US Court Disconnects Canadian Domain Name Scammers

A post ran in Slashdot about an order by a US District judge to halt the illegal practices of Canadian operators posing as domain name registrars who, according to the Federal Trade Commission send bogus bills to thousands of U.S. small businesses and nonprofit organizations for the annual "Website Address Listing". Many businesses, believing that they would lose their website addresses, pay the invoice.

The FTC says that the Toronto-based Internet Listing Service has been sending fake invoices since 2004 and that most consumers have not received any domain name registration services.

For the complete story, see article by the Federal Trade Commission.