Domain "Slammer" Making Millions in Oz

[Acorn Newsbot]

A company accused of the domain slamming scam made over $5 million over three years tricking companies into buying domains they didn’t need, it has been alleged. Consumer Affairs Victoria, an Australian state government watchdog, has reportedly taken Domain Register Pty Ltd to court, claiming tens of thousands of people had been conned by fake…

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[RobM]

Good. I hope these people get jailed.

 

[bonusmedia]

Completely agree.

Interesting though that the 'bogus invoice' they link to doesn't actually seem too bad - in that it says 'domain name available' and doesn't talk about renewal at all. Based on that I wouldn't be too confident of the outcome. Maybe there were letters attached or something, the article seems to suggest it was worse

The ones I get are far worse - i.e. look much more like actual renewal notices.

 

[RobM]

All the spam I get from DROA (maybe these people) contain the text that it is a 'solicitation' and not an invoice. It just looks like an invoice and is designed to scare people into paying them for 'renewal'. I don't know if the solicitiation thing stops them getting done in court but, to be honest, if it was near here I'd wait for them outside and give them a jolly good talking to.

 

[Jake2011]

I live in Oz and I get hit with these sort of scam notices daily.