Domain Name Suspension Notice for the Violation of Melbourne IT Ltd Abuse Policy

Malicious Fake Domain Suspension Email From Melbourne IT

We have recently discovered that a group of cyber criminals are sending out fake emails with the subject "Domain Suspension Notice". In all appearances, the email seems to come from Melbourne IT, Ltd, which is our domain registrar partner. Melbourne IT did NOT send out these emails. The email attempt to deceive the recipient into clicking an embedded link that goes to a website where it will try to get the visitor to download malicious software that will infect their machine with a virus or other malware.

What does the email look like?

Below is the format of the email described above.

Please, do NOT click on the link in the email. It leads to a site that attempts to infect your machine. Once your machine is infected with a Trojan or other virus, the criminals may be able to take control of the your computer from anywhere in the world and be able to spy on you, take your personal information, or use your computer to commit more crimes.

In order to prevent your email address from being shown with your domain information, you may consider using Domain Privacy at $9.99 per domain per year.

For those who may have already received the email and clicked on the link, be sure to do a complete scan of your system with antivirus software. If you do not have any anti-virus software on your machine, we have a list of FREE antivirus software that can help you.