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		<title>On the prowl for easy prey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the prowl for easy prey
http://www.news.com.au/sundaytelegraph/story/0,,20391879-5001081,00.html
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September 12, 2006 12:00
Article from: The Daily Telegraph
WHAT&#8217;S in a name? Quite a lot actually if you have an internet domain name and don&#8217;t pay close attention to who should be sending you the bill to keep it.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has received a number of complaints [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://domainwatch.org/archives/2006/09/17/on-the-prowl-for-easy-prey/</link>
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		<title>Rafferty&#8217;s rules (Blair Rafferty)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rafferty&#8217;s rules
http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/when-a-test-match-turns-to-ashes/2006/08/22/1156012542788.html?page=fullpage
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Ian Porter and Nabila Ahmed
August 23, 2006
FULL DISCLOSURE
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Rafferty&#8217;s rules
THIS is an alert for the citizens of the wild west, otherwise known as Western Australia.
We believe they are about to have in their midst one Blair Rafferty, proprietor of Domains Australia Pty Ltd, a company that recently came to the attention of auDA, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://domainwatch.org/archives/2006/08/23/raffertys-rules-blair-rafferty/</link>
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		<title>Domain name entrepreneur goes west (Blair Rafferty)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Domain name entrepreneur goes west
http://www.theage.com.au/news/biztech/domain-name-entrepreneur-goes-west/2006/08/21/1156012473234.html
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Domain name entrepreneur goes west
By NICK MILLER
August 22, 2006
Domain name entrepreneur Blair Rafferty has a spectacular view from his office on the 50th floor of a Melbourne high-rise but doesn&#8217;t seem to have enjoyed it. After receiving a shot across the bows last week from .au domain name administrator auDA, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://domainwatch.org/archives/2006/08/22/domain-name-entrepreneur-goes-west-blair-rafferty/</link>
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		<title>auDA Consumer Alert: Domains Australia (Blair Rafferty)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Domain Name Administrator, .auDA, has issued a consumer alert to .au domain name registrants by email.
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From: consumeralert@auda.org.au
To: undisclosed-recipients
Date: 18-Aug-2006 20:44
Subject: CONSUMER ALERT from auDA, The Australian Domain Name Administrator
You are receiving this email because your email address is listed as the registrant contact address for a .au domain name. Please do NOT [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://domainwatch.org/archives/2006/08/18/auda-consumer-alert-domains-australia-blair-rafferty/</link>
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		<title>NZ Domain Registration High Court Injunction (Blair Rafferty)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[InternetNZ, through the Office of the Domain Name Commissioner, has obtained an interim injunction against NZ Domain Registration Limited.
NZ Domain Registration Ltd
http://www.dnc.org.nz/story/30259-29-1.html
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Further Update:
InternetNZ, through the Office of the Domain Name Commissioner (DNC), has obtained an interim injunction against NZ Domain Registration Limited (NZDRL). The injunction relates to NZDRL&#8217;s recent mass mail out. A copy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://domainwatch.org/archives/2006/08/17/nz-domain-registration-high-court-injunction-blair-rafferty/</link>
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		<title>CONSUMER ALERT: Domains Australia Pty Ltd Mass Mail Out (Blair Rafferty)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mass mail out by Domains Australia Pty Ltd
http://www.auda.org.au/consumeralert/consumeralert-16082006/ 
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Mass mail out by Domains Australia Pty Ltd
16/Aug/2006
auDA has become aware that Domains Australia Pty Ltd is sending letters and/or faxes to some domain name registrants offering  to arrange registration of the net.au equivalent of the registrants com.au domain name for $225.
The letter is headed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://domainwatch.org/archives/2006/08/16/consumer-alert-domains-australia-pty-ltd-mass-mail-out-blair-rafferty/</link>
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		<title>BEWARE: NZ Domain Registration Ltd (Blair Rafferty)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NZ Domain Registration Ltd
http://www.dnc.org.nz/story/30259-29-1.html
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NZ Domain Registration Ltd
Published at 3:50pm, 7th August 2006
The Domain Name Commissioner is aware of a mass mail out by an entity &#8220;NZ Domain Registration Ltd&#8221;.
NZ Domain Registration Ltd appears to be sending pro forma letters to registrants seeking fees for the registration of .net.nz names.
The letters to registrants specify a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://domainwatch.org/archives/2006/08/07/beware-nz-domain-registration-ltd-blair-rafferty/</link>
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		<title>Domain name entrepreneur declared bankrupt (Bradley Norrish)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Regarding Chesley Rafferty&#8217;s claim in the newspaper article below that I am &#8220;obsessive compulsive&#8221; about his operations, I have the following statement to make:
It is the type of behaviour that is of interest not the personalities.  I have been consistent with my approach to this kind of behaviour long before Chesley Rafferty and Bradley [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://domainwatch.org/archives/2006/07/11/domain-name-entrepreneur-declared-bankrupt-bradley-norrish/</link>
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		<title>Oz domain name scammer declares bankruptcy (Bradley Norrish)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oz domain name scammer declares bankruptcy
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/05/oz_domain_scam/
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Oz domain name scammer declares bankruptcy
Shown the pink card
By John Leyden
Published Wednesday 5th July 2006 12:34 GMT
Australian domain name scammer Bradley Norrish has declared himself bankrupt.
Bradley Norrish, along with business partner Chesley Rafferty, ran an outfit called UK Internet Registry, and three other firms, which sent 50,000 fake invoices [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://domainwatch.org/archives/2006/07/06/oz-domain-name-scammer-declares-bankruptcy-bradley-norrish/</link>
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		<title>Internet scammer announces bankruptcy (Bradley Norrish)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Internet scammer announces bankruptcy
http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/?contentId=3106
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July 04 2006
Domainwatch.org today posted a letter from Australian domain name scammer, Bradley Norrish, announcing his declaration of bankruptcy.
http://domainwatch.org/archives/2006/07/04/bradley-norrish-bankrupt/
Lesley Cowley, CEO, Nominet, commented: &#8220;The bankruptcy brings an appropriate and successful end to the litigation against the directors of UK Internet Registry and proves that datamining the WHOIS is a serious industry [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://domainwatch.org/archives/2006/07/05/internet-scammer-announces-bankruptcy-bradley-norrish/</link>
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