Misleading Letters and Emails re Domain Registration
If you receive an official looking form like the one above from a company calling itself Domain Names Australia requesting payment for renewal of your domain name, DO NOT PAY.
The version above states that on payment of AUD$237 inc GST the domain name will be registered for two years. That’s about 500 per cent dearer than even the most expensive registars.
Similar misleading invoices emanate from Domain Renewal Group of 189 Queen St, Melbourne.
They are described as scammers here:
http://www.danielbowen.com/2010/11/23/domain-scammers/
and are referred to as scum here:
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/814064
There is more informaton on the subject at Scamwatch:
And you can report them to Scamwatch (run by ASIC, so good luck) here:
If your domain is registered through Melbourne IT (INA) you can check
your registration details here: