At 04:17 PM 5/29/02 -0400, Chris Santerre wrote: >I just received a mailing from Verisign that borderlines on fraud. It is at >the least, VERY misleading. It states in BOLD letters "Domain Name >Expiration Notice" and to reply by June 20, 2002. However the domain it >pertains to doesn't expire until 1/03 and is NOT registered with Verisign. >The form is called a "renewal and transfer" and is nothing more then an >attempt to fool people in to switching over registration to Verisign and >giving out credit card info. > >I urge everyone to be on the lookout if you recieve one of these mailings. I >don't mind them advertising for people to switch, but this mailing is down >right wrong. I think many a busy Admin may just send this off without fully >understanding it. > >Complaints can be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Complaints SHOULD be sent to the US Postal Inspectors. This probably qualifies as mail fraud. It's like the idiot yellow-pages publishers who send you a solicitation designed to look like an invoice in the hopes that you'll just pay it. The telephone companies don't do this, but the small "neighborhood" directory publishers do. >Chris Santerre >System Admin -- Steve Sobol, CTO (Server Guru, Network Janitor and Head Geek) JustThe.net LLC, Mentor On The Lake, OH 888.480.4NET http://JustThe.net "The Indians are unfolding into the 2002 season like a lethal lawn chair." (_News-Herald_ Indians Columnist Jim Ingraham, April 11, 2002)
