Who wants to be .com when you can now be .USA
Register your .USA domain name today exclusively at:
http*//www.dotusa.com
Is it true? I never heard of Domain extension .USA
I would say it may be one of these unsanctioned domains names although I could be wrong. Interesting that the corporate address is listed in Calafornia but the dotusa.com domain is registered to a British company.
I am a little sus myself.
Onya
Woz
Weren't they going to open up top level .us domain names soon?
The thing that really is surprising is that they are advertised on theregister.co.uk ...
I personally feel that the domain name system needs some improvement but scams like alternic, new.net and .usa just con the unwary.
What is the point of a domain that the search engines will not index for starters?
November 20, 2001
Washington-based NeuStar Inc. today officially took control of America's sovereign ".us" Internet addressing suffix. NeuStar announced that it had successfully moved the ".us" registry onto its own secure servers and was prepared to officially begin managing the .us domain.
[shopandsave.biz...]
Nice to see that someone in the media had picked up on this type of scam also. Check the dates though - the WmW report was 7 days earlier ;)
Though the guy with $12,000 lost on domain speculating... what an incredibly stupid thing to do - investing that kind of money in something that he clearly knows nothing about. I wouldn't spend that kind of money investing in "fine wine" without seeking independent expert advice, because I know nothing about "fine wine" (getting quite good at cheap drinking wine though ;))
Though I hope he recuperates his losses - difference between learning from mistakes, and being taken for a ride.
I'm out a bunch of money. After I read the
article I asked them to cancel my "domains."
They did, but haven't refunded a dime!
[ftc.gov...]
JL
In reference to:
[dotusa.com...] -and-
[tldnetworks.com...]
FTC Cracks down on Spam Scammers
Appeals to Post 9-11 Patriotism Used To Sell Worthless Products
That about sums it up ;)
The guy had 20 hits a month (probably all himself) once i did search engine stuff on him and got him a .com he got quite a few more ;)
At that point, she made contact with the trade commission. Because Ms. Freeman charged her purchases by credit card, she has been able to recover her money
From the NY article - so contact your credit card companies if you brought these domains - and if you didn't be prepared for higher charges on your merchant account :(
[nydailynews.com...]
