This is one of those emails that you have to love to hate. First of all I keep very good track of all of the domain names in my portfolio. I know where each one of them resides and I also know when each one expires. This is a must for any domain investor. The funny thing is, this domain was nowhere close to expiring. On the other hand there are people out there that may only own a couple of domains or even just one domain. These are the folks that may have been concerned when they first looked at this email. The email even came with a nice clean looking header and footer image to make it look more legit. Sorry guys but I think your time could be better spent somewhere else. Here is the email as it was sent to me, domain replaced with “mydomain.com.”

It is time to renew your domain name www.mydomain.com

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Your domain name www.mydomain.com will expire within 90 days.
You may renew your domain with Domain Renewal. Click on the link in this
e-mail to renew the domain for another year. You should renew your domain as soon as
possible in order for it to continue to be registered in your name.

Click here if you wish to renew your domain
——–> http://www.domainrenewalonline.com/for.php?d=mydomain.com

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Services and information about Domain Renewal
Domain Renewal maintains domain addresses, and registers and consults companies in relation to Internet domain ownership. We inform businesses about which domains are registered, and remind them if a domain is due to expire, or when it is time to renew a domain. If you want Domain Renewal to extend the domain for you, we ask you to click on the link in this e-mail. If you do not wish to use your domain after the due date for renewal, you may disregard this e-mail. When Domain Renewal extends your domain no information will be changed in the “Whois” information section. The domain will be extended for 1 year. You will therefore continue with your current supplier. You may also request your Internet Service Provider to renew the domain for you. If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact our customer service centre by sending an e-mail to support@domainrenewalonline.com

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The domain in the email is domainrenewalonline.com but the email came from domainrenewal-online.com (212.116.64.65) which looks to be the same outfit. From the looks of their numbers they get quite a few people to click-through to their site. If you see this email be sure to stay clear, it’s no good.

I don’t quite understand what motivates people to do things like this. People that do these kind of things are obviously smart enough to set up a system to capture your data, money, etc., but they refuse to take the time to make a project legit. These folks seem like they don’t want to work for their money anymore. Taking the easy way out is always easy but never quite as rewarding as putting together something that takes off to become a huge success.