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

[Paul Diaz <pdiaz4816@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ted,

 

Jon asked me to look 
into this request.  It sounds like someone is trying to hijack your name 
through 
a reseller.  You should continue to reject any transfer requests that you 
havenʼt generated.  

 

Please feel free to 
contact me directly (same naming convention as Jon's email address) with the 
specifics of the domain name at issue and we can contact 
the reseller on your behalf.

 

Thanks,

 

Paul Diaz
Network Solutions, LLC


----- Original Message ----
From: Prophet Partners Inc. <Domains@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Nevett, Jonathon" <jnevett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 1:58:30 PM
Subject: [ga] Fraudulent Request to Transfer Your Domain Name(s) to Network 
Solutions




 
 


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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> This e-mail 
was sent from a notification only address and cannot receive incoming 
messages.
> 
> (c) Copyright 2008 Network Solutions, LLC. All rights 
reserved.
> Network Solutions, 13861 Sunrise Valley Drive, Department CCD, 
Herndon, VA 20171





      
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