Various Scams (Faxes and Emails)
From time to time we would like to share with you some information on various scams, viruses, etc. that are going around and that relate to your website, domain name, search engine listings and email address. There is a lot of them and this will just cover the ones that we have been reminded of recently.
- There is a fax scam going around. It is two pages. Cover sheet says, “SAO Listing Service”. Second page says “Annual Internet Advertisement Listing” and the price is $79.95 a month or a year. It looks like an invoice. But in small print it says “This is not a bill. This is a marketing offer.”
- A second fax scam is much like the first one. Internet Corpoaration Listing Service’s fax claims you paid them last year and now you owe them for this year. They tell you what your account number is and this year is just $35. But don’t bother.
- And another fax from something called The Official Internet Registry & Optimization Bureau. Says they have been doing this for you for some time and this is a semi annual website marketing and monitoring bundle. We got it and I know we never hired them. They just send bills and someone pays and they make money just by sending out invoices via fax.
- There is an email going around with a title like “Follow up - New Update to fix Windows File Errors”. They want you to run a diagnostics test. Don’t do it.
Whenever you receive unusual emails or faxes on Internet Marketing, etc. and you are unsure of what they are or whether they would be useful to you, feel free to use us as a resource. And if you want Internet Marketing, call us. Those of you with Full Service Website Hosting plans should ask for your yearly search engine and promotion meeting on how to get your website more traffic. MIS is here to help with all your website needs.