Author: WYNK

Fake Emails from Domain Service

WYNK

I’ve recently been getting so many emails from this company: Domain Service (or whatever company they decide they want to be).

HOW THEY OPERATE

They send out emails to unsuspecting domain name owners. They get the victim’s email addresses from the listed registered owners of different domain names. Then they send out these bogus warnings that their domains will be lost if they do not renew their subscription. They pose as the authorized company of said domain when actually, they have nothing to do with the domain and actually want to steal it from the victim.

They say they can do it for a huge sum — many times more than the actual cost of the domain name. The victim pays and that’s the last they hear of them.

If you ever receive an email like this, simply trash it and then delete your Trash content. Better still, report it to the Department of Justice. If you want to be sure about the email, contact your website manager or domain register and they can confirm the email’s authenticity.

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SAMPLE

Here’s a sample of one of the emails I received:

 

Important notice

Notice#: 393989

Date: 04/27/2020

Domain Expiration

Domain: [NameOfDomain.com] (whatever your domain is)

Expiration date: 05/05/2020

To: [The Victim, Victim’s Company]

[Victim’s Address]

Domain Name: Registration Period: Amount: Term:
[NameOfDomain.com] 05/19/2020 to 05/19/2021 $86.00 1 Year

Secure Online Payment

Domain Name: [NameOfDomain.com]

Attn: [Victim’s Name]

 

This important notification notifies you about the notice of your domain frtsgv.org optimization submission. The information in this email may contain legally privileged information from the notification processing department of the Registration Office for our traffic generator. We do not register or renew domain names. We are selling traffic generator tools. This information is intended for the use of the individual(s) named above.
If you fail to complete your domain name registration frtsgv.org search engine optimization service by the expiration date, may the dismissal of this search engine optimization domain name notification notice.

Process

Secure Online Payment

to complete your payment

Failure to complete your domain name registration [NameOfDomain.com] search engine optimization service process may make it difficult for customers to find you on the web.

Act immediately

This domain registration for [ search engine service optimization notification will expire 05/05/2020.

Instructions and Unlike Instructions from this Newsletter:
You have received this message because you elected to receive notification. If you no longer wish to receive our notifications, please unlike here. If you have multiple accounts with us, you must opt out for each one individually to unlike receiving notifications. We are a search engine optimization company. We do not directly register or renew domain names. This is not a bill. You don’t need to pay the amount unless you accept this notification. This message, which contains promotional material strictly along the guidelines of the Can-Spam act of 2003. We have clearly mentioned the source mail-id of this email, also clearly mentioned our subject lines and they are in no way misleading. Please do not reply to this email, as we are not able to respond to messages sent to this address.

Email Housekeeping

WYNK

Question:

My email messages are piling up… and about to lose memory. Is there a way to delete in groups as opposed to doing it individually?

Answer:

I have the same problem. I need to clean up every once in a while.

Depending on what program you use, the procedure may be different. Let’s use Mozilla Thunderbird as an example. What I do is double click on the top of the DATE column  (where the title of that column is) and that action arranges all the emails chronologically. If you click the title (DATE) again, it reverses — with the oldest on top and the newest at the bottom. I then decide that all emails past (say 2019) are all useless. Then I

  • choose all the emails earlier than 2019
  • hold shift
  • scroll down all the way to the bottom (still holding shift)
  • then (while all the old emails are selected) hit the delete key
  • depending on how many you select, it will take a few seconds or even minutes

Then I do the same with the names of the people who delivered the email. I double click the title (CORRESPONDENCE) and the emails are alphabetically arranged. It’s easier to delete once you group the emails according to people who have any relevance in your life. Do this with the rest of the columns.

After you are done deleting the emails, remember that they are still in your TRASH folder(s). Before you delete your trash, delete your JUNK folder first because you will transfer your JUNK to your TRASH so you need not delete TRASH twice. Right click on that/those folders and select EMPTY FOLDER.

I hope this helps.

Raoul

 

Help Paradise & Butte County Fire Victims

WYNK

WYNK is working with the Bailey Romero Law firm. They have a heart for the victims of the 2019 Paradise and Butte County fire. Although the tragedy does not share the regular headlines anymore, there are countless families still in limbo.

There’s a lot of blame shifting going on — who’s responsible? Who pays for what? In the center of the controversy is the Pacific Gas and Electric (PGE) that filed for bankruptcy on January 29, 2019. What that means is the victims will need to absorb all the loss. The Bailey Romero Law firm have started a funding campaign to help. You can contact them for more details.

Southern California Office: 12518 Beverly Boulevard, Whittier, CA 90601

530-409-0027

If you know anyone who needs legal help we highly recommend the team of Judge Steven Bailey (Ret.) and Attorney Martha Romero. They are seasoned attorneys and know the ins and outs of the legal system.

iDNS (Internet Domain Name Services) – Fake! Scam!

WYNK

I reported iDNS to the post office a few months ago warning them that this company was doing improper … yes, even fraudulent activities. Technically they are still within the legal bounds but in actuality, they are deceptive in their approach. They are scam artists! And I can prove it. Read on.

If you own a domain and you get a letter from iDNS watch out! The letter comes with a warning  — “Domain Name Expiration Notice” which will scare the non-techies to send their credit card information to them.

The letter looks like this:

iDNS-Fake

If you get this in your mailbox (not email box) relax. These guys just got your information through easily accessible data. That’s all the “authenticity” they can boast of. This is why they are able to fool a lot of people.

If you read the small print it says in Bold letters ” This notice is not a bill.” Then it reveals what they want you to do. They want you to TRANSFER your web hosting to them for 4 times the price you would normally pay.

They also include a return envelope (not even with a stamp — ie. you have to pay for your response letter to them so that they can screw you!) that is addressed to:

iDnsFake

Internet Domain Services Inc
925 Bergen Ave., Suite #289
Jersey City, NJ 07306-3018

Obviously, you will want to burn that letter. Please warn all your friends.

Making Signage for the La Habra Art Walk

WYNK

“Can you make 2 signs for the La Habra Art Walk? We’ll buy all the materials so we can go with you to the hardware store … and by the way, we need it tomorrow.”

That was how we started this project. Immediately, concepts were floating in my mind:

“What if, instead of a regular sign pointing the way to the Art Walk … what if I recreate a famous painting and have whoever is in that painting pointing to the Art Walk?”

We were walking around the aisles of the hardware store and we were looking at different boards and selecting the paints, and the whole time I’m thinking that I will have to drop everything and work on this tonight. Will I have time? After all, the wooden panels we bought were huge — 4 feet square. Will I have all the materials I need? No more time for buying more supplies.

I decided to do a famous abstract painting and a famous classical painting. I chose Picasso’s “Girl Before a Mirror” and Leonardo’s “Mona Lisa.”

I did a little research for the original pictures then — paint rollers came off the shelf, painting tarp was spread on the floor, my box of acrylic paints were laid out, I set music to play in the background then I started splish-splashing away! 5 hours later, I came up with this:

picasso-working

It was late at night and I went to bed wondering if I would have time to make the Mona Lisa. I dreamed about what I was going to do in the morning.

The sun was just about to show itself and I proceeded to do Leonardo’s masterpiece. Do I do it cartoon style or do I do it realistically? I knew I didn’t have enough time because not only did I have to make the sketches, the text, then, after all of the painting, I would still need to let it dry. Cartoon style is easy. Classical style is difficult.

I pondered and said, I’d do it the hard way. I liked the challenge.  Splish splash I was at it again. 4 hours later, it was done. Behold my Mona Lisa!

mona-working

I know her face looks kinda weird. But hey, I was running out of time and  I think people will get the idea.

My good deed was done. People loved it.

“That’s amazing Raoul!” said Michelle.

“Dude, that’s freakin’ awesome!” said Miguel.

“That looks great Raoul!” said Anna.

My good deed was done. End of story.

 

The final look:

picasso-point

Mona-point