THE DOMAIN THAT TURNS INTO DUST

After talking to my two friends about what type of domain and hosting to buy I finally decided yesterday.

Package #1
Domain: for $6.99/ a year
Hosting: FREE (blogger.com)

Package #2
Domain: $10.20/ a year
Hosting: $3.36/Quarterly

I chose Package #2 but then again I changed my mind and picked package #1. I went to the package # 1 site and applied for it. At the end of the transaction, it was indicated that I have to wait for 24 hours for my code. So I decided to browse for blogger themes and create a new blog. After 4 hours of browsing, the only thing I got is a headache from installing themes and then trying to figure out what went wrong with the code. That's the reason why I don't like bloggers. It always makes me mad every time I tried to change my themes. And then when I decided to stop, I got curious and opened my email. There, the email that I've been waiting for. :) I called hubby so we could read the email together. After reading the email, we were dumbfounded.  We need to send proof of identification (I.D. or Passport) either by fax or email in order for them to authenticate our identity. According to the email, they need that because of the rampant scamming online. Come on, Were the ones shielding money here not them? So why do they need to know us? Hubby got mad and decided to cancel it. It looks like a scam to us. What do you think? They are inquiring about PII and we believe it is a scam to ask for that information.

This notice was also attached:

Your account has not been activated, nor has any billing taken place at this time. We will not activate this account until we can properly verify your ID status. If this information has not been received in three (3) business days this account will be terminated in accordance with our T&C. If that's the case so let it be terminated.