I’ve just got in from work to find a letter from Spain on my doormat:
Since I don’t actually know anyone in Spain, this was quite exciting! I wondered what on earth could be inside? Amazingly, it would appear that I have won the lottery - to the tune of 615,810 Euros!
All I need to do to claim, is fill out a form giving “Bilbao Seguros” 10% of my winnings and all of my personal information. I’m rich!
Hurrah for snail-mail spam, eh?
One of the 8723875234 jobs I’m responsible for at work is the running and upkeep of the website. So, it came as no surprise to get a letter today about the renewal of the domain name. After all, it’s up for renewal soon.
However, I was confused to get the letter from a company called UK Internet Register rather than 1&1 (the host), or Nominet. And here it is:
Even more surprising, was the money they wanted for this renewal - £639. That’s a markup of some 1000% from last year. Then, I realised that they’re actually selling “search keys”, which seem to be some sort of advertising. For £639!
That sounds like an amazing bargain, yes?
Anyway, so I looked up the company name on Google, and found this helpful blog post. Look familar? Basically, it’s a scam.
