similar thing was going around couple of years ago - remember those letters from domain registry of america?

i used to get them all the time - basically they where sending letter out to companies telling them that there domain was up for renewal even though they where not the registrar - the paper work had you sign over the domain to them and then they would charge you about $65 for the pleasure of doing so, the letters used to look very professional and above board, im sure a lot of people fell for it and that company made some $$$