Domain name scams
We were recently contacted by two clients who had received notices from the “Domain Registry of America.” These letters asked our clients to renew their domain names through them, with a vague note that “this is not a bill.” We also received one here last week.
These unscrupulous companies send letters and emails that look like a bona-fide bill, but in reality, they are trying to trick us to transfer our domains to them so they can charge their domain fees.
If Kingdom Design manages your domain, you can safely throw away these letters. We automatically renew your domain each year, unless you tell us not to.
We also utilize a suite number or second address line on your registration, which says “Dept. Junk” or “Junkmail.” This is a tip-off that someone got your address by “scraping” together a list of domain owners.
We are also moving every domain we can to a “private registration,” which will hide your real address so you will not get on any junkmail lists. Unfortunately, this is not available for .US domains.