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LOUNGE => Announcements => Topic started by: Dynaweb on August 10, 2018, 07:01:50 PM

Title: Scam Alert: Beware iDNS Domain Renewal Scam
Post by: Dynaweb on August 10, 2018, 07:01:50 PM
Beware of another Domain Registration Scam. This one from a company named iDNS (Internet Domain Name Services) from Jersey City, New Jersey.

DO NOT CONTACT THIS COMPANY

DO NOT SEND THEM MONEY

If you need help determining your real Domain Registrar, feel free to contact us (https://www.hostned.com/contact-us/) or use our WHOIS Lookup here (https://www.secureserver.net/whois?ci=3264&prog_id=dynaweb)..

iDNS are fraudulently sending Domain Expiration Notices pretending to be from your current Domain Name Registrar. Nowhere in their notice do they disclose that they are, in fact, a third party company attempting to get you to switch to them as a Registrar, but that is precisely what they are doing.

Here is an example of the notice.