Snail Mail SPAM received today:
Dear Prospective Customer,
It pays to renew your domain name before it expires..........
Switching to Network Solutions automatically renews your Web
indentity..................
Attached to the bottom of the letter is a response form: "It's simple to
switch right new...Just complete, sign and return this form...."
Listed with a 'check here to renew all domain names' is a list of EIGHT
domains that I registered exclusivley through OpenSRS...they were never
with Netsol. The renew offer is for $50 for 2 years.
This is bad. We've already established how weak-minded and confused some of
our OpenSRS customers get when dealing with transfer issues now NetSol
is going to try to STEAL registrations that never touched their system???
They even throw in a Postage Paid return envelope. (Which I will stuff with
invalid deactivation notices and a few lead bars and maybe a cat hairball or
two and mail back to them)
Questions:
1. Did they legally purchase the OpenSRS whois database?
2. How else could they have gotten my OpenSRS hostmaster postal address?
3. Anyone else get one of these?
Letter is 'signed' by Linh DePledge, Senior Manager, Network Solutions
Tony
