Hi Chuck,
I've had it with these fraudulent transfers -- I've just received two this
week from Tucows resellers. I've recently brought a situation just like this
to Tucows I was told by "compliance" that nothing could be done. I don't buy
that!
I feel it's time to expose either the Customers or Resellers who initiate such
transfers. This is WIRE FRAUD and may, in fact, be the first step in domain
theft (it's NEVER the junky domains that are slammed). I've posted this to our
discussion list and invite our peers to share their views -- and for the two
Resellers in question to bring us the criminals!
Please don't go into the fact that these domains will not be transfered if I
simply don't acknowledge the request -- I WON'T; I KNOW THAT! My point is that
without punitive action these Slim Bags will continue this practice.
If Team Burlee or Team Advantage are reputable resellers, let them expose the
customers who initiated these frauds. They have their credit cards. They who
they are. Short of that, I must assume that this is Reseller slamming and
Tucows should sanction these Resellers. Either way, let's start a HALL OF
SHAME for repeat offenders! Wire Fraud is not a private affair.
Best, Loren
The two transfer requests follow -- one sent by "Loren Stocker." Right!
THURSDAY'S FRAUD (This domain was registered the day before the request --
sore loser?)
A request has been received to transfer the domain engrs.com
to Burlee Networks, an authorized reseller of the registrar Tucows. This
request
was entered at Thu Aug 9 12:55:05 2001
by Loren Stocker. Note that your nameservers will not change as a direct
result
of this transfer.
This acknowledgement of transfer will be processed by Tucows Inc, an
ICANN accredited registrar on behalf of Burlee Networks. If
this is a valid request and you wish to approve this transfer, please
visit the following url and follow the instructions:
https://rr-n1-tor.opensrs.net/transfers/index.cgi?rid=
You will need to enter the following information to complete the
transfer:
Domain Name: engrs.com
Password:
If you do not wish to approve this transfer, you may simply ignore this
message and the request will be cancelled, or you can use the Domain
Name and Password above to cancel the transfer.
Accepting this transfer will change the registrar of record for your
domain from its current registrar, to Tucows/OpenSRS; it may also
change some of the contact information. If you are receiving this
email, you should have initiated, or at least been aware of this
request already. If this is the first time that you've heard of this,
do not accept the transfer until you are satisfied that the request is
legitimate.
Thank you.
Team Burlee Networks and Team Tucows
MONDAY'S FRAUD (I've had two other attempts on this domain!)
A request has been received to transfer the domain willcall.com
to Advantage Management & Consulting, an authorized reseller of the registrar
Tucows. This request was entered at Mon Aug 13 14:53:06 2001
by Danny Allen. Note that your nameservers will not change as a direct result
of
this transfer.
This acknowledgement of transfer will be processed by Tucows Inc, an
ICANN accredited registrar on behalf of Advantage Management & Consulting. If
this is a valid request and you wish to approve this transfer, please
visit the following url and follow the instructions:
https://rr-n1-tor.opensrs.net/transfers/index.cgi?rid
You will need to enter the following information to complete the
transfer:
Domain Name: willcall.com
Password:
If you do not wish to approve this transfer, you may simply ignore this
message and the request will be cancelled, or you can use the Domain
Name and Password above to cancel the transfer.
Accepting this transfer will change the registrar of record for your
domain from its current registrar, to Tucows/OpenSRS; it may also
change some of the contact information. If you are receiving this
email, you should have initiated, or at least been aware of this
request already. If this is the first time that you've heard of this,
do not accept the transfer until you are satisfied that the request is
legitimate.
Thank you.
Team Advantage Management & Consulting and Team Tucows
