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Old 20-09-2007, 01:41 PM
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Got this letter in the post today with my domain name on it. It seems to be a scam. First I ever received by post.

Edit: After further reading it looks like it's just a very expensive directory listing.

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I got 6 of them today

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Received a letter from the IEDR warning of this crowd
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I got one on Monday or Tuesday of this week.
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I got one on Monday or Tuesday of this week.
I'm waiting until they hit my personal IE domains
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Old 20-09-2007, 06:20 PM
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Ah for God's sake! Now they're hitting my dotcoms!!

/me waits for deluge of mail
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I've had some for my own and some for my clients. It would be interesting to see how many businesses fall for this one. From what I can see, it is actually a legitimate service they are offering and I would not be surprised to see them getting subscriptions from unknowing companies.

A friend of mine living in Belgium told me once that according to the 'Vienna Convention' you can invoice an EU company and once they don't challenge the invoice (within a certain time period) they are obligated to pay up and the courts will force it. Given the amount of spam invoices these pr1cks are sending out I think they would have a nice nest egg if that's true.

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The little red flag in my head was raised as soon as I saw that Internet Register Ireland were based in Hamburg.
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Yes and I thought the Germans were respectful!
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Well if Internet Registration Germany was based in Drumshambo, I'd have the same reservations.
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