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Re:How To Keep Your Domain Name Searches Safe From Poachers by alexjawad on Monday April 04, 2011 @08:43PM (#2409220)
I just bought a domain through said service and today received an email asking me to scan a copy of my passport or similar, or they may cancel the order. Is this common practice?
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Re:How To Keep Your Domain Name Searches Safe From Poachers by dchest on Wednesday April 06, 2011 @06:26AM (#2414544)
If this is not a requirement of the the domain zone, it's seems like just their fraud filter got angry at your order.
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