I used namecheap around $24 a year.
This issue of fraud might best be solved at the state Attorney General
level, in the area of computer fraud.
I was defrauded one year by Heartline Communications based in Texas who
stole my long distance carrier by a false change carrier request.
It ended up with me testifying in San Francisco as the key witness, as
my careful documentation allowed the Public Utilities Commission to make
the perfect case. One document is
https://files.cpuc.ca.gov/legacycpucdecisionsandresolutions/Resolutions/I9604024_19960410_I9604024.pdf
So yes, I would get aggressive with pursuing this.
- Randall
On 8/18/23 15:17, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
I manage a domain for my wife, charglennmd.com, and register
it (along with many others) at gandi.net for $24/year.
Perhaps cheaper elsewhere, but gandi seems trustworthy and
stable, and I prefer to spread my assets across hemispheres.
My wife got a letter from "MARKETING SERVICES" aka Domain
Networks of Hendersonville, NC offering an "ANNUAL WEBSITE
DOMAIN LISTING" for the low, low price of $289 :-(
My wife is not clueless, but she still asked me to explain
what the letter was about. I worry that many business owners
have nobody trustworthy to ask. I also expect her to outlive
me (her father is 105 yo), and face the predators alone.
I presume the domainnetworks.com business model is trolling
for fools, or perhaps uninformed employees who don't know
better. I wonder if this could be construed as mail fraud.
Perhaps Portland's computer geek community should find a
sponsor for an auditorium, assemble a panel of patient
computer "experts", and invite the Portland-area public to
attend and ask questions. We can be stronger together if
our neighbors are better informed and appropriately wary.
Keith
