[ga] .BIZ Scams ==>> NewRegistryDomains.com Junk Mail

["Patrick Corliss" <patrick@quad.net.au>]

These .BIZ scams will never end !!

The following junk mail from NewRegistryDomains.com has the message:

> We strongly oppose the continued sending of unsolicited email and do not
want
> to send email to anyone who does not wish to receive our special mailings.
As a
> result, we have retained the services of an independent 3rd party to
administer our
> list management and removal services.

The link is to http://www.autoemailremoval.com/cgi-bin/remove.pl for which
the connection fails "(110) connection timed out".

The domain name "newregistrydomain.com" is registered to:

Administrative Contact:
      Registrar, Domain  (XYZX3906)  newtldregistry@yahoo.com
      629 - 465 NE 181st Avenue
      Portland, OR 97230
      US
      (PH) 670-3611
NS1.GIGENET.COM              66.28.91.30
NS2.GIGENET.COM              66.28.91.31

And the "autoemailremoval.com" to:

Administrative Contact:
      Dubek, Peter  (PETDUB4)  peterdubek@yahoo.com
      41 Martinska ulica
      Zilina, Zilina 010 08
      US
      (PH) 041-5650789
NS1.GIGENET.COM              66.28.91.30
NS2.GIGENET.COM              66.28.91.31

Since the street address for "autoemailremoval.com" is no doubt a fake and
both Admin Contacts use Yahoo! for their email, I would question the
integrity of their list management and removal service.  Both domain names
show the same set of servers casting doubt on their proclaimed
"independence".

I suppose it's a bit much to ask ICANN, or anybody else, to care about it.

So can anything be done ??

Best regards
Patrick Corliss


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Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 10:44:24 PM -0000
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From: "NewRegistryDomains.com" <newregdom@mail.com>
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Subject: 00:00:01 EST Status : LIVE
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> NewRegistryDomains.com.BIZ IS NOW LIVE! November 7, 2001
>
>
>
>                         Status Alert:
>                         .BIZ is NOW LIVE!
>
>                         The new .BIZ domain extension was officially
launched today, and new registrations are already on a record-setting pace.
Several sites have just made .BIZ available to the general public which
means that ordinary internet users can register this exciting new domain
without the cumbersome paperwork. One such popular site is:
http://www.NewRegistryDomains.com/
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
>                                 The Benefits:
>
>                                 .BIZ aims to be the quintessential domain
choice for all businesses on the Internet. Short for .BUSINESS, the .BIZ
domain directly addresses the growing need for new generic domain names to
eventually replace .COM as the Internet most widely used domain name. The
benefits to go .BIZ are clear:
>
>
>                                 a.. abundant availability of easy to
remember and practical domain names
>
>                                 b.. technically recognized across the
Internet's DNS
>
>                                 c.. short and catchy extension
>
>                                 d.. affordable registration fees and
simplified registration procedures
>
>                                 Register Today!
>
>
>
>                         Brief History
>                         Back in November, 2000, ICANN, the regulatory
agency which oversees the Internet's Domain Name System, approved seven new
domain extensions to meet growing demand from the consumer and business
sectors. Since the new extensions were first announced last year, experts
have widely expected .BIZ to become the most popular of the new extensions
and to eventually supercede .COM. The .BIZ registry will be managed by
upstart NeuLevel, in direct competition with the former monopoly of Network
Solutions. .BIZ represents the first new generic domain name to be
introduced since .COM was first launched in 1984. In the ten year span
between 1984 and 1994, less than one million .COM domains were registered in
total. Today, the registration total for .BIZ will have already exceeded one
million. How times have changed.
>
>
>                               "Establishing a .biz domain name also will
help companies cut through the .com clutter. More than 28 million .com names
have already been registered. Since the .com domain covers so many sites
serving so many different purposes, it's impossible to know whether a
particular .com address represents a bona-fide business. In contrast, .biz
means business, period."
>
>                               - Chicago Tribune, August 22, 2001
>
>
>                               To register a new .BIZ extension, you will
simply need to check the availability of your domain name at:
http://www.NewRegistryDomains.com/ and then register it using the easy 3
step process which takes less than 5 minutes.
>
>                                 Register Today!
>
>
>
>                         *We strongly oppose the continued sending of
unsolicited email and do not want to send email to anyone who does not wish
to receive our special mailings. As a result, we have retained the services
of an independent 3rd party to administer our list management and removal
services Click Here This is not unsolicited email. If you do not wish to
receive further mailings, please click this link. The removal administrator
can then preclude your email address from future mailings. Auto Email
Removal Company. Ref# 011005
>


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