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  • Marshal
    Biz Dev and SEO
    • Jun 2005
    • 15227
    #1

    Take care! Someone's try to steal your domains!

    Today I received this e-mail. The domain is registered with NameCheap (I think there's Enom Inc. in whois data). Someone's trying to steal it. I replaced the domain name with www.mydomainname.com because of the security reasons. The domain is expiring in October and some muthafucka is trying to make me transfer it there. This is the only one of my domains that has not whois guard. So, be careful and take care!

    From: Domain Renewal <[email protected]>
    Subject: www.mydomainname.com

    domain renewal

    It is time to renew your domain name www.mydomainname.com

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Your domain name www.mydomainname.com will expire within 90 days.
    You may renew your domain automatically with Domain Renewal. Click on the link in this
    e-mail to renew the domain for another year. You should renew your domain as soon as
    possible in order for it to continue to be registered in your name.

    Click here if you wish to renew your domain
    --------> http://www.domainrenewalonline.com/f...domainname.com

    As soon as we have received your payment, you will receive a confirmation that your domain
    has been renewed.

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Services and information about Domain Renewal
    Domain Renewal maintains domain addresses, and registers and consults companies in
    relation to Internet domain ownership. We inform businesses about which domains are
    registered, and remind them if a domain is due to expire, or when it is time to renew a domain.
    If you want Domain Renewal to extend the domain for you, we ask you to click on the link in
    this e-mail. If you do not wish to use your domain after the due date for renewal, you may
    disregard this e-mail. When Domain Renewal extends your domain no information will be
    changed in the "Whois" information section. The domain will be extended for 1 year. You will
    therefore continue with your current supplier. You may also request your Internet Service
    Provider to renew the domain for you. If you have any further questions please do not hesitate
    to contact our customer service centre by sending an e-mail to
    [email protected]
    domain renewal
    Last edited by Marshal; 07-15-2007, 04:09 AM.
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    • Godsmack
      Confirmed User
      • Apr 2004
      • 4525
      #2
      yep, got this mail yesterday as well.. funny if you click the link they ask like $60 for a year..
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        • Steve Awesome
          Confirmed User
          • Jan 2007
          • 1575
          #3
          This isn't someone trying to steal it -- it's some other domain company trying to get you to pay their huge registration fee. Other registration companies have been doing this for years. They send either an email or or a letter that **looks** like an invoice. Novice people think, "What the hell, I guess this is my domain renewal" and they pay it blindly. The new registrar now gets the recurring money for renewals thereafter.

          Throw them in the trash is the short of it.

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            • Marshal
              Biz Dev and SEO
              • Jun 2005
              • 15227
              #4
              Originally posted by Steve Awesome
              This isn't someone trying to steal it -- it's some other domain company trying to get you to pay their huge registration fee. Other registration companies have been doing this for years. They send either an email or or a letter that **looks** like an invoice. Novice people think, "What the hell, I guess this is my domain renewal" and they pay it blindly. The new registrar now gets the recurring money for renewals thereafter.

              Throw them in the trash is the short of it.
              should i report this to namecheap?
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                • Steve Awesome
                  Confirmed User
                  • Jan 2007
                  • 1575
                  #5
                  Originally posted by nettrust
                  should i report this to namecheap?
                  They won't care. It's up to you to ignore these offers. They are perfectly legal, unfortunately.

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                    • Waveu6410
                      Confirmed User
                      • Jan 2005
                      • 4038
                      #6
                      I get that letter in the mail sometimes I buy a domain from Yahoo.
                      Last edited by Waveu6410; 07-15-2007, 04:57 AM.

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                        • Klen
                          • Aug 2006
                          • 32234
                          #7
                          Originally posted by Waveu6410
                          I get that letter in the mail sometimes I buy a domain from Yahoo.
                          I got same thing when i had domain on yahoo.Fortunatly i didnt "buy it"

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                            • Scootermuze
                              Confirmed User
                              • Dec 2001
                              • 4513
                              #8
                              There was a company that got in trouble for sending those invoice looking letters to people.. Deceptive practices I think was the deal...

                              I'd contact the FTC if you want to try to do something..

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                                • martinsc
                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                  • Jun 2005
                                  • 27043
                                  #9
                                  Make Money

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                                    • Scootermuze
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Dec 2001
                                      • 4513
                                      #10
                                      ......
                                      In the mailing to customers of competing domain name registrars, VeriSign's Network Solutions warned that their domain name was about to expire and offered to renew it for a fee. The mailing did not state when the name would expire, which in some cases was months or years off. Also, renewal actually meant transfer of the domain to Network Solutions, making the notices deceptive, the FTC charges.
                                      ......

                                      In a settlement with U.S. regulators, VeriSign Inc. has agreed to abstain from marketing practices that allegedly tricked consumers into transferring domain names to its Network Solutions business.

                                      .....

                                      The settlement with the FTC follows a class action settlement in January this year in which VeriSign agreed to refund customers who had responded to the mailing and had second thoughts, or give the customer a year of free domain registration if they in fact wanted to renew their domain.

                                      Ref.

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                                        • yahoo-xxx-girls.com
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Jul 2006
                                          • 3143
                                          #11
                                          Hope this helps

                                          If you have a domain name host who provides a "lock" for your domain name then you have nothing to worry about... Such a "lock" disables another company of transferring the domain name to another companies server(s)... if your unsure then contact your domain name host, normally your web host, and get them to help you out...

                                          Later,

                                          .
                                          sig too big

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                                            • CaptainHowdy
                                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                                              • Dec 2004
                                              • 94125
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by Balalsubturfyooj
                                              If you have a domain name host who provides a "lock" for your domain name then you have nothing to worry about... Such a "lock" disables another company of transferring the domain name to another companies server(s)... if your unsure then contact your domain name host, normally your web host, and get them to help you out...

                                              Later,

                                              .
                                              !

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