Steven Y asked:
I am getting e-mails from a Hotmail account telling me my domain name is about to expire. Seems funny to me that my domain is through Yahoo, yet I’m getting a renewal notice from a hotmail account. Is this a scam??? Sample below:
I am getting e-mails from a Hotmail account telling me my domain name is about to expire. Seems funny to me that my domain is through Yahoo, yet I’m getting a renewal notice from a hotmail account. Is this a scam??? Sample below:
DOMAlN LlSTING CENTER
8171 Yonge St. Suite# 149
ThornhiIl, ON L3T 2C6
Canada
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FlNAL NOTlCE
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(Please make necessary changes)
ATT: steven yates
ADMINISTRATIVE CONTACT
steven yates
yatessanfr@yahoo.com
www.yates1.com
DESCRlPTION OF SERVICES:
Premium Package
ANNUAL WEBSlTE SEARCH ENGlNE SUBMISSlON
FROM AUGUST 1,2007 THRU AUGUST 1,2008
TOTAL
$75.00
SUBSCRIPTlON INCLUDES:
Custom keyword research
Optimized titIe and meta tags
Submission to 900 search engines and directories
safe follow-up re-submissions every 3 months
A number of these renewal “scams” have been going on for years. I did a WHOIS on your domain name (yates1.com) and it showed an expiration date of 4-6-2008, so you are not even close to your expiration date. At the appropriate time you should get an e-mail or letter from yahoo telling you your domain is about to expire and how to renew. It costs at the most ~$40/year to renew a domain name and less for multiple years. Ignore the e-mail from domain listing center.