Beware Of Domain Slamming

Domain registration is a type of business activity, which is known to be pretty profitable. Unfortunately, as with any other highly profitable business, scams are possible about domain registration. Thus, it is necessary to understand the process and beware of certain known fraudulent scams, referring to domain registration.

 

Domain slamming is one of the known scamming procedures, which involves tricking of the domain owners into switching from their existing domain registrar to a scamming domain registrar. So, this type of scam is operated by internet service providers/website hosting providers/domain registrars, that wish to increase the database of their clientele. They simply look for expiring domains and contact such domains owners, calling them to renew their domain registration. They usually provide a web link for domain prolongation, following which results in transferring a domain form one registrar to another. Actually, this type of scam is not widely spread these days, since now the regulations require actions from both registrars to transfer a domain. However, in the past, even the companies with world-known names, such as VeriSign, had this kind of Internet sin…

 

So, if you are a domain owner, be attentive to any messages you receive about your domain expiration, transfers, etc. Always contact your domain registration company to double check the information. Furthermore, you can use Whois online service to check the status of your domain.