In NZ this sort of thing would be handled with a complaint to the Direct Marketing Association. Not sure about AU.

-Joel


On 4 December 2013 10:16, LRW Longhurst <walker.longhurst@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all,
Sorry, and "beer" because this is more of an Aussie question, maybe someone can direct me to somewhere more appropriate.

One of our execs received one of those "domain name available" letters in the form of an invoice, inviting him to register a name in .net.au that's similar to another name we own. This seems to have come via snail-mail but it invites payment at domainnamegroup.com.au.

Do we do anything about such scammers? Suing them for wasting our time springs to mind, but I'm thinking more in terms of reporting to an authority. I know this practice has been around for a while but it's the first time I've encountered it directly.


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