Phishing Attacks Against ENOM Accounts

Email and Spam, Warnings

This week I started noticing a large-scale phishing attack against enom user accounts. Emails are being randomly sent to common (e.g. sales@, info@, admin@ etc), dictionary and to randomly-gener ated addresses, and so will be received by a lot of people without ENOM...

Solicitations from ‘SEO’ companies

SEO techniques, Warnings

I frequently receive forwarded messages from clients and friends asking advice or clarification on messages they have received in email that promise them incredible traffic or fantastic results in Google search listing positioning.  Sometimes I’m advised...

Phishing Scams targeting Online Advertisers

Warnings

Today a client forwarded an email message to me–worried it meant that her Yahoo Search Marketing account was going to be canceled.  The body of the message is at the bottom of this post.  This message is nothing but a scammers attempt to phish for...

Fake Domain Renewals

Warnings

It makes me so angry and frustrated…  Another past client scammed by a company claiming their domain was up for renewal.  Virtually no legitamite registrar sends renewal notices by fax or postal mail!  If you are or have ever been my client, please, please,...

Followup: Fake Bills

Reviews and Recommendations, Warnings

As a followup to a post I made last year (Beware Fake Listing Services, March 18, 2006) , I wanted to remind people about fake bills that come via postal mail to domain name owners.  I received another one just today on a domain I purchased recently that is exactly...