Chinese Domain Scam?
I think I’m probably right in guessing this guy is trying to scam me into buying “my” brand in dot-cn. The email has full phone and email contact details, giving it an air of legitimacy.
But it is trying to sell me the .cn version of a .com domain, namely computerwire.com, of which I am not and never have been the registrant. I merely have an email address @computerwire.com.
Dear manager:
This is Shanghai JinYue Network Technological Inc , which is the oversea domain name register center in China authorized by our government . On 30th July. we received KINGSAN Investment company’s application,they want to register “computerwire” as Internet Brand and CN domain name. But after checking I find this domain name conflict with your company , so I send you email ,and want to confirm whether your company have authorized KINGSAN to register or not .
I’m looking forward to hearing from you!John Zhou
China Internet Domains Accredited Registry:
Shanghai JinYue Network Service Co.,LtdTel:+86(0)XXXXXXXX
Fax:+86(0)XXXXXX
Email: XXXXXX
Internet:www.cniigov.cn
As you can see from the many comments on this post, I am far from alone in receiving this likely scam.
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2007-07-30 :: Kevin Murphy
30 July 2007 @ 9:06 am
If this any indication of their intent: I received a similar message from another (similar) company regarding registration for .cn, .com.cn, .net.cn, .org.cn, etc. The very same idea as your note above. So, I registered the .cn from a different registrar with a much lower price. To this day they haven’t registered any of the other *.cn extensions.
I would say this is more of an agressive marketing tactic than a scam, but I didn’t send them any money of course.
30 July 2007 @ 3:38 pm
One man’s aggressive marketing tactic is another man’s scam.
20 August 2007 @ 8:01 pm
I just got this same email, I’m wondering if either of you tried calling the phone number? Or emailing this person?
I ask because the “investment company” has absolutely no conflict in content with that of my client.
Though I am happy I found this posting! It’s been very helpful.
23 August 2007 @ 6:55 pm
Thanks for the alert! I appreciate that you put this online so I could stumble across it and be aware of yet another potential scam.
24 August 2007 @ 5:12 am
Thanks for posting this! I received a similar E-mail, but from a different company. I figured it was a scam or “aggressive marketing” of these .cn urls. I’ve got an E-mail into godaddy about their take on it.
It’s a scam if they have actually had no attempts to purchase the URLs, which would be my guess. If they have, I guess it’s extortion? Why would they be checking? Seems like it would all be up for grabs…. China is not exactly famous for their stringent copyright protection….
At this rate, we could all go broke trying to protect against all the possibilities that might eventually come up as new economies jump onto to the internet.
28 August 2007 @ 5:16 pm
This is propagating like crazy. Luckily we don’t need the kind of customers who can’t find us on .com, thanks. (Of course I’m sure I’d feel differently if we were trying to export something like branded rice to China). But actions like these really devalue the .CN brand globally … don’t you think?
29 October 2007 @ 9:54 am
The scam, or aggressive marketing ploy if you like, is still propagating. My compnay has received TWO almost identical messages regarding variations of .CN domains from two companies in China. If you compare their websites, they are 100% identical in wording, justdifferent banners and graphics. http://www.nianbang.com/ and http://www.cndomainnames.org.cn/
25 November 2007 @ 9:52 am
We’ve received the same scam. They tailor the email message slightly using keywords from your website to make it better apply to your business. The internet address at the bottom is different on our email. ( http://www.govisp.cn )
(and the address in your original blog post http://www.cniigov.cn seems to be gone)
We’re ignoring it.
26 November 2007 @ 1:53 am
We’ve received two in the last week or so, similar to each other. Thing is, the company I work for has a joint venture in China – and a disgruntled ex employee there. But I still think this is a Chinese version of the old scam to get you to needlessly register domains.
I found one other reference to “Huaxin Holdings” (the organisation supposedly trying to register “our” domains) on another bb – another person asking “is this email legit?” The texts of our emails were identical except for our company names. url: http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?p=1292049
—message one—
We are the domain name registration organization in asia, which mainly deal with international company’s in china. We have something important need to confirm with your company.
On the nov 18, 2007, we received an application formally. One company named “Huaxin Holdings Limited” wanted to register following Domain names:
(list)
Internet brand keyword:
(name)
through our body.
After our initial examination, we found that the keywords and domain names applied for registration are as same as your company’s name and trademark. These days we are dealing with it. If you do not know this company, we doubt that they have other aims to buy these domain names. Now we have not finished the registration of Huaxin company yet, in order to deal with this issue better, Please contact us by telephone or email as soon as possible.
Best Regards,
DiNa Wang
………………………………………………………………….
Sponsoring Registrar: China Net Technology Limited
Address: 3A, Units 20/F, Far East Consortium Bldg., 121 Des Voeux Road, Central, Hong Kong
Tel:+852-3075 9838
Fax:+852-3177 1520
Email: Dina@cnnet.hk
Website: http://www.cnnet.hk
—message two—
Dear CEO,
We are the department of registration service in China. we have something need to confirm with you. We formally received an application. One company which called “PEEK & COMPANIE CORP”.are applying to register “yourcompanyname”as internet brand and CN domain names “
(list) on November 26, 2007. After our initial examination, we found that the internet brand applied for registration are as same as your company’s name and trademark.These days we are dealing with it, hope to get the affirmation from your company. If your company has not authorized the aforesaid company to register these, Please contact us as soon as possible.
In addition, we hereby affirm that our time limit for dissent application is 7 days. If your company files no dissent within the time limit, we will unconditionally approve the application submitted by “PEEK & COMPANIE CORP”.
Best Regards,
KEVIN KE
senior consultant
( Tel: +86-21-5271 5980
( Fax: +86-21-5271 5978
+ e-mail: kevin.ke@mipong.org.cn
Website: http://www.mipong.org.cn
Address:11/F, Building A, Oasis Plaza, 137 Bailan Road, Putuo District, Shanghai, China
6 December 2007 @ 7:55 am
We got a similar solicitation on 12/5/2007:
**********************************************************
From: eric [mailto:eric@govisp.cn]
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 8:38 AM
To: rmacaria@recognos.ro
Subject: Notice of Internet Domains Intellectual Property Right
Dear Manager,
We are the Shanghai Luhao Internet Service Co.,Ltd. the registration agent for internet brand and CN domain name .
On Dec.6th I received “KINGSAN Investments Limited” application,they want to register “recognos” Internet Brand and CN domain name as their company’s brand .But after checking I find this is your brands (company name) .so I send you email and ask you whether you allow the “KINGSAN Investments Limited” to register the brand (company name) and CN domain name or not?
We need to deal with it,If you have any other question , please contact me don’t be hesitate .
Best regards,
Eric Shao
China Internet Domains Accredited Registry:
Shanghai Luhao Internet Service Co.,Ltd
Tel:+( 86)-21-5497-5011
Fax:+ (86)-21-5497-3708
Email: eric@govisp.cn
Internet: http://www.govisp.cn
**********************************************
Is a scam…
11 December 2007 @ 7:13 am
This is a new scam, don’t fall for this. We have covered just written an article about it in our blog, http://blog.sinohosting.net , check it out.
Pat
Shanghai
12 December 2007 @ 10:51 am
Dear Manager
We are China LuHao, located in ShangHai,China, an oversea domain name registration organization. Dec,12th.2007, our company receive the PUKKI International Ltd company’s application that they want to register as their Internet Brand and CN domain name, but after our confirmation, we found this name will conflict with your company’s name, so we send you email and want to confirm with you whether you have authorized the PUKKI International company to register. According to the Internet domain name register principle that the domain name is “openly registration” and “first register, first obtain”. We need to get your company’s confirmation within the following 5 days. For any question, please let your company’s charger contact us in time. Thanks! Looking forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely Carl Yu
Carl Yu
China Internet Network approved Organization
China Luhao , located in ShangHai,
Tel:+86-(0)21-5497-5011
Fax:+86(0)21-5497-3708
Email: Carl@govisp.cn
Web: http://www.govisp.cn
MSN:Carl-Yu@hotmail.com
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An aggressive marketing trick to get us to register a .cn domain name. Don’t fall for it. If you want a .cn based domain name, then shop around for the best deal. This is simply a scam.
Rob
20 December 2007 @ 8:11 am
Same message here. Thanks to all who have submitted because, as we are actually beginning to move business into China, I thought that it could be real. The e-mails received are all identical to those posted, so I am writing it off as a scam. Thanks again.
29 December 2007 @ 5:14 pm
Dear Manager
We are Shanghai ZhengXiao Network Technology Co.,Ltd, which is a professional domain name registration and service company in China. On 28th Dec. our company received Morllex International Ltd company’s application that they want to register the “tokaiguitars” as their Internet Keyword and “CN” domain name, but after checking we found, this name is conflict with your company’s trademark , so I send you email ,and want to confirm wether your company authorized Morllex to register or not .
I’m looking forward to hearing from you !
Yours Sincerely Sophia
Sophia Wu
IT Manager
Shanghai ZhengXiao Network Technology Co.,Ltd.
Tel:+86(0)21 6451 3605
Fax:+86(0)21 6451 3603
Email:ceo@worldregistry.com.cn
WebSite:www.worldregistry.cn
I have just received this email yeaterday and was very grateful for the comments on your website, oterwise I may have replied to it.
2 January 2008 @ 2:23 am
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
I had also figured it was a scam altho my boss wanted us to register a domain in China as he thought it was for real…I could not find any trace of the company mentioned in “my” email
Morllex International Ltd (same as on last posting here 29-dec) so my suspicions were aroused.
Have a good new year
4 January 2008 @ 5:50 pm
I received a very similar e-mail. If they could put their minds toward a legitimate business venture they would probably do pretty well. Here is a copy of this scam e-mail:
Dear Sir/Mad
On 4th Jan. Morllex Investment Corporation sent us an application , they trying to register “beadbuddies” as their Internet Keyword and CN domain names . But after auditing we found this name been used by your company . Is it correct ?
As the domain name registrar , it is our duty to notice you . If you really authorized them to register , we will complete it at once . Otherwise , please contact us as soon as possible .
I’m looking forward to hearing from you .
Yours sincerely Alexander Wang
Alexander Wang Oversea marketing manager
Shanghai ZhengXiao Network TechnologyCo.,Ltd.
Tel: +86(0)21-6451 3605
Fax:+86(0)21-6451 3603
Email: Alexander@worldregistry.com.cn
website: http://www.worldregistry.cn
16 January 2008 @ 11:38 am
Hi Everyone,
We have just received two of these emails also and I’m going to ignore them. They are just a modern take on the old “Domain Name of America” that used to go around but theirs was an actual letter whereas this is spam.
Also worth looking at is who received the email in your organistaion. Our two letters were received by two people who also receive a lot of spam and didn’t goto anyone who actually works in IT.
Mark
28 February 2008 @ 12:14 pm
We’ve received the same email.
*De:* Lebron Wei [mailto:lebron.wei@mips-china.org.cn]
> *Enviado el:* jueves, 28 de febrero de 2008 9:53
> *Para:* info
> *Asunto:* URGENT -Dispute Of Chinese Domain Name/china [Spam][84.4%]
>
> Dear CEO,
> We are the department of registration service in China. we have
> something need to confirm with you. We formally received an
> application. One company which called “Mulisher systerm Ltd.” are
> applying to register …..
4 March 2008 @ 10:51 am
Thanks for posting this very informative blog. I just received the same sort of email:
Dear Manager
We are Shanghai NIC Network Service Co.,Ltd,an oversea domain name registration organization. On 4th March, we receive Fladd (HK) company’s application that they want to register the ” e-invoicing ” Internet Brand and CN domain name as their company’s Internet Brand and domain name . It’s our duty to tell you this matter in order to avoid the unnecessary Intellectual Property dispute .We want to confirm whether you have authorized the company to register. If you haven’t whether you need to protect your Internet Brand and the domain names. According to the register principle, the orginal owner of the trademark has the priority to register. The priority time is 5-7 workdays, if your company give up the priority, over the time, we will accept the Fladd company’s register request and help the company register.
Have any question, please don’t hesitate to contact us, we will do our best to help you.
Best regards,
Eric Shao
China Internet Network approved Organization
Shanghai NIC Network Service Co.,Ltd
Tel:+( 86)-21-5497-5011
Fax:+ (86)-21-5497-3708
Email: eric@shanghainic.org.cn
Web: http://www.shanghainic.org.cn
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The funny thing is the site doesn’t even post that I can find what their price is for .cn domain registrations.
This email was not sent to the admin. contact email of our domain, but only the email address on the site, which makes it clear that it is not legitimate.
If someone really was interested in registering this trademark in China, it would only make sence that they would check the .com version and if available for sale, at least enter into negotiations to purchase it as well. As someone above mentioned China is NOT particularly notorious for their respect of copywrite laws.
Charles
6 March 2008 @ 8:45 am
Hi all
Just received exactly the same sort of thing, text below. Hopefully posting it will help others to avoid this scam.
Dear CEO,
We are the department of registration service in China. We have something need to confirm with you. We formally received an application. One company which called “Fermen Services, Inc” are applying to register “Multipart” as internet brand and CN domain names
“multipart.com.tw
multipart.hk
multipart.net.cn
multipart.org.cn
multipart.tw ”
on March 6, 2008. After our initial examination, we found that the internet brand applied for registration are as same as your company’s name and trademark.These days we are dealing with it, hope to get the affirmation from your company. If your company has not authorized the aforesaid company to register these, Please contact us as soon as possible.
In addition, we hereby affirm that our time limit for dissent application is 10 days. If your company files no dissent within the time limit, we will unconditionally approve the application submitted by “Fermen Services, Inc”.
Best Regards,
Peter Wang
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Tel: +86-21-52715980
Fax: +86-21-52715978
Website: http://www.mipinternetsolution.net
http://www.mips-china.org.cn
Address:11/F, Building A, Oasis Plaza, 137 Bailan Road, Putuo District, Shanghai, China
17 March 2008 @ 2:19 am
00852－30593057
00852－30593089
17 March 2008 @ 2:20 am
Tel:+ 86- 21-6229-6886
Fax:+ 86- 21-6229-6899
17 March 2008 @ 2:22 am
TEL：+86-21-5425 3330 5425 5512
17 March 2008 @ 9:13 am
Sponsoring Registrar:
Fexon Technology Limited
Tel: +852-3059 3099 +852-3075 9838
Fax: +852-3177 1520 +852-3177 1510
Email: derek.zhang@dntcl.hk.cn
Website: http://www.fexon.hk
26 March 2008 @ 5:52 pm
[...] this scam has been occurring for nearly 6 months, the scammers seem to have stepped up their efforts [...]
26 March 2008 @ 10:08 pm
This scam is still happening after all this time? They obviously dont google for their own scams very often!
2 April 2008 @ 12:57 am
This is another scam
Dear Manager,
We are Shanghai NIC Network Service Co.,Ltd ,an oversea domain name registration organization in china .
We received an application from FengHuai ( HK) company on April,1st ,2008. This company applied to register
internet brand ” xxxx ” and the related domain names through our company .
After checking, we found your company is the original trademark owner. If the company’s action haven’t been
authorized by your company and object them to use the brand. ,Please contact me as soon as possible . Thanks for your attention!
Eric Shao
China Internet Network approved Organization
Shanghai NIC Network Service Co.,Ltd
Tel:+( 86)-21-5497-5011
Fax:+ (86)-21-5497-3708
Email: eric@shanghainic.org.cn
Web: http://www.shanghainic.org.cn
2 April 2008 @ 1:19 pm
Still happening… I am happy that now we can share experiences before getting caught.
Cheers from Brazil!
Dear Manager,
We are Fexon Technology Ltd, which is the domain name register center in Asia. I am sorry bother you for something need to confirm with you.
we have received an application formally,one company named MieDac Holdings Limited applies for the domain names(zyon.asia zyon.cc zyon.hk zyon.net.cn zyon.tw etc.)and the Internet Brand Name(zyon)on the internet on 2nd April, 2008. We send this mail to you, want to know the opinion of your company, because the domain names and keywords may relate to the usufruct of brand name on internet.
we would like to get the affirmation of your company, please contact us or let someone in your company who is responsible for trademark or intellectual right to contact when you receive this mail. And please confirm you have received my mail.
Warm Regards,
Air.yi
IT Technician
Sponsoring Registrar:
Fexon Technology Limited.
Tel: +852-3059 3099 +852-3075 9838
Fax: +852-3177 1520 +852-3177 1510
Email:air.yi@dntcl.hk.cn
11 April 2008 @ 2:32 pm
Here’s a fresh one that came in through one of my forms:
name: Emily Dinnie
phone: 0086-21-6460 0589
email: emily@gomerit.org.cn
Type: General Inquiry
details: Dear Sir or Madam:
We are the auditing department for Merit Technology Development Limited, professional domain name registration and dispute resolution center in China. On Apr. 10th, 2008, we received an online registration application for “xxxxxxx ” as their internet keyword and “www.xxxxxxx.com.cn” “www.xxxxxxx.cn” domain names from an investment company named FEID. However, after our audit department checking, we found this is conflict with your company s domain name and internet keyword.
According to the registration principle in China, we will audit every application of our customer in order to avoid the conflict of the intellectual property. You are the original trademark owner, so I am sending you this E-mail to check if you object to their application and need to protect your brand in China. Our audit period is limited, so please ask the responsible officer to contact us as soon as possible.
Best regards
Emily Dinnie
Auditing Department Charger
Merit Technology Development Limited
Tel: 0086-21-6460 0589
Fax: 0086-21-6460 0689
SKYPE: meritmerit75
emily@gomerit.org.cn
http://www.gomerit.com.cn
Free Estimate: No
Submit: Send Inquiry
16 April 2008 @ 2:19 pm
You can check the details of smart scam run by Pool.com, site for domain back order and deleted domains. They sell domain through Pool.com auction, but later domain owner made any internal account transfer, Pool.com, put those domains on hold with word of chargeback. Either they recover the cost again from new customer or sell same the again in auction.
Please cautious when you are buying domain auctioned through Pool.com.
17 April 2008 @ 3:08 pm
Here’s a new version….
From: eric
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:41:36 +0800
To: -executive-
Subject: Notice of Internet Domains Intellectual Property Right
Dear Manager,
We are Shanghai NIC Network Service Co.,Ltd ,an oversea domain name registration organization in china .
We received an application from Weihuang ( HK) company on April,17th,2008. This company applied to register
internet brand ” -company name here- ” and the related domain names through our company .
After checking, we found your company is the original trademark owner. If the company’s action haven’t been
authorized by your company and object them to use the brand. Please contact me as soon as possible .
The priority time is 5-7 workdays, if your company give up the priority, over the time, we will accept the Weihuang
(HK)company’s register request and help the company register.
Thanks for your attention!
Eric Shao
China Internet Network approved Organization
Shanghai NIC Network Service Co.,Ltd
Tel:+( 86)-21-5497-5011
Fax:+ (86)-21-5497-3708
Email: eric@shanghainic.org.cn
Web: http://www.shanghainic.org.cn
18 April 2008 @ 10:40 am
>Glad someone found this page for me! I already made the mistake of replying, hope that doesn’t cause further crap. Thank you texturbation!!!
> Hello,
> Please forward this email to the responsible person.
>
> This is auditing department of China Network domain name registration ,a
>
> branch of Merit Technology Ltd.We are the professional organization for
>
> network service. On 16th.Apr. 2008,we received an online registration
>
> application for “xxxxxxx” domain names .cn and .com.cn and Internet
>
> Keyword form an investment company named SNOW. However,after our audit
>
> department checking,we found that this is conflict with your company`s
>
> domain name and keyword.
>
> According to the registration in China,we will audit every application of
>
> our customer in order to avoid the conflict of the intellectual property.
>
> you are the original owner , so I send you this E-mail to confirm whether
>
> their registration will be conflict to you.Or you have any objection to
>
> SNOW`s application.The auditing period is limited,so please ask the
>
> responsible person to contact us as soon as possible.
>
> Best Regards
> Henry Gong
>
> Auditing department:
> Merit Technology Development Ltd
> Tel:+86-21-64600589
> Fax:+86-21-64600689
> Email:henry@gomerit.org.cn
> Websitie:www.gomerit.com.cn
>
> 2008-04-17
> henry
30 April 2008 @ 1:00 pm
Dear CEO,
We are the department of registration in China. we have something need to confirm with you. We formally received an application on April 28th 2008, One company which self-styled “Halliton Holdings, Inc.” are applying to register “xxxxxxxx” as internet brand and CN domain names as below:
xxxxxxxx.asia
xxxxxxxx.cn
xxxxxxxx.com.cn
xxxxxxxx.com.tw
xxxxxxxx.hk
xxxxxxxx.net.cn
xxxxxxxx.org.cn
xxxxxxxx.tw
After our initial examination, we found that the internet brand applied for registration are as same as your company’s name and trademark. These days we are dealing with it, hope to get the affirmation from your company. If your company has not authorized the aforesaid company to register these, Pleas contact us as soon as possible.
In addition, we hereby affirm that our time limit for dissent application is ten days. If your company files no dissent within the time limit, we will unconditionally approve the application submitted by “Halliton Holdings, Inc.”.
Best Regards,
Andy Wang
Senior consultant
Tel: +0086-21-5271-5980 Fax: +0086-21-5271-5978
Website: http://www.register-china.org
address: 11/F, Building A, Oasis Plaza, 137 Bailan Road, Putuo District, Shanghai, China
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grammar learned at yoda they have…
5 May 2008 @ 10:14 am
Thanks to everyone.
Acutally I was going to ask THEM how much money they were going to give me to give up the domain name.
Here’s a copy of my mail
Dear Sir/madam,
Please forward this email to the responsible person.
We are the Merit Technology Development Limited which is a professional domain name registration and domain name dispute resolution center in China. On May.4th,2008,we received an online registration application for “tnktrade” domain names . com.cn and .cn and Internet Keyword form an investment company named SNOW. However,after our audit department checking,we found that this is conflict with your company`s domain name and keyword.
According to the registration in China,we will audit every application of our customer in order to avoid the conflict of the intellectual property. you are the original owner , so I send you this E-mail to confirm if you have any objection to Snow`s application.The auditing period is limited,so please ask the responsible person to contact us as soon as possible.
Best Regards!
2008-05-05
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Lucinda Xie
Auditing Department of
Chinese Internet Service Company:
Merit Technology Development Limited
Tel:0086-21-6460 0589
Fax:0086-21-6460 0689
Email: lucinda@gomerit.org.cn
Website: http://www.gomerit.org.cn
7 May 2008 @ 1:39 am
Dear CEO,
We are the department of registration service in China. we have something need to confirm with you. We formally received an application on May 5th 2008, One company which self-styled “Halliton Holdings, Inc” are applying to register “company name” as internet brand and CN domain names as below:
After our initial examination, we found that the internet brand applied for registration are as same as your company’s name and trademark.These days we are dealing with it, hope to get the affirmation from your company. If your company has not authorized the aforesaid company to register these, Please contact us as soon as possible.
In addition, we hereby affirm that our time limit for dissent application is ten days. If your company files no dissent within the time limit, we will unconditionally approve the application submitted by “Halliton Holdings, Inc.”.
Best Regards,
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Andy Wang
Senior consultant
Tel: +0086-21-5271-5980 Fax: +0086-21-5271-5978
Website: http://www.mepco-china.org.cn
Address: 11/F, Building A, Oasis Plaza, 137 Bailan Road, Putuo District, Shanghai, China
7 May 2008 @ 2:55 am
I am having a problem with a company called FEXON Technolgies who wrote me the same letter. At first I wanted to protect my name, then I found out what a scam it is and I told them I have changed my mine. Check out the letter I just received:
1 ,It is a real and valid contract legally, the rights and interests are protected for both of us. Anyone fail to abide by it, which will be sued by international law. meanwhile, the breach side will compensate for 1000EUR for the other.
2, From the point of view of sincerity and moral, we have done what we should implement, our technical department has registered the interent brand name for you,it is protected for you.
3, If during this period, we can’t receive your payment, I will follow international domain name registration rules and block your websites in the whole asia and Taiwan, and post your company’s dishonest behavior on the internet, and inform your clients this information.
4, Regarding your dishonest deal, we will inform the related chinese government, prohibit your products expand in China and HongKong, meanwhile, during 2008 olympic and 2010 expo, we will also post your dishonest deal, you should responsible for all of this suffering, we will take no responsibility.
I have no choice but to do so.You should know that we had paid all the fees and we had registered these for you.
Attached the application form you signed and the invoice.pls check it.
Waiting for your reply.
Best Regards,
Andrew
2008-05-07
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I am now getting harrassed by this company and I suggest that we all work hard to put the word out!
Andrew
7 May 2008 @ 12:38 pm
We just received a similar email. I will post it to assist anyone who searches the internet like I did to find out if this is real or a scam. I’m filing this one in my spam folder. Thank you for starting this blog.
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Hello
We are Shanghai NIC Internet Service Co.,Ltd, an oversea domain name registration organization. On May. 07th 2008, we received the Aiffida Investment company’s application that they want to register the “xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx” as their CN domain name and the Internet Brand. It’s our duty to tell you this matter in order to avoid the unnecessary Intellectual Property dispute .We want to confirm whether you have authorized the company to register. If you haven’t, please let me know whether you need to protect your domain name and the Internet Brand or not. According to the register principle, the original owner of the trademark has the priority to register. The priority time is 5-7 workdays, if your company give up the priority, we will accept the Aiffida company’s register request and help the company register after the time is over.
Best regards!
Dylan Lan
China Internet Network approve Organization
Shanghai NIC Internet Service Co.,Ltd
Tel:+( 86)-21-5497-5011
Fax:+ (86)-21-5497-3708
Email: dylan@shanghainic.org.cn
Internet: http://www.shanghainic.org.cn
8 May 2008 @ 5:05 am
These fools have been chewing on toys made in china. Notice it’s always from some fraudulent person with an English First name and a Chinese surname.
8 May 2008 @ 8:51 am
Shanghai NIC Internet Service Co.,Ltd
Tel:+( 86)-21-5497-5011
Fax:+ (86)-21-5497-3708
Internet: http://www.shanghainic.org.cn
Merit Technology Development Ltd
Tel:0086-21-6460 0589
Fax:0086-21-6460 0689
Website: http://www.gomerit.org.cn
21 May 2008 @ 3:53 pm
Looks like Dylan gets around. Luckily, I just responded with a message saying that Aiffida is not authorized, then did some shopping to see what a .CN would cost me. For what it is worth, found a site selling registration for a few dollars a year (innter.net) ..
but I digress … Thank you for the heads up, if/when they respond, I’ll just ignore them.
I am not a lawyer, but my opinion is to cancel any credit card you gave them and tell credit card company not to authorize any payments in future .. in writing, then ignore all messages from them. No government official in China is going to spend any time on this, so the crooks will move on to somebody else who doesn’t know better.
David
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Hello
We are shanghai xingguo net technology co.,ltd, an oversea domain name registration organization. On May. 21th 2008, we received the Aiffida Investment company’s application that they want to register the “SANtools” as their CN domain name and the Internet Brand. It’s our duty to tell you this matter in order to avoid the unnecessary Intellectual Property dispute .We want to confirm whether you have authorized the company to register. If you haven’t, please let me know whether you need to protect your domain name and the Internet Brand or not. According to the register principle, the original owner of the trademark has the priority to register. The priority time is 5-7 workdays, if your company give up the priority, we will accept the Aiffida company’s register request and help the company register after the time is over.
Best regards!
Dylan Lan
China Internet Network approve Organization
shanghai xingguo net technology co.,ltd
Tel:+( 86)-21-6482-8692
Email: dylan@xing-guo.org.cn
Internet:www.xing-guo.org.cn
27 May 2008 @ 5:50 am
We also got this email.
Dear Manager,
We are shanghai xingguo net technology co.,ltd , a Service organization of Internet in China .
We received Parke ( HK )Group Ltd’s request of registration on 26th,May. This company applied to register internet brand ( *** ) and the related domain names through our company .
After checking, we found your company is the original trademark owner. If the company’s action haven’t been authorized by your company ,so their behavior will conflict with your interests. In order to deal with the matter better,please contact us ASAP.Thanks .
Best Regards,
Jude Wong
shanghai xingguo net technology co.,ltd
Tel:+ 86-21-6482-8692
Fax:+86-21-6482-9517
Email: jude@xing-guo.org.cn
http://www.xing-guo.org.cn
9 June 2008 @ 8:08 am
Company Address： AsiaeuNetwork Service Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Office
Tel： +86-21-5425 3330 5425 5512
Fax： +86-21-5425 5521
17D,BeiHaiBulding,No.859,Tianyaoqiao Road,Shanghai,China
Postalcode： 200030
ChangSha Office
Tel : +86-731-8187 709 +86-7318187 719
+86-731-8187 729 +86-7318187 739
Zhongjiang International Garden,Xinjian West Road,Yuhua District,Changsha.
Postalcode： 410007
Web address： http://www.Asiaeu.cn
E-mail： info@Asiaeu.cn
Msn： Asiaeu@live.cn
13 June 2008 @ 7:08 am
The company “trying” to register our domains, is called “TJ Skymer, inc”. If you google it, you will only find a poor high school wrestler from NJ with that name.
The phone number used in our mail, is the same number in many different scams posted on this blog. Funny thing is: the company’s name has changed and their website disappeared…
Chris
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MEP Network Property Solutions Limited
http://www.mepco-china.org
Peter Wang
Senior consultant
Tel: +86-21-52715980
Fax: +86-21-52715978
Address:11/F, Building A, Oasis Plaza, 137 Bailan Road, Putuo District, Shanghai, China
18 June 2008 @ 9:34 am
Company : ShangHai ShiShun Information Technology Co., Ltd,
TEL: +86-21-6451 3605
FAX: +86-21-6451 3603
E-mail: info@registryid.cn
Website: http://www.registryid.com
Address： 21E,No.515 ,YiShan Road,XuHui District,ShangHai
19 June 2008 @ 1:41 pm
Hello,
Please forward this email to the responsible person.
This is auditing department of China Network domain name registration ,a branch of Merit Technology Ltd.We are the professional organization for network service. On 18th June. 2008,we received an online registration application for “TrueZeal” domain names .cn & .com.cn & .asia and Internet Keyword form an investment company named SNOW. However,after our audit department checking,we found that this is conflict with your company`s domain name and keyword.
In order to avoid the conflict of the intellectual property. you are the original owner , so I send you this E-mail to confirm whether their registration will be conflict to you.Or you have any objection to SNOW`s application.The auditing period is limited,so please ask the responsible person to contact us as soon as possible.
Best Regards
2008-06-19
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Rube Zhan
Auditing department
Merit Technolagy Development Ltd
Tel:0086-21-64600589
Fax:0086-21-64600689
Email:rube@gomerit.org.cn
Websitie:www.gomerit.com.cn
25 June 2008 @ 12:01 am
Glad I found this, my boss wanted me to reply
this is the version we received
From: JIM [mailto:JIM@asiaeu.cn]
Sent: 24 June 2008 10:15
To: My BOSS
Subject: Notification of intellectual property
Dear CEO.
We are Asiaeu Network Service CO.,Ltd, which is the Internet Trademark&domain name register center in China.I have something need to confirm with you.We have received an formal application. An international company named “ROBO GmbH” want to apply “OUR NAME” for its own Internet Trademark and CN domain name on the June 24, 2008 in china. We need to know your opinion because the Internet Trademark And CN domain name relate to the copyright of you company name on internet.
your company do not intervene in it,we will formally consent their register. we would like to get the affirmation of your company, you have any question,please contact us by telephone or email as soon as possible!
Jim fu
Principal of Checking Department
Overseas Registration Organization
Tel:+(86)731-8187 729
Fax:+(86)731-8187 739
E-mail:Jim@asiaeu.cn
Skype:Internetbrand
MSN:asiaeu@live.cn
Web: http://www.asiaeu.cn
2000-06-24
________________________________
JIM
26 June 2008 @ 6:37 am
Best advice: Written complaint to ICANN….I have made a formal complaint……..
Details to lodge a complaint:
http://reports.internic.net/cgi/registrars/problem-report.cgi
Include a copy/paste of all correspondence.
Each individual domain who contacted you should be out of business in no time.
What they are doing is illegal, no matter what country they reside in.
ICANN has the power to close these outlets down.
The email I received was from:
Sophia Wu
Shanghai ShiShun Information Technology Co.,Ltd.
Tel:+86-0513-8011 8536
Fax:+86-0513-8011 8539
Email:sophia@registryid.com
WebSite:www.registryid.com
I confronted her about the business name they used who was wanting to buy related domains to ours…Merry Investment Company…it does not exist…
Do everyone a favour and spend two minutes and make the complaint to ICANN.
The power of many will work.
Good luck. Mark.
4 July 2008 @ 1:22 pm
Hi,
we received yesterday also the emails, I thing is a scam too; we checked the email address fromt the sender (xing-guo.org.cn) nothing comes up.
I will report to ICANN as recommended by Mark (Reply of June 26th, 2008 at 6:37 am).
Thanks for this site; it was very helpful!
15 July 2008 @ 6:25 am
Yes il got same as well
for al my domain names starting with C the same day
Its a scam for sure .
China is increasing on such scams everyday . 2 weeks back i got 3 schematic drawings , asking for a 2 Mil $ quotation order . we got petty excited but they were quick on approving everything and didnt sem to know much on production aspect…on enquiring it came up as a scam too.. call you in china to sign contract and extort .
17 July 2008 @ 4:17 pm
We also had contact with:
Sophia Wu
Shanghai ShiShun Information Technology Co.,Ltd.
I made a complaint as suggested by Mark (thanks for the info)
Thanks for the site
25 July 2008 @ 9:05 pm
I Have received email from Auditing department: Kingsan Technology Development Ltd Tel:+86-21-6460 7259 Fax:+86-21-6460 7329
Email:henry@kingsan.org.cn Websitie:www.kingsan.org.cn —— Telling that there will be conciliate between my domain and a company called Snow in China who want my Domain . so If I dont register with them then I Might Lose my domain .
Some Should do something about this company and Mainly the Chinese Government .
25 July 2008 @ 9:08 pm
I Have received email from Auditing department: Kingsan Technology Development Ltd Tel:+86-21-6460 7259 Fax:+86-21-6460 7329
Email:henry@kingsan.org.cn Websitie:www.kingsan.org.cn —— Telling me that there will be conflict between my domain and a company called Snow in China who want my Domain . So If I dont register with them then I Might Lose my domain.
Someone should do something about this company and Mainly the Chinese Government.
28 July 2008 @ 2:41 pm
My company received the same message with a company by the name of Duban Holdings Limited Company wanting to register our company name as their internet trademark. I found this blog by googling Shanghai ShiShun Information Technology Co. Ltd and as a result, will not respond to the sender.
30 July 2008 @ 5:14 am
There was a good article about DNS scams on this site http://www.buildasitebookmarks.com/DNS_Scams.html it explained a lot of things and helped me to avoid a lot of trouble. Read it–it’s quick. Also the FTC publishes information about what scams people are running out there. Good luck..
30 July 2008 @ 12:32 pm
I almost paid 690 EUROS, good thing I googled the company name and domain before going to the bank. Thank you. Here’s the scam:
—Message no.1 below—
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: scott scott@xing-guo.org.cn
Date: Mon Jul 28 2008 at 5:11 AM
Subject: Notice Of Cybersquatting
To: cabinetp cabinetp@tofan.ro
Dear Manager
We Shanghai Xingguo Network Service an domain name registration organization which commit to helping the overseas
customer to register CN domain and internet brand authorized by China Internet Network.
On July.28th.2008 We formally received an application from a company named VATEN co.Ltd who want to register tofan
name as their own Internet Brand and and CN domain name. Howeverby our Auditing department confirmedyour company is the
original trademark holder for it .You enjoy the priority to register and protect themaccording to the China Registration Principles.
That is why i inform you this matter.
In order to avoid future disputes and protect your brand from illegally infringed by others on internetplease feel free to contact me ASAP.
Best wishes
Scott Han
Auditing Department
Shanghai xingguo net technology co.ltd
Tel:+( 86)-21-6482-8692
Fax:+( 86)-21-6482-9517
Email: scott@xing-guo.org.cn
Internet: http://www.xing-guo.org.cn
—Message no.1 above—
—Message no.2 below—
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: scott@xing-guo.org.cn
Date: 2008/7/29
Subject: re:Re: Notice Of Cybersquatting
To: ???@tofan.ro
Dear Sir
Glad to receive your letter
Refiering to VATEN co.Ltd I know they are a new company located in HongKong according to application formbut I have no rights to open their details without their permission otherwise we will be prosecuted In law.Based on the former such cases to large extent they want to promote their products on internet taking use of your web site. Their registration intends to cause confusion on web site and also take serious effect to your business.
The price of these Internet Brand and domain names is following :
tofan is 99 eruo/per year
tofan.cn is 39 eruo/per year
tofan.com.cn is 39 eruo/per year
tofan.asia is 60 eruo/ per year
tofan.hk is 50 eruo/ per year
If your company want to protect and register it let me know and i will send you the applicatino form we will use it to dismissed the application of VATEN co.Ltd and then we will finish the registration for your company according to your information on the form.
If you have any questionplease feel free to contact me
Have a good day
Scott Han
——–原始邮件——–
发件人:???@tofan.ro
发送时间:2008-07-28 17:04:21
收件人:scott@xing-guo.org.cn
抄送人:(无)
主题:Re: Notice Of Cybersquatting
—Message no.2 above—
—Message no.3 below—
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: scott@xing-guo.org.cn
Date: 2008/7/30
Subject: Application form
To: ???@tofan.ro
Dear Adrian
Glad to receive your letter again
The first thing we need to do is to dismiss their application by the application form which I have send you by attachment.
Second When received the application form our technology department will register for your company according to your information on the application form.
ThirdlyI will send you the invoice by attachment please make the payment in 3 workdays after you recieve itand then send me the payment
proof for my accountant needs it to check this payment at bank.
Lastwhen we received the payment proof we will link these domain names to your web site and send you the Certificate of Registration(E-Cert)
And at that time you will be the legal and unique owner for these internet brand and domain names in the world. and these domain name and internet brand are protected by the law of register in Chinaso your company
can enjoy our counterpart service such as domain names transformation management dispute promotion and so on.
The attachment is application form please check it . You can choose the domain name which have the beneficial for your company on the form. Pl fill it out and send it back before 4th August.
If you have any questionplease feel free to contact me
Have a good day
Scott Han
——–原始邮件——–
发件人:???@tofan.ro
发送时间:2008-07-29 19:40:26
收件人:scott@xing-guo.org.cn
抄送人:(无)
主题:Re: Re: Notice Of Cybersquatting
—Message no.3 above—
—Message no.4 below—
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: scott scott@xing-guo.org.cn
Date: 2008/7/30
Subject: invoce
To: ???@tofan.ro
Dear Adrian
I am very glad to receive your letter quickly
I have received your application form and then forwarded them to my technology department they have put on record for your company.Meanwhile they will finish the registration for your company according to
your information on the form .
I also send you the invoice by attachment please check it. and Pl make the payment before 5th August.
and send me the payment proof for my accountant needs it to check this payment at bank.
when we received it within 15 workdays i will send you the Certificate of Registration(E-Cert).
If you have any questionplease feel free to contact me
Yours Sincerely
Scott Han
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—Message no.4 above—
The attached invoice has the following text (my company name is omitted on purpose in this form)
Billhead
Invoice No.: 20080730136
Date July 30th 2008
From: Shanghai xingguo net technology ltd
Description
Domain name tofan.cn – single price 39 euro/year – period 5 years – total amount 195 euros
Internet brand tofan – single price 99 euro/year – period 5 years – total amount 495 euros
TOTAL AMOUNT – 690 EURO
Payment method: T/T
Bank Details
Receiving EUR Payment at Bank of Shanghai
Beneficiary A/C No: 3168 7403 0006 25085
Beneficiary name: Shanghai xingguo net technology ltd
Bank name: Bank of Shanghai
Swift: BOSHCNSH
Bank Address: No. 6 Of CaoBao Road Shanghai
4 August 2008 @ 9:55 am
Just got this scam today. I checked the Kingsan URL out and it seems legit. I wrote to ask them if they sent the message, which I now regret because it is clear this is just a scam to get me to register with them. Wish I hadn’t done that as I will now get the hard sell from them as they must think they have a live one!
8 August 2008 @ 2:41 pm
The scam I recieved:
Dear Manager:
We are RegistryID Network Service Co., Ltd, which is a professional Internet Domain Name Registration and dispute resolution organization in China.
On,6th, August, our company received the HenShin Investment company’s application that they want to apply for “sensafe” name as cn/asia domain names and Internet Keyword. But after our confirmation, we found this name will conflict with your company’s name, so we send you email and want to confirm with you, whether your company has relation with the case ? Now this matter we just in the middle of handling, so we need to get your company’s opinion within the following 5 days.
If you have any question, please let your company’s charger contact us directly & quickly. Thank you!
Best regards,
Joy
Oversea marketing manager
Shanghai ShiShun Information Technology Co.,Ltd
Tel:+86(0)21 6451 3615,Cellphone:+86 13661529704
Fax:+86(0)21 6451 3603
Email:joy@registryid.cn
WebSite:www.registryid.cn
Does GoDaddy register .cn names? I didn’t think so.
13 August 2008 @ 9:50 am
Now doing the rounds from Hong Kong. Name and address left in to aid google searches.
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Domain name & Internet keyword
Dear Sir or Madam,
We are Hong Kong Network Service Company Limited which is the domain name register center in Asia. We received a formal application from a company who is applying to register “REDACTED” as their domain name and Internet keyword on August 12, 2008.Since after our investigation we found that this word has been in use by your company, and this may involve your company name or trade mark, so we inform you in no time. If you consider these domain names and internet keyword are important to you and it is necessary to protect them by registering them first, contact us soon. Thanks for your co-operation and support.
Kind Regards,
Cooper.Liu
Tel: +852-31757930-8025
Fax:+852-31757932
Email: cooper.liu@register-domains.hk
Hong Kong Network Service Company Limited
website: http://www.hknsc.hk
17 August 2008 @ 12:22 am
Hii..
i am laughing seeing that much of messages as i also got same kinda mail from a China company whose numbers and company name i am publishing here…
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Mail Date : Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:30:43 +0800 [08/10/2008 03:30:43 AM CDT]
From: jerry
Dear Manager
We are shanghai xingguo net technology co.,ltd , an Service organization of Internet in China .
We received likog(HK) Group Ltd’s request of registration on 10th, August. This company applied to register internet brand ( MY WEBSITE NAME ) and the related CN(China) domain names through our company .
After checking, we found your company is the original trademark owner. If the company’s action haven’t been authorized by your company, so their behavior will conflict with your interests.
In order to deal with the matter better,please contact us ASAP.
jerry qi
shanghai xingguo net technology co.,ltd
Tel: 86 21 6482 8692
Fax: 86 21 6482 9517
jerry@xing-guo.org.cn
http://www.xing-guo.org.cn
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Mail Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:58:30 +0800 [08/11/2008 04:58:30 AM CDT]
From: jerry@xing-guo.org.cn
Hello,
We are responsible for the dispute of domain name and internet brand.
We have received the application which likog want to register these domain name and internet brand. Now your company has not own them
Domain name: http://www.MyWebsiteName.cn http://www.MyWebsiteName.com.cn http://www.MyWebsiteName.asia
Internet brand: MyWebsiteName
according to the open registration principles,they can register it. Now we are auditing these domain names and internet brand,and during this time,the original trademark holder has the priority to register firstly,and this is the reason I inform you this matter. The priority time is 5-7 workdays
In our checking period ,if your company do not want other to register them ,you must register them. And i will send you an application form to fill out .Our disputed department will use it to reject likog’s application and help your company to register it firstly .
If you think that they are not important,and want to give up the right,we will help likog to finish the registration. Looking forward your response.
jerry
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Mail Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:16:14 +0800 [08/12/2008 03:16:14 AM CDT]
From: jerry
Hi
The attachment is an application form. the information of price and time limit. you can send the form to us after you finish it. We will use the application form to reject likog(HK) Group Ltd company’s application and finish the registration for your company according to the information on the application form please choose the domain name you are interested in the application form
Please fill out the form before thursday and send me back
jerry
2008-08-12
jerry
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The Prices they mentioned in their mail are as follows
you gonna laugh to read the following prices.. 
http://www.MYWEBSITENAME.cn 口 29€EUR/1year
http://www.MYWEBSITENAME.com.cn 口 29€EUR/1year
http://www.MYWEBSITENAME.asia 口 99€EUR/1year
Internet Brand Name = MYWEBSITENAME 口 99€EUR/1year
and minimum time period for each domains are the following
*Years of registration 口10years 口15years 口20years
Coooooooooool isn’t it?
haha…. dump chinese …
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I was doubtful about this email so i just said i have forwarded this matter to my legal department… i visited the site link which they given in their email and my doubt was got more stronger when i found their website links were broken… but still there was a thing in my mind that what if really someone own my brand name…
anyways.. i just searched on google about internet brand names and i reached here 
thanks to everyone who posted details in this blog… really the messages helps someone in need…
i wanna say here , “SUCH CHINESE ARE DUMP ASS
BASTARDS… ” They just try to cheat and try to make fool of others… It is world wide known that how china is stealing top brand names and looks ( like SONY, NOKIA, Disney and so on… )
Thanks everyone for your messages… Keep writing whenever you detect any fraud people…
Dharm from India
18 August 2008 @ 5:47 am
I received a rather official looking email from a Chinese company stating that another company was trying to trademark my business name. Here’s what the email said:
Dear Manager,
We are ASIAEU Network Service CO.,Ltd, which is the Internet Trademark&domain name register center in China.I have something need to confirm with you. We have received an application formally, one company named “[dumyname]” .This is an international company, wanting to apply “rtbwizards”for its own Internet Trademark and domain name on the May 28, 2008. We need to know the opinion of your company because the Internet Trademark and TM Trademark domain name (rtbwizards.tm) may relate to the copyright of company name on internet.If your company do not intervene in it,we will formally consent their register. we would like to get the affirmation of your company,you have any question,please contact us by telephone or email as soon as possible!
Best Regards !
kemal Guan
Principal of Checking Department
Overseas Registration Organization
Tel:+(86)731-8187 709
Fax:+(86)731-8187 739
Mobil:+(86)731-6735 121
Skype:Internetbrand
MSN:asiaeu@live.cn
Eamil:kemal@asiaeu.cn
My first thought was that this was just a scam, but I received several more emails and finally got a phone call from China. Oh-oh! Could this be real? While I was worrying over this, I received another email from a different company with similar wording, but about another domain name I own. Red flag!
A Google search on “Trademark Scams” turned up lots of these kind of things. A quick call to my attorney put my mind at ease. This is not how trademarking works. So beware and don’t fall for this scam.
18 August 2008 @ 5:50 am
I received a rather official looking email from a Chinese company stating that another company was trying to trademark my business name. Here’s what the email said:
Dear Manager,
We are ASIAEU Network Service CO.,Ltd, which is the Internet Trademark&domain name register center in China.I have something need to confirm with you. We have received an application formally, one company named “[dumyname]” .This is an international company, wanting to apply “rtbwizards”for its own Internet Trademark and domain name on the May 28, 2008. We need to know the opinion of your company because the Internet Trademark and TM Trademark domain name (rtbwizards.tm) may relate to the copyright of company name on internet.If your company do not intervene in it,we will formally consent their register. we would like to get the affirmation of your company,you have any question,please contact us by telephone or email as soon as possible!
Best Regards !
kemal Guan
Principal of Checking Department
Overseas Registration Organization
Tel:+(86)731-8187 709
Fax:+(86)731-8187 739
Mobil:+(86)731-6735 121
Skype:Internetbrand
MSN:asiaeu@live.cn
Eamil:kemal@asiaeu.cn
My first thought was that this was just a scam, but I received several more emails and finally got a phone call from China. Oh-oh! Could this be real? While I was worrying over this, I received another email from a different company with similar wording, but about another domain name I own. Red flag!
A Google search on “Trademark Scams” turned up lots of these kind of things. A quick call to my attorney put my mind at ease. This is not how trademarking works. So beware and don’t fall for this scam.
20 August 2008 @ 3:45 am
Chinese Domain Scam–shanghai PX Network Soultions co., ltd
I received a rather official looking email from a Chinese company stating that another company was trying to trademark my business name.
21 August 2008 @ 3:01 am
The domain name and the Internet Brand are open to register,they send you this mail just want to attract your company’s attention.Do you want to let your company’s domain name registered by others and get them back with high costs? Our company have registered the domain name with ShangHai ShiShun Information Technology Co.,Ltd, they give us the best service, they help our company protect the Intellectual Property on the Internet.
24 August 2008 @ 8:21 am
[...] Have you noticed how messages opening with “I am” or “We are” almost invariably are junk? This specimen was received from the IP address 218.188.65.53, allocated to “Hutchison Global Communications” in Hong Kong. Lots of similar stunts have been reported elsewhere, for example on Kevin Murphy’s blog, texturbation. [...]
8 September 2008 @ 7:52 am
Hi,
I have got one from another “serious” company. Just be aware of this company calling themselves registryid.com
I just deleted the crap.
Cheers
Volker
Dear Sir/Mad
On 8th Sep. Marphex Co.Ltd sent us an application , they trying to register “matrix-nano” as domain names and use it to promote them in Google and Baidu. But after auditing we found this name been used by your company .
As the domain name registrar , it is our duty to notice you . We only can keep the domain names safe in our auditing time , once over this period , we should accept their registration , So, please ask your It manager or responsible person to contact me as soon as possible .
I’m looking forward to hearing from you .
Yours sincerely Kevin Feng
Kevin Feng Oversea Marketing Manager
Shanghai Shi Shun Information Technology Co.,Ltd.
8 September 2008 @ 10:55 pm
Hi, we received a similar mail message (below), and I too am thankful for this original post! If we’re going to avoid scams like this then it is important that this sort of thing is posted online for others to find easilly.
Thanks
Dave
September 8, 2008
Sydney Kitchens
Domain name & Internet keyword
Dear Sir/Madam,
We are Hong Kong Network Service Company Limited which is the domain name register center in Asia. We received a formal application from a company who is applying to register “sydneykitchens” as their domain name and Internet keyword on September 5, 2008.Since after our investigation we found that this word has been in use by your company, and this may involve your company name or trade mark, so we inform you in no time. If you consider these domain names and internet keyword are important to you and it is necessary to protect them by registering them first, contact us soon. Thanks for your co-operation and support.
Kind Regards,
Albert.Xia
Tel: +852-31757930 (ext8028)
Fax: +852- 31757932
Email: albert.xia@hknsc.cn
Hong Kong Network Service Company Limited
website: http://www.hknsc.hk
9 September 2008 @ 9:41 pm
I am thrilled that I came upon this website. Here’s an e-mail we got. It is from a CHNRegistry company, which also says that it does business under the names “Shanghai Shi Shun Information Technology Co., Ltd.” (like the post on September 8th) and “Shi Shun Co Ltd..”
I work for a United States investment company, and we were about to wire them our registration fee for several domain names the company said we should register to protect our intellectual property. We became concerned about paying for the domain names when the wire instructions listed FIVE intermediary banks through which we should send the wire, the beneficiary name was different from the company who was purportedly contacting us, and the telephone number listed in the e-mail footer of Mr. Sun as well as on http://www.chnregistry.com didn’t go through.
Thank you all for taking the time to post your experience and saving our company from potentially being used as a conduit for money laundering. We are posting this here in that hope that others can similarly be saved from being scammed as well.
PLEASE NOTE: I removed our company name in the e-mail and replaced it with “XXXX” because I would prefer to keep our company name anonymous.
_____________________________________________________________
From: mike [mailto:mike@chnregistry.cn]
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 11:31 PM
To: info
Subject: Notice of Intellectual Property Protection
Dear CEO,
This is Asia Register domain name organization in China,we have something need to confirm with you. We formally received an application on 20th,August,2008, One company which self-styled “Starmerry Investment Co.,Ltd” are applying to register “XXXX-us” as internet brand and domain names as below:
XXXX-us.asia
XXXX-us.cn
XXXX-us.com.cn
XXXX-us.com.tw
XXXX-us.hk
XXXX-us.tw
During our auditing procedure we find out that the alleged”Starmerry Investment Co.,Ltd” has no trademark,Intellectual property,nor patent even similar to that word. we found that the brand and domain names applied for registration is the same with your company’s name and trademark. one point need you to confirm: whether this alleged”Starmerry Investment Co.,Ltd”is your business partner or distributor in ASIA. If your company has not authorized the aforesaid company to register these, Pleas contact us as soon as possible.
If you are not in charge of this please transfer this email to appropriate dept. In order to deal with this issue better,please let someone who is responsible for trademark or domain name contact me as soon as possible,since it covers your company’s Intellectual Property Protection.Thanks!
Mike Sun
Checking Dept
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CHNRegistry(ShiShun) Co.,Ltd.
Room 908,
Hua Heng International Building,
No.99 TaoWu road,NanTong City
Tel:+86 0513 8011 8536
Fax:+86 0513 8011 8539
Email:mike@chnregistry.cn
Web:www.chnregistry.cn
_____________________________________________________________
10 September 2008 @ 1:51 pm
Here is another Hong Kong Network Service Company email directed at a company in Australia. Looks like they must be making money out of it as they continue to send the spam.
What impresses me is the post from ‘julia’ above that tries to promote one of these offerings with a Chin-glish testimonial” they help our company protect the Intellectual Property on the Internet”
—————————————————————-
From: jesse.tang [mailto:jesse.tang@hknsc.hk]
Posted At: Wednesday, 10 September 2008 6:51 PM
Posted To: [email published on our public web site]
Conversation: [company name] Domain name & Internet keyword Registration confirmation
Subject: [company name] Domain name & Internet keyword Registration confirmation
September 10, 2008
[company name]
Domain name & Internet keyword Registration confirmation
Dear Sir/Madam,
We are Hong Kong Network Service Company Limited which is the domain name register center in Asia. We received a formal application from a company who is applying to register“[domain name]” as their domain name and Internet keyword on September 9, 2008.Since after our investigation we found that this word has been in use by your company, and this may involve your company name or trade mark, so we inform you in no time. If you consider these domain names and internet keyword are important to you and it is necessary to protect them by registering them first, contact us soon. Thanks for your co-operation and support.
Kind Regards,
Jesse.tang
Tel:+852-31757931 (ext8028)
Fax: +852- 31757932
Email: jesse.tang@hknsc.hk
Hong Kong Network Service Company Limited
website: http://www.hknsc.hk
12 September 2008 @ 6:22 am
Hi together,
below an email conversation i have had in this matter:
Cheers from Germany!
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Dear Sir/Mad
On 11th.Sep. Marphex Corporation sent us an application , they trying to
register “lab-minden” as domain name and Internet Brand. They want to use
this name to promote them in the internet and do the promotion Google and
Baidu and other search engins. But after auditing we found this name been
used by your company . So we sent you email .
We only can keep the domain names safe in our auditing time , once over this
period , we should accept their registration , So, please ask your It
manager or responsible person to contact me as soon as possible .
I’m looking forward to hearing from you .
Yours sincerely Winnie Li
Winnie Li Oversea Marketing Manager
Domain Registry Center (Shanghai Shi Shun) of People’s Republic Of China
Tel: +86-0513-8011 8536 ext 610
Fax:+86-0513-8011 8539
Email:Winnie@registryid.com
website: http://www.registryid.com
———i wrote——————————————–
Dear Winnie,
Thank you for your Email regarding the registration wishes of your client.
Please be informed that we are in fact owner of the domain lab-minden.de and
we are not willing to share the name “lab-minden” at this stage.
Please inform me in details about the plans of registration and what your
customer wants to to.
Mit freundlichen Gruessen / With Best Regards
Frank Huelsmeier
(Betriebsleitung / C.O.O.)
———-they wrote——————————
Dear Frank
Thanks for your reply . As I know Marphex is also the Electric company , but it is very young , so they want to use your company name to do promotion . Your company registered “lab-minden.de” , so please take it easy nobody can apply again .
Now Marphex is applying the following domain names :
lab-minden.cn
lab-minden.com.cn
lab-minden.asia
lab-minden.hk
lab-minden.fr
lab-minden.co.uk
and Internet Brand “lab-minden” .
These domain names haven’t been registered, so they can apply now , because the domain name is open and free registration , any other company or individual can register these domain names which haven’t been registered . Hope you can understand . So , please take care .
I’m looking forward to hearing from you soon . Any question , please ask me don’t be hesitate .
Yours sincerely Winnie Li
———-i wrote—————————-
Dear Winnie,
What is the correct Name of the company please. Can you also send us a company profile as well as a contact person?
Thanks in advance.
Mit freundlichen Gruessen / With Best Regards
Frank Huelsmeier
(Betriebsleitung / C.O.O.)
———they wrote————————————————–
Dear Frank
Thanks for your reply . The correct name is Marphex Co.,Ltd , we short for Marphex Corporation .
But I don’t know which profile do you want , if you want our company profile, I can give you , which is attached , but if you want to have Marphex profile, I’m sorry , we cann’t offer you . The person’s name is Gavy , who sent the application and always contact me by email . Hope this information can help you .
Please let me know if you want to protect these domain names .
I’m looking forward to hearing from you soon .
Best regards
Winnie Li
16 September 2008 @ 6:49 am
This is what I have got today!
===============================================
Dear Sir/Mad
On 15th September. Marphex Corporation sent us an application , they trying to register “xxx” as domain name and Internet Brand. They want to use this name to promote them in the internet and do the promotion Google and Baidu and other search engins. But after auditing we found this name been used by your company . So we sent you email .
We only can keep the domain names safe in our auditing time , once over this period , we should accept their registration , So, please ask your It manager or responsible person to contact me as soon as possible .
I’m looking forward to hearing from you .
Yours sincerely Rainbow Wang
Rainbow Wang
Domain Registry Center (Shanghai Shi Shun) of People’s Republic Of China
Tel: +86-0513-8011 8536 ext 602
Fax:+86-0513-8011 8539
Email: Rainbow@registryid.com
website: http://www.registryid.com
18 September 2008 @ 11:50 am
Add http://www.registryid.com if it’s not already on the list
Dear Sir/Mad
On 18th Sep. Marphex Co.Ltd sent us an application , they trying to register “xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx” as domain names and use it to promote them in Google and Baidu. But after auditing we found this name been used by your company .
As the domain name registrar , it is our duty to notice you . We only can keep the domain names safe in our auditing time , once over this period , we should accept their registration , So, please ask your It manager or responsible person to contact me as soon as possible .
I’m looking forward to hearing from you .
Yours sincerely Kevin Feng
Kevin Feng Oversea Marketing Manager
Shanghai Shi Shun Information Technology Co.,Ltd.
Tel: +86(0)513-80118535-606
Fax:+86(0)513-80118539
Email: Kevin@registryid.com
website: http://www.registryid.com
22 September 2008 @ 9:11 am
Thanks for all of you…..I just received the same mail this morning…before I found this page, I was a bit worried that my brand name will be confused with some other Chinese brand….but thanks god..I found you…and now I don’t need to worry too much..:)
22 September 2008 @ 9:26 am
by the way, I received the email from http://www.registryid.com which is the same as B-J said
23 September 2008 @ 9:06 am
WOW! Never imagined that so many people are hunted by these…….spammers/joe-jobbers/SCAMMERS!! Wastage of time, money and resources. Anyhow, being responsible for the safekeep of our domain, am also lodging a complaint with Rediff – our re-seller/registrar.
Unfortunately this guy did not know that we are registered for a decade.
Beware of mails from: -
rainbow@registryid.com
Rainbow Wang
Domain Registry Center (Shanghai Shi Shun) of People’s Republic Of China
Tel: +86-0513-8011 8536 ext 602
Fax:+86-0513-8011 8539
Email: Rainbow@registryid.com
website: http://www.registryid.com
24 September 2008 @ 8:44 am
I got the same email. what a joke… these people should get real jobs. or start a real business
Winnie Li Oversea Marketing Manager
Domain Registry Center (Shanghai Shi Shun) of People’s Republic Of China
Tel: +86-0513-8011 8536 ext 610
Fax:+86-0513-8011 8539
Email:Winnie@registryid.com
website: http://www.registryid.com
24 September 2008 @ 10:49 am
Thank you for informing us of the spam mail being used by Chinese companies. I happend to recieve the same ditto e-mail as B J and Volker today and must say what tactics are these Chinese companies upto. Thank you for sharing the information with us. Atlast, we can pool together and help others too.
25 September 2008 @ 8:48 pm
We received a similar email from a Martin Liu who asked if we wanted to “protect” ourselves by contacting him.
We spent an hour or so doing a bit of diligent digging and discovered that this is definitely a SCAM.
Thanks to all for sharing.
FYI
Here is the email:
Dear Sir/Madam,
We are Hong Kong Network Service Company Limited which is the domain name register center in China.We received a formal application from a company who is applying to register “gobytrain” as their domain name and Internet keyword on SEP 24, 2008.Since after our investigation we found that this word has been in use by your company, and this may involve your company name or trade mark, so we inform you in no time. If you consider these domain names and internet keyword are important to you and it is necessary to protect them by registering them first, contact us soon. Thanks for your co-operation and support.
Kind Regards,
Martin.Liu
Tel:+852-31757930
Fax: +852-31757932
Email: Martin.Liu@hknsc.cn
Hong Kong Network Service Company Limited
Website: http://www.hknsc.hk
3 October 2008 @ 1:25 pm
Thanks for the postings! My client received the following email:
—–Original Message—–
From: Kate [mailto:Kate@mordenwork.cn]
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 8:48 PM
To: xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Your Intellectual Property
Dear Sir/Mad
On 2nd.Oct. Marphex Corporation sent us an application , they trying to
register “XXXXXXXXX” as domain name and Internet Brand. They want to use
this name to promote them in the internet and do the promotion Google and
Baidu and other search engins. But after auditing we found this name been
used by your company . So we sent you email .
We only can keep the domain names safe in our auditing time , once over this
period , we should accept their registration , So, please ask your It
manager or responsible person to contact me as soon as possible .
I’m looking forward to hearing from you .
Yours sincerely kate
Kate I T
Tel: +86-0513-8011 8538 ext 610
Fax:+86-0513-8011 8539
Email:Kate@mordenwork.cn
website: http://www.mordenwork.com.cn
7 October 2008 @ 7:59 am
I received this at about 1:45 AM.
Thanks for this bog, I figured it was some kind of crap!
This my version below.
Cindy
Dear Sir/Madam,
We are Hong Kong Network Service Company Limited which is the domain name register center in China. We received a formal application from a company who is applying to register “xxxxxxxxxxx” as their domain name and Internet keyword on Oct 6, 2008.Since after our investigation we found that this word has been in use by your company, and this may involve your company name or trade mark, so we inform you in no time. If you consider these domain names and internet keyword are important to you and it is necessary to protect them by registering them first, contact us soon. Thanks for your co-operation and support.
Kind Regards,
Admini niu
Sponsoring Registrar: Hong Kong Network Service Company Limited
Tel:+852-31757930 (ext8043)
Fax:+852-31757932
Email:admini.niu@hknsc.hk admini.niu@hknsc.cn
Website: http://www.hknsc.hk
9 October 2008 @ 2:21 am
Yeah, I got a similar email from:
Hong Kong Network Service Company Limited
9 October 2008 @ 6:52 am
Just received a similar e-mail from “DNSbrand(shishun) Registry Co.,Ltd.”
They tried to tell me that some company in China wants to register the .cn and .asia versions of my domain name. Funny thing is, my domain name is my actual name. I don’t think there are many people walking around with my name in that part of the world — not to mention a company.
Here’s the e-mail:
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Dear CEO:
We are a domain name registration service company in asia,which mainly deal with international company’s in Asia.We have something important need to confirm with you company.On the October 9th, 2008, we received an application formally.One company named “Doncar Group” wanted to applying to register “xxxxxxxxxx” as internet brand and “.CN/.ASIA” domain names.
During our auditing procedure we find out that the alleged “Doncar Group” has no trademark, Intellectual property, nor patent even similar to that word. we found that the keywords and domain names applied for registration are as same as your company’s name and trademark. one point need you to confirm:
whether this alleged “Doncar Group” is your business partner or distributor in ASIA.
if so, we will complete their registration.These days we are dealing with it.If you are not in charge of this please transfer this email to appropriate dept.In order to deal with this issue better,please let someone who is responsible for trademark or domain name contact me as soon as possible.
Best Regards
Peter Wu
Auditing Department Manager
DNSbrand(shishun) Registry Co.,Ltd.
Tel:+86-0513-8011 8536
Fax:+86-0513-8011 8539
WebSite:www.DNSbrand.cn
—————————————————————
Haha
10 October 2008 @ 2:06 am
I just got the same thing on one of my clients, however I did replay to the email but didn’t give them any detailed information other then I was the IT Admin and Webmaster of the account. I’ve included their email here to me for addition to the rest of the ones. I’ve included the information to the link site that he references as well.
Neal
Dear Sir/Mad
On 10th Oct. Marphex Corporation sent us an application , they trying to register “expressdesignandremodeling” as domain name and Internet Brand. They want to use this name to promote them in the internet and do the promotion Google and Baidu and other search engins. But after auditing we found this name been used by your company . So we sent you email .
We only can keep the domain names safe in our auditing time , once over this period , we should accept their registration , So, please ask your It manager or responsible person to contact me as soon as possible .
I’m looking forward to hearing from you .
Glen
Tel: +86-0513-8011 8538 ext 602
Fax:+86-0513-8011 8539
Email: Glen@mordenwork.cn
website: http://www.mordenwork.com.cn
Here is http://www.mordenwork.com.cn
Welcome to our company’s website
Shanghai ShiShun Information Technology Co.,Ltd. is a professional internet consulting company which has been successfully approved by the industrial and commercial administration. We have a professional work team, most workers are former employees of . . . . . .
Contact Us
Tel:+86-400 812 2020 Fax: +86-0513-80118539
Email: info@registryid.cn
10 October 2008 @ 10:15 am
I don’t want to talk about Express Design and Build
They scamed us more than 1 M RMB . I feel shame . For this matter I leave away from my company .
Don’t belive them at all .
11 October 2008 @ 2:43 pm
The fax is the same in all of these. The phone numbers different. They still doing it, just using different companies.
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 4:21 AM
Subject: Your Intelllectual Property
Dear CEO:
On 10th Oct,”Doncar Group Investment Co,Ltd” sent us an application , they trying to register “xxxxxxxxxxxxx” as domain name and Internet Brand. They want to use this name to promote them in the internet and do the promotion Google and Baidu and other search engins. But after auditing we found this name been used by your company .
As a company registrar,it’s our duty to notice you that:during our auditing procedure we find out that the alleged “Doncar Group Investment Co,Ltd” has no trademark, Intellectual property, nor patent even similar to that word. we found that the keywords and domain names applied for registration are as same as your company’s name and trademark.
So one point need you to confirm: Whether this alleged “Doncar Group Investment Co,Ltd” is your business partner or distributor in China?
These days we are dealing with it ,and we only can keep your domain names safe in our auditing time .
If you are not in charge of this,please transfer this email to appropriate department.In order to deal with this issue better,please let someone who is responsible for trademark or domain name contact me as soon as possible.
Yours sincerely Eric Wang
Eric Wang
Tel: +86-0513-8011 8538
Fax:+86-0513-8011 8539
website: http://www.mordenwork.com.cn
14 October 2008 @ 2:20 pm
Gee – I wonder if the last 11 or so posts were made by the same person
[ "David" == FAIL ]
Just to let everyone know, this scammer is still sending out these emails. Heres what they look like now:
——– Original Message ——–
Subject: Your company’s Domain Name are in Danger
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:28:21 +0800
From: Glen
To: *****
Dear Sir/Mad
On 14th Oct. Moffex Corporation sent us an application , they trying to register “***********” as domain name and Internet Brand. They want to use this name to promote them in the internet and do the promotion Google and Baidu and other search engins. But after auditing we found this name been used by your company . So we sent you email .
We only can keep the domain names safe in our auditing time , once over this period , we should accept their registration , So, please ask your It manager or responsible person to contact me as soon as possible .
I’m looking forward to hearing from you .
Glen
Tel: +86-0513-8011 8538
Fax:+86-0513-8011 8539
Email: Glen@mordenwork.cn
website: http://www.mordenwork.com.cn
———————————————–
They didn’t even get the domain name right – clearly a scam.
16 October 2008 @ 4:35 am
We just received the same email. The truth is we do business in Hong Kong and China, importing and exporting. If anyone registers our trademark as a domain with any TLD in those countries we’ll gladly seize the domains and compensation.
———-
From: sean.rong@hongkongnet.org.cn
Subject: Company Registration Notice
Date: October 15, 2008 9:54:08 PM GMT-04:00
To: email@mytrademark.com
Dear Sir/Madam,
We are Hong Kong Network service Company Limited, a domain name registration center in Asia.
On Oct 15th, we received an application from another company for the domain names “MYTRADEMARK” , but later we found your company is their original owner and this may involve your company name or trademark and this may cause confusion between your products and others’ , and bring about negtive effect on your company.Therefore we decided to inform you of this and check out your attitude toward this matter. We would appreciate if you can spare some precious time to settle this issue.
Thank you for your cooperation and looking forwards to your early reply.
Kind Regards,
Sean.Rong
Tel: +852- 31757930（8013）
Fax: +852-31757932
Email:sean.rong@hongkongnet.org.cn
Hong Kong Network Service Company Limited
website: http://www.hknsc.hk
———–
Dear Sir,
Thanks for your prompt reply. Domain names were open to be registered all over the world. Now, the aforementioned third party is applying the following domain names and internet keyword:
Domain names as below:
http://www.MYTRADEMARK.cn
http://www.MYTRADEMARK.com.cn
http://www.MYTRADEMARK.hk
http://www.MYTRADEMARK.com.hk
http://www.MYTRADEMARK.com.tw
http://www.MYTRADEMARK.asia
Internet keyword as below:
MYTRADEMARK
Once you would like to protect or preserve them by registering ahead due to importance, one valid application form will be sent to start your prior registration. Or we are going to approve the application from the third party if your company does not lay claim to these domains. Please let us know if there is anything more we might be of assistance. Thanks very much and your early reply will be appreciated.
An introduction of Internet Keyword is enclosed for your review.
Regards,
Sean
————
17 October 2008 @ 3:04 am
Dear Sir/Mad On 17th.Oct. Marffex Corporation sent us an application , they trying to register “meencantaespanol” as domain name and Internet Brand. They want to use this name to promote them in the internet and do the promotion Google and Baidu and other search engins. But after auditing we found this name been used by your company . So we sent you email .We only can keep the domain names safe in our auditing time , once over this period , we should accept their registration , So, please ask your It manager or responsible person to contact me as soon as possible . I’m looking forward to hearing from you . Yours sincerely Kate
Kate IT Tel: +86-0513-8011 8538 ext 610Fax:+86-0513-8011 8539Email:Kate@mordenwork.cn
21 October 2008 @ 12:36 pm
This is another mail I received just the other day:
_____________________________________________________________
Dear Manager:
This is a domain name registration service company in Asia, which mainly deal with international company’s in Asia. We have something important need to confirm with your company.
On 24th September, 2008, we received an application formally. The e-mail address of the man named Steven is starmerry@msn.com> wanted to use the name”XXXXX” to register the Internet Brand and the .ASIA/.CN domain names.
After our initial examination, we found that the Internet trademark and domain names applied for registration are the same with your company’s name and trademark. We don’t know whether you have any relation with Steven. Because these domain names are now in dispute, now we have not finished the registration of Steven yet, If we do not get your company’s reply in the next 5 workdays(because the dispute period will be over in 5workdays), we will pass the application of Steven directly, in order to deal with this issue better, Please contact us by telephone or email as soon as possible.
Jack
Attorney at law of Legal Department
Tel: 86 0513 8011 8536
Fax: 86 0513 8011 8539
Email:Jack@chnregistry.cn
Web: http://www.chnregistry.cn
27 October 2008 @ 2:15 am
I got the same e-mail and made the mistake of replying (something along the lines of “I have no affiliation with Mr. XX”). Now I got another e-mail giving me 5 days to “protect” my domain. Obviously I have no intention of buying it from them (even if I needed it, it is blackmail in my book and that’s a BIG no-no).
I don’t think I really messed up, do you? I didn’t give them any personal info after all.
BTW, the scammer (or “agressive seller”, as some might see it” was:
“Rita Zhou,
Checking Dept
———————————————
China Domain Name Registrar:
ShiShun Ltd.
Tel:+(86)0513-8011 8536
Fax:+(86)0513-8011 8539
Email:rita@cnbrand.net.cn
Web:www.cnbrand.net.cn”
Greetings!
3 November 2008 @ 7:49 am
Thanks for all this. I’ve got to say this is a pretty believable scam. Since last night when I got the mail I’ve thinking along the lines “I knew this was going to happen, some **** in China is going to clone my site. I wonder how much money he wants. Maybe I should try registering with another domain name provider for cheaper. Just shows they must have realised how much potential my site has
Or maybe he just wants to know if my company name is trademarked, to build up a database for another scam. Should I really have registered my name with every domain. But what if they keep inventing new extensions. Is this what other serious companies do? I wish I knew about law or had a lawyer …” etc, etc etc.
Fortunately common sense prevailed in the morning I Googled a phrase and came upon this and a few other sites
So I’m obviously going to do nothing now. But even if you don’t fall for the scam it certainly embeds in your head the idea of registering a chinese domain, and I would guess quite a percentage of people would go ahead and register one or two.
I think the most convincing aspect was that the email was sent to my working site email – not the one usually associated with my site for administrative stuff. So it looked to me someone had actually visited my site and found my correct contact email.
This is the letter:
Domain name & Internet keyword Registration confirmation
Dear Sir/Madam,
We are Hong Kong Network Service Company, Limited. which is the domain name register center in Asia. We received a formal application from a company who is applying to register “xxxxxxxx” as their domain name and Internet keyword on Nov 1, 2008.Since after our investigation we found that this word has been in use by your company, and this may involve your company name or trade mark, so we inform you in no time. If you consider these domain names and internet keyword are important to you and it is necessary to protect them by registering them first, contact us soon. Thanks for your co-operation and support.
Can look at, you will not be Tam misuse of a lot of time. If there is any problem, it can email to me, I will give you a perfect answer.
Kind Regards,
Andy.liu
Tel: +852-31757930(ext.8019)
Fax: +852-31757932
Email: Andy.liu@hknetwork.hk.cn
Hong Kong Network Service Company, Limited.
Website: http://www.hknsc.hk
20 November 2008 @ 2:28 pm
[...] Chinese Domain Scam? [...]
28 November 2008 @ 11:11 am
Cheers for posting these, very helpful. Here’s one that got sent to our company today just in case it’s any use to anyone -
Dear CEO&Principal, We are a professional Internet consultant organization in Asia, which mainly deal with the global companies’ domain name registration and internet intellectual property right protection. Currently, we have a pretty important issue needing to confirm with your company.
On Nov 25, 2008, we received an application formally, one company named “Young Holdings Ltd” wanted to applied for the internet brand “xxxx” and some domain names through our body.
During our preliminary investigation, we found that these domain names’ keyword and internet brand is identical with your trademark. I wonder whether you consigned Young Holdings Ltd to register these domain names through us or not? Or is Young Holdings Ltd your business partner or distributor in Asia? Currently, we have postponed this application of this company temporarily already. In order to deal with this issue better, please let the principal make a confirmation with me by telephone or email ASAP.
Best Regards,
Gary
Sponsoring Registrar:
Auditing department
Hong Kong Office:
Tel: +852-8122-6293
Fax: +852-3187-5699
Fax: +852-8125-7328
Add: 3A, Units 20/F, Far East Consortium Bldg., 121 Des Voeux Road, Central, Hong Kong
Email: Gary@skhcl.com
Website: http://www.sk-holdings.net/
2 December 2008 @ 4:02 pm
Got one today:
Dear Sir or Madam,
Please forward this email to the appropriate dept.
This is auditing department of China Network domain name registration ,a branch of Kingsan Technology Development Ltd. We are the professional organization for network service. On DEC 1, 2008, we received an online registration application for “urlpick” domain names .cn and .com.cn and Internet Keyword from an investment company named SNOW. However, after investigation,we found that this is conflict with your company`s domain name and keyword. We find out your company use “urlpick” frequently
According to the registration principle in China,we will verify every application of our clients in order to avoid conflict of intellectual property, so we notify you. We need to confirm whether their registration will be conflict to you. Or you have any objection to SNOW`s application. The auditing period is limited,so please ask the responsible person to contact us as soon as possible.
Best Regards
2008-12-02
Kobe Cao
Auditing department:
Kingsan Technology Development Ltd.
Tel: +86-21-6460 7259
+86-21-6460 7329
Fax:+86-21-5437 9716
Email:kobe@kingsan.org.cn
Websitie:www.kingsan.org.cn
3 December 2008 @ 10:21 am
Same here received the below yesterday, tried to phone no such answer, googled the phone numbers and this post popped up
Dear CEO:
I’m sorry to disturb you so abrupt . We are a professional domain name
registrar .
which mainly deal with international company’s domain business in Asia.We
have something important to confirm with your company.On 2nd December, we
received an application formally.One company named “XingAo Group Investment
Co,Ltd” wanted to register “bladeztoyz” as internet brand and “.CN/.ASIA”
domain names.
During our checking procedure we find out that XingAo Group Investment
Co,Ltd neither has trademark, Intellectual property, nor patent related to
this keyword. we find that the keywords and domain names applied for
registration are the same as your company’s name and trademark. we need you
to confirm:
whether XingAo Group Investment Co,Ltd is your business partner or
distributor in Asia? If not , whether confusion with your business in the
future ?
We are dealing with it.If you are not in charge of this please transfer
this email to appropriate dept.In order to deal with this issue
better,please let your supervisor for trademark or domain name contact me
as soon as possible.
Best Regards
Cosmo
Room 908,
Hua Heng International Building,
No.99 TaoWu road,NanTong City
Tel:+86-0513-8011 8538
Fax:+86-0513-8011 8539
WebSite:www.domain-work.cn
12 January 2009 @ 3:59 am
I rcvd a similar scam email. Its a scam.
17 January 2009 @ 4:28 pm
This is a scam and is s3ent by a bot.
It auto filled every field on our Web form with the email email and sent it separately in an email.
6 July 2009 @ 5:21 am
—–Original Message—–
From: Steven Liu [mailto:steven@dhtdns.com.cn]
Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 9:35 PM
To: info@mybusiness.com
Subject: Internet Domain and Keyword
Dear Manager,
This email is from China Domain Name registration service company in Shanghai. A formal application here dated on July 2nd, 2009 from Henshin company requested “yourcompany” as their internet keyword and CN domain names on internet . But after checking it, we find this name conflict with your company. lt’s necessary to send email to you and confirm whether this company is your business partner or distributor in China?
If like that, we will finish this company’s application. If this company is not your partner or distributor in China, hope you can contact us in time so that we can deal with this matter better.
Looking forward to your reply.
Kind regards
Steven Liu
—————————————————————————
—–Original Message—–
From: LeeGareth [mailto:gareth.lee@hotmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 7:53 PM
To: info@mycompany.com
Subject: my company
Dear Sirs,
We are Henshin company based in Chinese office .We will register the “my company” as internet keyword and CN internet domain names .We have handed in our application and waiting for Mr .Steven Liu ‘s approval. We think this name is important for our products in Chinese market .Even though Mr. Steven Liu advise us to change another name but we will persist in registering this name.
Best Regards
Gareth Lee
8 July 2009 @ 8:49 am
scambuster,
I got the exact same email you posted. defo a scam and I emailed Steven Liu back with the URL to this web site. Let’s see if he can defend his actions.
All I can say is that Gareth Lee’s company seems to need a lot of domain names;-)
13 July 2009 @ 10:47 am
I just received the same scam. Thanks for the post! I was a bit worried about what the email meant.
Dear Manager,
This email is from China Domain Name registration service company in Shanghai. A formal application here dated on July 13th, 2009 from Henshin company requested “#######” as their internet keyword and CN domain names on internet . But after checking it, we find this name conflict with your company. lt’s necessary to send email to you and confirm whether this company is your business partner or distributor in China?
If like that, we will finish this company’s application. If this company is not your partner or distributor in China, hope you can contact us in time so that we can deal with this matter better.
Looking forward to your reply.
Kind regards
Steven Liu
Steven Liu
Overseas Registration Dept
+86 21 6296 2950-Office
+86 21 6296 1557
+86 15 2217 29067-Cell
Email: steven@dhtdns.com.cn
Web: http://www.dhtdns.com.cn
20 July 2009 @ 2:25 pm
Here is the one we received today:
(If you are NOT CEO,please forward this to your CEO, because this is very urgent.)
Dear CEO,
We are the department of registration service in China. we have something need to confirm with you. We formally received an application on July 17. 2009, One company which self-styled “Retec Investments limited” are applying to register “offtoneverland” as Internet Tradename and Domain Names as below :
offtoneverland.asia
offtoneverland.cn
offtoneverland.com.cn
offtoneverland.com.hk
offtoneverland.com.tw
offtoneverland.hk
offtoneverland.in
offtoneverland.net.cn
offtoneverland.org.cn
offtoneverland.tw
After our initial examination, we found that the internet Tradename applied for registration are as same as your company’s name and trademark. These days we are dealing with it, hope to get the affirmation from your company. If your company and this “Retec Investments limited” as the same company, there is no need reply to us, We will accept their application and will register those for them immediately.
If your company has no relationships with that company nor do not authorized, please reply to us within 7 workdays, if we can’t get any information from yours over 7 workdays,we will unconditionally approve the application submitted by “Retec Investments limited”. Thanks for your cooperation.
Best Regards,
Edan Zhao (Mr)
Senior Consultant
Tel : +0086-21-6910 6991
Fax : +0086-21-6910 6670
Postal Code: 201824
Address：Room 1501,No.12,Lane 788,Xiupu Road,Nanhui District,ShangHai,China
Website: http://www.pex-nic.com
============
Thanks for your post! I’m glad to know this is a scam.
27 July 2009 @ 9:09 am
Hello,
Our company has fallen for such a trick in 2007. We received a mail from the JinYue company, as mentioned in the first post.
We registered the domain for 5 years, at this JinYue company.
Now I want to move this domain to a safer registrar, but there is no way I can contact them. I need an authorisation code and an unlock of the domain. Does anyone know how I can arrange this. It seems that the company doesn’t exist (anymore).
Thanks for your answers!
5 August 2009 @ 2:32 pm
Dear CEO,
We are the department of registration service in China. we have something need to
xxxxx.asia
confirm with you. We formally received an application on
August 5, 2009, One company which self-styled “Undakt Corporation” are applying to
register “xxxxxxx” as internet brand and Domain names as below
xxxxxx.cc
xxxxxx.cn
xxxxxx.com.cn
xxxxxx.com.tw
xxxxxx.hk
xxxxxx.net.cn
xxxxxx.org.cn
xxxxxx.tw
After our initial examination, we found that the internet brand applied for
registration are as same as your company’s name and trademark.These days we are
dealing with it, hope
to get the affirmation from your company. If your company and this”Undakt
Corporation”as the same company,there is no need reply to us,We will accept their
application and will
register those for them immediately.
If your company has no relationships with that company nor do not authorized,please
reply to us within 7 workdays,if we can’t get any information from yours over 7
workdays,we
will unconditionally approve the application submitted by “Undakt Corporation”.
Thanks for your cooperation.
Best Regards,
Alex Gao
Tel:(86)-21-64609758
Fax:(86)-21-64609768
Website: http://www.nanzhan.org.cn
11 August 2009 @ 8:39 pm
I was suspicious about that email and thankfully I found others here with the same scenario:
Dear Manager,
This email is from China Domain Name registration service company, which is the domain name registration center in Shanghai, China. A formal application here dated on Aug 5th, 2009 from Henshin company requested “xxxxxx” as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names in China. But after checking it, we find this name conflict with your company. lt’s necessary to send email to you and confirm whether this company is your business partner or distributor in China?
If like that, we will finish this company’s application. If this company is not your partner or distributor in China, hope you can contact us in time so that we can deal with this matter better.
Looking forward to your reply.
Kind regards
Steve Liu
Steve Liu
Registration Department Manager
+86 21 6296 2950-Office
+86 21 6296 1557
+86 15 2217 29067-Cell
Email: steve@dhtdns.com.cn
Web: http://www.dhtdns.com.cn
14 August 2009 @ 4:22 am
I’m also relieved to find this post. Below is the email I received:
Subject: Safeguard intellectual property notice — internet Trademark
Dear Manager:
We are a Domain Name registration service company, which is a professional Internet Domain Name Registration and dispute resolution organization in China.On August.14th,2009, We received HAITONG Investment company’s application that they are registering the name “xxxxx” as their Internet Trademark and “xxxxx.cn”、”xxxxx.com.cn” 、”xxxxx.asia”domain names etc.,It is China and ASIA domain names.But after auditing we found the brand name been used by your company. As the domain name registrar in China, it is our duty to notice you, so I am sending you this Email to check.According to the principle in China,your company is the owner of the trademark,In our auditing time we can keep the domain names safe for you firstly, but our audit period is limited, if you object the third party application these domain names and need to protect the brand in china and Asia by yourself, please let the responsible officer contact us as soon as possible. Thank you!
Looking forward to your reply.
Kind regards
Angela
Oversea marketing manager
Company: YiGuan China Co,Ltd.
Tel:+86(0)21 6296 2950
Fax:+86(0)21 6296 1557
web:www.yiguanregistry.cn
17 August 2009 @ 10:14 pm
I was so grateful for these postings. I have received a couple of these recently and was trying to decide what to do. Here is one of the versions of ours:
Dear Manager,
This email is from China Domain Name registration service company, which is the domain name registration center in Shanghai, China. A formal application here dated on Aug 17th, 2009 from Henshin company requested “xxxxxxxx” as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names in China. But after checking it, we find this name conflict with your company. lt’s necessary to send email to you and confirm whether this company is your business partner or distributor in China?
If like that, we will finish this company’s application. If this company is not your partner or distributor in China, hope you can contact us in time so that we can deal with this matter better.
Looking forward to your reply.
Kind regards
Steve Liu
Steve Liu
Registration Department Manager
+86 21 6296 2950-Office
+86 21 6296 1557
+86 15 2217 29067-Cell
Email: steve.liu@dhtdns.com.cn
Web: http://www.dhtdns.com.cn
21 August 2009 @ 12:02 pm
They are still active…
Just got one today:
Dear CEO/Manager,
We are a domain name registration center in HongKong, mainly dealing with domain name registration and internet intellectual property rights protection. On Aug 20, 2009 we received a formal application from a company who is applying to register several domains, using “asuta” as the internet keyword. After investigation, we find that you are the original user of the keyword. Such similar domain cases may involve your company name or trade mark, and may cause website confusion and conflicts. For a responsible attitude, we inform you here and your opinion, in order to deal with this issue better, please contact us by email or telephone ASAP.
Looking forward to your reply.
Kind Regards,
Faithe
Phone: +852-31757931 (8001)
Fax: +852-31757932
Email: Faithe.Lee@hk-nsc.hk
Website: www .hknsc .hk
Confidentiality Statement:
The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or other action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this message in error please be advised of your obligation to immediately notify sender of the error in transmission, and to destroy all associated documentation.
After I told the to go f**k themselves they got angry and responded:
我操你大爷，你个杂碎，OK？你他妈的就是一个贱人，去死吧，狗日的东西，你鼻子里面插根葱就想冲大象啊？你个傻B OK？
Google translation:
I speak of your uncle, you are a chop suey, OK? Hell you are a slut, Death, dogs on the East and West, inserted inside the root of your nose red onion want the elephant ah? You are a silly B OK?
3 September 2009 @ 5:10 pm
There response to us not being related is
Dear Sirs,
We are the Henshin company based in Chinese office .We will register the “hedonics” as internet keyword and CN internet domain names .We have handed in our application and waiting for Mr .Steve Liu ‘s approval. We think this name is important for our products in Chinese market . Even though Mr. Steve Liu advise us to change another name but we will persist in registering this name.
Best Regards
Gareth Wang
——————————————————————————–
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—–Original Message—–
From: “Hedonics – Customer Service”
Sent: 02/09/2009 9:30 AM
To: “harsun@hedonics.com”
Subject: FW: Internet Domain and Keyword
—–Original Message—–
From: SteveLiu [mailto:steve@dhtdns.com.cn]
Sent: September 2, 2009 12:35 AM
To: customerservice@hedonics.com
Subject: Internet Domain and Keyword
Dear Manager,
This email is from China Domain Name registration service company, which is the domain name registration center in Shanghai, China. A formal application here dated on Sep 1st, 2009 from Henshin company requested “hedonics” as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names in China. But after checking it, we find this name conflict with your company. lt’s necessary to send email to you and confirm whether this company is your business partner or distributor in China?
If like that, we will finish this company’s application. If this company is not your partner or distributor in China, hope you can contact us in time so that we can deal with this matter better.
Looking forward to your reply.
Kind regards
Steve Liu
Steve Liu
Registration Department Manager
+86 21 6296 2950-Office
+86 21 6296 1557
+86 15 2217 29067-Cell
Email: steve@dhtdns.com.cn
Web: http://www.dhtdns.com.cn
22 September 2009 @ 7:21 am
I just received such an example of this scam:
“(If you are not in charge of this please transfer this email to your President or appropriate person, thanks)
Dear President,
We are the department of Asian Domain registration service in china, have something to confirm with you. We formally received an application on Sept. 21, one company which self-styled “HED Investment Co., Ltd” were applying to register “adammarkus” as Network Brand and following domain names:
adammarkus.asia
adammarkus.cn
adammarkus.com.cn
adammarkus.com.hk
adammarkus.com.tw
adammarkus.hk
adammarkus.in
adammarkus.net.cn
adammarkus.org.cn
adammarkus.tw
After our initial checking, we found the name were similar to your company’s, so we need to check with you whether your company has authorized that company to register these names. If you authorized this, we will finish the registration at once. If you did not authorize, please let us know within 7 workdays, so that we will handle this issue better. Out of the time limit we will unconditionally finish the registration for “HED Investment Co., Ltd”.
Best Regards,
Greg Xing 邢 亮
——————————– ——————————————
Tel: (86)-21-69106991 联系电话：(86)-21-69106991
Fax: (86)-21-69106670 传 真：(86)-21-69106670
Postal Code: 201824 邮政编码： 201824
Room520,Unit A,International Shoes City,No.1775 CaoAn Road, 地 址：中国上海市嘉定区曹安路1775号国际鞋城A座520室
Jiading District,Shanghai,China
http://www.dns-nic.com/“
22 September 2009 @ 12:56 pm
I’ve just received this email below and been going nuts! I glad I found this link telling me all about this scam. Business these days is tuff enough who needs this.
Dear Manager,
This email is from China Domain Name registration service company, which is the domain name registration center in Shanghai, China. A formal application here dated on Sep 17th, 2009 from Henshin company requested “lamatec” as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names in China. But after checking it, we find this name conflict with your company. lt’s necessary to send email to you and confirm whether this company is your business partner or distributor in China?
If like that, we will finish this company’s application. If this company is not your partner or distributor in China, hope you can contact us in time so that we can deal with this matter better.
Looking forward to your reply.
Kind regards
Steve Liu
Steve Liu
Registration Department Manager
+86 21 6296 2950-Office
+86 21 6296 1557
+86 15 2217 29067-Cell
Email: steve@dhtdns.com.cn
Web: http://www.dhtdns.com.cn
8 October 2009 @ 10:23 pm
I just got a similar one, thought id share to assist others.
from
Dear Sirs,
We are Henshin company based in Chinese office .We will register the “COMPANY NAME” as internet keyword and CN internet domain names .We have handed in our application and waiting for Mr .Steven Liu ‘s approval. We think this name is important for our products in Chinese market .Even though Mr. Steven Liu advise us to change another name but we will persist in registering this name.
Best Regards
Gareth Zhao
13 October 2009 @ 9:46 am
Big thanks for bringing this to our attention, we have had the two emails listed above, one from the “registrar” and one from the “company” attempting to register.
This has saved us some grief.
Thanks
16 October 2009 @ 5:54 am
Have you heard about this company?
Phone: +86-2168247379
Fax: +86-2168247376
Website:www.pix-dns.org
Address: Room 1303,No.11,Lane 788,Xiupu Road,Nanhui District,ShangHai,China
2009-10-16
I think these are bogus as well. Just receive it by today.
23 October 2009 @ 1:41 am
Dear Manager,
This email is from China Domain Name registration service company, which is the domain name registration center in Shanghai, China. A formal application here dated on Oct 21, 2009 from Henshin company requested “xxxxxx” as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names in China. But after checking it, we find this name conflict with your company. lt’s necessary to send email to you and confirm whether this company is your business partner or distributor in China?
If like that, we will finish this company’s application. If this company is not your partner or distributor in China, hope you can contact us in time so that we can deal with this matter better.
Looking forward to your reply.
Kind regards
Steve Liu
Steve Liu
Registration Department Manager
+86 21 6296 2950-Office
+86 21 6296 1557
+86 15 2217 29067-Cell
Email: steve@dhtdns.com.cn
Web: http://www.dhtdns.com.cn
14 November 2009 @ 2:48 pm
Thanks for the information. I got a standard email as above, but didn’t pay them any money. At least someone is looking at my web-site. A good hint from other comments above was that if people didn’t like the plain dot com site, they would hardly go looking for dot cn sites.
23 November 2009 @ 5:24 am
Glad I found this site about the scams. Just got an email in today and thought I’d do a search on the links to see if AVG scans them and marks them with a virus or some other nasty.
I find it interesting how they start off with “Dear Manager” when we have our names on our website!! Everybody we know who wants our products uses our names, so this was a BIG que that this is a scam.
Another good site to search for scams is http://www.hoax-slayer.com
This is the email content we received:
Dear Manager,
This email is from China Domain Name registration service company, which is the domain name registration center in Shanghai, China. A formal application here dated on Nov 23rd, 2009 from Henshin company requested “*********” as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names in China. But after checking it, we find this name conflict with your company. lt’s necessary to send email to you and confirm whether this company is your business partner or distributor in China?
If like that, we will finish this company’s application. If this company is not your partner or distributor in China, hope you can contact us in time so that we can deal with this matter better.
Looking forward to your reply.
Kind regards
Stephen Liu
Stephen Liu
Registration Department Manager
+86 21 6296 2950-Office
+86 21 6296 1557
+86 15 2217 29067-Cell
Email: stephen@dhtdns.com.cn
Web: http://www.dhtdns.com.cn
11 December 2009 @ 8:51 am
Here’s what we received…
—
(If you are not in charge of this please transfer this email to appropriate dept, thanks.)
Dear CEO,
We are the department of Asian Domain registration service in china. we have something need to confirm with you. We formally received an application on December 11, 2009, one company which called “Head & Partner Corp” is applying to register “xxxxxxxxxxx” as network brand and following Domains:
“xxxxxxxxxx.asia
xxxxxxxxxx.cn
xxxxxxxxxx.com.cn
xxxxxxxxxx.com.hk
xxxxxxxxxx.com.tw
xxxxxxxxxx.hk
xxxxxxxxxx.in
xxxxxxxxxx.net.cn
xxxxxxxxxx.tw”
After our initial examination, we found that the network brand applied for registration are as same as your company’s name and trademark. These days we are dealing with it, and hope to get the affirmation from your company. If your company has not authorized the aforesaid company to register these, please contact us as soon as possible.
In addition, we hereby confirm that our time limit is 7 workdays. If your company files no reply within the time limit, we will unconditionally approve the application submitted by “Head & Partner Corp”.
Best Regards,
Mike Lee (Mr.)
Senior Consultant
Room Room520,Unit A,International Shoes City,
No.1775 CaoAnRoad,Jiading District,Shanghai,China
Tel : +86-21-69106991
Fax : +86-21-69106670
—
We’re ignoring it, too.
18 December 2009 @ 11:57 am
Amazing. Here’s one I received, but they went one better with scam. The supposed Chinese company wishing to register a CN copy of my company name, wrote to tell me they intended to do it even though they were being advised not to by the China Domain Name Registration. A good guy, bad guy scenario developed
Dear Manager,
This email is from China Domain Name registration service company, which is the domain name registration center in Shanghai, China. A formal application here dated on Dec 14th, 2009 from Henshin company requested “medira” as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names in China. But after checking it, we find this name conflict with your company. lt’s necessary to send email to you and confirm whether this company is your business partner or distributor in China?
If like that, we will finish this company’s application. If this company is not your partner or distributor in China, hope you can contact us in time so that we can deal with this matter better.
Looking forward to your reply.
Kind regards
Stephen Liu
Stephen Liu
Registration Department Manager
+86 21 6296 2950-Office
+86 21 6296 1557
+86 15 2217 29067-Cell
Email: stephen.liu@dhtdns.com.cn
Web: http://www.dhtdns.com.cn
13 January 2010 @ 12:59 pm
I got the same. Just spammers!
29 January 2010 @ 6:13 pm
We received the same letter as Aaron. Decided to ignore it.
21 April 2010 @ 12:52 pm
We also got the same kind of request from a company named Hanshin, they want to use Awantel for their chinese domain.
Strange they are looking for old established domains.
8 May 2010 @ 3:59 pm
I can suggest to visit to you a site on which there are many articles on this question.
You have hit the mark. In it something is also idea good, agree with you.
I am sorry, that has interfered… This situation is familiar To me. It is possible to discuss.
This message, is matchless)))
Excuse, I have thought and have removed the idea
10 May 2010 @ 8:57 am
Hello, I received similar mail today. Very happy to find this web page, so now I know I can ignore the message below:
START
If you are not the person who is in charge of this, please forward to the right person/ department, as this is urgent, thank you.)
Dear CEO,
We are the department of registration service in China. we have something need to confirm with you. We formally received an application Yesterday, one company which self-styled “FoRcn Investment Co.,Ltd” are applying to register “XXXX” as brand name and domain names as below:
{complete list, deleted}
After our initial checking, we found the brand name and these domain names being applied are as same as your company’s, so we need to get the confirmation from your company. If the aforesaid company is your business partner or your subsidiary company, please DO NOT reply us, we will approve the application automatically.
If you have no any relationship with this company, please contact us within 7 workdays. If out of the deadline, we will approve the application submitted by “FoRcn Investment Co.,Ltd” unconditionally.
Best Regards,
Luke
Senior Examinant
{image with logo and phone numbers}
2010-05-10
END
25 May 2010 @ 2:47 am
Have you heard about this company?
Phone: +86-2168247379
Fax: +86-2168247376
Website:www.pix-dns.org
Address: Room 1303,No.11,Lane 788,Xiupu Road,Nanhui District,ShangHai,China
2009-10-16
I checked with their customer service, the girl speaked bad english ,they are fraud company ! My frined was cheated and loss more than 10,000 USD .I know that company’s boss named Mike Hua,they have less than 10 ppls as well. A FRAUD COMPANY THEY ARE !
6 July 2010 @ 1:20 pm
We received this today (July 6, 2010) – and it is very similar to the one from Aaron above. We also believe it to be a scame – and believe it to be “triggered” by our doing a WHOIS on our .net site. The .net sit ehas been parked for a year, but was activated last month as a redirect to our .com site.
Thank you for the opportunity you have provided for us to share this with others.
Frank
==========================
From: thomas.pan@china-tlds.info [mailto:thomas.pan@china-tlds.info]
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 3:34 AM
Subject: Urgent Announcement the brand ” imagesbydavido” dispute
(If you are not the person who is in charge of this, please forward to the right person/ department, as this is urgent, thank you!)
Dear CEO,
We are the department of registration service in China. We have something need to confirm with you. We formally received an application on July 5, 2010. One company which self-styled “Brainder thermies Investment co.ltd” are applying to register “imagesbydavido” as brand name and domain names as below :
imagesbydavido.asia
imagesbydavido.cn
imagesbydavido.com.cn
imagesbydavido.com.hk
imagesbydavido.com.tw
imagesbydavido.hk
imagesbydavido.in
imagesbydavido.net.cn
imagesbydavido.org.cn
imagesbydavido.tw
After our initial checking, we found the brand name and these domain names being applied are as same as your company’s, so we need to get the confirmation from your company. If the aforesaid company is your business partner or your subsidiary company, please don’t reply us, we will approve the application automatically.
If you have no any relationship with this company, please contact us within 10 workdays. If out of the deadline, we will approve the application submitted by “Brainder thermies Investment co.ltd” unconditionally.
Best regards,
Thomas Pan
22 July 2010 @ 2:29 pm
Wow – Three years later and this scam is still going strong, with pretty much the same wording as the original post. I just got one of these emails on Jul 22, 2010. Ignoring.
12 August 2010 @ 5:05 pm
The Wangs and Lius certainly abound, don’t they? Must all be members of the same family whose parents have a penchant for Western first names LOL.
Seriously, though…. I’m very glad I found this site and thanks for all the laughs reading the above. I have deleted my message from Nancy Wan, Senior Consultant of “the Department of Registration Service in China”.