"www.seohostcenter.org" or "wh0islockup.top" is a fraudulent website created by cyber-criminals to steal their potential victims’ money, by claiming the victims are paying for search engine optimization (SEO) services. The fraudulent website that goes by the name: Domain SEO Service Registration Corp., 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.
The Fake Domain Name Expiration Offer Notice Email From seohostcenter.org
From: Domain@Support <info@acfps.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 2, 2018 3:21 AM
Subject: .com Important Notice
- FINAL NOTICE -
Your account is pending cancellation
PURCHASE EXPIRATION DATE: 05.16.2018
Pending Cancellation
FINAL NOTICE FOR DOMAIN Notice#: 977677162
.com Date: 05.02.2018
DOMAIN: .com
EXPIRATION OFFER SEO NOTIFICATION
PLEASE CLICK ON
SECURE ONLINE PAYMENT
TO COMPLETE YOUR PAYMENT
We have NOT received your payment yet
Josh
Boise
Idaho, 83702, US
Domain Name:Registration Period: Price: Term:
.com 05.17.2018 to 05.17.2019 $84.00 1 Year
PLEASE CLICK ON
SECURE ONLINE PAYMENT
We have NOT received your payment yet for
.com
ACT IMMEDIATELY
Dear Josh,
Failure to complete this order by 05.16.2018 may result in the cancellation of this offer (making it difficult for your customers to locate you, using search engines on the web). We do not register or renew domain names. We sell traffic generator software.
seohostcenter.org - the Fraudulent Website
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.