This person approached us in late Febuary this year, wanting us to supply
computers to him and in return he would register all "his domain name
renewals" through us.

Well we said no and never heard from him again.

Rgs,

Cliff Reardon
General Manager
Click'nGo!

----- Original Message -----
From: Rowe, Joshua <Joshua.Rowe&#167;auspost.com.au>
To: Dns list (E-mail) <dns&#167;waia.asn.au>
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 1:04 PM
Subject: [DNS] FW: [Oz ISP] Domain Renewal Scam


> INA's lawyers might like to know about this one ...
>
>
> Josh
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lee Sanders [mailto:listl&#167;ca.com.au]
> Sent: Wednesday, 2 August 2000 23:00
> To: aussie-isp&#167;aussie.net
> Subject: [Oz-ISP] Domain Renewal Scam
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> A company called "Internet Name Protection" recently contacted one of our
> customers regarding the renewal of their domain name.
>
> Now while this is annoying enough as it's poaching, the bad part of it is
> the company is trying to look official by calling itself
> internetname.com.au.
>
> The renewal came in via fax from E4fax Limited (www.E4fax.com) addressed
to
> "Accounts Payable" at the non-existent company, Snowdaisy Pty Ltd, 8
Bolger
> Place, Booragoon WA 6154. I believe this subject has come up on the list
> before by someone who received the notice via email.
>
> This person has been operating this scam since at least 11/11/1999 that
was
> when the Internet Name Group Pty Ltd
> was registered. Other domains/businesses they have are...
>
> VIC B1517878J INTERNET NAME REGISTRATION
> internetnameregistration.com.au
> VIC B1517889P INTERNET NAME MANAGEMENT
internetnamemanagement.com.au
> ACN 090507887 INTERNET NAME GROUP PTY LTD     internetnamegroup.com.au
> VIC B1517896L INTERNET NAME PROTECTION
internetnameprotection.com.au
> VIC B1457287L INTERNET NAME PROTECTION AGENCY internetname.com.au
> ACN 087441450 OPEN YOUR MIND ADVERTISING PTY LTD openyourmind.com.au
>
> These ones are also suspicious but I can't find the domains for them...
> VIC B1460925J MOBILE INTERNET NAME PROTECTION AGENCY
> VIC B1493866C INTERNET NAME RENEWALS
>
> They also have a previous advertising company, Open Your Mind, which was
> registered on 05/05/1999
>
> If you want to see the fax they sent, below is a link to a 100k jpg.
>      http://www.sabre.ca.com.au/uploadfiles/scam.jpg
>
> Anyone care to comment ?
> ________________________________________________________________________
>
>                                 Lee Sanders
>                              sandersl&#167;ca.com.au
>                         Commerce Australia Pty Ltd.
>                          Phone: +61 (08) 9226 0011
>                           Fax: +61 (08) 9226 0033
>                                www.ca.com.au
> ________________________________________________________________________
>
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