I’ve mentioned domain registration scams before. Here’s another one to watch out for. The scumminess just drips off of this one.
Domain Notice <info@quickdomainsubmit.net> Feb 9 at 1:28 AM
To: [Name redacted]Attention: Important Notice , DOMAIN SERVICE NOTICE
Domain Name: [redacted]ATT: [Name Redacted]
Response Requested By
10 – February – 2016PART I: REVIEW NOTICE
Attn: [Name Redacted]
As a courtesy to domain name holders, we are sending you this notification for your business Domain name search engine registration. This letter is to inform you that it’s time to send in your registration.
Failure to complete your Domain name search engine registration by the expiration date may result in cancellation of this offer making it difficult for your customers to locate you on the web.
Privatization allows the consumer a choice when registering. Search engine registration includes domain name search engine submission. Do not discard, this notice is not an invoice it is a courtesy reminder to register your domain name search engine listing so your customers can locate you on the web.
This Notice for: [domain redacted] will expire at 11:59PM EST, 10 – February – 2016 Act now!Select Package:
http://www.quickdomainsubmit.net/?domain=%5Bdomain redacted]Payment by Credit/Debit Card
Select the term using the link above by 10 – February – 2016
http://%5Bdomain redacted]
unsubscribe:
Please reply with UNSUBSCRIBE subject.
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A couple of comments:
Failure to complete your Domain name search engine registration by the expiration date may result in cancellation of this offer making it difficult for your customers to locate you on the web.
This is the purest garbage. Unwitting businesspeople will get the idea that unless they pay for this “domain registration,” people won’t be able to find them on the internet. The major search engines all crawl the web on a regular basis, and unless you have a robots.txt file on your website which blocks search engines, it will automatically be indexed. I am reminded of an old scam my mother (born in 1916) introduced me to as a child – the drone who puts a classified ad in the paper, “Today is the last day to send in your dollar!” and lists a Post Office Box. Nothing is promised, yet people send in their money anyway, fearing that they’ll miss out on something good – and the scammer cleans up.
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The above list shows the search engines that this service claims your domain name will be submitted to, for the following prices:
TOP 25 Engines Registration
1 Year – $47TOP 25 Engines Registration
5 Years – $197 (SAVE : $38)TOP 50 Engines Registration
1 Year- $97TOP 50 Engines Registration
5 Years – $297 (SAVE $188)
But notice the Alexa and Google rankings for these sites – aside from Google and Bing, none of these search engines are accessed to any extent at all, making them virtually useless – and the first two will index your domain automatically. You are paying these criminals between $50 and $300… for absolutely nothing.
Be smart. Don’t send in your dollar.
The Old Wolf has spoken.
Playing in the World Game 