# Domain name reseller scam targets hospital - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2002/10/23/domain-name-reseller-scam-targets-hospital/ - Published: 2002-10-23T23:00:00+01:00 - Author: Howard Lake High-pressure salespeople have tried to dupe Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital Trust into buying additional Web domain names at premium prices, according to vnunet. The Trust was told by Domain Registrar Services (DRS) that it domain names similar to its own were being registered by “mystery buyers” and that the charity should therefore buy the variants from DRS. Susan Pollock, the Web manager at Guy’s, said that the implication was that the mystery buyers would run porn sites with the similar domain names, thereby possibly tarnishing the hospital’s name. Such high-pressure techniques are being used by a number of companies, and charities are among the targets. To avoid being caught out, charities should ## Advertisement [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/) * maintain a full list of their current domain names * details of when they run out * contact details for their current Web host and Internet service provider to get competitive quotes for registering domain names * learn how to search WHOIS registers to find out who owns particular domain names * regularly review which domain names they require and purchase new ones from a reputable reseller. Read “Domain name scams hit the NHS” by Dinah Greek at vnunet.com. * **[Free spam check to help email newsletters get through](https://fundraising.co.uk/2002/12/07/free-spam-check-help-email-newsletters-get-through/)**( 7 December 2002) * **[Shop Good told by DEC to remove its name from website](https://fundraising.co.uk/2002/12/12/shop-good-told-dec-remove-its-name-website/)**( 12 December 2002) * **[UK Fundraising News appears in HTML for first time](https://fundraising.co.uk/2003/01/23/uk-fundraising-news-appears-html-first-time/)**( 23 January 2003)