Do I have “scam me!” written on my forehead?
April 25th, 2007 by Cristina Favreau
I received an interesting letter yesterday (written in French) from a German company called DAD Deutscher Adressdienst GmbH who is, supposedly, THE Canadian Internet Register (Registre Internet du Canada) — OH, THEM! It MUST be important! Yeah, whatever.
Except for the thin recycled paper it’s printed on, the letter is official-looking, nicely presented and includes a business reply envelope (to Germany).
At first glance, it appears as if they are simply asking me to update my information for their records. Apparently, I can even select 3 keywords for their directory.
However, when reading the fine print, I find out that by signing the form, I agree to being invoiced $1457 per year for registering my web site and “listing” on their useless “directory” for the next 3 years.
Funny, why would I pay if I’m already listed?
Check out the StopECG blog for an image of what the letter looks like.
Don’t get caught… It’s obviously a scam. If you receive a similar letter or email, run it through the shredder (based on my quick research, people have reported receiving this letter in the UK and Belgium).
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View Comments to “Do I have “scam me!” written on my forehead?”
Send such letters to scambusters.org It connects right to the RCMP and they know what to do with them.
Oh, and always read the fine print!
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Yep, I’ve received the same thing in my mailbox a few times now. For some reason it always gets my attention (must be the “The” at the beginning of “The Canadian Internet Register” … sounds so official doesn’t it?) Then upon further inspection I always realize my attention span has just been wasted AGAIN on junk mail! These are savvy marketers trying to con people who don’t fully understand how websites and domains work. Yikes!
Yes, i just receved the same thing, BIG scam,
I will send the letter to the RCMP. Maybe they can do some thing about it.
[...] Do I have “scam me!” written on my forehead? By Cristina Favreau Don’t get caught… It’s obviously a scam. If you receive a similar letter or email, run it through the shredder (based on my quick research, people have reported receiving this letter in the UK and Belgium). [...]