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On 16/08/2011 3:54 PM, Nick Brown wrote:
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On 16/08/11 3:35 PM, Bruce Forster wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:011d01cc5bd6$51ed0ac0$f5c72040$@tubes.net.au" type="cite">Has any noggers gotten one of these notices?<o:p></o:p></blockquote>
They are very common. As are snail mail letters from Domain
Registry of America - they will send an invoice for a domain you
already have registered however as opposed to a similar domain,
asking you provide the domain password as part of the payment as
so they can transfer the domain as part of the process.<br>
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Just like the emails from the "Trademark Office" in China advising
someone wishes to register a domain similar to your own but you
have the chance to stop them by registering first (At ridiculous
prices).<br>
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Welcome to the Internet.<br>
<br>
Nick.<br>
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We get them a fair bit - one of our staff members wrote something
about it in our blog:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.digitalpacific.com.au/blog/domain-renewal-scam-warning/">http://www.digitalpacific.com.au/blog/domain-renewal-scam-warning/</a><br>
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This thread has been around for a while too, it just got bumped
(again) the other day:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1040704">http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1040704</a><br>
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Cheers,<br>
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Matt.<br>
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