Tim Schoon

Just got this email from lamornakruger@wifun.com
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/warnings-and-alerts/687052-new-bogus-renewal-emails.html

They send out fake renewal emails, the origin seems to be chinese.

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Attention: Important Notice

Domain Name: IDAM.COM

Bill To: Owner, Domain Invoice # 1289618264
Invoice Date Nov 12, 2010
PE, Netherlands Terms Net 15
61746 - US Due Date Nov 27, 2010
P.O. #
SECURE ONLINE PAYMENT
Domain Name Registration Price Term
IDAM.COM Nov 12, 2010 - Nov 12, 2011 $75.00 1 Year
Attn Owner, Domain

This letter is to inform you that it's time to send in your search engine registration for IDAM.COM.

Failure to complete your search engine registration by Nov 27, 2010 may result in the cancellation of this offer (making it difficult for your customers to locate you using search engines on the web).

Your registration includes search engine submission for IDAM.COM for 1 year. You are under no obligation to pay the amount stated above unless you accept this offer by Nov 27, 2010. This notice is not an invoice. It is a courtesy reminder to register IDAM.COM for search engine listing so that your customers can locate you on the web.

This Offer for IDAM.COM will expire on Nov 27, 2010. Act today!

For Domain Name:
IDAM.COM
SECURE ONLINE PAYMENT

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PEJ.com - high-end domain name brokerage & portfolio management

verbster

I just got something similar from "Registration Notice" which turned out to be bessvillareal/at/cz163.com, a Chinese site. It looked like a semi-offical invoice, with all my whois info arranged nicely, but had no company name or anything. They wanted $75 for this:

Attn xxxxxxx

This letter is to inform you that it's time to send in your search engine registration for xxxxxRACE.COM.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=687052

Failure to complete your search engine registration by Dec 3, 2010 may result in the cancellation of this offer (making it difficult for your customers to locate you using search engines on the web).

Your registration includes search engine submission for xxxxxRACE.COM for 1 year. You are under no obligation to pay the amount stated above unless you accept this offer by Dec 3, 2010. This notice is not an invoice. It is a courtesy reminder to register xxxxxRACE.COM for search engine listing so that your customers can locate you on the web.

And it had a big link to "Secure Online Payment" at the botttom that I didn't click.

What a hoax!

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