On Mon, Nov 03, 1997 at 08:47:13AM -0800, Paul Hoffman / IMC wrote:
> At 10:03 PM 11/2/97 -0600, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
> >I bet they make sure the billing address is correct, though.
>
> Not necessarily. As long as they got paid the first time (such as by credit
> card), I bet they don't even check the billing address. Spammers could
> easily want to spend the $100 for one year's use of a name and completely
> hide any contact with the organization. After a year (plus however long NSI
> lets them get away with not renewing), they simply get a different domain
> name.
No need to get another domain name, just call NSI and put it on a
credit card again.
For all the money they collect, you'd think they at least be able
to do a minimal check of the information given to them before calling
it authoritative.
John
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