Not only will the scammers take a lapsed name, they also register many of the alternatives too: my company's name ends .com, and a Chinese crook has registered the .org, .net, .cn, and several other potential ones as well. Not a lot one can do about it without spending a lot of money to register all the possibles.
John in Brisbane -----Original Message----- From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marnie (aka Doe) Sent: Thursday, 11 May 2017 5:32 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> Subject: OT: Domain Name Scammers Well, after letting my photography domain lapse I went back to get it back. And what do I find? Someone took it. So I reregistered it as an org rather than a com. Otherwise same name. I also reregistered my other main site (re games) as a .com rather than an .org. Otherwise same name. So some one goes around grabbing up old domain names, buys them, and then tries to resell them to the original owners. Which means I would have to pay a fee on top of a fee. No Way Jose. Did you guys know this? I am probably slow on the uptake and you all knew this already. Domain name scammers! Marnie aka Doe :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
