I figure someone here will know what's going on. Maybe you've seen this with one of your customers. The below email was just sent to someone with a domain registered with eNom. The name servers for the domain are at name-services.com, which is an eNom site/service.
The domain [something].com has been registered with eNom for a couple of years, but the .info version has never been registered (trust me, it's a made up name and nobody wants it). If I do a WHOIS on [something].info then it looks like a legit registration, including all the identical contact information for [something].com. If you go to the www.[something].com you see a page similar to http://www.name-services.com. Follow a link "Why am I seeing this web site?" and you get an offer to register the domain. Is this crap legal? How the hell do they get away with registering domains in someone's name when there has been no action taken to do so? Is eNom using their ability as a registrar to register then delete a domain name in order take advantage of their own domain registrants? The topper is sending spam in the form of a fake WDRP compliance notice for the fake registration. ----- Original Message ----- From: "WDRP Compliance" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: -------------- Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 1:06 PM Subject: Important Notice: Please Verify Contact Data for your Domain Name(s) > Dear Domain Holder, > > This message is a reminder to help you keep the contact data associated > with your domain registration up-to-date. > > As of October 31, 2003 we are required by the Internet Corporation for > Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to send you this reminder by the > Anniversary date of each registered Domain Name that is subject to the > terms and conditions of that organization. > > Below is a list of domain names with your email address listed as the > registrant or administrative contact. The current contact information > associated with the domain may be verified by following the link > provided. > If any of the contact data is inaccurate, it must be corrected. If the > contact data is accurate, no further action is required to comply with > this notice. > > Please remember that under the terms of your registration agreement, the > provision of false Whois (contact) information can be grounds for > cancellation of your domain name registration. > > Domain Names with Anniversary Dates between September 1 and September 30 > > Name: Registration Date: > ------ ----------------- > aaaaaaaaaaa.info Sep 28, 2004 > View Contact Data: > <http://wdrp.name-services.com/whois.asp?key=aaaaaaaaaaa> > > > > Thank you for your attention. > > Sincerely, > > WDRP Compliance _______________________________________________ domains-gen mailing list [email protected] http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen
