more on Domain name registration scam by phone?

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Bruce R Koball <bkoball () well com>
Date: July 26, 2006 7:25:04 PM EDT
To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Re: [IP] Domain name registration scam by phone?

I had the identical experience about a week ago. I got the distinct
impression that it was a boiler-room operation (lots of chatter in the
background), and probably in Asia, based on the accent and QOS of the
line.

-brk-

On Wed, 26 Jul 2006, David Farber wrote:

> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Glenn Fleishman <glenn () glennf com>
> Date: July 26, 2006 6:49:01 PM EDT
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: Domain name registration scam by phone?
>
> Hi, Dave,
>
> I thought your readers might be interested to know that there is
> apparently a domain name registration transfer scam underway that
> uses phone calls. I haven't figured out the details, but perhaps
> someone on this list knows more.
>
> A few days ago, I received what I recognized from the old long-
> distance "slamming" days as a verification call. A firm whose name I
> didn't catch asked me if I would verify my registration information
> -- address, primarily -- for a domain that I knew I had registered at
> a firm other than the name they provided. I growled, "put me on your
> do not call list" and hung up. But I regretted not obtaining more
> information.
>
> I mentioned this in passing on a writers' list I belong to, as I've
> just completed the draft of an ebook on registering and managing
> domains for a general audience, and several of the list members said
> they had received the same call or several calls, and recognized them
> as scams before confirming.
>
> Now in the phone slamming days, stating your name and address was
> used as "proof" by the slammers that you'd agreed to transfer your
> long-distance service. That abuse was solved partly by requiring a
> third-party to handle confirmation, and I believe that's when the
> slamming stopped or slowed. I was slammed at least three times (and
> none of them had I spoken my confirmation, mind you) in the long-
> distance days.
>
> What's this about? I just don't see where having a voice record of me
> stating my name and address helps a domain name scammer. Is it
> identity theft using this as a tool?
>
>
>
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