After registering a new domain name, you may receive an email like this one:
It’s a scam. It did not come from the same place where you purchased your domain name. This company watches the WHOIS database and sends unsolicited email to new registrants, which is illegal. They want to fool you into signing up for unnecessary (paid) services.
Here’s what you do:
- Flag the email as spam so that your email service provider starts blocking these on everyone’s behalf
- Setup a filter to send anything from ‘domainsubmission.club’ to spam, because you have already been added to their mailing list
- If you REALLY want to be a good citizen, contact the attorney general in Nevada to get this company shut down. Update: See comment #8 from the NV Attorney General below.
To: Nevada Attorney General
To whom it may concern:The company “Pure Registration” which lists its address as 848 N. Rainbow Blvd. #5474 Las Vegas NV, 89107 is engaging in illegal activities to dupe consumers into signing up for their commercial service.The company apparently monitors the registration of new websites via publicly available WHOIS records and send unsolicited emails to the website registrants. This is an illegal use of WHOIS public information. Further, they add those emails to a mailing list without the registrant opting in. This is also illegal.The email they send out is fraudulent in that they claim that their service is required to “Complete Site Submission [Final Step]”. The intent of their email is to fool the recipient into thinking that their service is a requirement to completing a legitimate business transaction they initiated with their own domain name registrar — a completely separate company.Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thanks! Just received their email, Googled them and found this post. I will be sending the message above to the Nevada Attorney General.
I got one of these slimy emails today. Thanksfor the heads up and hope they get shut down quickly.
Just received this too after registering a new domain name. Will definitely send the email to Nevada attorney general immediately. Thanks for letting us know..
A big thanks from me, I also just received their email after registering a new domain name.I found it strange and that is how I found you.
Thanks – great help as also new to this but thought it might be someone trying to defraud new domain holders.
Mike (UK)
Thanks! I used your example and contacted the attorney gen.
Thanks for posting this. Just received their email today.
The address referenced in your post is a Mail Link private mail drop. It is highly unlikely this outfit is in Nevada, however this office has subpoenaed Mail Link to find the true address. Upon obtaining the return on that subpoena, we will let you know the true location. Normally we do not accept email complaints but I did respond to the first email. No other email complaints will be accepted. You may contact me at (775) 684-1169 if you have any questions.
Thank you Atty McGlamery for following up on this. We are seeing many users receiving this very deceiving communication.
Thank you very much!!1 I contacted my email provider and reported it as a scam and a phishing scam!
Well, they’re still in business. I just registered a domain and receive an email from them. Except now they don’t say it’s a final step to finalize your domain. So whatever you did, worked to some degree. I’m glad I did a google search and found your post. Thank you for the heads-up.
Well, they’re still in business. I just registered a domain and receive an email from them.
right on, brother!