I don't think anyone is dumb enough to do this, but whenever my domains have been coming up for expiration I recieve a letter through the mail from another registrar posing as my current one telling me to renew and transfer at almost 4 times the usual price. ANyone else get these types of things? I wonder if they really make money because mass mailing isn't cheap. I'm talking real mail through the post.
If the letter has been from a registrar posing as your current one why would they offer you to transfer the domain...
It's a solicitation, disguised to resemble a renewal invoice, to transfer your domain to them at exorbitant cost. I get a few of these. They must be making money as they keep paying for international postage and envelopes. Is it LNOA.com (Liberty Names of America.com or DROA.com (Domain Registry of America)? The first is located in Mississauga, Canada and the second next door in Toronto but uses a Buffalo postal address.
I've only received one of these letters once via post from a company in the US. Think it was actually DROA.com (Domain Registry of America) but not too sure if it was them or someone else.
yer i have whoisguard on my domains too i had to pay extra for it on godaddy but it was worth it!!!!!
Best to login into your account and check the status of specific domain name and get it renewed their itself if it is near expiry instead of responding to such email.
get a whois who protection to avoid getting such emails. and use reputed registrars to register your domains like namecheap.