Hosting Scam
May 13, 2008 at 3:25 pm
If you receive a telephone call from a UK hosting company claiming that your company name is under attack in the UK (or other regions), ignore it.
A client rang me on Friday because they had received a call from a company called Net Easi telling them just that. They girl on the phone acted as if she was trying to help my client by telling them that someone else was trying to buy their company name as a .co.uk and a .net domain, as well as some other combinations. She said that she could secure the domains for my client if they bought them by 5 o’clock on Friday. The cost? £800
The people at Net Easi are preying on people’s lack of knowledge about domain name registration. Instilling a false sense of fear and attempting to profit from it. They are mere scumbags.
Luckily my client telephoned me and I put them right. If you get a similar call, can I suggest you seize the opportunity to vent?
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