Beware of the Domain Renewal scam. It can come in the post in the form of a letter which fools a lot of people.

They often try to scare you into paying fast - something along the lines of "Your registration will expire on April 2008. Act today!. You must renew, failure to renew your domain name by the expiration date may result in loss of your online identity..."

There are many different varieties of the scam, but here is one version...

If you have a hosting and maintenance package with Bottomup Webs, then all offical correspondence regarding your domain and website will come directly from us. If you get a letter like this one from a third party, let us know. Do not pay or correspond with these scammers.

By transferring your domain over to these scammers, you transfer the control of the domain to them - and that is not a good thing.