On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 12:49:27AM -0700, Robert L Mathews wrote:
> At 4/23/02 11:33 PM, Thomas Mon wrote:
>
> A customer of ours today reported getting spammed with renewal e-mail
> messages from Verisign as well; his domain doesn't expire for two months,
> and has never been registered with Verisign/NSI (it was not a transfer to
> us -- it was a new registration through us almost two years ago).
>
> I asked him to forward complete copies of the messages to me, but he had
> unfortunately deleted them. However, he seemed quite sure that they were
> from Verisign, and that it was by e-mail.
>
> Hmmmm. If this is actually happening, it would be useful if someone would
> post the full message, including the headers. Perhaps it's some idiot
> Verisign reseller spamming.
We've seen them too- for domains expiring as much as 5 months from
now. The mail seems to be delivered by "e-dialog.com" -- an opt-out
email marketing place according to their web page -- but looks to be
on behalf of NSI. The From address and the referenced renewal web
pages are on nsi-direct.com . Ironically the whois for nsi-direct.com
shows an expiration date of November 2001.
Sample below. Names and URLs changed, I think.
-mm-
From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Apr 23 16:17:36 2002
Received: from bm0-3.e-dialog.com (bm0-3.e-dialog.com [64.28.75.180]) by
iridium.mv.net (8.9.3/8.9.3/mem-971025) with ESMTP id QAA26884 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
Tue, 23 Apr 2002 16:17:35 -0400 (EDT)
Received: from e-dialog.com (mf1-source.e-dialog.com [10.200.3.111])
by bm0-3.e-dialog.com (8.12.0.Beta7/8.12.0.Beta7) with SMTP id g3NKH0dA020544
for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Tue, 23 Apr 2002 16:17:00 -0400
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 16:17:00 -0400
From: "VeriSign Renewals" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: an-address-at-mv.com
Subject: Urgent: EXAMPLE.ORG and Other Domains Are About to Expire
Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Tick... Tick... Tick...
Your domain names are about to expire!
Renew now.
NOTICE DATE: 23 April 2002
Attention: VeriSign(r) Customer
Your domain name registration for EXAMPLE.ORG
and other names (listed below) are about to expire.
Don't take a chance on having your domain names deactivated.
The time is now. Use our simple, express renewal process to
protect your online presence.
** Renew now and get one FREE year **
-- included in a 3-year domain name renewal -- just $69.99*.
--------------------------------------------------------------
Follow These Three Easy Steps to Renew Now:
1. Go to: http://info1.nsi-direct.com/blah-blah
and enter the domain names you want to renew.
2. Select your renewal term. Remember, the more years you
renew, the more you save.
3. Enter your credit card information and confirm your
renewal request.
--------------------------------------------------------------
Domain - Expiration Date
EXAMPLE_1.ORG - 09/12/02
EXAMPLE_2.COM - 09/12/02
EXAMPLE_3.NET - 09/12/02
EXAMPLE.ORG - 09/12/02
EXAMPLE_4.NET - 09/12/02
EXAMPLE_5.COM - 09/12/02
If you have already renewed, please disregard this notice
and accept our apologies for any inconvenience.
____________________________________________________________
* Pricing and multi-year discount does not apply to .name or
.tv domain name renewals or renewals of domain names registered
in combination with other services for a single price.
If you do not wish to receive e-mail promotions from VeriSign,
click here:
http://info1.nsi-direct.com/blah-blah
or simply reply to this message with the word "Remove" in the
subject line.
Please do not reply to this message unless you wish to
unsubscribe. For any VeriSign customer service inquiries,
please click here:
http://info1.nsi-direct.com/blah-blah
Any replies to this message, other than unsubscribe requests,
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Copyright 2002 VeriSign, Inc. All rights reserved. VeriSign
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