Better Business Bureau

December 10, 2018

How Internet Savvy are Your Leaders?

This post was originally published on this siteBack in April 2015, I tweeted about receiving a letter via snail mail suggesting the search engine rankings for a domain registered in my name would suffer if I didn’t pay a bill for some kind of dubious-looking service I’d never heard of. But it wasn’t until the past week that it become clear how many organizations — including towns, cities and political campaigns — actually have fallen for this brazen scam. Image: Better Business Bureau. The letter I tweeted about was from a company called Web Listings Inc., and it said I should […]
July 3, 2023

Who’s Behind the DomainNetworks Snail Mail Scam?

This post was originally published on this siteIf you’ve ever owned a domain name, the chances are good that at some point you’ve received a snail mail letter which appears to be a bill for a domain or website-related services. In reality, these misleading missives try to trick people into paying for useless services they never ordered, don’t need, and probably will never receive. Here’s a look at the most recent incarnation of this scam — DomainNetworks — and some clues about who may be behind it. The DomainNetworks mailer may reference a domain that is or was at one […]