556 thoughts on “Domain registration scam in China”

1. looks like another scam attempt

   Original Message —–
   From: Angela
   To: spiritandstone@westnet.com.au
   Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 10:06 AM
   Subject: Notice of Intellectual Property-Trademark Name

   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 May,27th,2010, We received NENJIA Investment company’s application that they are registering the name “spiritandstone” as their Internet Trademark and “spiritandstone.cn”,”spiritandstone.com.cn” ,”spiritandstone.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
   Tel:+86(0)21 6296 2950
   Fax:+86(0)21 6296 1557
   web:www.ygnetwork.cn

2. Got the same one:

   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 May.27th,2010, We received HAITONG Investment company’s application that they are registering the name ” shinconcept ” as their Internet Keyword and ” shinconcept .cn “、” shinconcept .com.cn ” 、” shinconcept .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!
   Best regards,
   John
   Oversea marketing manager
   Tel:+86(0)21 6296 2950
   Fax:+86(0)21 6296 1557
   web:www.ygnetwork.cn

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4. I’m glad I researched this for my client. Thanks for the info on this scam. Got this one:

   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 June,4th,2010, We received LINGNENG Investment company’s application that they are registering the name “hamskeaarchery” as their Internet Trademark and “hamskeaarchery.cn”,”hamskeaarchery.com.cn” ,”hamskeaarchery.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
   Tel:+86(0)21 6296 2950
   Fax:+86(0)21 6296 1557
   web: http://www.ygnetwork.cn

5. same as another ‘Jim’ recieved above….
   4/23/2010 from John at ygnetworks”

   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 April.20th,2010, We received HAITONG Investment company’s application that they are registering the name ” yourprocessconsultant ” as their Internet Keyword and ” yourprocessconsultant .cn “、” yourprocessconsultant .com.cn ” 、” yourprocessconsultant .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!

   Best regards,

   John
   Oversea marketing manager
   Tel:+86(0)21 6296 2950
   Fax:+86(0)21 6296 1557
   web:www.ygnetwork.cn

6. subscribed, cheers

7. Thanks very much for the information. I just got this email:

   From: rensis.ho@chinatlds.com

   Subject: Concerning ” MY DOMAIN ” Brand name disputee

   (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 which needs to confirm with you. We formally received an application on June 14th 2010. One company called “USPA Trading Corp ” is applying to register ” MY DOMAIN ” as Brand name and domain names as below:

   xxxx.asia
   xxxx.cn
   xxxx.com.cn
   xxxx.com.hk
   xxxx.com.tw
   xxxx.hk
   xxxx.in

   After our initial checking, we found the Brand name and domain names being applied are as same as your company! So we need confirmation with your company. If the aforementioned company is your business partner or your subsidiary, please DO NOT reply us, we will approve the application automatically. If you don’t have any relationship with this company, please contact us within 5 workdays. If over the deadline, we will approve the application submitted by “USPA Trading Corp ” unconditionally.

   Best Regards

   Rensis Ho
   Senior Consultant
   www. ChinaTLDs.com

8. For googlers checking their own mails, I add mine to the list from tim.yang@dikasia.org of the “If you are not the CEO…” variety.

9. Yes, I’m glad I checked this website out before I spoke with an attorney. I got one of these letters from info@ygnetwork.cn I almost paid an attorney to International Trademark my name!! That would have been costly.

   Thank you for the narrow escape!

10. Thanks for the blog They are still doing the scam as I have just recieved on my self today!, exactly the same as Kate’s in the post above except with my domain name is inserted.
    More annoying than anything else 😉

    The info has been great!

11. 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 April 12, 2010. One company which self-styled “Banao trading co.ltd” are applying to register “xxxxxxxxx” as brand name and domain names as below :

    .asia
    .cn
    .com.cn
    .com.hk
    .com.tw
    .hk
    .in
    .net.cn
    .org.cn
    .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 “Banao trading co.ltd” unconditionally.

    Best regards,

    Thomas Pan*****

12. Is it another ScaM?

    Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 05:06:58 +0800 [05/23/2010 04:06:58 PM CDT]
    From: John
    Subject: notice protect– internet trademark intellectual property safeguard
    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 May.20th,2010, We received HAITONG Investment company’s application that they are registering the name ” geocorpecos ” as their Internet Keyword and ” geocorpecos .cn “?” geocorpecos .com.cn ” ?” geocorpecos .asia ” ?” geocorpecos .hk “domain names etc..,It is China and ASIA and HongKong 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!
    Best regards,
    John
    Oversea marketing manager
    Tel:+86(0)21 6296 2950
    Fax:+86(0)21 6296 1557
    web:www.ygnetwork.cn

13. @twork: Yes, that’s the same scam.

    I got another one again today:

    ====

    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 June 18, 2010, One company which self-styled “Nuten Corporation” are applying to register “” as internet brand and Domain names as below:joewein.asia
    MY-DOMAIN-HERE.cc
    MY-DOMAIN-HERE.cn
    MY-DOMAIN-HERE.com.cn
    MY-DOMAIN-HERE.com.tw
    MY-DOMAIN-HERE.hk
    MY-DOMAIN-HERE.net.cn
    MY-DOMAIN-HERE.org.cn
    MY-DOMAIN-HERE.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”Nuten 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 “Nuten Corporation”.

    Thanks for your cooperation.

    Best Regards,

    Andy Liu
    Senior Consultant
    Tel:+86 2164536435
    Fax:+86 21645364356

    Website: http://www.fengwang.org.cn
    ====

    It’s obviously the same scam, but the strange thing is that domain “fengwang.org.cn” is not even registered, according to a WHOIS lookup and also doesn’t resolve through DNS.

    Headers:

    ====
    Subject: Notification of intellectual property
    Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 07:04:34 GMT
    X-SHIP: 211.161.218.221
    From: xwbljjgqxwb@sohu.com
    ====

14. hide details 8:43 AM (3 hours ago)
    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 June 18, 2010, One company which self-styled “Nuten Corporation” are applying to register “friendsofhullscreen ” as internet brand and Domain names as below:friendsofhullscreen .asia
    friendsofhullscreen .cc
    friendsofhullscreen .cn
    friendsofhullscreen .com.cn
    friendsofhullscreen .com.tw
    friendsofhullscreen .hk
    friendsofhullscreen .net.cn
    friendsofhullscreen .org.cn
    friendsofhullscreen .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”Nuten 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 “Nuten Corporation”.

    Thanks for your cooperation.

    Best Regards,

    Andy Liu
    Senior Consultant
    Tel:+86 2164536435
    Fax:+86 21645364356

    Website: http://www.fengwang.org.cn

15. (If you are NOT CEO,please forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent.Thanks.)

    Dear CEO,

    We are the auditing department for DM-DNS Network, The professional domain name registration and dispute resolution organization in China. we have something need to confirm with you. We formally received an online application on June 21 , 2010, One company which self-styled “URB INVESTMENT CORP”are applying to register “OURNAME”as their Network Brand and domain names as below:
    “OURNAME.asia
    OURNAME.biz
    OURNAME.cn
    OURNAME.com.cn
    OURNAME.hk
    OURNAME.in
    OURNAME.tw”
    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. After our initial auditing, we found that the Network Brand applied for registration are as same as your company’s name and conflict with your company’s domain name and network brand. These days we are dealing with it, hope to get the affirmation from your company. If your company and this “URB INVESTMENT CORP”as the same company or authorized them, there is no need reply to us, We will accept their application and register those for them .

    If your company has no relationships with that company nor do not authorized, Also you object to their application and need to protect your brand in China, please reply to us within 7 workdays, if we can’t get any information from yours over 7 workdays, we will think you give up automatically and approve the application submitted by”URB INVESTMENT CORP”.Thanks for your cooperation.

    Best Regards,

    Brandy Zhang
    Consultant
    No.DM-DNS0510

    Phone:0086-551-5579275
    Fax:0086-551-5637537
    Website: http://www.dm-dns.org
    Address: Room 601,No.21,No 2069,Wangjiang West Road,Shushan District,HeFei,China

16. Another one:

    ====
    Dear CEO & Principal,

    We are a domain name registration and dispute 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 June 24, 2010, we received an application from one company named “Sabiny Holdings Ltd” who wanted to apply for the network keyword ” YOUR-DOMAIN ” and some related domain names through our organization.

    Now we are handling with the registration of these domain names and find that the keyword of these domain names and network keyword is identical with your company’s. According to our technique department’s investigation, Sabiny company does not have prior rights to this keyword but you do.

    So we have to confirm with you at two points:
    1. If your company consign Sabiny company to register these domain names and network keyword, we will send application form to them and help them finish the registration at once.
    2. If your company have nothing to do with Sabiny company, they maybe have other purposes to register these names and network keyword.

    We have suspended their application and can not proceed before we get your confirmation.
    If you are the corporate representative of your company, please reply this email and I will feedback some problems to you;
    If you are not, please forward my message to the right person or department soon.

    Looking forward to your soon response!

    Best regards

    Allen Ho
    Auditing Department
    ———————–

    Office: +852-81359178
    Fax: +852-81359278
    Mail : Allen@bestnet.hk
    Web: Http:www.bestnet.hk
    ====

    The same fax number has also been used by these Hong Kong “registrars”:

    • ansl.hk
    • apns.hk
    • eworlddnr.hk

17. Add me to the list:

    Dear CEO,
    We are the department of registration service in China. we have something which needs to confirm with you. We formally received an application on July 1st 2010. One company called “HeWa Technologies Pvt. Ltd ” is applying to register ” dubisaweapon ” as Brand name and domain names as below:

    dubisaweapon.asia
    dubisaweapon.cn
    dubisaweapon.com.cn
    dubisaweapon.com.hk
    dubisaweapon.com.tw
    dubisaweapon.hk
    dubisaweapon.tw
    dubisaweapon.in

    After our initial checking, we found the Brand name and domain names being applied are as same as your company! So we need confirmation with your company. If the aforementioned company is your business partner or your subsidiary, please DO NOT reply us, we will approve the application automatically. If you don’t have any relationship with this company, please contact us within 5 workdays. If over the deadline, we will approve the application submitted by “HeWa Technologies Pvt. Ltd ” unconditionally.

    Best Regards

    Rensis Ho
    Senior Consultant

18. Dear Sir/Madam

    I’m sorry to disturb you so abrupt. We are a domain name registration service company in Asia,

    On 9th July. we received a formal application submitted by Mr. John Sun who wanted to use the keyword “(my domain name here)” to register the Internet Brand and with suffix such as .cn /.com.cn /.net.cn/.hk/.asia/ domain names.
    After our initial examination, we found that these domain names to be applied for registration are same as your domain name and trademark. We aren’t sure whether you have any relation with him. Because these domain names would produce possible dispute, now we have hold down his registration, but if we do not get your company’s an reply in the next 5 working days, we will approve his application

    As authorized anti-cybersquatting organization we hereby suspect Mr. John Sun is a domain investor. so we need you to attach importance to this issue.

    In order to handle this issue better, Please contact us by Fax ,Telephone or Email as soon as possible.

    Yours sincerely 　　　　　　　　2010-7-11
    Megan
    Oversea Marketing Manager
    ——————————————-
    Room 1008,
    International Building,
    No.38 YueLong road,NanTong City
    Tel:+86(513)85330968
    Fax:+86(21)33191803
    Email:Megan@domainserviceasia.com
    Website: http://www.domainserviceasia.com

19. Subject: URGENT Notice of Internet Intellectual Property Rights “x” Dispute in China

    (If you are NOT CEO,please forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent.Thanks.)
    Dear CEO,
     
    We are the department of Asian Domain registration service in China, have something need to confirm with you. we formally received an application on July 11,2010.  one company which called “Brazil udnio Investment S.A” are applying to register “x” as Brand Name and Domains.
    x.asia            (Asia)
    x.com.hk            (Hong Kong)
    x.com.tw            (Taiwan)
    x.hk            (Hong Kong)
    x.in            (India)
    x.net.cn            (China)
    x.org.cn            (China)
    x.tw            (Taiwan)
    But we found that “Brazil udnio Investment S.A” is not the original owner of the brand and trademark in the checking period,which  belong to your company .I need confirm with you whether your company authorized that company to register these domain name.If you have done that ,We will finish the registration for them and link to their website.
    If not ,please let me know ASAP.
    In addition, we hereby affirm that our time limit for dissent application is 7 workdays. If your company files no dissent within the time limit, we will unconditionally approve the application.

    Best Regards,

    John Wong(Mr)
    Auditing  Consultant

    Tel: +0086-566-2629-555     Fax: +0086-566-2629-666

    Address:Room205, No.D4 Qingxi South Garden, South-ChangJiang Road,Guichi Shi District,Chizhou,China

20. Yeah,
    This is a scam beware to anyone out ther here is one I recieved.

    They actually telephoned me directly a couple times from china to suck me in, but I thought it was suspicios and didn’t want to go ahead.

    It’s very urgent, Please transfer this e-mail to your CEO or appropriate person, thanks)
    Dear CEO/Principal,

    We are the department of Asian Domain Registration Service in China. Have something to confirm with you. We formally received an application on July 15, 2010, one company which self-styled “Banis Corporation” were applying to register “speedex” as Network Brand and following domain names:

    (I ommitted domain names for privacy reasons)

    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 “Banis Corporation”.

    Best Regards,
    Bruce Zhou
    Tel: +86-551-5223-174 || Fax: +86-551-5223-175
    Room205,Block12,Youth Community(West),Ningguo Road
    Baohe District,HeFei,China

21. ear 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 16, 2010, One company which self-styled “Yily Corporation” are applying to register “cgs” as internet brand and Domain names as below:
    CGS.asia
    CGS.cc
    CGS.cn
    CGS.com.cn
    CGS.com.tw
    CGS.hk
    CGS.net.cn
    CGS.org.cn
    CGS.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”Yily 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 “Yily Corporation”.

    Thanks for your cooperation.

    Best Regards,

    Alina Cao
    Senior Consultant
    Tel:+86 2154383516
    Fax:+86 2134628491
    Website:www.nzdns.org.cn

22. At first, i was slightly worried but now i just check on google with the word scam. Just received the first one today:

    Dear Manager,

    We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration center in Shanghai, China. On July,29th,2010, We received HUATAI Company’s application that they are registering the name “ataarticles” as their Internet Trademark and “ataarticles.cn”,”ataarticles.com.cn” ,”ataarticles.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!

    Kind regards

    Angela Zhang

    Angela Zhang
    Registration Department Manager
    3002, Nanhai Building 854.Nandan Road
    Xuhui District, Shanghai
    Office: +86 216296 2950
    Fax: +86 216296 1557
    Email: info@ygnetwork.cn
    web: http://ygnetwork.cn
    web: http://www.ygnetwork.cn

23. I received one just today….
    ————————————————————
    Dear Manager,

    We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration center in Shanghai, China. On July,29th,2010, We received HUATAI Company’s application that they are registering the name “heatandcool” as their Internet Trademark and “heatandcool.cn”,”heatandcool.com.cn” ,”heatandcool.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!

    Kind regards

    Angela Zhang

    Angela Zhang

    Registration Department Manager
    3002, Nanhai Building 854.Nandan Road
    Xuhui District, Shanghai
    Office: +86 216296 2950
    Fax: +86 216296 1557
    Email: info@ygnetwork.cn
    web: http://ygnetwork.cn
    web: http://www.ygnetwork.cn

24. Thanks for the heads up – here is one I received today:
    From “Mike Chen”
    tcnic-china.net

    (If you are NOT CEO,please forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent.Thanks.)
    Dear CEO,

    We are the department of Asian Domain registration service in China, have something need to confirm with you. we formally received an application on July 31,2010. one company which called “Brazil Kobs Investment S.A” are applying to register ” fortheconsumer” as Brand Name and Domains.
    fortheconsumer.asia
    fortheconsumer.cn
    fortheconsumer.com.cn
    fortheconsumer.com.hk
    fortheconsumer.com.tw
    fortheconsumer.hk
    fortheconsumer.in
    fortheconsumer.net.cn
    fortheconsumer.org.cn
    fortheconsumer.tw
    But we found that “Brazil Kobs Investment S.A” is not the original owner of the brand and trademark in the checking period,which belong to your company .I need confirm with you whether your company authorized that company to register these domain name.If you have done that ,We will finish the registration for them and link to their website.
    If not ,please let me know ASAP.
    In addition, we hereby affirm that our time limit for dissent application is 7 workdays. If your company files no dissent within the time limit, we will unconditionally approve the application.

    Best Regards,
    Mike Chen(Mr)
    Auditing Consultant

    Tel: +0086-566-2629-555 Fax: +0086-566-2629-666

    Address:Room205, No.D4 Qingxi South Garden, South-ChangJiang Road,Guichi Shi District,Chizhou,China

25. Just got one also:

    Notice of Intellectual Property-Trademark Name

    From: Angela [info@ygnetwork.cn]

    Dear Manager:

    We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration center in Shanghai, China. On August,4th,2010, We received HUATAI Company’s application that they are registering the name “doghi” as their Internet Trademark and “doghi.cn”,”doghi.com.cn” ,”doghi.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!

    Kind regards

    Angela Zhang

    Angela Zhang

    Registration Department Manager
    3002, Nanhai Building 854.Nandan Road
    Xuhui District, Shanghai
    Office: +86 216296 2950
    Fax: +86 216296 1557
    Email: info@ygnetwork.cn
    web: http://ygnetwork.cn
    web: http://www.ygnetwork.cn

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27. Shanghai
    FWonRegistryManagement, Ltd

    We are the department of Asian Domain registration service , have something need to confirm with you. we formally received an application on July 31,2010. one company which called “Brazil Kobs Investment S.A” are applying to register ” fortheconsumer” as Brand Name and Domains.
    fortheconsumer.asia
    fortheconsumer.cn
    fortheconsumer.com.cn
    fortheconsumer.com.hk
    fortheconsumer.com.tw
    fortheconsumer.hk
    fortheconsumer.in
    fortheconsumer.net.cn
    fortheconsumer.org.cn
    fortheconsumer.tw
    But we found that “Brazil Kobs Investment S.A” is not the original owner of the brand and trademark in the checking period,which belong to your company .I need confirm with you whether your company authorized that company to register these domain name.If you have done that ,We will finish the registration for them and link to their website.
    If not ,please let me know ASAP.
    In addition, we hereby affirm that our time limit for dissent application is 7 workdays. If your company files no dissent within the time limit, we will unconditionally approve the application.

28. Shanghai
    FWonRegistryManagement, Ltd

    We are the department of Asian Domain registration service , have something need to confirm with you. we formally received an application on July 31,2010. one company which called “Brazil Kobs Investment S.A” are applying to register ” fortheconsumer” as Brand Name and Domains.
    fortheconsumer.asia
    fortheconsumer.cn
    fortheconsumer.com.cn
    fortheconsumer.com.hk
    fortheconsumer.com.tw
    fortheconsumer.hk
    fortheconsumer.in
    fortheconsumer.net.cn
    fortheconsumer.org.cn
    fortheconsumer.tw
    But we found that “Brazil Kobs Investment S.A” is not the original owner of the brand and trademark in the checking period,which belong to your company .I need confirm with you whether your company authorized that company to register these domain name.If you have done that ,We will finish the registration for them and link to their website.
    If not ,please let me know ASAP.
    In addition, we hereby affirm that our time limit for dissent application is 7 workdays. If your company files no dissent within the time limit, we will unconditionally approve the application.

29. URGENT Notice of Internet Intellectual Property Rights “Formula” Dispute in China

    (If you are NOT CEO,please forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent.Thanks.)
    Dear CEO,

    We are the department of Asian Domain registration service in China, have something need to confirm with you. we formally received an application on August 10,2010. one company which called “Brazil Mieu Investment S.A” are applying to register “Formula” as Brand Name and Domains.
    ourdomain.hk (Hong Kong)
    ourdomain.org.cn (China)
    ourdomain.tw (Taiwan)
    But we found that “Brazil Mieu Investment S.A” is not the original owner of the brand and trademark in the checking period,which belong to your company .I need confirm with you whether your company authorized that company to register these domain name.If you have done that ,We will finish the registration for them and link to their website.
    If not ,please let me know ASAP.
    In addition, we hereby affirm that our time limit for dissent application is 7 workdays. If your company files no dissent within the time limit, we will unconditionally approve the application.

    Best Regards,
    ________________________________________
    John Wong(Mr)
    Auditing Consultant

    Tel: +0086-566-2629-555 Fax: +0086-566-2629-666

    Address:Room205, No.D4 Qingxi South Garden, South-ChangJiang Road,Guichi Shi District,Chizhou,China

30. we just got one too – so I did a quick google on the company and there is no website – unusual for an internet based company…

    what I did find was this blog. Seems like they’re after all of us. This is what I received –

    Dear Manager,

    We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration center in Shanghai, China. On August,13th,2010, We received HUATAI Company’s application that they are registering the name “bushtrackerownersgroup” as their Internet Trademark and “bushtrackerownersgroup.cn”,”bushtrackerownersgroup.com.cn” ,”bushtrackerownersgroup.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!

    Kind regards

    Angela Zhang

    Angela Zhang

    Registration Department Manager
    3002, Nanhai Building 854.Nandan Road
    Xuhui District, Shanghai
    Office: +86 216296 2950
    Fax: +86 216296 1557
    web: http://ygnetwork.cn
    web: http://www.ygnetwork.cn

31. We just received one from Angela Zhang at ygnetwork.cn as well, as follows:

    Dear Manager,

    We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration center in Shanghai, China. On August,9th,2010, We received HUATAI Company’s application that they are registering the name “showmyip” as their Internet Trademark and “showmyip.cn”,”showmyip.com.cn” ,”showmyip.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!

    Kind regards

    Angela Zhang

    Angela Zhang
    Registration Department Manager
    3002, Nanhai Building 854.Nandan Road
    Xuhui District, Shanghai
    Office: +86 216296 2950
    Fax: +86 216296 1557
    Email: info@ygnetwork.cn
    web: http://ygnetwork.cn
    web: http://www.ygnetwork.cn

32. We just received the exact same email as Julie above from Angela Zhang from yg network;

33. Just received this email this morning:

    (If you are NOT CEO,please forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent. Thanks.)

    Dear CEO,

    We are one of the Registration and Solution Center in China. We have something to confirm with you. We formally received an application on August 25, 2010, One company which self-styled “EAST HNOUR COMPANY INC” is applying to register “evkdesign” as Net Brand name and CN&ASIA domain names as below :
    evkdesign.asia
    evkdesign.cn
    evkdesign.com.cn
    evkdesign.com.hk
    evkdesign.com.tw
    evkdesign.hk
    evkdesign.net.cn
    evkdesign.org.cn
    evkdesign.tw
    After our initial examination, we found that the Net Brand applied for registration are as same as your company’s. These days we are dealing with it, we hope to get the affirmation 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 reply to us within 7 workdays,if we don’t get any information from you out of 7 workdays,we will unconditionally approve the application submitted by “EAST HNOUR COMPANY INC”.
    Thanks for your cooperation.

    Best Regards,

    Will

    Auditing Department

34. Thanks for writing this up. I just got one from Angela [overseas@yg-networks.com]:

    Dear Manager:
    We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration center in Shanghai, China. On September,1st,2010, We received HUATAI Company’s application that they are registering the name “xxx” as their Internet Trademark and “xxx.cn”,”iancommunity.com.cn” ,”xxx.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!
    Kind regards
    Angela Zhang
    Angela Zhang
    Registration Department Manager
    3002, Nanhai Building 854.Nandan Road
    Xuhui District, Shanghai
    Office: +86 216296 2950
    Fax: +86 216296 1557
    web: http://yg-networks.com
    web: http://www.yg-networks.com

35. (This is very urgent, Please forward this to your CEO.)

    Dear CEO,
    We are the department of Asian Domain registration service in china, and we have something about the domain names to confirm with you. We formally received an application on Sep 1st, 2010, one company which self-styled “Majesty Investment Co.Ltd” were applying to register”essencedegaia” as Network Brand and following domain names:
    **url***.asia
    **url***.cn
    **url***.co.in
    **url***.com
    **url***.com.cn
    **url***.com.hk
    **url***.com.tw
    **url***.hk
    **url***.in
    **url***.net.cn
    **url***.org.cn
    **url***.tw
    After our futher checking, we found the brand names were similar to your company’s. Please confirm that whether your company has authorized that company to register these domain names.Please reply us within 7 workdays. If you didn’t reply us within the specified time,we will finish the registration for “Majesty Investment Co.Ltd” ,we are looking forward to your reply,so that we can handle this issue better.

    Best Regards,

    Una Lee
    Senior Consultant
    Tel : +86-393-7777708
    Fax : +86-393-7777709
    Address:R608,No.175 Kaizhou Road,Hualong District,Puyang City,Henan,China
    Web: http://www.yshl.org
    P Please consider the environment before you print this e-mail

36. (If you are not the person who is in charge of this, please forward to your CEO, 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 August 26, 2010, one company which called “parlow trading co., ltd” is applying to register “xxxxxx” as brand name and domain names as below :

    xxxxxxx.asia
    xxxxxxx.cn
    xxxxxx.com.cn
    xxxxxx.com.hk
    xxxxxx.com.tw
    xxxxxx.hk
    xxxxxx.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 5 workdays. If out of the deadline, we will approve the application submitted by “parlow trading co., ltd” unconditionally.

    Best Regards,

    Brian Yang

    Senior consultant
    2010-08-27

37. I got also i email and communicate w/ them but i have a feeling that this is a scam because they trying to make us register to them….

    (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 August 20, 2010. one
    company which self-styled “Gleeson Company” were applying to register “aotcs” as
    Network Brand and following domain names:

    aotcs.asia
    aotcs.cn
    aotcs.co.in
    aotcs.com.cn
    aotcs.com.tw
    aotcs.hk
    aotcs.in
    aotcs.net.cn
    aotcs.org.cn
    aotcs.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 “Gleeson Company”.

    Best Regards,

    Kevin Chen

    Senior Consultant
    Tel: (+86) 551-5223174 || Fax: (+86) 551-5223175
    Address:Room205, Block12, Youth Community(West)
    Ningguo Road, Baohe District, HeFei, China

38. We just recieved the same type of request. Spam no doubt. Thanks for sharing your information about this. Heres what we recieved to add to the many:

    Dear Manager,
    We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration center in Shanghai, China. On September,10th,2010, We received HUATAI Company’s application that they are registering the name “rodekors” as their Internet Trademark and “rodekors.cn”,”rodekors.com.cn” ,”rodekors.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!

    Kind regards

    Angela Zhang
    Registration Department Manager
    3002, Nanhai Building 854.Nandan Road
    Xuhui District, Shanghai
    Office: +86 216296 2950
    Fax: +86 216296 1557
    Email: info@yg-networks.com
    web: http://yg-networks.com
    web: http://www.yg-networks.com

39. Excellent article. I received one email from them too. I was about to respond to them and sell my domain name at $100K. Chinese companies are super rich now and they are buying properties all over the world with hard cash…

40. Thanks for the site it saved me being suckered. I got one today.

    Dear Manager,

    We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration center in Shanghai, China. On September,10th,2010, We received HUATAI Company’s application that they are registering the name “readyrugby” as their Internet Trademark and “readyrugby.cn”,”readyrugby.com.cn” ,”readyrugby.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!

    Kind regards

    Angela Zhang

    Angela Zhang

    Registration Department Manager
    3002, Nanhai Building 854.Nandan Road
    Xuhui District, Shanghai
    Office: +86 216296 2950
    Fax: +86 216296 1557
    web: http://yg-networks.com
    web: http://www.yg-networks.com

    And after my inquiry they sent back this.

    Dear Jason,

    Thanks for your prompt reply.We knew you have registered the domain name “readyrugby.com.au” and own the intellectual property,
    this is why we informed you.But now the Investment company wanted to apply for other cn/asia domain names and
    Internet trademark Keyword you have not registered yet,like “www.readyrugby.cn, http://www.readyrugby.com.cn, http://www.readyrugby.asia“. It’s china and asia domain name. You must know Domain name takes open registration, this is international domain name registration principle. So the Investment company has right to register them. As a domain name registrar, we have no right to dispute their application.So required by China government to inform your company to protect your interest. But as the company whose trademarks relate to the applied domains, you will get the priority to register these domain names.

    Of course, each company has their own idea. If you don’t think their application will affect your company, you can give up,
    we will finish their registration. The Investment company will become the legal owner of these domain names in the world.
    You will be responsible for the loss caused by the matter yourself. But if you think these domain names are useful for your company,
    we can send an application form and the price list to you and help you register these within dispute period. This is the only way
    to prevent domain name grab. Pls let us know your decision soon, so that we can handle the next step.

    Looking forward to hearing your reply.

    Best regards,

    Ms Angela

41. Shanghai Dik Public Registry Solutions is Domains scam

42. Domain registration scam company:DM-DNS Network Information(HeFei) website:http://www.dm-dns.org
    Tel:+(0086)-551-5579275 Fax:+(0086)-551-5637537
    Address: Room 601,No.21,No 2069,Wangjiang. West Road,Shushan District,HeFei,China

43. Add me to your list
    ***Just received this message and decided to hit google up to see if it is a legit business or if there were any negative comments from others. Thank you Joe for making it to the top of the google search and instantly providing me with an answer which I had expected!
    Dear Manager,
    We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration center in Shanghai, China. On September,17th,2010, We received HUATAI Company’s application that they are registering the name “rciengineering” as their Internet Trademark and “rciengineering.cn”,”rciengineering.com.cn” ,”rciengineering.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!
    Kind regards
    Angela Zhang
    Shanghai Office (Head Office)
    Registration Department Manager
    3002, Nanhai Building 854.Nandan Road
    Xuhui District, Shanghai
    Email: info@yg-networks.com
    Anhui Office
    Office: +86 0553 4994789
    Fax: +86 0553 4994789
    web: http://yg-networks.com
    web: http://www.yg-networks.com

44. Another example of the scam:

    ====
    Dear President&CEO,
    We are a domain name dispute and register organization. Currently, we have a pretty important issue needing to confirm with your company. On Sep 16. 2010, we received an application formally.A company named “Karlson International Holdings Ltd ” submitted the application to our organization, and they required to register some domain names with the Internet Product keyword of “YOUR-DOMAIN”.

    Now we are handling with the registration of these domain names and find that the keyword of these domain names and Internet Product keyword is identical with your company’s. So we have to confirm with you at two points:
    1. If your company has consigned or authorized Karlson to apply to register those domain names and the Internet Product keyword with us, then we will finish their registration according to the procedures.
    2. If your company has not consigned or authorized Karlson to apply to register those domain names and the Internet Product keyword , then according to our working experience, they might have other purposes. So we have responsibility to confirm with you.

    Now we temporarily have not finished the registration for Karlson , but delayed their application through the procedures, but this is not the best way. In order to solve this case in a better way, please contact me through email or phone the very first asaastime. Waiting for your reply.

    Thanks & Regards,

    Sarah

    Auditing Engineer
    http://www.chinaonenet.net
    Tel: +852-95660-103
    +852-95660-489
    Fax:+852-30696-940
    Mail:Sarah@chinaonenet.hk.cn & Sarah@one-net.org.cn
    ====

45. Here is what we received today from “John”

    Dear Manager:
    This email is from China domain name registration center, which mainly deal with the
    domain name registration and dispute internationally in China and Asia.
    On September.21st,2010, We received HAITONG company’s application that they are
    registering the name ” pinbud ” as their Internet Keyword and ” pinbud .cn “、”
    pinbud .com.cn ” 、” pinbud .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!
    Best regards,
    John
    Oversea marketing manager
    Tel:+86(0)21 6191 8696
    Fax:+86(0)21 6191 8697
    web:www.ygnetwork.com.cn

46. From: Kelly
    Reply-To: kelly.wu@dikasia.asia
    To:
    Subject: Urgent-Confirm Registration XXX
    Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:10:07 +0800

    (If you are NOT President,please forward this to your President, because this is urgent.Thanks.)

    Dear President,

    We are the department of registration service in China. We have something need to confirm with you. We formally received an application on September 24, 2010, One company which self-styled “Abendn Holding, Inc” are applying to register “XXX” as brand name and domain names as below :

    XXX.asia
    XXX.com.hk
    XXX.com.tw
    XXX.hk
    XXX.org.cn
    XXX.tw

    After our initial examination, we found that the brand name 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 the applicatant is 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 “Abendn Holding, Inc”.
    Thanks for your cooperation.

    Best Regards,
    __________________

    Kelly Wu
    AD Manager
    [Tel] 0086-21-67222201
    [Fax] 0086-21-67222202

47. Another example of scam:

    Dear Manager:
    This email is from China domain name registration center, which mainly deal with the domain name registration and dispute internationally in China and Asia.
    On September.21st,2010, We received HAITONG company’s application that they are registering the name ” osispl ” as their Internet Keyword and ” osispl .cn “、” osispl .com.cn ” 、” osispl .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!
    Best regards,
    John
    Oversea marketing manager
    Tel:+86(0)21 6191 8696
    Fax:+86(0)21 6191 8697
    web:www.ygnetwork.com.cn

48. My spam emails did not ask me to register domains with them. Does that come later, as I did respond to the first spam? My reply simply stated that the applications they received were not authorized. When I got a second spam email, from a different person’s name I became suspicious and did my research to find it was, indeed, a spam.

49. Thanks for this information. I reeceived one of these this morning and was about to reply when I thought I would just check …

    from William Ma – William@drcchina.org

    Dear President,

    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 October 12, 2010. one company which called “Bmu Group LLC” are applying to register “***” as Brand name and the following Domain Names:
    ***.asia
    ***.com.cn
    ***.com.hk
    ***.com.tw
    ***.hk
    ***.tw

    After our initial examination, we found that the Domain Names 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 is 7 workdays. if your company files no reply within the time limit, we will unconditionally approve the application submitted by “Bmu Group LLC”.

    Best Regards,

    William Ma
    Senior Consultant

50. A number of Chinese Domain Name providers are trying, in bad faith, to encourage European companies to register a number of Asian domain name extensions. These providers typically claim that they have received a registration request from another company who wishes to register domain names that are identical to your company name.

    What to do?
    Our China IPR SME Helpdesk Experts suggest that in case you receive such an email you have four options:
    1) ignore the email
    2) reply to the email that you will report this email to CNNIC (the Chinese domain name registry) as ‘slamming’ and an attempt at fraudulent activity
    3) forward the email to CNNIC at service@cnnic.cn
    4) Register some of those domain names you may have already considered registering, through your local or usual registrar.

    For more information and free, confidential business-focused advice on Online IPR or any China-related IPR issues visit our website. http://www.china-iprhelpdesk.eu/hd_publication.php
    Or send us an email enquiries@china-iprhelpdesk.eu