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25 Jun 2012

Domain Registry of America is still at it ICANN

An ICANN-accredited registrar known variously as Domain Registry of America, Domain Registry of Canada, and Brandon James Internet is famous for sending out fake domain renewal notices. They are physically located west of Toronto, not far from the US border. Despite being sanctioned by both the Federal Trade Commission in the US and the Competition Bureau in Canada, they made minor adjustments to the notices, and in the latter case, changed their name, and kept at it.

Someone asked whether they're still sending out fake domain notices. Oh, yes, I have a stack of them about 10cm (that's four inches in the US) high. Click on the image to see the three that arrived in today's mail.

I have long said that something is deeply broken in ICANN's registration accreditation agreement and compliance process if they permit these scammers to continue for a decade under ICANN's nose. That hasn't changed either.


posted at: 19:54 :: permanent link to this entry :: 2 comments
posted at: 19:54 :: permanent link to this entry :: 2 comments

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Neighbor
I also complained to the New York State Attorney General's office a few years ago, given the New York return address. I got a very firm "we don't care about this" over the phone.

No one seems to care, except maybe the postal service, who likely don't mind the extra business.

(by Simon St.Laurent 26 Jun 2012 08:19)


Form 1500
Would filing the USPS Form 1500 against DROA be useful? Form 1500 allows the recipient of a piece of mail to claim that a mail sender is sending sexually explicit mail, as defined solely by the recipient. If the mailer sends mail to the recipient again, there is a significant fine involved. I had good luck doing this with other junk mailers. The next time I get a DROA mailing, I'll give it a shot.

(by Michael Clark 08 Jul 2012 07:56)


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