Domain name scams

Domain name scams include a range of fraudulent schemes where scammers trick domain registrants into buying, selling, listing, or transferring a domain name. Scammers target victims in a variety of ways, often through fake urgent renewal invoices from domain registrars not affiliated with the domain to charge high renewal fees, by requesting that domain sellers pay costly appraisals to finalize a sale that doesn't exist, or by using fake trademark infringement claims to threaten a domain owner into transfer their domain name.

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