Below is a verbatim copy/paste that our clients have been getting when they unknowingly pay the "invoice" that DROA sends them. This makes me really angry because many of these people we explained to about the same ploy from the DROC (Domain Registry of Canada) but now apparently they are using the America name when poaching Canadian clients as well.
Please notice the wording they use. The sentence above the link says you have to click on it to verify your email is active. THEN after the link it tells you that you have to do it to transfer it. Many people deal with items as they read through a list and therefore would have clicked on the link (to verify their email) BEFORE they realize from the following line that this will facilitate a transfer. I have had a couple of clients who have said that they actually sent company cheques to these bottom feeders and therefore did not want to go through the hassle and expense of correcting it when the bank charges are more than the domain would cost. By the way you can see that they are actually in Canada from the phone number listed (ok not defintive proof but still I've also heard from others this is the case) and I thought the federal government and CIRA had slapped them around in some way for this sort of practice. I did the transfer for this one client who wanted to let it go through because of the hassle involved and a single click will in fact facilitate the transfer. Nothing remotely close to the much more upfront and lucid transfers that OpenSRS use which includes the ability to back out if you're unclear or decide not to proceed. Read and see what you think. *************************************************************************************** Thank you for choosing to transfer and renew <dotcomdomain> with the Domain Registry of America. Your transfer and renewal of <dotcomdomain> is not yet complete. This email is being sent to verify your email address is still active. We require that you click on the link below to confirm your email address is active. http://confirm.droa.com/agree.asp?o=<removed>&p=<removed> You must click on the link above in order to continue the transfer and renewal process. Yours truly Domain Registry of America Toll free 1-866-434-0212 or for International Callers, dial +1(905)479-2533 Gordon Hudson wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ken Kaprielian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 9:03 PM > Subject: DROA transfer notices > > > Has anyone else been getting DROA domain transfer emails? We recieved one > > recently as did a customer and it "pretends" to be a system notice > > requesting confirmation of a domain transfer to DROA. We have not > elected > > to find out what happens when you click on the link they provide but are > > betting things would start to happen fast if we did. > > Don't click on the link. > > It starts a transfer to Enom.com > > Regards > > Gordon Hudson > Hostroute.com Ltd > www.hostroute.net > > ------------------------------------------------
