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Grey Area Mail SPAM

POSTAL SPAM: Online Business Registration

Online Business Registration Pty Ltd has been sending unsolicitated mail (physical) to Australian businesses for some time.

Their letters could appear at first glance to be a renewal notice for your Australan Business Name Registration but in fact is an unsolicited commerical offer for them to renew it for you with an extra fee.
They are able to do this as a private service provider (PSP).

Business names can be registered or renewed directly with the Australian Securities and Investment Commision (ASIC) on their website.
https://asic.gov.au/for-business/renewing-your-business-name/
The current rates are one year for $37 or three years for $87

Online Business Registration Pty Ltd is offering to renew your business name for you for $99 for one year or $199 for three years.

This doesn’t seem like very good value.

ASIC has information about private service providers on their webpage, including their expectations.
Most PSPs have started behaving better by making their unsolicited mail comply to ASICs requirements to state that it is NOT a letter from ASIC and use less confusing and deceptive formating. Still, these letters catch many business owners out and you will find many compaints online.

If you recieve renewal offers, you should check them and report companies that exhibit deceptive and misleading behaviour.

Information contained in letter:
Company: Online Business Registration Pty Ltd
ABN: 36 618 716 019
Address: PO Box 775 – Suite 1111, Cherrybrook NSW 2126 (mail forwarding service)
Phone: 1300 651 752
Website: www.brenewal.com.au
Email: support@brenewal.com
Contact Name: Victoria Kur
Domain Registrant Contact Name: Csilla Vinkovicsne Caroli
Domain Registrant Contact Email: onlinebusinessregistration@hotmail.com

Also trades as:
Company: New Business Name
ABN: 36 618 716 019
Address: 903/50 Clarence Street, Sydney NSW 2000 (This is a virtual office service that just forwards mail. Registered Office)
Phone: 1300 651 752
Website: www.brenewal.com.au
Email: support@NewBusinessName.com.au
Contact Name: Victoria Kur
Domain Registrant Contact Name: Csilla Vinkovicsne Caroli
Domain Registrant Contact Email: onlinebusinessregistration@hotmail.com

ABN also associated with other names, some of which violate ASIC guidence.

Do not use marketing that may mislead customers
Do not operate under a business name that may make customers think ASIC endorses or authorises your services. For example, you must not use words such as ‘ASIC’ or ‘Business Name’ in your business name.

Business nameFrom
BNAMERENEWAL26 Jun 2020
BNREGISTRATION26 Jun 2020
BREGISTRATION26 Jun 2020
BREGISTRY26 Jun 2020
BRENEWAL26 Jun 2020
BUSREGISTRY26 Jun 2020
BUSRENEWAL26 Jun 2020
BNSERV25 Jun 2020
REGRENEWAL25 Jun 2020
Restore Pilates16 Nov 2019
ASCEND THE MIND BODY CONNECTION20 Jul 2019
BUSINESS NAME REGISTRY AUSTRALIA10 May 2019
BNRENEWAL23 Dec 2017
ONLINE BUSINESS REGISTRATION23 Dec 2017
RENEW YOUR BUSINESS NAME23 Dec 2017
BUSINESS NAME RENEWAL12 Aug 2017
NEW BUSINESS NAME15 Jun 2017

Interesting in this list is Restore Pilates which is an Albert Park (VIC) Pilates studio.
The ASIC portal lists Online Business Registration as the holder of the name and the ABN listed is different from that listed in the domain registration details.
Unclear if there is any relationship or why Online Business Registration has another seemingly unrelated businesses details with different ABN.

ASIC Portal:
Business name: Restore Pilates
Status: Registered
Registration date: 16/11/2019
Renewal date: 16/11/2020
Address for service of documents: 48 Dundas Pl Albert Park VIC 3206
Principal place of business: 48 Dundas Pl Albert Park VIC 3206
Holder Name: ONLINE BUSINESS REGISTRATION PTY LTD
Holder Type: Body CorporateABN: 36 618 716 019

Restore Pilates information from domain and validated against ABN portal
Tech Contact Name: Antoinette Ceravolo
Tech Contact Email: info.restorepilates@gmail.com
Registrant: CERAVOLO, MARIA ANTONIETTE
Registrant ID: ABN 36655092115

Also another strange ABN listed:
Business name: ASCEND THE MIND BODY CONNECTION
Status: Registered
Registration date: 20/07/2019
Renewal date: 20/07/2020
Address for service of documents: U 2 2 Megan Cres . Lennox Head NSW 2478
Principal place of business: U 2 2 Megan Cres . Lennox Head NSW 2478
Holder Name: ONLINE BUSINESS REGISTRATION PTY LTD
Holder Type: Body CorporateABN: 36 618 716 019

Other associated domains:
dreg.com.au
busregistry.online

Most Recent Letter received:


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Covid 19 update

All Saber Power Employees,

We would like to thank everyone for their excellent response to the pandemic we have all been experiencing.  Saber employees have always risen to meet our challenges head on, and this pandemic is no exception.   You have been measured and practical in your response.   Everyone’s willingness to adapt and react in support of our company, each other, and our clients we serve has been remarkable, and truly appreciated.

As you are all aware this pandemic and subsequent lockdown has caused enormous economic hardship to millions of people and companies.  We are very pleased that we have weathered this disruption with no layoffs or salary reductions.  Many companies including some of our competitors have been reducing pay, benefits, and hours.  While we are not completely out of the woods, we are extremely optimistic that we have accomplished our goal of not having any such reductions, resulting in a much stronger company going forward.  These remarkable results are a testament to the Saber team’s work ethic, culture, and can-do attitude.  Well done!

The challenge now is to continue to remain relevant to our customers while defining our new normal.   As we do that, we want to ask everyone to use common sense and keep practicing good hygiene and social etiquette.   Our next step under the new normal is to open our buildings back up on June 15th, at that time we will resume allowing vendors and customers full access to our buildings.   We will also resume offering training classes to our customers and employees on campus.  As always if circumstances change, we may adjust this plan.

The health and safety of our employees remains our core value.  We continue to ask all of you to self-monitor your health and if you feel ill or have an elevated temperature, stay home, contact your supervisor, and seek appropriate medical attention.

We hope everyone has gotten their 2-million-hour safety award cooler.  It should be a nice addition to your 1-million-hour rocking chair while at the beach, campsite, or back patio.  Let us all strive to maintain our safety focus and safe work culture, so we all return from work as well or better than we left home, and we can obtain  our 3-million-hour safety award.

As always stay safe,