Well, I've just had a call from an outraged client.
 
They originally got caught by one of Chesley's look-alike dot-com domain
scams in August 2004.  In December that same year my client received a $187
renewal notice, which their accounts department recently paid in ignorance.
 
Let's look at what Chesley's done, and is still up to, through Domain Names
Australia ...
 
1.  The original registration was as a result of a deceptive and misleading
mailer, and was in fact unwanted;
2.  The mailer promised a 2-year registration period, among other
"services".  On investigation whois reports that the original registration
was for only a 1-year period, despite 2 having been paid for;
3.  The "renewal notice" was sent out less than 4 months after the original
unwanted domain name was registered by Domain Names Australia (with enom);
4.  The services that were promised on both the original mailer and the
renewal notice have never been provided;
5.  Some of the registrant information is false, in that registrant contact
details are actually those of Domain Names Australia;
 
I've tried to get some response from enom on previous occasions, and it's a
complete waste of time.  If, for example, there is a domain name that
Chesley has registered, that the registrant actually wants (yes - there are
some!), the only password that is available is Chesley's master reseller
password, so transfers to another registrar are not possible.  This is
particularly frustrated by the fact that registrant contact details refer
back to Domain Names Australia, even the phone and fax numbers.



Ron Stark 
Snapsite Pty Ltd