Domain name scams
I have been around long enough to have seen a few pretty clever domain
name scams. One of my favourites was the Domain registry of America
(or a name similar to that) who sent domain name owners advertising in
the mail that looked just like an invoice. Concerned website owners
would eagerly fill out the form and post their cheque to make sure
they didn't lose their domain name - of course the...
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Burned over $16
A client and I have just been burned by a combination of things that
happened. And the root of the cause was the whopping sum of $16.
It all started this morning when I get a txt from a client
complaining about no email. This is on top of existing problems last
week with spam filters getting aggressive, and other email issues.
So I do some digging and discover that the domain which is...
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Ribbing your web developer in public
My wife grabs me the other day and tells me I should contact a
prominent website that she frequents about some website work.
When I asked why, she said that the website owner had posted a big
whinge about her web developer on the front page of the website, and
perhaps the client was looking to...
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Sticker club or chain letter?
Yesterday my 2 year old got a letter from a friend. Seeing as she
can't read yet (and her SEO skills aren't developed either), I opened
it for her.
It's a letter welcoming her to "Sticker club". Cool. All you need to
do is post a packet of stickers to the person whose name appears at
the top of...
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