80 Your Domain Name Has Been Claimed In This Year

Everyone will get one of these emails at some stage and we had a new one just a few days ago.

Your domain name has been claimed. Your domain name has been claimed posted on 25 06 2019 15 07 2019 by admin posted in news tagged scam security over the past few weeks a new scam has begun circulating that advises people via email that a domain name similar to their registered domain has been requested to be registered. For even more information see the australian government s scamwatch page or the comprehensive guide at the european domain centre. So long as you continue to pay the annual subscription you keep the name and its place in the dns directory.

If your desired domain name redirects you to a parking space then it is most likely to have been listed for auction. Use marketplaces and auctions. We have received a request for the registration of the website www ecommweb info on the face of it a perfectly reasonable alert but actually it s just a scam.

You don t actually own the domain it s more like a lease. Your domain name has been claimed. Domain name registration.

For example if you had an account with the username janeappleseed acme co uk that username was changed to janeappleseed appleid acme co uk. This can have far reaching consequences for you in the future. You don t have to agree with me.

I m surprised you ve been hit because your personal name. Personally speaking if you don t recognize that a domain has expired in 30 45 days after the fact then you definitely don t deserve the domain name. Your domain name has been claimed.

This service however does not come cheap. The domain name you had has been reclaimed by another organisation and the domain part to the right of the in some of your user accounts has automatically been changed. More and more of our clients are receiving emails telling them that their domain name has been claimed and going to explain that although someone has asked to purchase it they have decided to get in touch with you and offer you first refusal on purchasing it.