I was going through some of my old emails, setting up filters and marking spam when I came across this, which I had forgotten about. I just wanted to make a post so that new domain owners can be made aware of this unethical practice of companies sending what appears to look like a bill for domain registration renewal.
This is NOT a bill, nor is it from any company which I have done business in the past. Someone who may be new to domain registration may think that this is legitimate, after all how is this company to know that your domain name is about to expire, right? Well these companies scour the internet whois databases for when domain names expire, then gather the contact information and send out these renewal notices to the information found on file for the domain owner. I even got a hard copy of one of these notices, although I threw it in the trash so I do not recall if it was for the same people who sent this one.
So when something like what appears below comes to your mailbox, just ignore it or send it out to the spam box.
Expiration Notice
Order #: 25633331
Order Date: Nov 6, 2012
Bill To: xxxxx xxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx street #4 Brooklyn 112xx NY UNITED STATES
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+1.3602152587
PROCESS PAYMENT NOW
| Domain Name NYPHONEJACKS.COM | Registration Nov 6, 2012 - Nov 6, 2013 | Price $75.00 | Term 1 Year |
Domain: NYPHONEJACKS.COM
To: xxxxx xxxxx
Don't miss out on this offer which includes search engine submission for NYPHONEJACKS.COM for 12 months. There is no obligation to pay for this order unless you complete your payment by Nov 21, 2012. Our services provide submission and search engine ranking for domain owners. This offer for submission services is not required to renew your domain registration.
Failure to complete your search engine registration by Nov 21, 2012 may result in the cancellation of this order (making it difficult for your customers to locate you using search engines on the web).
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Please do not reply to this email, as we are not able to respond to messages sent to this address. 
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