Various companies in China are trying to scare domain owners in other countries into registering Chinese variants of their domain names by claiming some other party was trying to register these variants. Examples of this scam have been reported widely throughout 2008, involving the domains asiaton.cn, erimut.com, erimart.com, erimart-domains.com.cn, hknsc.hk, hongkongnet.org, hk-net.org.cn, hknetwork.hk.cn and others (erimut.com, erimart.com, erimart-domains.com.cn and hknsc.hk are linked by IP address).
Here is one that I received on 2008-12-08, originating from IP 58.38.209.249:
From: “andy” <andy@asiaton.cn>
To: “joewein” <joewein@pobox.com>
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 14:11
Subject: Urgent-Notification of intellectual propertyDear CEO,
We are Asiaton 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 “ROB GmbH” wants to apply “joewein” for its own Internet Trademark and CN domain name on Dec 8, 2008 in china. We need to know your opinion because the Internet Trademark And CN domain name may relate to the copyright of your company name on internet. If your company do not intervene in it,we will formally consent their registration
because the registration principle is that “Every company or individual can register the domain name and Internet Trademark which is not registered,and who registers first who owns first.”
we would like to get the affirmation of your company. If you have any question,please contact us by telephone or email as soon as possible!Best Regards !
Andy
Principal of Checking Department
Overseas Registration Organization
Tel:+(86)731-8187 729
Fax:+(86)731-8187 739
Mobile:+(86)731 6735 121
Skype:chinaregistry
E-mail:andy@asiaton.cn
web:www.asiaton.cn
2008-12-08
Such email solicitations are fraudulent, because you can safely assume that the same email, with other domains substituted for yours, has gone out to thousands of domain owners. I found an almost identical email (listing the same third party supposedly trying to register a domain) in another blog. Somebody obviously thinks being a registrar is a license to milk foreigners.
Don’t fall for this scam, they’re playing on fear.
If you own a .com, .net or national TLD (.co.uk, de., .fr, etc) domain but are not planning to set up a Chinese office or not even doing any business in China you have no reason to spend money on a domain registration with a Chinese registrar. Also, trademarks and domains are largely separate issues. You don’t become a trademark owner merely by registering a domain and vice versa.
The only domains that really count for your business are .com/.net/.org (depending on the nature of your organisation) and/or the country code top level domain (ccTLD, such as .co.uk or .jp) if you’re based outside the USA.
Below are other examples of domain registration spams / scams that I have received before. I am sure there are a lot more out there.
Received on 2008-03-18 from 221.221.167.121:
From: “Bruce.li” <Bruce.li@erimut.com>
To: “jwspamspy” <jwspamspy@pobox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 12:53
Subject: Jwspamspy Domain NameDear joewein.de LLC,
We are Beijing Erimut Network Information Technology Co., Ltd in China, which is the domain name registration centre here. A formal application from the company called ChengGuang Investment (China) Co.,Ltd is to register ” jwspamspy ” as their domain name and internet keyword on Mar 17th 2008. Since this involves your company name or trade mark, in no time do we inform you of this. Please contact us timely if a first registration is needed to protect the domain names and internet keywords.
Kind Regards
Bruce.LiTel: +86-10-62667420 ext.602
Fax: +86-10-62667460Email: Bruce.li@erimut.com
Beijing Erimut Network Information Technology Co.,Ltd
Website: www.erimut.com2008-03-18
Bruce.li
Received on 2008-7-30 from 123.127.123.173:
From: “thomas.zhang” <thomas.zhang@erimart-domains.com.cn>
To: “419” <419@419scam.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:55
Subject: Joewein Domain name & Internet keywordJuly 30, 2008
Joewein
Domain name & Internet keyword
Dear Sir/Madam,
We are Beijing Erimart Network Service Co., Ltd which is the domain name register center in China. We received a formal application from a company who is applying to register “joewein” as their domain name and Internet keyword on July 27, 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,
Thomas.Zhang
Tel: +86-10-62961631-8017
Fax: +86-10-82780671
Email: thomas.zhang@erimart-domains.com.cn
Beijing Erimart Network Service Co, Ltd
http://www.erimart.com
2008-07-30
thomas.zhang
Received on 2008-11-07 from IP 58.38.209.249:
From: “jackey.zhuang” <jackey.zhuang@hongkongnet.org>
To: “419” <419@419scam.org>
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 18:10
Subject: 419scam NoticeDear Sir/Madam,
We are Hong Kong Network service Company Limited, the an official domain name registration center.
On Nov 06, we received an application from another company for the domain names “419scam” , but later we found your company is their original owner and this may involve your company name or trade mark 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 thismatter.That is, do you want to protect these domain names by registrering them ahead or not? 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,
Jackey.zhuang
Tel: +852-31757930 ext.8012
Fax:+852-31757932
Email:jackey.zhuang@hongkongnet.org
Hong Kong Network Service Co. Ltd
Website:www.hknsc.hk
Dear Sir or Madam,
This is a letter regarding the authorization of domain and brand names of your company, please take it seriously. The registration request has been received by our company from HUHAN Global Ltd applying to register scandicbeauty as their brand name and some top-level domain names(.CN .HK etc). We found the main body of those names is the same as yours after our initial checking.
We are handling the request and needing to confirm whether or not your company authorizes the 3rd party company to register them ASAP. Please let me know your opinions so as to solve it promptly. Looking forward to your reply.
Best Regards,
Rachel Lee
Tel:0086-551-6349-1193
Fax:0086-551-6349-1192
Building 2,Zhidi Square,No.288,Huaining Road,Hefei Anhui
Another one:
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(It’s very urgent, please transfer this email to your CEO. Thanks)
We are the domain registration and solution center in China. On August 7, 2017, we received an application from Jiaxun Ltd requested “419scam” as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names (419scam.cn, 419scam.com.cn, 419scam.net.cn, 419scam.org.cn). But after checking it, we find this name conflict with your company name or trademark. In order to deal with this matter better, it’s necessary to send email to you and confirm whether your company have connection with this Chinese company or not?
Best Regards,
Nick Liu | Service & Operations Manager
CN Registry (Head Office) | 6012, Xingdi Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, Shanghai 201103, China
Tel: +86-02164193517 | Fax: +86-02161918697 | Mob: +86-13816428671
Web: http://www.cnregistry.org
This email contains privileged and confidential information intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy this email and inform the sender immediately. We appreciate you respecting the confidentiality of this information by not disclosing or using the information in this email.
Same experience :
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To whom it may concern,
Sorry to bother you, we need your confirmation about the authorization of registration of your company name bestholidaysitaly, please read this letter thoroughly.
We are the Chinese agency engaging in registering brand name and domain names. Our center received the registration request from Acelander Technology and they applied to register bestholidaysitaly as their brand name and some top-level domain names(.CN/.HK etc). We found the main body of those names is the same as your company name. I am not sure about the relationship between your company and the 3rd party company. Please let me know whether or not your company authorizes them to register names. We are handling the request and urgently needing your clarification.
Thanks for your cooperation and look forward to your prompt reply.
Best regards,
Amos Ma
Tel:+86-551 634911 93
Fax:+86-551 634911 92
Address:Building 2,Zhidi Square,No.288,Huaining Road,Hefei,Anhui,China
Dear Sir/ Ms.
We are a domain name registration service agency. Our center received an application from Vicky Kong International today. They applied to register “____” as their Brand Name and applied for several top-level domains. However, the main body of these names is same as your used name. We’re not sure about your relationship with this company.
Now we are processing this application. Our center needs to confirm whether the application is authorized by your company. If so, we will proceed with their registration. If not, please inform us as soon as possible in order to take the next step. We await your prompt reply.
Regards,
Pierre Lee
Tel: +86-551-6349-1193
Fax: +86-551-6349-1192
Room 806,Fortune Square,No.278,Suixi Road,Hefei China
Hello,
I just received this the other day – another scam – identical to the one above.
Dear Sir/Madam,
We are a domain registrar. We received application request from Tuanxin Limited Company, they apply to register sunsetpalmsdesigns as their brand and top-level domain names. we found the main body of those domain names is same as your company name. I confirm with your company about the relationship between you two companies. Please let me know whether or not you authorize them to register those domain names.
Right now, we don’t pass their registration request. We are confirming it whether or not you authorize them to register those domain names.. looking forward to your reply, thanks.
Best Regards
Elvis Huang
Tel: +86-551-6349-1193
Fax: +86-551- 6349-1192
Address:Room 806,Fortune Square,No.278,Suixi Road,Hefei China
—–Oorspronkelijk bericht—–
Van: Charles Yuan [mailto:CY@voip-ltd.com.cn]
Verzonden: woensdag 27 september 2017 21:56
Aan: info@fransgaatwarehousen.nl
Onderwerp: fransgaatwarehousen
Urgentie: Hoog
Dear Sir or Madam,
Sorry to bother you. We are domain registrar and received the registration request from Hans Investment Company applying to register fransgaatwarehousen brand and domain names(cn hk etc). We found those names have same main body as your company’s name. We hereby confirm with your company whether or not your company are affiliated with the applicant. Please let me know your thoughts ASAP so as to let us work this out, Have a nice day.
Best regards,
Charles Yuan
Tel:+86-551-6349-1193
Fax:+86-551-6349-1192
Address:Room 806,Fortune Square,No.278,Suixi Road,Hefei China
Dear Sir or Madam,
Sorry to bother you. We are domain registrar and received the registration request from Plmu Int’l ltd applying to register asysyirkahindonesia brand and domain names(cn hk etc). We found those names have same main body as your company’s name. We hereby confirm with your company whether or not your company are affiliated with the applicant. Please let me know your thoughts ASAP so as to let us work this out, Have a nice day.
Frank Wu
Tel: +86-551-6349-1193
Fax: +86-551- 6349-1192
Address:Room 806,Fortune Square,No.278,Suixi Road,Hefei China
I am so glad you posted this information We had the same message
Notice: regarding the domain name dispute and registration case, we did not receive any of your reply until now. Concerning the mentioned domains names and brand name please confirm whether you need to register those names by yourselves? If need, please let us know in time, we can send an application form to you. If you think the registration of that company or the use of following domain names will not bring any negative effect to your company, i suggest you can give up these domain names, then we will accept that company application unconditionally. Further questions please contact me in time.
Best regards,
Charles Yuan
Tel:+86-551-6349-1193
Fax:+86-551-6349-1192
Address:Room 806,Fortune Square,No.278,Suixi Road,Hefei China
—– Original Message —–
From: Stephen Murrell
To: Charles Yuan
Date: 2017-09-29, 17:19:35
Subject: Re: thetrainingcompany
Dear Mr Yuan.
thank you for your message
No we are not affiliated with other companies.
Please don’t hesitate to contact e if you require more information
Kind regards
Stephen Murrell
Stephen Murrell
The Training Company
Via Carducci 5/1
16121 Genova
Italy
tel +39 010 540964 + 39 010 010 0995074
Visit our web site http://www.thetrainingcompany.org
Il 9/29/2017 2:58 AM, Charles Yuan ha scritto:
> Mail
>
> Dear Sir or Madam,
>
> Sorry to bother you. We are domain registrar and received the
> registration request from Hans Investment Company applying to register
> thetrainingcompany brand and domain names(cn hk etc). We found those
> names have same main body as your company’s name. We hereby confirm
> with your company whether or not your company are affiliated with the
> applicant. Please let me know your thoughts ASAP so as to let us work
> this out, Have a nice day.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Charles Yuan
> Tel:+86-551-6349-1193
> Fax:+86-551-6349-1192
> Address:Room 806,Fortune Square,No.278,Suixi Road,Hefei China
>
—
Stephen Murrell
The Training Company
Via Carducci 5/1
16121 Genova
Italy
tel +39 010 540964 + 39 010 010 0995074
Visit our web site http://www.thetrainingcompany.org
Another scam.
Dear CEO or General Manager,
Please read this letter carefully since this is an urgent case. We are an agency engaging in registering brand name and domain names. Today, our center received an application from CHNAN International Ltd applying to register greenroominfo as their brand name and some top-level domain names(.CN .HK etc). After our careful investigation, We found the main body of domain names is same as yours. As a professional registrar, We are obligated to inform you of this situation.
We are handling the application and we need to confirm whether or not you authorize them to register them? Let me know your answer ASAP so as to solve this promptly. Thanks for your cooperation.
Best Regards,
David Lee
Tel:+86-551-6349-1193
Fax:+86-551-6349-1192
Address:No. 131, Jinzhai Road, Hefei City, China
Thanks for sharing it . I was looking for this information.
(Please forward this letter to your President or CEO. Thank you )
Dear Sir or Madam,
We are the Department of Asian Domain & Brand Registration Service . Today, our center received an application from YASANTA GROUP applying to register ” bt9-tech ” as their brand name and some top-level domain names(.CN .HK etc). After our careful investigation, We found the main body of domain names is same as yours. As a professional registrar, We are obligated to inform you of this situation.
We are handling the application and we need to confirm whether or not you authorize them to register them? Let me know your answer ASAP so as to solve this promptly. Thanks for your cooperation.
Best Regards
Tim Huang
Phone: +86 551-6512-8124 || Fax: +86 551-6512-0084
No.210 FeiCui Road || ShuShan District || Hefei City || China
2018-01-15
same scam received.
(Please forward this letter to your President or CEO. Thank you )
Dear Sir or Madam,
We are the Department of Asian Domain & Brand Registration Service . Today, our center received an application from YASANTA GROUP applying to register ” bt9-tech ” as their brand name and some top-level domain names(.CN .HK etc). After our careful investigation, We found the main body of domain names is same as yours. As a professional registrar, We are obligated to inform you of this situation.
We are handling the application and we need to confirm whether or not you authorize them to register them? Let me know your answer ASAP so as to solve this promptly. Thanks for your cooperation.
Best Regards
Tim Huang
Phone: +86 551-6512-8124 || Fax: +86 551-6512-0084
No.210 FeiCui Road || ShuShan District || Hefei City || China
2018-01-15
Same here in Germany
(Please forward this letter to your President or CEO. Thank you )
Dear Sir or Madam,
We are the Department of Asian Domain & Brand Registration Service . Today, our center received an application from YASANTA GROUP applying to register ” trampe-communication ” as their brand name and some top-level domain names(.CN .HK etc). After our careful investigation, We found the main body of domain names is same as yours. As a professional registrar, We are obligated to inform you of this situation.
We are handling the application and we need to confirm whether or not you authorize them to register them? Let me know your answer ASAP so as to solve this promptly. Thanks for your cooperation.
Best Regards
Tim Huang
Phone: +86 551-6512-8124 || Fax: +86 551-6512-0084
No.210 FeiCui Road || ShuShan District || Hefei City || China
2018-01-23
Same here in France :
Dear Sir/Madam,
We are an agency engaging in registering brand and domain names. Our center received an application from Guaijie Technology Ltd and they apply to register XXXXXX as their brand name and some top-level domain names. We found the name is same as your used name. I don’t know whether or not you have authorized them.
We are handling the application form and confirming with you if you authorize them or not ? If you don’t authorize them, please give me an reply.Looking forward to your reply.
Best Regards
Elvis Huang
Tel:0086-551-6349-1193
Fax:0086-551-6349-1192
Building 2,Zhidi Square,No.288,Huaining Road,Hefei Anhui
cnygdomain.cn is another domain in that scam:
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Dear CEO,
(It’s very urgent, please transfer this email to your CEO. If this email affects you, we are very sorry, please ignore this email. Thanks)
We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration center in China.
We received an application from Hua Hai Ltd on February 25, 2019. They want to register ” MY-DOMAIN ” as their Internet Keyword and ” MY-DOMAIN .cn “、” MY-DOMAIN .com.cn ” 、” MY-DOMAIN .net.cn “、” MY-DOMAIN .org.cn ” 、” MY-DOMAIN .asia “、domain names, they are in China and Asia domain names. But after checking it, we find ” MY-DOMAIN ” conflicts with your company. In order to deal with this matter better, so we send you email and confirm whether this company is your distributor or business partner in China or not? Please reply to mike.zhang@cnygdomain.cn or chinanameregistry@188.com.
Best Regards
**************************************
Mike Zhang | Service Manager
Cn YG Domain (Head Office)
8006, Xinlong Building, No. 415 WuBao Road, Shanghai 201105, China
Tel: +86-2161918696 | Fax: +86-2161918697 | Mob: +86-1582177 1823
Email: mike.zhang@cnygdomain.cn or chinanameregistry@188.com
Web: www(dot)cnygdomain(dot)cn
Another one (from mandy,chen@snsl.org.cn):
Dear Sir,
The important affair is about your company name 419scam registration,please forward it to your company’s leader.
Recently we received the registration application from Shenzhen Top Co.,Ltd,they want to register the 419scam brand name and some domain names. As an authoritative and responsible registrar,we need to confirm if the company is your company’s cooperative partner. Also we need to verify whether you have allowed the company to apply these names.
Waiting for your response
Best Regards,
Mandy Chen
Executive Manager
Address:Floor 12, Baida CBD Building, 360 West Changjiang Road,Hefei Anhui, China
Tel: (+86) 07395 2159 80
Fax:(+86) 07395 2159 80
A new Executive Manager, but the same stuff:
“Dear Director,
This matter is concening the registration of your company name “xxxxxxxxx”, please check it earnestly.
We are an Official registrar. A few days ago, Our center received an application from Changsha top Co.,Ltd and they apply to register “xxxxxxxxxx” as their brand name and some top-level domain names. Please confirm if you have approved their application.Please reply me an e-mail.Thank you.
Best Regards,
Barbara Lau
Executive Manager
Address:Floor 12, Baida CBD Building, 360 West Changjiang Road,Hefei Anhui, China
Tel: (+86) 07395 2159 80
Fax:(+86) 07395 2159 80
Dear Sir,
The important affair is about your company name cesi-safewater registration,please forward it to your company’s leader.
Recently we received the registration application from Jilin Top Co.,Ltd,they want to register the cesi-safewater brand name and some domain names. As an authoritative and responsible registrar,we need to confirm if the company is your company’s cooperative partner. Also we need to verify whether you have allowed the company to apply these names.
Waiting for your response
Best Regards,
Mandy Chen
Executive Manager
Address:Floor 12, Baida CBD Building, 360 West Changjiang Road,Hefei Anhui, China
Tel: (+86) 07395 2159 80
Fax:(+86) 07395 2159 80
Another one:
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(Please forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent. Thanks)
We are the domain name registration service company in China. On Dec 17, 2019, we received an application from Kanghong Ltd requested “[MY-DOMAIN]” as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names ([MY-DOMAIN].cn, [MY-DOMAIN].com.cn, [MY-DOMAIN].net.cn, [MY-DOMAIN].org.cn). But after checking it, we find this name conflict with your company name or trademark. In order to deal with this matter better, it’s necessary to send email to you and confirm whether your company have relations with this Chinese company or not?
Best Regards
*************************************
Jeff Liu | Service & Operations Manager
China Registry (Head Office) | 6012, Xingdi Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, Shanghai 201103, China
Tel: +86-02161918696 | Fax: +86-02161918697 | Mob: +86-13816428671
Email: jeff@chinaregistry.org.cn
Web: http://www.chinaregistry.org.cn
*************************************
This email contains privileged and confidential information intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy this email and inform the sender immediately. We appreciate you respecting the confidentiality of this information by not disclosing or using the information in this email.
Email: jeff@chinaregistry.org.cn
Same scam:
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Dear Manager,
(Please forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent. Thanks!)
We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration center in Shanghai, China. On December 16, 2019, we received an application from Xingtian Holdings Ltd requested “[MY-DOMAIN]” as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names( [MY-DOMAIN].cn/ [MY-DOMAIN].com.cn/ [MY-DOMAIN].net.cn/ [MY-DOMAIN].org.cn).
After checking it, we find this name conflict with your company name or trademark. In order to deal with this matter better, we send email to you and confirm whether your company have relations with this Chinese company or not?
Kind regards
Alex
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Mr.Alex Lee | Services & Operating Manager
YGCHINA | Headquarters | http://www.ygchina.org
Email: alex.lee@ygchina.org | info@ygchina.org
8008, Tianan Building, No. 1399 Jinqiao Road, Shanghai 200120, China
T: 0086-134-8281-9147 | Tel: 0086-21-6191-8696 | Fax: 0086-21-6191-8697
Same scam, here in Argentina!
Dear Sir,
The important affair is about your company name laboratoriokw registration,please forward it to your company’s leader.
Recently we received the registration application from Shanghai Tex Co.,Ltd,they want to register the laboratoriokw brand name and some domain names. As an authoritative and responsible registrar,we need to confirm if the company is your company’s cooperative partner. Also we need to verify whether you have allowed the company to apply these names.
Waiting for your response.
Best Regards,
Wendy Yuan
Executive Manager
Address:Floor 12, Baida CBD Building, 360 West Changjiang Road,Hefei Anhui, China
Tel: (+86) 07395 2159 80
Fax:(+86) 07395 2159 80
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Thanks for the advice !
Thanks for your blog post…
I guess I should feel honored to have finally gotten a scam email after all this time… The only thing is, mine is not as eloquent as your examples… I guess they are getting lazy…
It is merely:
FROM: garen
TO: webmaster
SUBJECT: xxxxxxxxxx (My domain name)
Dear Manager,
We are an agency engaging in registering brand name and domain names. Our center received an application from WeiNian International Ltd and they apply to register xxxxxxxxxx (my domain name) as their brand name and some top-level domain names. We found the main body of domain names is same as your company name. I am not sure about the relationship between you and them. Please tell me whether or not your company authorizes them to register names.
We are dealing with the application and we need to confirm whether you have authorized them? If you don’t authorize them, please reply me an e-mail. Looking forward to your reply.
Best regards,
Garen Yan | Service & Operations Manager
Same in Switzerland:
Dear Manager,
We are an agency engaging in registering brand name and domain names. Our center received an application from KayuKa International Ltd and they apply to register xxxxxxxxxxx as their brand name and some top-level domain names. We found the main body of domain names is same as your company name. I am not sure about the relationship between you and them. Please tell me whether or not your company authorizes them to register names.
We are dealing with the application and we need to confirm whether you have authorized them? If you don’t authorize them, please reply me an e-mail. Looking forward to your reply.
Best regards,
Garen Yan | Service & Operations Manager
This e-mail are confidential and may contain information that is exempt from disclosure by law and subject to copyright.
P please consider the environment before printing this e-mail
Does anyone know where these people source the email addresses from? We’ve recently had one sent to our club, it’s been sent to several contacts at the club on their different email addresses. The email addresses are only on our main web site behind a Google recaptcha page, and one of them is only on our forum and does not appear on the main web site.
Hi, there is the same in France in june 2020 from garen@yundian-ip.cn
De : Garen : garen@yundian-ip.cn
Dear Manager,
We are an agency engaging in registering brand name and domain names. Our center received an application from BouYu International Ltd and they apply to register xxxxxxxxxxxxx (my domain) as their brand name and some top-level domain names. We found the main body of domain names is same as your company name. I am not sure about the relationship between you and them. Please tell me whether or not your company authorizes them to register names.
We are dealing with the application and we need to confirm whether you have authorized them? If you don’t authorize them, please reply me an e-mail. Looking forward to your reply.
Best regards,
Garen Yan | Service & Operations Manager
And Australia 2020, 12 years on….
Dear Manager,
We are an agency engaging in registering brand name and domain names. Our center received an application from Lakalai International Ltd and they apply to register xxxxxxx as their brand name and some top-level domain names. We found the main body of domain names is same as your company name. I am not sure about the relationship between you and them. Please tell me whether or not your company authorizes them to register names.
We are dealing with the application and we need to confirm whether you have authorized them? If you don’t authorize them, please reply me an e-mail. Looking forward to your reply.
Best regards,
Garen Yan | Service & Operations Manager
Just got it today, wow, 12 years and still going.
Frank Liu frank@chinaregistry-shanghai.comHide
To info xxxx@xxxxx.com
(If you are NOT CEO, please kindly forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent. If you believe this has been sent to you in error, please ignore it. Thanks)
Dear CEO,
This email is from China domain name registration center. On June 27, 2020, we received an application from Hongxin Ltd requested “xxxx” as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names (xxxx.cn, xxxx.com.cn, xxxxx.net.cn, xxxx.org.cn). But after checking it, we find this name conflict with your company name or trademark. In order to deal with this matter better, it’s necessary to send email to you and confirm whether this company is your business partner in China?
Best Regards
Frank Liu | Service & Operations Manager
China Registry (Head Office)
Tel: +86-02161918696
Fax: +86-02161918697
Mob: +86-13816428671
6012, Xingdi Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, Shanghai 201103, China
*****************************************
This email contains privileged and confidential information intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy this email and inform the sender immediately. We appreciate you respecting the confidentiality of this information by not disclosing or using the information in this email.
(If you are NOT CEO, please kindly forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent. If you believe this has been sent to you in error, please ignore it. Thanks)
Dear CEO,
This email is from China domain name registration center. On July 13, 2020, we received an application from Hongxin Ltd requested “xxxxxxxx” as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names (xxxxxxx.cn, xxxxxxxx.com.cn, xxxxxxx.cn, xxxxxxxx.org.cn). But after checking it, we find this name conflict with your company name or trademark. In order to deal with this matter better, it’s necessary to send email to you and confirm whether this company is your business partner in China?
Best Regards
Thomas Liu | Service & Operations Manager
China Registry (Head Office)
Tel: +86-02161918696
Fax: +86-02161918697
Mob: +86-13816428671
6012, Xingdi Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, Shanghai 201103, China
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This email contains privileged and confidential information intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy this email and inform the sender immediately. We appreciate you respecting the confidentiality of this information by not disclosing or using the information in this email.
Hi there, and great thanks to the original post creator 👍. I personally was not sure to take it seriously, but now seeing the same messages from all of u guys, I am certain as well that this is a scam.
Here is my version, greetings from Switzerland:
Dear Sir,
The serious matter is regarding your company name XXX registration, please forward it to your company’s leader.
Recently we received the registration application from Hangzhou Top Co.,Ltd,they want to register the XXX brand name and some domain names. As an authoritative and responsible registrar,we are obliged to confirm if the company is your company’s cooperative partner. Also we need to verify whether you have allowed the company to apply these names.
Waiting for your response
Best Regards,
Barbara Chen
Senior Manager
Address:8th Floor,Berlin International,Shuangqing District,Shaoyang Hunan, China
Tel: (+86) 0 739 521 5980
Fax:(+86) 0 739 521 5980
Another one:
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From: “Simon Liu” <simon@cnregistrydns.com>
To: “info” <info@[MY-DOMAIN].[TLD]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 15:28
Subject: [MY-DOMAIN]
It’s very urgent, therefore we kindly ask you to forward this email to your CEO. If you believe this has been sent to you in error, please ignore it. Thanks)
Dear CEO,
We are the domain registration and solution center in China. On September 22, 2020, we received an application from Hongxin Ltd requested “[MY-DOMAIN]” as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names ([MY-DOMAIN].cn, [MY-DOMAIN].com.cn, [MY-DOMAIN].net.cn, [MY-DOMAIN].org.cn). But after checking it, we find this name conflict with your company name or trademark. In order to deal with this matter better, it’s necessary to send email to you and confirm whether this company is your distributor in China?
Best Regards
Simon Liu | Service & Operations Manager
China Registry (Head Office)
CHINA
REGISTRY
www.chinaregistry.net.cnTel: +86-02161918696
Fax: +86-02161918697
Mob: +86-13816428671
6012, Xingdi Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, Shanghai 201103, China
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The same for me from: lei@yundian-ip.cn
Dear Manager,
We are an agency engaging in registering brand name and domain names. Our center received an application from ZuiMeiRu International Ltd and they apply to register xxxxxxxxxxx as their brand name and some top-level domain names. We found the main body of domain names is same as your company name. I am not sure about the relationship between you and them. Please tell me whether or not your company authorizes them to register names.
We are dealing with the application and we need to confirm whether you have authorized them? If you don’t authorize them, please reply me an e-mail. Looking forward to your reply.
Best regards,
Lei Huang | Service & Operations Manager
And another one to add to the list where the below email was received at 12:05pm EST on 11/16/20, which would be around 12:05am on 11/17/20 in China from a Paul Liu – who knew a “legit” Chinese domain name registration company worked at that time of day 🙂
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(It’s very urgent, therefore we kindly ask you to forward this email to your CEO. If you believe this has been sent to you in error, please ignore it. Thanks)
Dear CEO,
We are the domain name registration service company in China. On November 17, 2020, we received an application from Hongxin Ltd requested “phionline” as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names (phionline.cn, phionline.com.cn, phionline.net.cn, phionline.org.cn). But after checking it, we find this name conflict with your company name or trademark. In order to deal with this matter better, it’s necessary to send email to you and confirm whether this company is your distributor or business partner in China?
Best Regards
Paul Liu | Service & Operations Manager
China Registry (Head Office)
Tel: +86-02161918696
Fax: +86-02161918697
Mob: +86-13816428671
6012, Xingdi Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, Shanghai 201103, China
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This email contains privileged and confidential information intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy this email and inform the sender immediately. We appreciate you respecting the confidentiality of this information by not disclosing or using the information in this email.
Has any tried turning the story back to them and asking them to forward a letter to their CEO? Play their game?
jeff@cndomains.org wrote:
(Please kindly forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent. If you believe this has been sent to you in error, please ignore it. Thanks)
Dear CEO,
We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration center in Shanghai, China. On December 18, 2020, we received an application from Hongsheng Ltd requested “[REDACTED]” as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names ([REDACTED].cn, [REDACTED].com.cn, [REDACTED].net.cn, [REDACTED].org.cn). But after checking it, we find this name conflict with your company name or trademark. In order to deal with this matter better, it’s necessary to send email to you and confirm whether this company is your business partner in China?
Best Regards
Jeff Liu | Service & Operations Manager
China Registry (Head Office)
Tel: +86-02161918696
Fax: +86-02161918697
Mob: +86-13816428671
6012, Xingdi Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, Shanghai 201103, China
Louise Yang
Dear Sir,
We are obliged to inform you about the company name xxx registration,please forward it to your company’s leader.Thank you!
We are the organization engaging in registering brand name and domain names.Recently we received the registration application from Tianjin Max Co.,Ltd,they want to register the xxx brand name and some domain names. As an authoritative and responsible registrar,we need to confirm if the company is your company’s cooperative partner. Also we need to verify whether you have allowed the company to apply these names.
Waiting for your response.
Best Regards,
Louise Yang
Senior Manager
Address:8th Floor,Berlin International,Shuangqing District,Shaoyang Hunan, China
Tel: (+86) 0 739 521 5980
Fax:(+86) 0 739 521 5980
Received 2021-02-21 from Mike Zhang <mike@registry-china.net.cn>:
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Dear CEO,
(It’s very urgent, please transfer this email to your CEO. If this email affects you, we are very sorry, please ignore this email. Thanks)
We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration center in China.
We received an application from Hua Ke Ltd on February 19, 2021. They want to register ” [YOUR-NAME] ” as their Internet Keyword and ” [YOUR-NAME] .cn “?” [YOUR-NAME] .com.cn ” ?” [YOUR-NAME] .net.cn “?” [YOUR-NAME] .org.cn ” domain names, they are in China domain names. But after checking it, we find ” [YOUR-NAME] ” conflicts with your company. In order to deal with this matter better, so we send you email and confirm whether this company is your distributor or business partner in China or not?
Best Regards
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Mike Zhang | Service Manager
China Domain Registry (Head Office)
No. 300, Xuanhua Road, Changning District, Shanghai200050, China
Tel: +86-2161918696 | Fax: +86-2161918697 | Mob: +86-1582177 1823
Web: www(dot)china-registry(dot)net
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Received on 3/3/2021—–Clark Lee: clark.lee@ygchina.org.cn
Dear Manager,
(Please forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent. Thanks!)
This is writing from a Network Service Company which mainly deal with the domain name registration in Shanghai, China. On March 3, 2021, we received an application from Kaqi Holdings Ltd requested “nicasiabank” as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names( //nicasiabank.cn/ //nicasiabank.com.cn/ //nicasiabank.net.cn/ nicasiabank.org.cn). After checking it on the internet, we found this name/trademark has been using by your company. So it will conflict with your name/trademark. In order to deal with this matter better, we send you email to confirm whether this company is your distributor or business partner in China or not?
Kind regards
Clark
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Mr.Clark Lee | Services & Operating Manager
YGCHINA | Headquarters | http[://]www [.] ygchina [.] org [.] cn
8008, Tianan Building, No. 1399 Jinqiao Road, Shanghai 200120, China
T: 0086-134-8281-9147 | Tel: 0086-21-6191-8696 | Fax: 0086-21-6191-8697
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Another:
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Dear CEO,
(It’s very urgent, please transfer this email to your CEO. If this email affects you, we are very sorry, please ignore this email. Thanks)
We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration center in China.
We received an application from Hui hua Ltd on April 12, 2021. They want to register ” joewein ” as their Internet Keyword and ” joewein .cn “、” joewein .com.cn ” 、” joewein .net.cn “、” joewein .org.cn ” domain names, they are in China domain names. But after checking it, we find ” joewein ” conflicts with your company. In order to deal with this matter better, so we send you email and confirm whether this company is your distributor or business partner in China or not?
Best Regards
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Mike Zhang | Service Manager
China Domain Registry (Head Office)
No. 300, Xuanhua Road, Changning District, Shanghai200050, China
Tel: +86-2161918696 | Fax: +86-2161918697 | Mob: +86-1582177 1823
Web: www(dot)china-registry(dot)net
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Another spam:
From: “Robert Liu”
To: [REDACTED]
Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2021 02:40
Subject: [MYDOMAIN]
(Please kindly forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent. If you believe this has been sent to you in error, please ignore it. Thanks)
Dear CEO,
We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration center in Shanghai, China. On May 23, 2021, we received an application from Hongwei Ltd requested “[MYDOMAIN]” as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names ([MYDOMAIN].cn, [MYDOMAIN].com.cn, [MYDOMAIN].net.cn, [MYDOMAIN].org.cn). But after checking it, we find this name conflict with your company name or trademark. In order to deal with this matter better, it’s necessary to send email to you and confirm whether this company is your distributor or business partner in China?
Best Regards
Robert Liu | Service & Operations Manager
China Registry (Head Office)
Tel: +86-02161918696
Fax: +86-02161918697
Mob: +86-13816428671
6012, Xingdi Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, Shanghai 201103, China
Another one identical to above:
From: Steve Liu
Sent: 28 May 2021 06:02
To:
Subject:
(If you are NOT CEO, please kindly forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent. If you believe this has been sent to you in error, please ignore it. Thanks)
Dear CEO,
This email is from China domain name registration center. On May 28, 2021, we received an application from Hongwei Ltd requested “MY DOMAIN” as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names (MY DOMAIN.cn, MY DOMAIN.com.cn, MY DOMAIN.net.cn, MY DOMAIN.org.cn). But after checking it, we find this name conflict with your company name or trademark. In order to deal with this matter better, it’s necessary to send email to you and confirm whether this company is your distributor in China?
Best Regards
Steve Liu | Service & Operations Manager
China Registry (Head Office)
Tel: +86-2161918696
Fax: +86-2161918697
Mob: +86-13816428671
6012, Xingdi Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, Shanghai 201103, China
And another:
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Dear CEO,
(It’s very urgent, please transfer this email to your CEO. If this email affects you, we are very sorry, please ignore this email. Thanks)
We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration center in China.
We received an application from Hai Tong Ltd on October 18, 2021. They want to register ” [YOUR-NAME] ” as their Internet Keyword and ” [YOUR-NAME] .cn “、” [YOUR-NAME] .com.cn ” 、” [YOUR-NAME] .net.cn “、” [YOUR-NAME] .org.cn “domain names, they are in China domain names. But after checking it, we find ” [YOUR-NAME] ” conflicts with your company. In order to deal with this matter better, so we send you email and confirm whether this company is your distributor or business partner in China or not?
Best Regards
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Mike Zhang | Service Manager
Domain Registry Asia (Head Office)
No. 300, Xuanhua Road, Changning District, Shanghai200050, China
Tel: +86-2161918696 | Fax: +86-2161918697 | Mob: +86-1582177 1823
Web: www(dot)domainregistryasia(dot)net
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And yet another:
From: “Adrian Liu” adrian@chinanames.org
(It’s very urgent, therefore we kindly ask you to forward this email to your CEO. If you believe this has been sent to you in error, please ignore it. Thanks)
Dear CEO,
We are the domain registration and solution center in China. On March 28, 2022, we received an application from Hongmei Ltd requested “YOURDOMAIN” as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names (YOURDOMAIN.cn, YOURDOMAIN.com.cn, YOURDOMAIN.net.cn, YOURDOMAIN.org.cn). But after checking it, we find this name conflict with your company name or trademark. In order to deal with this matter better, it’s necessary to send email to you and confirm whether this company is your distributor in China?
Best Regards
Adrian Liu | Service & Operations Manager
China Registry (Head Office)
Tel: +86-2161918696
Fax: +86-2161918697
Mob: +86-13816428671
6012, Xingdi Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, Shanghai 201103, China
Dear Manager,
(Please forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent. Thanks!) We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration center in Shanghai, China. On June 06, 2022, we received an application from Longfan Holdings Ltd requested “prudentialplc” as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names( prudentialplc.cn/ prudentialplc.com.cn/ prudentialplc.net.cn/ prudentialplc.org.cn).After checking it, we find this name conflict with your company name or trademark. In order to deal with this matter better, we send email to you and confirm whether your company have affiliation with this Chinese company or not?
Kind regards
Alex
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Mr.Alex Lee | Services & Operating Manager YGCHINA | Headquarters | w w w[.]ygc hina[.]org[.]cn 8008, Tianan Building, No. 1399 Jinqiao Road, Shangh ai 200120, Chin a
T: 0086-134-8281-914 7 | Tel: 008 6-21-6191-8 696 | Fax: 008 6-21-6191-869 7
Fourteen years and this crap continues…this time in Argentina.
Come on, Chinese people… you don’t get tired from this?
Dear CEO,
(It’s very urgent, please transfer this email to your CEO. If this email affects you, we are very sorry, please ignore this email. Thanks)
We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration center in China.
We received an application from Hai Tong Ltd on July 4, 2022. They want to register ” bulonfer ” as their Internet Keyword and ” bulonfer .cn “、” bulonfer .com.cn ” 、” bulonfer .net.cn “、” bulonfer .org.cn ” domain names, they are in China domain names. But after checking it, we find ” bulonfer ” conflicts with your company. In order to deal with this matter better, so we send you email and confirm whether this company is your distributor or business partner in China or not?
Best Regards
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Mike Zhang | Service Manager
China Domain Registry (Head Office)
No. 300, Xuanhua Road, Changning District, Shanghai200050, China
Tel: +86-2161918696 | Fax: +86-2161918697 | Mob: +86-1582177 1823
Web: www(dot)china-registry(dot)net
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From: Simon Liu
Sent: 02 September 2022 21:00
To:
Subject: [our url]
(If you are NOT CEO, please kindly forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent. If you believe this has been sent to you in error, please ignore it. Thanks)
Dear CEO,
This email is from China domain name registration center in Shanghai, China. On September 3, 2022, we received an application from Hongfeng Ltd requested “[our url]” as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names ([our url].cn, [our url].com.cn, [our url].net.cn, [our url].org.cn). But after checking it, we find this name conflict with your company name or trademark. In order to deal with this matter better, it’s necessary to send email to you and confirm whether this company is your business partner in China?
Best Regards
Simon Liu | Service & Operations Manager
China Registry (Head Office)
Tel: +86-2161918696
Fax: +86-2161918697
Mob: +86-13816428671
6012, Xingdi Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, Shanghai 201103, China
15 years later and still going strong:
Dear CEO,
(It’s very urgent, please transfer this email to your CEO. If this email affects you, we are very sorry, please ignore this email. Thanks)
We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration center in China.
We received an application from Hua Tai Ltd on April 10, 2023. They want to register ” [yourname] ” as their Internet Keyword and ” [yourname] .cn “、” [yourname] .com.cn ” 、” [yourname] .net.cn “、” [yourname] .org.cn ” domain names, they are in China domain names. But after checking it, we find ” [yourname] ” conflicts with your company. In order to deal with this matter better, so we send you email and confirm whether this company is your distributor or business partner in China or not?
Best Regards
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Mike Zhang | Service Manager
Domain Registry China (Head Office)
No. 300, Xuanhua Road, Changning District, Shanghai200050, China
Tel: +86-2161918696 | Fax: +86-2161918697 | Mob: +86-1582177 1823
Web: www(dot)domainregistrychina(dot)com
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Hello joewein.net admin, Thanks for the valuable information!
For the record, if someone is interested, I have asked for their proposal and here are the prices:
1 domain per year is 38EUR + the keyword is 158 EUR per year. And the final accord: you can buy those for only 5, 10 or 20 years – not less. So the minimum they will get from this is around 1 000 EUR.
And by the way I’ve read that buying a domain doesn’t mean you can use it. After that you’ll need to go through a validation process in China.
Dear Manager,
(If you are not the person who is in charge of this, please forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent. Thanks!) We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration center in Shanghai, China.
On December 11, 2023, we received an application from Siweier Holdings Ltd requested “YOURNAME” as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names( YOURNAME.cn/ YOURNAME.com.cn/ YOURNAME.net.cn/ YOURNAME.org.cn).
After checking it, we find this name conflict with your company name or trademark. In order to deal with this matter better, we send email to you and confirm whether this company is your distributor or business partner in China or not?
Kind regards
Jack
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Jack Lee(Mr.)
Services & Operating Manager
No.572 Dongping South Road, Zhangyan,
Shanghai 201500,China
T: 0086-13 48 28 191 47
Tel: 0086 21 61 91 86 96
Fax: 0086 21 61 91 86 97
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Dear CEO,
(It’s very urgent, please transfer this email to your CEO. If this email affects you, we are very sorry, please ignore this email. Thanks)
We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration center in China.
We received an application from Rui Tai Ltd on April 1, 2024. They want to register ” ***” as their Internet Keyword and ” ***.cn “、” ****.com.cn ” 、” appgenie .net.cn “、” ****.org.cn ” domain names, they are in China domain names. But after checking it, we find ” ****” conflicts with your company. In order to deal with this matter better, so we send you email and confirm whether this company is your distributor or business partner in China or not?
Best Regards
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Mike Zhang | Service Manager
Domain Registry China (Head Office)
No. 300, Xuanhua Road, Changning District, Shanghai200050, China
Tel: +86-2161918696 | Fax: +86-2161918697 | Mob: +86-1582177 1823
Web: www(dot)domainregistrychina(dot)com