{"id":2113,"date":"2018-02-12T10:38:37","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T15:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eparrs.com\/blog\/blog\/?p=2113"},"modified":"2024-02-29T19:35:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T00:35:32","slug":"beware-domain-registry-of-canada-droc-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eparrs.com\/blog\/beware-domain-registry-of-canada-droc-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware Domain Registry of Canada (DROC now IDNS) Scam – UPDATED"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n

New name, same game!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Recently received a letter in my mailbox regarding a website domain name (that HAS already been updated) needing to be updated, according to IDNS Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, and this “new business” (IDNS Canada) now also has a new domain name for their “business website” www.inds.ac instead of the old droc.ca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please note the exact same letter style as those this scam artist mailed out in years past. The only change is in the logo. I have purposely labeled the new images, “new name, same scam”, so consider this our official SCAM ALERT for 2018!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– – – PREVIOUSLY published back in November 2012 – – –<\/div>
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Several local business website owners are STILL receiving letters from the Domain Registry of Canada (http:\/\/droc.ca), asking them to renew their domain names, yet they never dealt with them before. Many have lost money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although their document may look official (on the viewer\u2019s right), it is NOT. We urge you to ignore all correspondence from this company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please, do not get hoodwinked by sending money to the Domain Registry of Canada. I repeat; THIS IS A SCAM designed to convince you to switch your domain registrar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those who pay this company ANY money generally lose their money and, in most cases, their domain name as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A great reason to hire us to manage your website!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will always offer you help whenever you receive a fraudulent email or regular mail alert that you need to updated your website domain registration. To date, I’m still receiving emails claiming I need to update domain registrations for domains that have been deserted by me or my customers long ago!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can learn more about the DROC scam from the articles posted at the following links:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/www.ripoffreport.com\/reports\/droc-droc-domain-registry-of-canada\/markham-ontario-l3r-5m7\/droc-droc-domain-registry-of-canada-ripped-me-off-deceptive-dealings-promised-to-refun-286542<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Better Business Bureau have now deleted their once issued “seal of approval” for this company. There are now several of their web pages that are displaying a 404 error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Their former rating didn’t say much for the value of a BBB “seal of approval”. And in lieu of their former post that has now gone missing, I can only show you the tiny tidbit of evidence that Googles search result still displays. NOTE: <\/strong>how the many complains did NOT effect their review… which was the initial reason for my inclusion of their review here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Do an internet search for \u201cDROC scam\u201d and you will find even more articles posted on the web regarding this scam.
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– – – END OF PREVIOUSLY published – – –<\/div>
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Now you will need to do an internet search for “IDNS scam” (without the quotation marks, of course) but you will discover that this is the same game, just a new name and website!
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Please, don\u2019t YOU be their next victim!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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