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They go by several names … Domain Renewal Group, Domain Registry of America, Liberty Names of America and probably a few others that I’m not yet aware of. Regardless of the name, they operate in the same manner – by sending out what looks remarkably like a time-sensitive invoice for a domain renewal.
In reality, paying that invoice begins an overpriced domain transfer – and undoing that mistake will be a major hassle. Often the transfer fails, but the fine print says that the fee is non-refundable.
If you receive an invoice from anyone other than your Web host or domain registrar, you’ll save yourself a headache if you simply send it through the shredder.
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on Aug 15th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Thank you for the information. I just received a letter from Domain Renewal Group saying my domain was going to expire soon and I just purchased it 2 months ago. I definetely will send this letter to the shredder.
Thank you very much
on Aug 15th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Glad I could help, Lilian. Thanks for your comment.
on Aug 19th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Thanks for this. Just got one of this and my first reaction is that its a scam. Thanks for confirming this.
on Aug 19th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
I just write “Return to Sender” and send this kind of trash back “unopened” to these fraudsters.
on Aug 27th, 2008 at 4:27 am
thanks for this just got one and it confirmed it was a scam
on Sep 10th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Thanks for your warning on the domain name renewal scam as I received a letter as well, through the post. I am like a lot of other people who are not real conversant with web site hosting and domain names etc.
I will stick with my original domain name arranger, Westnet.
on Sep 10th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
Unfortunately, these companies know that many domain owners are a little fuzzy about the whole domain registration/web hosting technology side of things. Like scam artists everywhere, they try to take advantage of a vulnerability.
Thank you all for your comments. I’m happy to have been of service!
on Oct 19th, 2008 at 10:16 am
namejuice.com is another. My father I’m guessing xfered one of my domains to these ppl & it basically went offline. I originally registered it in 1998 and moved & the mail came here & he just sent a check. So I went to xfer the domain to a new company when I asked them to email me the Authoinfo or EPP. They replied with
“Hello,
The Authorization Code also called the EPP key is asked for when you are
transferring the registration of the domain from one registrar to
another. This is not a switch in your hosting they are asking you to
transfer the registration of the domain away from us.
As an alternative you do have free web hosting with us. It was included
in your last registration payment to us.”
on Nov 3rd, 2008 at 1:17 pm
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