[ga] Fwd: Re: DomainRegistryofAmerica???

[William X Walsh <william@wxsoft.info>]

From the openSRS list, for those who have gotten the fraudulent
renewal notices from Verisign, it may be a violation of US law, and
there is a mechanism for filing complaints with the US Postal
Inspectors.  Read the message below for details.


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William X Walsh <william@userfriendly.com>
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The following is a forwarded message:
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From:    Robert L Mathews <lists@tigertech.com>
To:      discuss-list@opensrs.org <discuss-list@opensrs.org>
CC:      
Date:    Monday, March 25, 2002, 12:54:48 PM
Subject: DomainRegistryofAmerica???
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As a followup, someone on SlashDot pointed out the official USPS 
regulations for mail "that reasonably could be considered a bill, 
invoice, or statement of account due, but is in fact a solicitation for 
an order":

  http://pe.usps.gov/text/dmm/c031.htm

The requirement is that the following phrase must appear in at least 
thirty point capital letters on the face of the notice: "THIS IS NOT A 
BILL. THIS IS A SOLICITATION. YOU ARE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO PAY THE 
AMOUNT STATED ABOVE UNLESS YOU ACCEPT THIS OFFER."

They even have a helpful example picture of what it should look like:

  http://pe.usps.gov/text/dmm/c031.htm#Rar16021

Clearly, both the Verisign and Domain Registry of America letters fail 
this test by a wide margin, and are therefore illegal. If you get one and 
you are a US resident, I strongly suggest reporting it; you can even do 
so online:

  http://www.usps.com/websites/depart/inspect/fraud/MailFraudComplaint.htm

The more people that complain, the faster the postal service will put a 
stop to this.

--
Robert L Mathews, Tiger Technologies

"The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody
appreciates how difficult it was."


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