Domain renewal - potential scam
I received an email this morning from some group calling themselves ISP Renewal, reminding me to renew one of my domains. I thought it was odd because:-
- I'd never heard of them
- I don't have any domains registered with them
- I know that this particular domain is already set to automatically renew through my ISP
I've checked out their website and it seems that they harvest domain names that are due for renewal and 'kindly' offer to renew them for you to prevent you missing the renewal and losing a valuable domain. It would appear that they charge a fee, but I couldn't work out how much (although it's 95 euros for an expired domain).
I can't decide whether this is a genuine service or a scam. But the wording of their email suggests a scam to me. If I didn't already know for sure where I had registered this particular domain and that it was already set to auto renew, then I might have clicked the link for renewal.
They give a customer service centre phone number (UK) in their email - but there is no reply (during normal working hours).
Too suspicious for my liking! BEWARE!
Kate
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