Interland - yea I got some too
----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin Viebrock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 10:15 PM
Subject: Paper mail spam
> Seems that some of our customers are receiving very official looking paper
> invoices from a registrar (who shall remain nameless right now). These
> invoices encourage them to "renew" their domains with the registrar, or
risk
> losing them. They also suggest several other variations of their domain
> (other TLDs) that they may want to register at the same time.
>
> All is very official (except for a spelling mistake in the first sentence)
> and is designed to confuse and mislead customers.
>
> Further, the contact information could only have been gathered from WHOIS.
>
> Finally, the back of the invoice lists the TUCOWS Terms and Conditions,
> leading me to believe they are an OpenSRS reseller.
>
> To whom should I complain about this a) sneaky tactic and b) illegal use
of
> the WHOIS information?
>
> - Colin
