Nominet UK, the national registry for all .uk domain names, has
issued a statement warning registrants of .uk domains about bogus
invoices being distributed by an outfit called "Domain Registry
Services".
According to Nominet, registrants of .com, .org and, most
recently, .uk domain names have been receiving a "Notice of
Expiration" invoice from Domain Registry Services, which infers
that it is the Registry for those domains – which it is not.
The notice states that the registrant could lose its domain name
unless the invoice is paid – at a cost many times higher than that
Nominet would charge a domain registration agent for registering a
.uk domain name.
Nominet advises all .uk domain holders "to be careful when
checking correspondence regarding the expiry of their domain names.
If you have any doubts about the validity of an invoice, please
contact your existing registration agent who will be able to advise
you."
The Registry is also investigating where Domain Registry
Services obtained its lists of .uk information, and is working with
trading standards officers.
