Spam offering 'acquisition' services to .com owners for alternative extensions which are expiring:

Hi ________,

I am writing to inform you ______________.NET is expiring and may be released to the public within the next few days.

There is a good chance that there will be several interested parties attempting to capture this domain when it is released, these will vary from parties with a genuine interest to domain name speculators otherwise known as cyber squatters who often put large price tags on such domains.

We are domain acquisition specialists and I felt that as the owner of __________.com you would have a much more genuine interest in acquiring ___________.NET.

If you would like us to try and acquire this domain on your behalf then please let me know by 21st June 2007.

This is a genuine service and we do not charge any money upfront. If you receive emails from any other companies claiming to own the domain before 22nd June 2007, please do not send them any money.

If you would like our help to acquire the domain for you as it expires then please reply by email or contact me on the numbers below.

Kind Regards

Stephanie van der Westhuizen
Tripod UK Ltd
www.tripoduk.com
UK +44 (0) 870 808 0073
USA +1 310 601 8248