John, Zahid:

The attached chart may be helpful for you as you discuss the fake renewal issue.  This chart documents the many fake renewal/registration claims we have received inside Verizon.  Most come from companies located in China or Hong Kong.  We’ve sent a cease and desist letter to each, written to the Hong Kong Telecom Authority and the FTC, all to no avail.

Sarah

Sarah B. Deutsch
Vice President & Associate General Counsel
Verizon Communications
Phone: 703-351-3044
Fax: 703-351-3670

From: owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] On Behalf Of Chris Chaplow
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 6:01 PM
To: bc-gnso@icann.org
Subject: [bc-gnso] Fake renewal notices

John and Zahid,

I probably will not be at the Council tomorrow. Here is the  issue that steve mentioned.

I have website client who get fake renewal notices.  Or phone calls.

“We have a client who wants to register  name.cn   and as you have name.com  and as we are a responsible registrar (actually not accredited) we wanted to check with you first before accepting our client’s order.   Do you want to register for 10 years of $$$  ?”

I advise my clients it is a scam, but just to be on the safe side they usually instructs me to make a defensive registration and I do so for one year with another registrar.

Best

Chris Chaplow
Managing Director
Andalucia.com S.L.
Avenida del Carmen 9
Ed. Puertosol, Puerto Deportivo
1ª Planta, Oficina 30
Estepona, 29680
Malaga, Spain
Tel: + (34) 952 897 865
Fax: + (34) 952 897 874
E-mail: chris@andalucia.com
Web: www.andalucia.com
Information about Andalucia, Spain.