So I think I might have almost been scammed. Or not. You tell me.

A guy from England phoned me up and said he was from some web hosting company, and they were concerned with an applicant choosing a name similar to my site. They didn’t have the same company name, but the domain name was very similar, adding either a hyphen in between the name, or an ‘sa’ at the end. I couldn’t hear what this dude was saying so he transfered me to their legal department, a nice lady called Laura answered.

So I said “If they’re a plumbing company that’s fine, they can use it with pleasure”, but Laura then told me that they do video production.

Wait.
A.
Minute.

Some random company, with a company name not similar to mine, but wanting a similar domain name? Are they trying to steal my business? Or possible clients? Are they trying to steal my identity? Or was I almost the shmuck who paid £200 to secure a domain name so these punks don’t get it?

I typed in two URL’s that she told me she went to to see their site, but got nothing.

Like I said, you tell me.

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