The following have just been on the phone telling me that a companybased 40 miles away wishes to register the .co.uk, .ie, .eu, .netversion of one of our business sites. They claim that the competitor asbeen flagged up as trying to register for malicious purposes, whichaccording to them equates to at least 10% of domain registrations.
I should have registered the .co.uk myself but well...
Their claim is that as domain name registrar's they willput a global block on the domain names on our behalf... the rest isbelow, you'll see that they leave all of the above details off theemail.
A copy of their email text.................
3rd Floor - 89 Fleet Street – London – EC4Y 1DH
Tel +44(0)870 850 2388
• Company Reg. No. 6003669 •
www.streamlineltd.co.uk
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear Mr Boyd,
With reference to our telephone conversation, I am sending this emailover with the domain name(s) in question as discussed as requested byan individual from Cheshire:
www.**********.co.uk
www.**********.net
www.**********.eu
The prices are as follows:
10 year registration, plus four years free: £250 (£25 per annum)
5 year registration, plus two years free: £150 (£30 per annum)
If you have a requirement for these domain(s) then we would require:-
Business Address & contact
Telephone and/or Email contact
Payment by Credit/Debit Card (VISA/MASTERCARD - please do not send sensitive information in an email as it is insecure)
Once payment has been made there will be a paid in full invoice sentsent straight to you by fax and email, and an original copy will besent by mail. If you have a requirement for these names please contactme on +44 (0)870 850 2388
Kindest Regards
Catherine Lloyd
Registrations Consultant
...................
The whole thing is a scam and a very easy way for them to earn money registering domains on your behalf at a huge markup. Be warned folks.
Richard Boyd
Supplying plants to create jungles, rainforests, desert islands and helping to make sure your event is memorable.