[Public-List] USCG Certificate of Documentation renewal

Andrew Johns johnsab9 at gmail.com
Wed Jun 24 12:04:17 PDT 2020


I'm not sure it's exactly a scam, but an agent that submits the paperwork
on your behalf.  Not sure why you would use them, It's easy to renew for up
to 5 years online.

On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 2:42 PM Michael via Public-List <
public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

> The Coast Guard has always sent me a renewal notice, directly and by
> (snail)mail.
> Michael Grosh
> #220
>
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> From: "John Irving via Public-List" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
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> Sent: 6/23/2020 1:38:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [Public-List] USCG Certificate of Documentation renewal
>
> >I got one of those too!
> >
> >>  On Jun 23, 2020, at 1:05 PM, Gordon Laco via Public-List <
> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>  Our Federal government here in Canada have announced dramatically
> enhanced punishments for scammers using anything to do with the pandemic
> emergency to cheat people.
> >>
> >>  Damn scammers…
> >>
> >>
> >>  Gordon Laco
> >>  www.gordonlaco.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>  On Jun 23, 2020, at 1:00 PM, James Cowhey via Public-List <
> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>  I  almost fell for this one myself last year. Of course, the envelope
> and letterhead look like official USCG stationery.  I really believed it
> was from the Coast Guard!  I finally figured it was a scam when I realized
> I would be charged for the transaction.
> >>>
> >>>  The actual online process at the Coast Guard website is quick and
> easy.
> >>>
> >>>  Damn the Scammers!
> >>>
> >>>  James Cowhey
> >>>  SV Mocuisle
> >>>  Albert 30 #56
> >>>
> >>>  Sent from my iPad
> >>>
> >>>>>  On Jun 23, 2020, at 12:44 PM, George Dinwiddie via Public-List <
> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>  Beware of scams!
> >>>>
> >>>>  I just got a letter in the mail from "Vessel Documentation Portal"
> warning me that my Certificate of Documentation was set to expire. (It
> actually expires at the end of October. I went to the site,
> vesselrenewal(dot)us, and was filling out the renewal form when saw they
> wanted to charge $75 to renew. This didn't seem right, so I ran a whois on
> the site and found it's registered to
> >>>>
> >>>>>  Registrant Name: Vessel Renewal
> >>>>>  Registrant Organization: Vessel Renewal
> >>>>>  Registrant Street: 1900 E Beach Blvd
> >>>>>  Registrant Street:
> >>>>>  Registrant Street:
> >>>>>  Registrant City: Long Beach
> >>>>>  Registrant State/Province: California
> >>>>>  Registrant Postal Code: 90802
> >>>>>  Registrant Country: us
> >>>>>  Registrant Phone: +1.8663430530
> >>>>>  Registrant Phone Ext:
> >>>>>  Registrant Fax:
> >>>>>  Registrant Fax Ext:
> >>>>>  Registrant Email: danny at seoexpertdanny.com
> >>>>
> >>>>  For those that don't know "seo" stands for Search Engine
> Optimization, techniques to make your web site appear higher in the results
> when someone searches. While there's some legitimate need to make a site
> show up for certain web searches, most SEO companies will completely
> misrepresent a site, and live by spamming site operators. So this
> slime-bucket has decided to misrepresent the USCG Vessel Documentation
> Center, also.
> >>>>
> >>>>  When I searched for the actual USCG Vessel Documentation Center, I
> noticed in the search results that there is a similar company,
> unitedstatesvessel(dot)us, also trying to skim money from documentation
> renewals.
> >>>>
> >>>>  While the USCG Vessel Documentation Center may not be optimizing
> their site for search engines, you can renew your documentation online for
> only $26 at https://www.pay.gov/public/form/start/1175233
> >>>>
> >>>>  I don't know if the USCG sends notices to remind you to renew or
> not. I went ahead and renewed mine.
> >>>>
> >>>>  - George
> >>>>
> >>>>  --
> >>>>
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