{"id":922,"date":"2019-10-02T15:47:50","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T14:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nameshield.com\/en\/?page_id=922"},"modified":"2022-12-27T18:06:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T17:06:06","slug":"slamming","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nameshield.com\/en\/glossary\/slamming\/","title":{"rendered":"Slamming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"eplus-jFWTAk eplus-wrapper wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s a <em>slamming<\/em>?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-AkSdSm eplus-wrapper\">The <strong><em>slam\u00adming<\/em><\/strong><em> <\/em>is a well-known vari\u00adant of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nameshield.com\/en\/glossary\/phishing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"phishing  (opens in a new tab)\">phish\u00ading <\/a>in the domain names\u2019 world. It con\u00adsists in encour\u00adag\u00ading domain names own\u00aders to renew their annu\u00adity with anoth\u00ader reg\u00adis\u00adtrar, by argu\u00ading the emer\u00adgency and crit\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adi\u00adty of the con\u00adcerned name\u2019s loss. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-yTEmuZ eplus-wrapper\">There are two kinds of <strong>slam\u00adming<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-list eplus-styles-uid-3f5697\">\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">The\n<strong>fake renew\u00adal invoice:<\/strong> this prac\u00adtice\ncon\u00adsists in send\u00ading a domain name\u2019s expi\u00adra\u00adtion noti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion, which is in\nreal\u00adi\u00adty, a domain name trans\u00adfer request towards anoth\u00ader provider.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-9ljZ00 eplus-wrapper\">If the domain name\u2019s own\u00ader doesn\u2019t check and\nanswers pos\u00adi\u00adtive\u00adly to this noti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion, their domain name will be trans\u00adferred\nto a new provider.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-list eplus-styles-uid-445460\">\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">The<strong> reg\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion black\u00admail: <\/strong>a com\u00adpa\u00adny\nreceives a registrar\u2019s mail inform\u00ading that a domain name con\u00adcern\u00ading them, or a sim\u00adi\u00adlar domain name, is about to be reg\u00adis\u00adtered by a\nthird par\u00adty. Then the reg\u00adis\u00adtrar pro\u00adpos\u00ades them the pri\u00ador\u00adi\u00adty for imme\u00addi\u00adate\nreg\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion of this name, in exchange of a cost in gen\u00ader\u00adal, high\u00ader than the\naver\u00adage of course. In most cas\u00ades, this is a scam!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"eplus-me84Fp eplus-wrapper wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to protect against <em>slamming<\/em>?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-list eplus-styles-uid-8eb99d\">\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Be vig\u00adi\u00adlant; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Check the links by hov\u00ader\u00ading the cur\u00adsor over them (with\u00adout click\u00ading) to ensure that they link to trust\u00adwor\u00adthy web\u00adsites;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Do not reply under the pres\u00adsure of this kind of solic\u00adi\u00adta\u00adtion and do not pro\u00adceed to any pay\u00adment;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">If there is any doubt, con\u00adtact the sender through anoth\u00ader method, they will con\u00adfirm if it real\u00adly is a fraud attempt or not.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-xsYRDG eplus-wrapper\"><em>You can find on the blog a detailed arti\u00adcle about<a aria-label=\" slamming. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.nameshield.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/16\/slamming-a-scam-still-too-common\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <strong>slam\u00adming<\/strong>.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s a slam\u00adming? The slam\u00adming is a well-known vari\u00adant of phish\u00ading in the domain names\u2019 world. It con\u00adsists in encour\u00adag\u00ading domain names own\u00aders to renew their annu\u00adity with anoth\u00ader reg\u00adis\u00adtrar, by argu\u00ading the emer\u00adgency and crit\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adi\u00adty of the con\u00adcerned name\u2019s loss. There are two kinds of slam\u00adming: If the domain name\u2019s own\u00ader doesn\u2019t check and\u2026&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nameshield.com\/en\/glossary\/slamming\/\" class rel=\"bookmark\">Read More \u00bb<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Slam\u00adming<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":861,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-922","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Slamming - What\u2019s a slamming and how to protect against it ?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What\u2019s a slamming and how to protect against it? 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