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Variation of the Slamming Scam ....

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Old news, but with the talk of BulkReg's blocking of eNom transfers, I though some members might not have know of this "innovative" scam. Not renewal, but registration under the threat of a competing, infringing domain to your own being "potentially" registered ... many victims, perpetrators did get convicted and fined!

" ...the FTC alleged that the defendants duped consumers into needlessly registering variations of their existing domain names by deceptively contending that third parties were about to claim them ...."

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2002/04/morgenstern.htm
 
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