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I had to recheck three times that I wrote "name-services.com" right and didn't land on "typo domain" by mistake.

Nope, that's pretty much it.

Absolutely. I have a few domains registered with Dreamhost too, and I almost didn't bother to check because I was positive that email was spam. And the Dreamhost reps couldn't be bothered to write more than a few words about it on the forum. Namecheap and a few others seem to be sending out identical emails.

For any phishers out there, there is an obvious opportunity waiting.

The Web of Trust Firefox add-on throws a scary warning "The site has a poor reputation based on user ratings"

https://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/name-services.com?utm_sou...

eNom are owned by Demand Media, so that's pretty much what you can expect!

Actually, they are no longer owned by Demand Media, rather they are a brand under Rightside.

It's barely worth differentiating between Demand Media and Rightside Group (and Donuts, for that matter).