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Some personage (proper decorum dictates a withholding of invective here) has been mailing New Zealand domain name holders with a faux invoice designed to have them register a domain name very similar to one they already own.

> come come little fishy ...

See what I mean? This is one I received today, encouraging me to pay $NZ237 to register brainsluice.co.nz for two years. Now, if I registered it with any kosher .nz registrar, that privilege would cost me around $NZ120 for two years.

Sound like a scam? You betcha, and the Commerce Commission thinks so too. Even though the letter does state that its only a solicitation for registration (this little factoid is buried in the middle of the page), and anyone who plonks down their cold hard cash without reading something properly beforehand is a bit of a fool, the whole setup's pretty dodgy. May the powers that be come down on the gentleman in question with great vengeance and furious anger!
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