[PLUG] domainnetworks.com scam

[Keith Lofstrom]

I manage a domain for my wife, charglennmd.com, and register
it (along with many others) at gandi.net for $24/year. 
Perhaps cheaper elsewhere, but gandi seems trustworthy and
stable, and I prefer to spread my assets across hemispheres.

My wife got a letter from "MARKETING SERVICES" aka Domain
Networks of Hendersonville, NC offering an "ANNUAL WEBSITE
DOMAIN LISTING" for the low, low price of $289  :-(

My wife is not clueless, but she still asked me to explain
what the letter was about.  I worry that many business owners
have nobody trustworthy to ask.  I also expect her to outlive
me (her father is 105 yo), and face the predators alone.

I presume the domainnetworks.com business model is trolling
for fools, or perhaps uninformed employees who don't know
better.  I wonder if this could be construed as mail fraud.

Perhaps Portland's computer geek community should find a
sponsor for an auditorium, assemble a panel of patient
computer "experts", and invite the Portland-area public to
attend and ask questions.  We can be stronger together if
our neighbors are better informed and appropriately wary.

Keith

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Keith Lofstrom          keithl at keithl.com