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Domain Scammers Prey on Small Business Owners

15th January 2019 by Michele Leave a Comment

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We are a technical and technology based company. Our clients, however, are varied. While some might be very technical, the majority of our small business clients use our services to enable and grow their digital presence. They don’t need to understand technology, but they do need to be comfortable using it.

Why does this matter?

Because it’s all based on trust, which is a topic very close to my heart.

Unfortunately there have always been companies and individuals that prey on small businesses, knowing that many of them are not technical and that they can be duped. Domain names and trademarks aren’t topics that the average small business owner truly understand.

The most recent scam doing the rounds is one we’ve seen before, but this time it’s a European company that’s doing it. They have a track record, as our investigations revealed that they’ve been using similar dubious tactics to hit small businesses in both Belgium and Holland.

Personally I find this kind of tactic to be sickening. It undermines trust. They prey on businesses that are only beginning to get comfortable with technology and the knock on impact of this kind of scam is only negative.

If you get any of these ridiculous emails from DNS Ireland delete them – they’re a scam. Much like the insane fake renewal notices or other scams that have been cluttering our mailboxes for years!

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Michele Neylon is the founder and managing director of Ireland’s largest registrar and hosting provider Blacknight.
Michele is an active and often outspoken member of the Internet industry both in his native Ireland and internationally.
He is actively involved in Internet policy development, and has served as a member of ICANN’s GNSO Council as a representative of domain registrars. He is also involved with policy development for several domain registries, including .IE, .EU and .US. He previously served as chair of i2Coalition and is a member of the Names and Numbers Steering committee of eco. Michele received the Irish Internet Association Net Visionary Award in 2013 and was named one of Ireland’s 30 Technology Disruptors at The Spiders Awards in 2019.

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