[ga] Fraudulent Request to Transfer Your Domain Name(s) to Network Solutions

["Prophet Partners Inc." <Domains@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jon,

We are getting bombarded with **fraudulent** transfer requests, similar to the 
one below, every 3 days. NetSol customer support said that NetSol has no 
control over their wholesale registrar partners and cannot cancel these 
fraudulent transfer requests. How does a domain registrant cancel these 
fraudulent transfer requests?

Note the following:
1) These emails originate from NetSol and not your registrar partner Amen.Fr, 
so NetSol is responsible for distributing them.
2) The email says "This e-mail was sent from a notification only address and 
cannot receive incoming messages." As we have not done any business through 
Network Solutions for several years, these unsolicited commercial messages are 
consider spam and a violation of the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. 

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/canspam.shtm
  What the Law Requires

  Here's a rundown of the law's main provisions:

  [...]

  It requires that your email give recipients an opt-out method. You must 
provide a return email address or another Internet-based response mechanism 
that allows a recipient to ask you not to send future email messages to that 
email address, and you must honor the requests. You may create a "menu" of 
choices to allow a recipient to opt out of certain types of messages, but you 
must include the option to end any commercial messages from the sender.

3) As a domain registrant, we **do** want to be notified of each transfer 
request, but we **do not** want 5 additional reminders over a 15-day period. 
Network Solutions needs to implement an easy way for domain registrants to 
cancel these fraudulent transfer requests. A "don't respond to this message" is 
simply inadequate.

I am not a lawyer and these are only my personal opinions. If you require legal 
advice, you should seek qualified legal counsel.

Sincerely,
Ted
Prophet Partners Inc.
http://www.ProphetPartners.com
http://www.Premium-Domain-Names.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Network Solutions" <serviceinfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <*******@prophetpartners.com>
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 7:14 AM
Subject: Request to Transfer Your Domain Name(s) to Network Solutions


> 
> Attention: *******@prophetpartners.com
> 
> Re: Transfer of the following domain names
> 
> Domain Name                               Current Registrar
> ***.***                                   GODADDY.COM, INC.
> 
> Network Solutions, LLC has received a request from AMEN.FR on January 19, 
> 2008 2:23:48 AM EST for us to become the new registrar of record.  You have 
> received this message because you are listed as the Registered Name Holder or 
> Administrative contact for this domain name in the WHOIS database.  Please 
> read the following important information about transferring your domain name: 
> 
> * You must agree to enter into a new Registration Agreement with us.  You can 
> review the full terms and conditions of the Agreement at 
> goto.networksolutions.com/service-agreement.
> * Once you have entered into the Agreement, the transfer will take place 
> within five (5) calendar days unless the current registrar of record denies 
> the request.
> * Once a transfer takes place, you will not be able to transfer to another 
> registrar for 60 days, apart from a transfer back to the original registrar, 
> in cases where both registrars so agree or where a decision in the dispute 
> resolution process so directs.
> 
> If you WISH TO PROCEED with the transfer, you must respond to this message.  
> Please go to our secure website 
> www.registrar-transfers.com/?h=******************************** to confirm.  
> If you do not respond by February 3, 2008 4:23:51 AM EST, the domain names 
> listed above will not be transferred to us.
> 
> If you DO NOT WANT the transfer to proceed, then don't respond to this 
> message.  If you have any questions about this process, please contact 
> AMEN.FR.
> 
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Network Solutions(R) Partner Support
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------
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> incoming messages.
> 
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