[nc-transfer] Verisign's "expiration" notices

["James Love" <james.love@cptech.org>]

This was from our random-bits list. Jamie

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The NYT today reports a bloomberg story today on verisign being sued for
fraud on "expiration" notice for domains.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/29/technology/29TBRF3.html   Below is a
complaint we received and forwarded to the FTC on this very issue.

This document from Verisign to Alan Sugarman is clearly designed to alarm
the domain name holder that his domain will "expire" unless he sends
Verisign money.  According to Sugarman, Versign was not the registar, and
misrepresented the date when the domains would expire.

The Verisign document is here:
http://www.cptech.org/ecom/icann/sugarmanexpiration.pdf

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan D. Sugarman" <sugarman@sugarlaw.com>
To: "James Love" <love@CPTECH.ORG>
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 4:43 PM
Subject: Verisign Crooks

Hi Jamie

What scammers and crooks these guys are.
I finally divorced myself from these guys a few months ago and transferrred
all my domain registrations from them. Now then send me a very clever notice
telling me that the names are expiring, but burying the fact that they are
not longer the registration agent.

And, the envelope is directed to their "Expiration Department"

   [snip]

Alan

[Note: attached "expiration" notice is here
http://www.cptech.org/ecom/icann/sugarmanexpiration.pdf ]

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan D. Sugarman" <sugarman@sugarlaw.com>
To: "James Love" <james.love@cptech.org>; "Maneesha Mithal"
<mmithal@ftc.gov>
  ....
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: Fraud by Verisign

You are authorized to file a fraud complaint on my behalf.

This is not the ony instance  of Verisign fraud -- for years, they kept
"forgetting" to send me notices that a domain was about to expire, then,
when I tried to renew, they insisted on a two year renewal.  I also would
renew, and then that would get lost as well.

And, of course, they will not let you transfer an expired domain.

So, early this year I transferred all my domains, expired or not, away from
them.

In reading their notice carefully, I see the two domains they say are about
to expire were no longer or were never registered with them AND will not
expire until next year.

This is so obnoxiously fraudulent.

Alan



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