IEDR warning over domain name scams
Spiral Hosting has today warned customers of a domain registration scam.
Internet Register Ireland has been sending letters to many of our customers, and even sending letters directly to Spiral Hosting. The company is registered in Germany, although also sends letters from France. The letters request payment of €958 for website registration services. Customers are advised to disregard the letter.
IE Domain Registry (the official .ie registry) have issued this press release:
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It has once again come to the attention of the IEDR that a company operating under the name “Internet Register Ireland” is in the process of contacting businesses with registered .ie domain names by post and by fax, soliciting them to register their domain name with the “Internet Register Ireland”. The “Internet Register Ireland”, a German based company will request you to fill out their form and return it to them signed. It should be noted that they charge an excessive fee of approximately €958 for the registration of the .ie domain name in their database.
We would like to reassure all of our customers that no such organisation has been authorised to act on behalf of the IEDR. If you are contacted in this manner we would recommend that you disregard this letter and advise your customers to be aware of this activity.
The IEDR are responding to enquiries from concerned domain holders, by recommending them to contact an official IE Reseller if they require any further Internet services for their website.