[bc-gnso] Fake renewal notices

[Baskin, James F (Jim)]

I would guess that the number of fake renewal/registration emails received by Verizon employees is far greater than the numbers reported to/by Sarah.  Many other fakes may be discarded by employees who recognize that they are fake and don’t report them up the line.  Sarah might not be able to confirm this .. because they are not reported.

Jim

From: owner-bc-gnso at icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso at icann.org] On Behalf Of john at crediblecontext.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 11:49 AM
To: Deutsch, Sarah B; 'Chris Chaplow'; bc-gnso at icann.org
Subject: RE: [bc-gnso] Fake renewal notices

Sarah,

Any sense if the 25 a year you get is more, less or about the same as other similar-sized and positioned companies?

Berard
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Subject: RE: [bc-gnso] Fake renewal notices
From: "Deutsch, Sarah B" <sarah.b.deutsch at verizon.com<mailto:sarah.b.deutsch at verizon.com>>
Date: Wed, March 14, 2012 8:36 am
To: "'Chris Chaplow'" <chris at andalucia.com<mailto:chris at andalucia.com>>, "bc-gnso at icann.org<mailto:bc-gnso at icann.org>"
<bc-gnso at icann.org<mailto:bc-gnso at icann.org>>
John, Zahid:

The attached chart may be helpful for you as you discuss the fake renewal issue.  This chart documents the many fake renewal/registration claims we have received inside Verizon.  Most come from companies located in China or Hong Kong.  We’ve sent a cease and desist letter to each, written to the Hong Kong Telecom Authority and the FTC, all to no avail.

Sarah



Sarah B. Deutsch
Vice President & Associate General Counsel
Verizon Communications
Phone: 703-351-3044
Fax: 703-351-3670
From: owner-bc-gnso at icann.org<mailto:owner-bc-gnso at icann.org> [mailto:owner-bc-gnso at icann.org] On Behalf Of Chris Chaplow
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 6:01 PM
To: bc-gnso at icann.org<mailto:bc-gnso at icann.org>
Subject: [bc-gnso] Fake renewal notices

John and Zahid,

I probably will not be at the Council tomorrow. Here is the  issue that steve mentioned.

I have website client who get fake renewal notices.  Or phone calls.

“We have a client who wants to register  name.cn<http://name.cn>   and as you have name.com<http://name.com>  and as we are a responsible registrar (actually not accredited) we wanted to check with you first before accepting our client’s order.   Do you want to register for 10 years of $$$  ?”

I advise my clients it is a scam, but just to be on the safe side they usually instructs me to make a defensive registration and I do so for one year with another registrar.

Best
Chris Chaplow
Managing Director
Andalucia.com<http://Andalucia.com> S.L.
Avenida del Carmen 9
Ed. Puertosol, Puerto Deportivo
1ª Planta, Oficina 30
Estepona, 29680
Malaga, Spain
Tel: + (34) 952 897 865
Fax: + (34) 952 897 874
E-mail: chris at andalucia.com<mailto:chris at andalucia.com>
Web: www.andalucia.com<http://www.andalucia.com/>
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