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DOMAIN NAME RENEWAL SLAMMING

You may have received a notification from DROA (Domain Registry of America) in the regular post about transferring your registration to them. Their letter is cleverly discuised to appear to be a domain name registration renewal. We discourage you from agreeing to their terms as they are in violation of the ICANN Registrar Agreement as in the following article:

DROA’s  demands to Renew Domain Name -  in violation of their ICANN registrar agreement.
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In 2003, the Federal Trade Commission reached a settlement with the company for practices such as transferring domain registrations to their service under the guise of domain renewal, a practice known as domain slamming, and having hidden fees.
 Despite this action, the company still sends mass direct mail to consumers resembling invoices with "domain name expiration notice" in bold print. Targets for the company's mass mailings are known to be in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States with information obtained in violation of their ICANN registrar agreement.
As of March 2010, McAfee Labs reports the domain slamming solicitations continue.

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Domain Registrations -  Oceania Business Solutions
If you hold a domain name registration with us (Oceania)  please note that:

i      Our invitation to renew the domain name registration will be emailed to you closer to the domain registration expiry date which you can view here http://www.who.is/whois/ or call us for assistance.
ii     We have found with other clients who were caught out that  DROA  will refund any monies you may have paid as they are clearly aware of their responsibility in that regard.
iii.    Their emailed transfer request message also  states: ‘If you DO NOT WANT the transfer to proceed, then don't respond to this message.” which is what we would recommend you do.
iv      If you wish to go ahead and renew your domain registration with them and need assistance please contact us.