[CVALE] Fwd: Domain Notification: DAVE REINHARDT This is yourFinal Notice of Domain Notification - CVALE.ORG

[Loyd Schutte]

I think Patrick is right, this does indeed appear to be a phishing  
scam.  If you read carefully you'll notice it's not for domain renewal  
but a search engine placement service: "your Domain name search engine  
registration". Doing a simple whois turns up the domain is still  
through Dave Reinhardt who is reselling for Tucows. Don't send anyone  
a cent.

As for the group, well you guys are great. I'm still a linux  
enthusiast and have Ubuntu running on 2 computers at home. Maybe we  
can use this as fuel to fire the group up again.

Have a great evening.

Loyd Schutte
YosemiteBlog.com


On Mar 23, 2009, at 4:20 PM, Patrick E. Bennett, Jr. wrote:

> First, I don't think hosting is an issue.  Our hosting is not tied  
> to our registration, but is instead done by Christian/Fire2Wire.   
> Second, I think this notice I got is one of those registration  
> phishing attempts - a third party has seen that the reg is due and  
> is trying to extort us through trickery.  I am pretty sure Dave  
> Rheinhardt of SeaPortNet Hosting gifted us the registration in the  
> past - he owns a registration service through his SeaPortNet hosting  
> company.  We shouldn't presume on his past charity, obviously - if  
> we want to keep the domain, we should be ready to mutually pony up  
> the $$.  That said, last time I checked, Dave's rates were very  
> reasonable.  *That* said, it seemed like an appropriate time to look  
> ourselves in the face and make an honest decision about our fate.
>
> I cc'd Dave on the original email, and on this one.  Dave, can you  
> let us know what your current registration rates are should we  
> choose to renew?
>
> Thanks!
> Patrick
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ian Sterling" <xyverz at gmail.com>
> To: cvale at cvale.org
> Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 3:18:47 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: Re: [CVALE] Fwd: Domain Notification: DAVE REINHARDT This  
> is yourFinal Notice of Domain Notification - CVALE.ORG
>
> The only problem is that since this is due, we'd probably need to
> register it with that registrar before we can transfer it off to
> another registrar.  Most registrars are tightwads like that.
>
> --Ian...
>
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Matthew Hall  
> <mhall at mhcomputing.net> wrote:
>>> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Patrick E. Bennett, Jr.
>>> <stnick at bennettbungalow.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Guys, the renewal is due.  What shall we do?  (Obviously, we're not
>>> going to pay $75/yr!)
>>
>> My advice is that we transfer the registration to 1&1 Internet which
>> costs < $10 USD per year. I'd be happy to help via PayPal also.
>>
>>>     -Patrick
>>
>> Matthew.
>>
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