An unscrupulous company or companies, going by several names like Domain Renewal Group, Domain Registry of America, and Liberty Names of America, has been sending out “notices” to unwary domain customers, trying to gain control of their domains. The mailings are labeled “Domain Name Expiration Notices”, yet they have no affiliation with the domain name holder or the actual registrar of record. Many consumers are confused by the notices thinking that they are legitimate renewal notices from their registrars, when, in fact, they are deceptive attempts to transfer the domains.
It is apparent that they are mining the domain WHOIS system to get the contact information and expiration dates for these domains, in what appears to be a clear violation of WHOIS policy. They also risk running afoul of the Federal Trade Commission, which has been kept up to date of their activity.
Customers are advised to log into their accounts at Network Solutions to check the status of their domains and to renew if needed. And put this kind of correspondence where it belongs, thrown out with the trash.
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