Beware this pack of bandits.
Domain Registry of Canada (DROC) is infamous for the way they hijack domains from unsuspecting owners. Their modus operandi is to mail (not email) an invoice to the domain owner about 4 to 6 months before the domain is set to expire. The only problem is, they send their invoices to people whose domains are not even registered with DROC. Unfortunately some owners actually pay the bogus invoice and then DROC uses that as a contract to transfer the domain to themselves. The practice is known as domain slamming and these creeps are the ultimate example.
It's a sad fact that this kind of fraud is apparently not illegal. It is most definitely immoral and you have to question any company whose growth plan relies solely on misleading the customer.
They are apparently owned by the same group that owns Domain Registry of America. If your domain is registered with either of these organizations I urge you to transfer it at the earliest opportunity.
I use mydomain.com as well as easydns.com and am pleased with both. I believe Dotster, Tucows and goDaddy are also good to deal with but I have never dealt with them. There are lots of good choices. Google any registrar before choosing to use them. If there is dirt to be found, it won't be hard to spot.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
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HA! Where do I START?
I urge the Better Business Bureau, Consumer Protection as well as ANY Domain Registrar that values customer loyalty to get cracking on these guys since they DO IMPLY that they have registered this domain with them in the openning lines of their letters (of which I get about a dozen a year) without saying it directly and is THEREFORE misleading.
I Actually called them and asked them to remove my mailing address from their list and in my frustration the “Daemon Jacob” who answered the phone told me not to feed him my sob stories. Pretty much the level of customer service quality I’d expect from a company with no integity or shame. If they were hijacking mortgages and what have you there would be a federal case against this by now.
But THATS NOT ENOUGH. THESE GUYS ARE DOMAIN HIJACKERS AND SCAMMERS.
This is a next generation high tech version of the business directory scam which was finally busted after years of being in business and after making millions if not bllions in fraud related profits.
I understand it’s a recession and my heart bleeds for them with sympathy but this is total B.S. and No way to make an honest living. If the RCMP doesn’t do something about it then web developpers and anyone else in the industry should get interpol or the international agencies on their asses. Not all domains were canadian companies therefore I don’t believe there would be too many jurisdictional issues.
I hope these guys like really warm weather because these guys and anyone working for them or with them that still have a conscious are going straight to hell, Atheist or otherwise.
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