If any of you noticed I put SCAM in "". We have been using the term "scam" for any letter/email that misleads an end user into switching service. Personally I don't think sending this specific email is a "scam," but I would like to rub a few magnets over the senders hard drive ;-) .
Best Regards, Alex Brecher Visit us at http://www.Successfulhosting.com We'll make your web site a success! Register your own domain name for only $14.99 at http://DiscountDomainRegistry.com *****PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY PART OF THIS MESSAGE WHEN REPLYING***** ----- Original Message ----- From: "SpyProductions - Lars Hindsley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Alex Brecher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 10:08 PM Subject: RE: NEW Domain Scam - lets analyze... > I'm known for my straight talk, peppered with language but I'll try to say > this nicely. > > Scam is a hard word indeed and without spin doctoring here is the point of > view of just about all Tucows RSP's if I may be so bold as to speak on > everyone's part: > > -shades of scam as where is the means of domain management? Does customer > choose id and password? Does the vendor create it? > -renew is a common term that vendors use FOR THEIR OWN CUSTOMERS. > -therefore the site is misleading on the surface, they are not just > renewals, they are transfers > -there is no attempt at all to tell would be customers they are leaving > their current vendor > > Churn is the name of the game now. Scam is a hard word, but it seems to > apply when you parse words. > > But that's cool, now that we know who it is, we will just block the domain > and IP from our DNS. :) Let them hammer some other provider. > > What is funny is this person goes to work and thinks they are really doing > something great with their life. Like churning unsuspecting customers is > something to be proud of. Nah, they just see dollar signs, who would I be > kidding. > > Lars Hindsley > SpyProductions.com > Achieve Web Success > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alex Brecher > Sent: April 29, 2002 6:32 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: NEW Domain Scam > > > One of our end users has notified us of a new domain "scam." Below is the > email this user received: > > > [Original Message] > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <Registrant26> > > Date: 4/24/02 6:24:42 PM > > Subject: Renew today for only $14.95 > > > > IMPORTANT INFORMATION: > > > > Save 60% on your annual domain renewal fees by > > renewing at the special rate of only $14.95. For your > > convenience, you can renew for a period of up to 10 > > years at the same time. > > > > Go to: http://www.renewmydomains.com today! > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Administration Department > > RenewMyDomains.com > > > > > > To remove your email address from further promotional mailings from this > company, click here: > > http://www.centralremovalservice.com/cgi-bin/domain-remove.cgi > > > > > > 5646MgYo2-273OYEl15 > > After some digging I found that http://www.renewmydomains.com/ is really > http://www.easy-internic.com/ or is reselling for them. > http://www.easy-internic.com/ is a reseller of http://srsplus.com/ which is > now a "wholly owned subsidiary" of VERISIGN! > > Is there anything we can do about this ? > > Best Regards, > > Alex Brecher > > Visit us at http://www.Successfulhosting.com > We'll make your web site a success! > > Register your own domain name for only $14.99 at > http://DiscountDomainRegistry.com > > *****PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY PART OF THIS MESSAGE WHEN REPLYING***** > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lists" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "George Kirikos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 5:29 PM > Subject: RE: Verisign "International Business Reply Mail" postage paid > envelopes :) > > > > >From Canada? Is it a NetSol affiliate? AFAIK, NetSol doesn't operate out > of > > Canada. What's the return address? > > > > Jo Shea > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of George Kirikos > > Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 4:17 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Verisign "International Business Reply Mail" postage paid > > envelopes :) > > > > > > Hello, > > > > I got the Verisign "renewal" scam mail today, and was about to toss it > > in the garbage, but noticed that it had a POSTAGE PAID envelope inside! > > > > Coming from Canada, that has to cost them at least 50 cents, if not > > more when you factor in the cost of opening each one, etc. > > > > I'll be sure to send it back to them, with a few choice words inside, > > to make them rethink pulling this stunt again. All the names they tried > > to get me to "renew" were never at NSI, either (all were OpenSRS names, > > past and present). > > > > Sincerely, > > > > George Kirikos > > http://www.kirikos.com/ > > > > P.S. I got a couple of "Domain Registry of Canada" ones today too, but > > alas no postage-paid envelopes. :( > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness > > http://health.yahoo.com > > > > > > >
