Scams

Yesterday I received two letters that appeared to be invoices for Yellow Page ads.  Because I have a VOIP phone, I have to pay if I want to be listed in the AT&T directory, but their contracts are several pages long.  Here I have a thumbnail and if you click on it you can see the pdf of the scan I made for everyone.  There is no internet address on the invoice and a quick … [Read more...] about Latest Yellow Page Ad Scam

The registrars are having a new wave of spammig schemes that make you think something is wrong with your domain name.  The lastest example targets Network Solutions and goes something like this: Dear Network Solutions® Customer, On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:20:36 +0530 we received a third party complaint of invalid domain contact information in the Whois database for this domain … [Read more...] about New Domain Name Spamming Scheme?

I just took over full ownership of the dedicated server where I host most of my client websites. It is definitely a learning experience for me as I have limited knowledge of linux and ssh, etc. However, as I am trying to familiarize myself with the full admin access to the server, I noticed on the desktop a link to the Mail Queue. So, I clicked. What I found was that … [Read more...] about [email protected]

There have been a lot of scams out there, but one that is a continual thorn in the web world are the scams that somehow surpass e-mail and are mailed or faxed directly to clients: * Domain Registry of America * Internet Listing Service (ILSCORP.NET) * Simple.net * Domain Registry Support Let’s examine all of these a little closer: DOMAIN REGISTRY OF AMERICA … [Read more...] about Domain Name & Internet Related Scams