.

if this wasn't in a different format to one i had seen i would not have posted.

tim

 

[Ashman]

I have a website I want to develop called Rort.com.au

Maybe we should start documenting all these dodgy practices on a website.

 

[Blue Wren]

Yes I got the ole, Domain Renewal Group "courtesy" letter the other day for one of my .com's.

Laughed all the way to the shredder.

 

[payattention]

totally agree but it doesn't stop us from being ontop of it, this forum isn't just about seasoned domainers but also newbies and this kind of info may be not known to them yet.

if this wasn't in a different format to one i had seen i would not have posted.

tim

Renewal scams have been around for ages, if you fall for it in 2012 you're stupid (you, not generalising) and probably deserve it. It's really no different to sending random ABC company an invoice for ink toner or other services.

 

[acheeva]

At times of total boredom I have been known to reply with detailed step by step instructions on what to do with there form and where it can go

Sometimes I impress myself with my ingenuity

On other occasions where they want the "Name on the Card" I have added "AFP Expense Card"

 

[chris]

On other occasions where they want the "Name on the Card" I have added "AFP Expense Card"

Classic

 

[Cooper Mills DomainLawyer]

yes an old scam, the ACCC even have a page dedicated to it here

These types of invoice scams contravene the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 - you could drop the ACCC a line.

 

[Data Glasses]

one of my spam letters was from Jennifer Lopez the other day ...ummmm could it be true