Overview

There has been a recent wave of scam emails sent out from the DNRS Australia organisation claiming a pending domain name renewal is to be paid.

They will generally include contact details pulled from your domain name’s registrant information and include links to an invoice they claim should be paid.

Note

These emails are FAKE and can simply be deleted.

Here’s part of what this email looks like:

Subject: Renewal notifications for: www.exampledomain.com.au

Message Body:
Action needed: keep www.exampledomain.com.au renewal notification service active.

Hi "exampledomain" team,
We are set to extend the domain renewal notification service for the domain below on Day/Month/Year. To keep the service active without interruption, please complete payment now.
Domain: www.exampledomain.com.au
Renewal term: 2 years
Amount due: 182.00 AUD
Renewal date: Day/Month/Year
Pay Now 

Link to online invoice

We accept Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay, and Google Pay.

If you don’t wish to renew, please reply to this email to cancel at least 5 days before Day/Month/Year; otherwise, we’ll assume you wish to continue.
Please also review your details and reply if anything needs updating:

Company name: ExampleDomain
Address: Address pulled from domain information
Email: Domain's registrant contact email

This is a visual copy of what the invoice they send looks like (Note the listed Item is for “Domain renewal notifications” rather than an actual renewal).
dnrs scam invoice

These email are not legitimate or relevant to the actual domain registration. Please just DELETE this email as it’s a fake scam.

If you are unsure as to the emails legitimacy, or the domain’s actual renewal, please feel free to reach out to our support team at to confirm.

Scams can be reported to Scamwatch at the following link
https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/report-a-scam

More reports will help give the proper authorities information to take action against these scams

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