Old news, but with the talk of BulkReg's blocking of eNom transfers, I though some members might not have know of this "innovative" scam. Not renewal, but registration under the threat of a competing, infringing domain to your own being "potentially" registered ... many victims, perpetrators did get convicted and fined!
" ...the FTC alleged that the defendants duped consumers into needlessly registering variations of their existing domain names by deceptively contending that third parties were about to claim them ...."
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2002/04/morgenstern.htm
" ...the FTC alleged that the defendants duped consumers into needlessly registering variations of their existing domain names by deceptively contending that third parties were about to claim them ...."
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2002/04/morgenstern.htm
