Posts Tagged ‘Domain Registrars’
Brian Krebs reporting in Krebs on Secruity : "The Obama administration is inviting leaders of the top Internet domain name registrars and registries to attend a three-hour meeting at the White House next month about voluntary ways to crack down on Web sites that are selling counterfeit prescription medications..."
Judge halts domain registration scam
Monday, August 9th, 2010
$4.26m in bogus renewal fees collected A federal judge has ordered members of a Canadian operation to stop posing as domain-name registrars in scams that collected more than $4.26m in bogus renewal fees from unsuspecting consumers, small businesses, and non-profits.
FTC Shuts Down Domain Name Scammers
Monday, August 9th, 2010
The Federal Trade Commission said today it has shut down the operations of Canadian con artists who allegedly acted as domain name registrars and convinced thousands of U.S. consumers to pay bogus bills by making them believe they would lose their website addresses unless they paid. In June 2008, the FTC charged Toronto-based Internet Listing Service with sending fake invoices to small ...
FTC busts domain name scammers
Monday, August 9th, 2010
The Federal Trade Commission said today that it had permanently killed the operations of a group that it said posed as domain name registrars and convinced thousands of US consumers, small businesses and non-profit organizations to pay bogus bills by leading them to believe they would lose their Web site addresses if they didn't. Read more
101domain Launches New Domain Name Security Services
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
CARLSBAD, CA--(Marketwire - 07/21/10) - Today 101domain, Inc. launched a dynamic suite of domain name security services aimed at raising the bar in terms of domain security features offered by leading Domain Registrars. As a leading international domain name registrar, domain name and account security is a top initiative for 101domain. "Our customers look to us to secure and protect their brand ...
