Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
Scamming - Fraud
"www.promotiontraffic.org" is a fraudulent website created by cyber-criminals to steal their potential victims’ money or credit card information, by claiming their domain names will expire. The fraudulent website that goes by the name: WebTraffic, which claims it offers high-quality search engine optimization service that keeps your site ranking high, has been sending out fake domain name expiration offer notices like the one below via email messages, to thousands of domain name owners, in an attempt to trick them into paying for services that the fake website does not offer.
Subject: online.com CancellationDate: 2018-04-26 16:41From: Domain Service <newsletters@offerdrive.de>FINAL REMINDER: Domain cancellation noticeNOTICE#: 594265903Important noticeNotice#: 111592Date: 05/05/2018Expiration noticeDomain:Expiration date: 05/13/2018Domain Name:Registration Period:Amount:Term:05/27/2018 to 05/27/2019 $86.00 1 YearSecure Online PaymentDomain Name:
Subject: online.com Cancellation
Date: 2018-04-26 16:41
From: Domain Service <newsletters@offerdrive.de>
FINAL REMINDER: Domain cancellation notice
NOTICE#: 594265903
Important notice
Notice#: 111592
Date: 05/05/2018
Expiration notice
Domain:
Expiration date: 05/13/2018
Domain Name:
Registration Period:
Amount:
Term:
05/27/2018 to 05/27/2019 $86.00 1 Year
Secure Online Payment
The victims of the domain name expiration scam are asked to report it to their banks in order to have the charges to their credit cards removed, which were made by the fraudulent website.
Remember, never to take up an offer sent in an email message, without first researching it. It doesn’t matter how good an email message looks, even if it contains your personal information, it can be a scam.
Every month, thousands of the email message above are sent out by scammers to trick their potential victims into stealing their money. So, look out for similar scams with different website and company names.
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Received via email: "Dear Sirs, The below email is being sent to me for the second time: newsletters@kyosto.info It is a scam email with a link asking for payment (click here for secure payment online). When I click it, I get directed to to the website : kyosto.info/link.php?(which quickly direct me to this website) : http://promotiontraffic.org/? You can check it also. The first time, I paid $86 which appeared to be fraud and unreal. I have several website: they always target the expired ones. For example, the previous website I had: ***. Both of which were hosted by eHost and not this damned website: http://promotiontrafic.org. I kindly request anyone to make it spam and report it here to stop these scammers blackmail us. This can be with your cooperation and assistance in this regard. Regards RAAD"
