Re: [PLUG] domainnetworks.com scam

2023-08-18 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
Portland Linux/Unix Group Subject: Re: [PLUG] domainnetworks.com scam Perhaps some domain registration services are inviting people to obtain premium domains with names similar to those they already have, but at higher prices. But if it doesn't look like a premium name, that's not th

Re: [PLUG] domainnetworks.com scam

2023-08-18 Thread Robert Kopp
Perhaps some domain registration services are inviting people to obtain premium domains with names similar to those they already have, but at higher prices. But if it doesn't look like a premium name, that's not the reason. I've never received such an ad, in any case.  Robert "Tim" Kopp http:/

Re: [PLUG] domainnetworks.com scam

2023-08-18 Thread American Citizen
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

Re: [PLUG] domainnetworks.com scam

2023-08-18 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 18 Aug 2023, Keith Lofstrom wrote: 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 :-( Keith, I've registerd my domains with namecheap.com for quite a few years and I'm

[PLUG] domainnetworks.com scam

2023-08-18 Thread Keith Lofstrom
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 Net