THIS IS A CONFIRMED SCAM!!! Our business received this "final notice" fax (though we had not ever received any previous) saying that our business website was to expire TODAY?! First, I called to get a little more information and the gentlemen told me that we had previously did a 5 year subscription which was about to expire and another 5 years would be $350 and 10 years would be $450. I told him I would call him back.  Then I called our website company and asked them how we get billed and what not and also confirmed that our domain name ACTUALLY doesn't expire until a year from now and that they bill our broker dealer who then bills us. We have NEVER had anything to do with this company! I called back and the same gentlemen answered. I proceeded to tell him what for but he said very quickly that he'd take our name off their list and hung up on me.  This is so sad. Why can't low, slimy scams like this be stopped?!

This company is a scammer. There have been complaints for years and nothing is done to help people keep their hard earned money. Disgusting vultures!

Today, 11-15-12 I received the same fax as described above.  In the last 3 months I als received 4 emails telling the same B.S..  Our domain is good through 2019..  I called the 800 # and they claimed I registered the name with them 5 years ago.  We have had the name over 10 years now.  When I questioned this they hung-up.

Our company just received a fax this morning regarding the registration of our domain. I thought it was strange they would have sent a fax and no other from of advance notification despite the fact that it was a "final notice". Thought it was bogus but thankfully the comments from this site definitely convinced me not to bother calling the number.Recieved fax from 1-800-690-1269 saying my Domain name has expired and to register they do have a web page www.domainrestistrar.us.com which comes up but don't be fooled this is a scam.
and i got scam for 350.00

Thank you for all the warnings.   We just got a fax today that the domain will expire on same date.  I searched and found all these warnings from concerned people.  Now I can disregard this message and go on with our business.

Fraud!!!!!! Dan Fuller Extension 897 could not explain why he was asking for $300 for five years and $350 for ten years.  He hung up on me when I asked additional questions.  I called back and he forwarded me to his supposed supervisor Thomas Young at extension 888.  Dan told me that my number automatically goes to him each time I call as it is identified.  That must be why Dan and Thomas have not answered the fifty or so phone calls I've made throughout the day.  Reported to the authorities.

I guess its still happening. My company received the fax today. I googled the only thing I could find (on the legal looking paper) an 800 phone number. I am so glad these posts were here. I was going to forward it to my attorney and that would have resulted in attorney fees etc. After reading these posts I will forward it to the garbage can. Thank you everyone !

Our company just received a fax this morning regarding the registration of our domain. I thought it was strange they would have sent a fax and no other from of advance notification despite the fact that it was a "final notice". Thought it was bogus but thankfully the comments from this site definitely convinced me not to bother calling the number.

Recieved fax from 1-800-690-1269 saying my Domain name has expired and to register they do have a web page www.domainrestistrar.us.com which comes up but don't be fooled this is a scam.

What is the fax number? I want to send them a nice dark red fax on redial. The fax number they called from on my caller id is a Seattle number that does not take calls.

Here it is 2012 and this is still going on.......

Illegal fax received. Does not comply with Federal fax standards which is a violation of Federal law. Fax is filled with false information. Scam!

Received the same fax.  Called. They said I could renew for 5 years $300 or 10 years $350. Asked them to hold to get payment and they hung up.  Did further research and came across this website.  Thanks everyone for the warnings.

Our company received a notice that our domain name was to expire and we needed to respond by 12-21-2011. And also, it said this was the final notice. So I called 1-800-690-1269  (Domain Protection Services) and told them I reveived a domain expire notice. Then I told them I checked the WHOIS database for our domain with the tool at http://dwhois.net/ and saw that our company domain doesn't expire until June of 2012. They quickly then changed the tune of the story to "If you don't want to register the .US website (example http://weatherchannel.US) then you can disregard this notice."  This is a scam.

If you receive an email like this simply forward it to: SPAM@UCE.GOV
You can also fill out a FTC complaint here:  https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/FTC_Wizard.aspx?Lang=enCaller: Domain Protection Services

Filed at FTC and UCE.gov

Our company received a notice that our domain name was to expire and we needed to respond by 12-21-2011. And also, it said this was the final notice. So I called 1-800-690-1269  (Domain Protection Services) and told them I reveived a domain expire notice. Then I told them I checked the WHOIS database for our domain with the tool at http://dwhois.net/ and saw that our company domain doesn't expire until June of 2012. They quickly then changed the tune of the story to "If you don't want to register the .US website (example http://weatherchannel.US) then you can disregard this notice."  This is a scam.

If you receive an email like this simply forward it to: SPAM@UCE.GOV
You can also fill out a FTC complaint here:  https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/FTC_Wizard.aspx?Lang=en

Fraudulent email

We received this letter, and when I asked they why we needed to pay this price they said "it will be in the documentation", I asked again and they hung up on me. It was just a scam of course, but this scam has an address 130 Church St. Suite 280, New York, NY 10007 and a telephone number 1-800-690-1269 and 1-866-475-2904.

I guess New York doesn't do anything about criminal activity, since this is the 4th company with some troubling marketing / scare tactics being used. Move over Florida NY is the new fraud capital.

Just reporting in.  We received this fax this morning.  It looked so real I almost asked IT about it.  Thank goodness for the internet.

I called and they said the cost was $300 per year - can you believe it? It really looked legit, but my webmaster told me it is a scam....

The same fax came in today to our office. The domain name in question wasn't our active domain name, but one that could be assumed to be ours. Nice try, but no biscuit. Their "Reply Deadline" is today - we're given so much time to consider their scam.

Don't fall for this nonsense. It's bogus, and as previous posters have stated, all they want is your money.

We have received the same fax today. If it wasn?t for this site, we would have fallen for the scam. Thank you everyone for posting this information.

I received a fax and email stating that our domain name was expiring today and would be released to someone else. I couldn't reach the person who manages ours so I returned the call and they told me I needed to pay the $35 by credit card to keep it. We don't have a company credit card so I gave them my personal card number and they charged $350 instead of $35 and later I found out that our domain name doesn't expire until 2010. This was a scam but my credit card company wasn't much help and wouldn't take the charge off, even though no money has chnged hands yet, but told me to call those people and cancel the transaction. They aren't answering the phone so I can't very well cancel the transaction. This doesn't make sense.

I received a  fax stating our domain name was expiring the next day and the rights to the name would be transferred to someone else.  The fax stated I needed to call 800-690-1269 in order to preserve the domain name.

The exact same thing happened to me.  I am still fighting with my credit card company over the charges which I cancelled and was even given a cancellation number from the domain company.  However, I have called repeatedly to ask for a cancallation receipt and have been told it was sent (which it wasn't), have had to leave a message but never get a return call, or have been hung up on when I challenged them about not receiving a receipt.

Got this fax today... Thanks for all the warnings!! It looks so legit.

Fax-spamming (as opposed to other kinds of spamming) is against the law. $1000 a pop, if I recall right, and people =do= collect. If you can find the perp. I can't believe these particular people have been able to get away with this for this long. Maybe the New York address is bogus (and the 800 number is in Hungary...)

Received fax threatening me that my domain name would be taken from me unless I called 800-690-1269.

A blog post with a copy of the fax you may have received can be found here (just to verify that we're all talking about the same company):

http://www.criticalbiz.com/cb/index.php/2010/03/18/domain-registration-scam/

Same same same.  Received fax "FINAL NOTICE" -- deadline expire date 3.17.10 (today) INTELLECTURAL PROPERTY NOTIFICATION citing U.S. Legal Code Title 15.  It is the United States Code -- not United States Legal Code.  I called the 800.690.1269 several times.  Recording:  "Welcome to Domain Protection Services -- dedicated to live support."  What a joke.  I held 5 minutes -- got another recording of high call volume, leave my name & number and they would call me back.  I checked w/company who does my website and my domain is good for months.  What a horrible scam this is.  These people are dangerous because the fax includes legal terminology most people don't understand and can be intimidating.  I have wasted enough time on this -- am reporting them -- not sure to whom until I research it -- but these people need to be stopped.
US Domain Licensing
130 Church St. Suite 280
New York, NY 10007
www.USDomainLicensing.com
212.671.1191