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class=225311117-06042006>Dear Colleagues,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=225311117-06042006>I have been asked to forward the email below by the
NTIA in the U.S. Department of Commerce. It echoes a message that we hear
often at ICANN about Whois accuracy.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=225311117-06042006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV><!-- Converted from text/plain format -->
<P><FONT size=2>Tim Cole<BR>Chief Registrar Liaison<BR>Internet Corporation for
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>Fwd: sending letters to my government representatives regarding ICANN
failure to monitor<BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">To whom it may concern,</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space></SPAN>I recently
received SPAM to an email account from an entity which whom I have no business
or interest with.</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">In looking up that entities domain in the whois
lookup, it was evident that the registrar for that domain had</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">no rules for detecting even the simplest fraudulent
registration. What I saw was an invalid zipcode, city,</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">and telephone contact number for the domain listed in
the email.</DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">It is pathetic that there is NO facilities to address
this, that this 'event' even happened, and that the registrar</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">of this domain is permitted to continue operation
while not having implemented basic validation of validity of</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">it's customers.</DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">As I stated in the subject, I will be notifying my
local, state and federal government representatives of this</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">failure and ask that provisions be mandated for each
registrar to validate customer data and that ICANN provide</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">a policing policy and automated verification process
for this.</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Doug LaRue<SPAN class=Apple-style-span
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