We got a legitimate looking (to the laymen) email from a Chinese company just today, pulling the same scam.
These type of scams seem to be on the rise. cb -----Original Message----- From: Peter van Houten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 4:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Domain name scamming This unfortunate practice has been happening since the year dot (sorry) and has reared its ugly head again. new-designsolutions[dot]com Several of my clients have been contacted by this company in the last week. They have a 0870 UK telephone number (relatively expensive in the UK) and the people calling have English accents; not that that limits them to the British Isles ;-) I realise that most of you will be aware of the scam but, as a heads up for those that don't, so that they might warn their clients/management, here is a website trying to rally support for victims: http://tinyurl.com/2f92la Peter van Houten ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
