My younger sister recently had an encounter with the folks at ICLS.net.\u00c2\u00a0 Here is how I managed to get my money back.<\/p>\n
The scumbags at ICLS.net are well known for their scams.\u00c2\u00a0 They mine whois data for various domains and then send a “bill” to the domain owner. \u00c2\u00a0 They make every effort to make the thing look like a bill or invoice, but at the very bottom in a smaller font the letter says “this is not a bill or invoice”, explaining that in fact it is only an offer to submit your site to search engines.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ve received these in the past and usually dump them without a second thought.\u00c2\u00a0 However, about a year ago I setup a domain for my 12 year old, with her own gallery<\/a> and wordpress blog.<\/a><\/p>\n The domain was registered in her name, and while I was out of town she received a letter from ICLS.net.\u00c2\u00a0 To her and my parents it\u00c2\u00a0 looked like a bill from the domain registrar for the domain, and they paid it.\u00c2\u00a0 Their registrar is actually Godaddy.\u00c2\u00a0 When I returned from Argentina, and noticed they had paid into this scam, I pulled up ICLS.net to look for their contact information. \u00c2\u00a0 Unfortunately, they didn’t respond to e-mail and their listed address is in Antigua. \u00c2\u00a0 They did however claim that if you use their service, you will receive a report as to the results and your new search engine rankings we never received this.<\/p>\n