{"id":2444,"date":"2008-09-09T14:57:36","date_gmt":"2008-09-09T14:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.knowledgement.ie\/uncategorized\/businesses-warned-of-internet-registry-scam"},"modified":"2008-09-09T14:57:36","modified_gmt":"2008-09-09T14:57:36","slug":"businesses-warned-of-internet-registry-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.targetintegration.com\/en_ie\/businesses-warned-of-internet-registry-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Businesses Warned of Internet Registry Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>9<sup>th<\/sup> September 2008<\/strong><br \/>\nIrish businesses are being warned not to fall for a scam from a company calling itself Internet Register Ireland. Internet Register Ireland is a trading name used by a German company called DAD Deutscher Adressdienst GmbH.<\/p>\n<p>If a business signs and sends back the letter it receives from DAD Deutscher Adressdienst GmbH, it will be liable for a sum of \u20ac958 for a listing in their directory, as well as entering into a three-year contract.<\/p>\n<p>Similar directory scams have already resulted in company closures in Switzerland. Under these scams, businesses that sign up are pursued by overseas debt collection agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries warned how a similar scam occurred in Belgium, where DNS BE was contacted by concerned citizens who received a letter with \u2018Belgian Internet Registry\u2019 as the heading.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The letter invites them to verify their company and website addresses in order to subscribe to a Belgian Internet Registry after an annual payment of \u20ac958. DNS BE insists on the fact that this company has no link whatsoever with DNS BE and is not a accredited registrar of DNS BE.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, Irish businesspeople are complaining of receiving similar letters in the name of Internet Register Ireland, which ask for an annual payment of \u20ac958 in return for appearing in a directory.<\/p>\n<p>In 2005, a Dublin barber allegedly received a death threat from a so-called European City Guide demanding \u20ac800 to \u20ac900 for his firm\u2019s appearance on a CD-ROM.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the businesses in Ireland have received the letters from the so-called Internet Register Ireland. The letters are well-presented and consist of a business reply envelope that \u201creally does look the part.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The .ie Domain Registry (IEDR) has been informed of the letters and said it will be issuing a warning.<\/p>\n<p>?[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>9<sup>th<\/sup> September 2008<\/strong><br \/>Irish businesses are being warned not to fall for a scam from a company calling itself Internet Register Ireland. 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