Last week a valued client contacted me to ask about a letter he had gotten.  The letter stated that his Domain was about to expire, and that he needed to pay $75 to the nefarious company to renew the site.

SCAM!

I was happy to inform him that he need not worry.  There are companies that prey on people that don’t know any better.  It is a mission of ours to make sure that none of our clients ever get taken by one of these scams.  The only people that will contact you about your domain expiration is usually your registrant company or your web designer.

Here’s how you can check to make sure you don’t get taken:

1. Go to your whois record.
2. Look for the Registrant info, and check the expiration date.  Write this date on a post-it note and put it on your forehead, or someplace where you won’t lose it.

To extend your domains registration:

1. On the whois record. Look at the Registrar.
2. Contact the registrar, and renew your domain.

For the letter:

1. Rip it in a million pieces, and sing “Won’t get fooled again!”

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