Recently I have had a couple of clients who received bogus letters ‘inviting’ them renew their domain name . . . for up to 10 times the normal renewal rate! Well, I suppose if you are going to try it on you may as well set your sites high 
Seriously though, these bogus domain renewals look quite professional and are often delivered by regular mail.
If your domain names are managed by TOSD, check these basic things before you pay anything:
- Was the renewal notice sent by TOSD from domains@tosd.com.au? (TOSD do not send renewals, or anything else, by normal mail)
- Was the renewal fee either $60.00/2 yrs for a ‘.com.au’ domain, or $19.95/1 yr for a ‘.com’ domain?
Still not sure?
Submit a support ticket and ask. It could save you a lot of money.
Hi TOSD
Yes, we received one of these bogus domain letters too, but we realised it hadn’t come from you and we threw it out. We didn’t think to tell you about it as we thought it was a one-off, but if we get anything like that again at Costume Illusions we will certainly let you know.
Hi Rob and Jen,
It is a good point you make. If clients could just let me know of any similar scams I would be happy to let everyone know. That way (hopefully) we can all avoid them.