TRANSFER SCAM ALERT: Domain Registry of America

Good morning,

If you received any phone calls, emails, faxes or snail mail from – Domain Registry of America – Please throw all of their correspondence.

THIS COMPANY IS A SCAM….
They are trying to transfer your domain name registrar to their company.
This company even references to MY WEB CONSULTANT in their correspondence.
MY WEB CONSULTANT uses Dotster as your domain name registrar (unless otherwise noted)

Transfer scams
With the introduction of SRS, many smaller registrars had to compete with each other. Domain Registry of America attempted to trick customers to switch from their current registrar using a practice known as domain slamming.

Many of these transfer scams involve a notice sent in the mail, fax, or e-mail. Some scammers contacted end users by telephone (since the contact information is available through WHOIS) to obtain more information. These notices would include information publicly available from the WHOIS database to add to the look of authenticity. The text would include legalese to confuse the end user into thinking that it is an official binding notice. Scam registrars go after domain names that are expiring soon or have recently expired. Expired domain names do not have to go through the authentication process to be transferred, as the previous registrar would have relinquished management rights of the domain name. Domain name expiry dates are readily available via WHOIS.

Domain Names A domain name is really just your address on the Internet, what people type into their browser to find you. Businesses typically register domain names with their company name and sometimes also register their product names. Individuals often register family names or names that have a personal interest to them. You choose a word or phrase (e.g. MyWebConsultant) and an extension (e.g. .org, .com, .net, .biz). Your domain name could be 'MyWebConsultant.org.'

Domain names have two parts: the label and the extension, or top-level domain, separated by a 'dot.' In MyWebConsultant.org, 'MyWebConsultant' is the label and 'com' is the top-level domain.
At My Web Consultant, our goal is to provide you with a simple and secure domain registration solution. We'll handle all of the 'paperwork' to register your domain name.My Web Consultant has a partnership with Dotster as our domain name registrar.

Domain Name Registrar (like Dotster) is a company, accredited by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers - ICANN. An end-user (like you and MY WEB CONSULTANT) cannot directly register and manage their domain name information with ICANN. A designated registrar must be chosen (like Dotster)

Web Hosting (Also known as Web Storage) - Web hosting is a necessity for any Website. It's literally the platform that holds the content for your Website (files, text, pictures, data bases, etc), the physical place your Website resides.
The computer is called a server; it is said to "host" your site by providing a home for it. It also provides the connection to the Internet and the technology that makes your Website 'work' and is available 24 - 7.

It allows your Website to be seen and used. A good hosting company allows you unlimited access to your Website files and has their server online (up and running) 90% of the time.

the renewal process is done through MY WEB CONSULTANT.
MY WEB CONSULTANT directly will invoice you.