Wierd....I never regged this, asking me for renewal?

[insomnia]

I got this weird email from Stargateinc.com. Heres what it reads:
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E-MAIL REGISTRATION/RENEWAL NOTICE FOR DOMAIN NAME <checkwebjeffcheck.com>

checkwebjeffcheck.com expires on 07/16/2003. Failure to register
checkwebjeffcheck.com prior to the expiration date of 07/16/2003, will
result in the loss of the domain name.

TO:
checkwebjeffcheck.com
stan stan
none
none, none none
none

FROM:
Stargate.com, Inc.
2805 Butterfield Road, Suite 100
Oak Brook, Illinois 60523
United States
PHONE: +1 (630) 572-2242
EMAIL: [email protected]
http://www.stargate.com

REGISTRATION/RENEWING INSTRUCTIONS:
***********************************
RENEWAL COST: $12.00 USD
CREDIT CARD PAYMENT:
For fast and easy payment with a major credit card (Visa or Mastercard),
go to our web site at http://www.stargate.com

Protect your identity by renewing the above domain name for up to 10
years!

Failure to renew the domain, prior to the expiration date, will result in
the domain being dropped into REDEMPTION for 30 days.

We appreciate your business and look forward to serving your registration
and hosting needs!

Sincerely,

Stargate.com, Inc

Now, this is really wierd to me since I never owned a checkwebjeffcheck.com domain name. What is this???

 

[avs162]

i would not admit to regging that one either jk

stargate has issues with billing as i get renewal notices long after i have transferred domains away and even when i reply with the info that they are gone still get.

did it come to a email address on a name you recently purchased as maybe that was the master account email or related.

strange

 

[insomnia]

No I've never had an account with stargate, but I have had an account with webjeff.com

........... Wierd

 

[TrafficMonsterRRR]

I get these emails all the time.

What usually happens is the previous owner of your current email-domain had this domain name and forgot to switch registrant email information when they lost or sold the domain/email you now own.

Or maybe you are using a global redirect of your email and it "caught" one of the "previous" aliases who was (is) the owner of checkwebjeffcheck.com.

It gets worse if the domain which hosts your current email belonged to a busy/forgetful reseller or a company who used to host many domains and has gone out of business. Ask me about it!

Unofficial Poll: if the domain name in question was "Business.com", would you renew it and then ask for a pw reset via email? LOL