Beware! A New Domain Name Renewal Scam

Please Read This Carefully

A friend received an email notification with the title of Registration Expiration.

See the image below of the exact notification.

You'll see if refers to a domain name (I've hidden the ID to protect the owner) with a Registration date and price of $75.00 for 1 year! Just ridiculous. The average price for a domain name for 1 year is about £10.00.

They have then been clever in the wording of the notice. Now most people wouldn't read it properly - it looks like a bill and a lot of people would just click through to make the payment.

When you actually read it, it states a company called SE Services provides submission services and search engine ranking organisation for domain owners. So it's NOT actually for the renewal of your domain name. It's a payment for submission and search engine ranking services.

But of course, it's obvious these people or person won't do anything for you except take your money and bank it!

I did a bit of digging and found this other blog post from last month from a Money Scams Exposed blog - http://moneyscamsexposed.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/se-services-expiring-domain-name-scam.html 

It seems it's a new scam based on an old variation. I wrote about the Domain Renewal Group of America last year, and how they post renewal letters to domain name owners hoping they'll fill out the form and send it back with credit card details ora cheque.

See Beware of this Domain Name Renewal SCAM!

So please be very careful and please tell all your family, friends and work colleagues about this new scam.

If you've had an email like this one or anything similar please share your story in the comments below.