Comments on: Domain (Renewal Group) Registry Of America: Don’t Be Scammed!

By: Sergey Rusak

Sergey Rusak — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:30:41 +0000

I just called their customer support & sales department 1-866-434-0212 and made them listen… 3.2.1… Never Gonna Give You Up, Never Gonna Put You Down, Never Gonna Run Around!!! Everyone should do the same! RickRoll them for their crimes!

By: Beth C

Beth C — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:02:52 +0000

Just so you know, it’s Jan 4th 2012 and this scam is very much still in effect. They got me for $35, and I called and asked for a refund. They say it will be refunded in 72 hours. They consented to the refund so easily, it definitely made me wonder if they get refund requests all the time; in other words, they provide no value whatsoever. I thought I was going to have to send a letter, which I have NO problem doing. At the conclusion of the call, I asked for an email confirming the refund granted and the rep agreed. I called today to follow up on that, and now the rep says, they don’t send emails, just process the refund. Whatever. They don’t know me; I’m a take action kind of girl.

By: Chalie Howward

Chalie Howward — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:32:38 +0000

Got one of these scam letters today. Only reason I guessed it might be a scam is that I don’t have a website or a domain. Out of curiosity, I tried to go to the website they say is about to expire. Surprise, suprise: there isn’t one. They just generated a random name and sent it to a random victim.

Makes you rethink the pros & cons of the Death penalty.

By: Maui Mike

Maui Mike — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:09:09 +0000

I received one of the DROA “Domain Name Expiration Notice” letters back in August of 2011. I ignored the notice because I know who my registrar is, figuring that this was some kind of scam. Recently a misinformed friend advised me to register with the DROA. So I looked up their website and ran a web search for sites like yours to see what others were saying about DROA. Boy, was I surprised at how many people have fallen for this nifty scam! BTW: DROA is still operating under their original name; they’ve included some legalistic mumbo-jumbo disclaimer statements on their form letter to cover their nasty little asses after being caught scamming. Don’t be fooled by ANY of their bullshit disclaimers: If you don’t keep your registration current with your legitimate registrar, these predators will buy up your domain name(s) and resell them!

By: Amel

Amel — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:08:03 +0000

The most important thing I would like to know now is: where do we complain about them? I mean it looks like they are still doing it getting away with it? How can we make a stop to it?

By: Amel

Amel — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:01:44 +0000

I just received this in my mail. I was planning on sending the check and then I thought the name didn’t sound right. I contacted Inmotion my domain name provider and they told me it was a scam. I can’t believe I was going to fall for it and I am usually very very suspicious , but what caught me is the Expiration deadline. Thanks for the article.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 13:05:37 +0000

Thank you everyone for your posts! I received this in the mail yesterday and thought something was fishy about it, so being the “Googler,” that I am, I came across this site.

I originally set up our website with Intuit but couldn’t remember who the domain name was set up with.

This will be going in the shredder! Thanks again!