[registrars] Re: www.anthemclubs.org

[Russ Goodwin]

If you read through the site, especially their t+c's, it sounds like 
they go renew it for you at the current registrar.

I can't find anywhere that they claim to be a registrar.

They sound more like a "renewal reminder service".  Pretty shady, imho, 
but I don't see how to stop them other than via customer awareness - we 
warn our customers to ignore renewal notices that don't come from us.

-Russ


Robert F. Connelly wrote:
> At 11:01 AM 9/19/2007 Wednesday  +0200, Domain Renewal wrote:
> 
> Dear Members:  This Email came from "Domain Renewal" 
> <reminder at domainrenewalonline.com>.
> 
> It is my own domain.  How could this information have been obtained 
> without misuse of Whois?
> 
> I think the RC should take strong action against this kind of attempted 
> transfer.  I think action by ICANN would be appropriate.
> 
> It is interesting to contemplate how domainrenewalonline.com would 
> obtain the authcode in order to effect a transfer.
> 
> Perhaps I should let it get transferred to discover who the new 
> registrar is.  Doubtless the offending firm is a reseller for an ICANN 
> Accredited Registrar, perhaps even an unwitting member of our Constituency.
> 
> Regards, BobC
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