Comment regarding "Domain Names Registered Using a Privacy or Proxy Service"
I register a domain about once a year for various personal projects that I experiment with. Due to the amount of scam phone calls and scam letters that I got based on the first domains that I registered in 2002, I always buy some form of domain anonymousness. These letters and phone calls started in the fall of 2004 or winter of 2005. I would typically get an illegal telemarketing call to my cell phone claiming to be from some form of "the" domain registry service for one of my domains, and then I would get another illegal telemarketing call a few hours later for another domain that I own. I would always ask the caller if I had a business relationship with her, and then remind her that telemarketing to American cell phones is illegal. Shortly afterward, I would get some form of renewal letter from something claiming to be "the" domain registry service. These scams always imply that they are "the" company that I work with. They never come from a company or name that sounds like the companies that I purchase and host my domains with. Like I stated earlier, I now register all of my domains anonymously to specifically block these phone calls and letters. My phone is for communicating with people; not to allow scam artists to make me listen to their sales pitches at their convenience. |