Domain Swindle

Most people who are on the Internet are probably familiar with various scam methods.These include scam methods such as phishing, phone scams and many others.

Domains are also often used for scams such as sending phantom invoices.We have recently received more and more reports from our customers.

You will be approached by a party called "DNS Service NL" with an invoice for your domain.If you receive an email from this party it is recommended to ignore it and block the sender.

How do I recognize ghost invoices

If you receive an invoice from a party such as DNS Service NL for hosting you don't use, this can be a bit of a shock.Mainly because the amounts are quite high, on these so-called invoices these amounts can run up to more than 200 euros.

It is therefore important that you can distinguish such phantom invoices from legitimate invoices.Therefore, never pay invoices from companies for which you have no services outstanding.

Even if several people are mentioned in the e-mail, it is most likely a phantom invoice.Often these mails are addressed impersonally despite the fact that it is a phantom invoice.

It can also happen that a telephone number is mentioned on these invoices.Do not call them, the chance that you will be put in a queue and will not get an answer is very big.

The result is that you have a very high phone bill.

Other ways to cheat

It can also happen that you receive an email or phone call to quickly register a domain name.You are approached by a non-existent hosting company that asks you to register a domain name quickly.

This so-called company then says that it is very similar to a domain name that you have already registered.Therefore, according to this company, you need to register this domain quickly so that your company name is safe.

The registration of the domain will be paid for, however, you will soon pay over 200 euros for a domain registration.It is therefore advisable not to respond to these messages and to contact your current webhosting partner.

If you have further questions, I recommend you to contact one of our chat operators.If there is no one on the chat, you can of course always create a ticket to our helpdesk.