SCAM email about similar domains being registered. We haven’t seen these is a while but they haven’t changed much. Still pretending a similar domain registration has been requested and offering it to you for an inflated price.
Sender: John | DNS Australia john@dnsaustralia.org
Subject: Your domain name has been claimed
Call to action email: www.dnsaustralia.org
Dear Sir/Madam,
We have received a request for the registration of the website <domain name with .net>. Our system shows that you are the owner of <domain name>. This can have far-reaching consequences for you in the future. We are therefore under the statutory obligation to contact you, in order to offer you the first right of registration. This means that we will reject the application of the third party and the website:
<domain name with .net>
After agreement we will link this website to:
<domain name>
This means that you will have the first option on the domain name, in order to avoid possible future problems.
We are usually under the obligation to register the domain name and to protect it for a period of 10 years. The annual price for the .NET extension is AU$39.95 per year. This means a one-off payment of AU$399.50. When the link has been completed, all the Internet traffic that goes to the .NET extension, will be automatically linked to your current extension and website. This process will take a maximum of 24 hours. This domain name will then have a worldwide reach. The third party will be rejected and can no longer use your domain name.Important information:
You will receive a one-off invoice of AU$399.50, exclusive of GST, for a term of 10 years.
This contract can be cancelled at all times after the first term of one year. The paid amount for the remaining number of years will be refunded to your account.
If you agree to our offer, please send an agreement by email within 48 hours after receipt of this email, stating your name, address and ABN number in a reply to this e-mail address.
The third party will subsequently be rejected by us, and we will then complete the link. You will receive a confirmation and all the information you need by email on the same day.With kind regards,
John Millerjohn@dnsaustralia.org
www.dnsaustralia.org
The company says it’s based on Canberra:
Address: 15 Moore St, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
Which is a serviced office / coworking space.
Serviced Office Space at 15 Moore Street | Regus
The domain registration says the registrant is actually nederlandsdomeinregister.nl which is obviously not in Australia.
Domain Name: DNSAUSTRALIA.ORG Registry Domain ID: D402200000010045456-LROR Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com Registrar URL: http://www.whois.godaddy.com Updated Date: 2020-04-13T11:54:02Z Creation Date: 2019-04-12T11:23:18Z Registry Expiry Date: 2021-04-12T11:23:18Z Registrar Registration Expiration Date: Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC Registrar IANA ID: 146 Registrar Abuse Contact Email:@godaddy.com Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4806242505 Reseller: Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited Domain Status: clientRenewProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientRenewProhibited Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited Registrant Organization: nederlandsdomeinregister.nl Registrant State/Province: NETHERLANDS Registrant Country: NL Name Server: NS21.DOMAINCONTROL.COM Name Server: NS22.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
Raw Whois Data
Domain name: nederlandsdomeinregister.nl Status: active Reseller: Mijndomein Hosting BV Albert Einsteinweg 4 8218NH Lelystad Netherlands Registrar: Metaregistrar B.V. Zuidelijk Halfrond 1 2801DD Gouda Netherlands
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