[EclecticSeizure] re: dotworlds scam!

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DOTWORLDS FRAUD!!!!!

Warning Internet Users Not To Fall for Internet Scam
Involving the Top-Level Domain .USA and others.

On March, 2002 we were advised that someone in the
United Kingdom was bulk emailing addresses harvested
from newsgroups and web sites as part of a marketing
effort to sell second level domains in the .USA top
level domain infrastructure.

We are issuing an urgent warning today about a website
that has popped up in recent weeks purporting to be an
exclusive registrar for the ".USA" top-level domain and
others.
This company, operated out of England is called
dotworlds.net and has in false claims that they were
authorized to take registrations for domains under
several other TLDs, including ".USA".

"This company is operated by a man named Retkin, who
has a habit of "lifting" top-level domains from
companies that are already operating them. This is just
his latest adventure". In early March, Dotworlds
launched a website purporting to be the "only place to
register a .USA domain and others". This is untrue.
Additionally, a large volume of unsolicited email,
known as SPAM has dumped into the email boxes of
thousands of internet users inviting them to register a
.USA domain and others for "only $35". Dotworlds.net
appears to be attempting to capitalizing on the
September 11 tragedy for their .USA domain to enhance
the success of the scam.

We have started preparing legal action against Retkin
and dotworlds.net and have notified authorities about
the website.

Billing records show that Dotworlds operate a merchant
account through clearing agents Worldpay
(www.worldpay.com). Request a refund from
sales at worldpay.com and contact your credit card company
and refer the security and fraud investigator to The
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
(ICANN). 

ICANN is a contractor to the United States Department
of Commerce and is mandated with the administration of
the U.S. domain name system. ICANN will assist your
credit cards fraud and investigation department in
establishing that dotworlds is not the exclusive
registrar for any of the top level domains claimed by
them.

http://www.opensrs.org/archives/discuss-list/0303/0143.html

http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff31139.htm

http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/wwwboard/messages/237.shtml

http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/wwwboard/messages/238.shtml

http://www.programmersheaven.com/c/authorpage.asp?AuthorID=97461

http://recon-forums.online-gamerz.net/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=574

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