[PLUG] domainnetworks.com scam

[American Citizen]

I used namecheap around $24 a year.

This issue of fraud might best be solved at the state Attorney General 
level, in the area of computer fraud.

I was defrauded one year by Heartline Communications based in Texas who 
stole my long distance carrier by a false change carrier request.

It ended up with me testifying in San Francisco as the key witness, as 
my careful documentation allowed the Public Utilities Commission to make 
the perfect case. One document is 
https://files.cpuc.ca.gov/legacycpucdecisionsandresolutions/Resolutions/I9604024_19960410_I9604024.pdf

So yes, I would get aggressive with pursuing this.

- Randall

On 8/18/23 15:17, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> 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
>