A couple of years ago, Jeff Ventura blogged about a fairly cunning domain name scam originating from China, whereby owners of domain names would be contacted by a 'registrar' indicating that another company was trying to register domain names with Asian TLDs that matched their existing domain name. This died down for a while, but it's back again (and it doesn't seem to have changed at all). I received one of these emails myself last week for a company I work for; read more for all the gory details (including copypasta of the email conversation I had with "Lebron Zhu"). Sinohosting also reported on this when it first began to occur.
[Update, July 20: They're still at it, this time with a new name and company: James Hong, "Senior Consultant of domain name registration and solution center in china" and "one company which self-styled "Packs Co.,ltd" were applying to register [company name] as Network Brand
and following domain names".If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck... [update ends]
From Jeff's blog entry;
This is clever and it took a bit of time to figure out the pathology. But there is one, and it's interesting.
This approach is obviously personalized to the owner/manager of a commercial Internet brand and hints at risk to our online trademark (miproconsulting) due to a foreign application being made for our trademark name in country-specific flavors (.asia, .biz, .cc, .cn, .com. cn., .hk, etc.). Being the nice foreign domain registrar they are, the sender of this message, SK Holdings, is asking us if we want to do business with them and secure all of themiproconsulting variants listed below so that we can protect our Internet brand from this foreign applicant.
Isn't it nice that someone halfway across the globe is looking out for our best interests? Makes me want to do business with them right away.
So, if you get one of these emails, be very careful! 😉 Here's the full transcript of my back-and-forth with this guy. Enjoy.
8th of April 2010: Lebron contacts us...
From: "lebron"
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 14:40:26 +0800
To: me
Subject: -Internet Copyright of revolverrecords-(To Principal)Dear CEO/Principal,
We are a internet service provider and based in HongKong, 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 Apr 7, 2010, we received an application formally, one company named "Vleoel Holdings Ltd" wanted to applied for the brand keyword "revolverrecords" and some domain names with our body.
During our preliminary investigation, we found that these domain names' keyword is identical with your name. I wonder whether you consigned Vleoel Holdings Ltd to register these domain names through us? Or is Vleoel Holdings Ltd your business partner or distributor in Asia? Currently, we have postponed this application of this company temporarily already. And this is a letter for confirmation. If you are not in charge of this please transfer this email to appropriate dept.
In order to deal with this issue better, please contact us by phone or email as soon as possible.
Best Regards.
Lebron
Lebron Zhu
Auditing Director
Hong Kong Head Office:
Web: http://www.wtl.hk.cn
Tel: 00852-95660205
Fax: 00852-30696940
Mail: lebron@west-asia.com
lebron@west-cnnet.com
P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
I humour him, and respond:
from: me
date: 2010-04-09 02:22:28
to: lebron@west-asia.com
Subject: RE: -Internet Copyright of revolverrecords-(To Principal)Hello Lebron,
My apologies for the delay in replying and thanks for bringing this matter to our attention.
This is certainly nothing to do with us - we have not authorised the use of our trademark or any of our other registered marks to this company. I also do not recognise the company name Vleoel Holdings Ltd, although I am aware of a "Velo Holdings" based in New York City in the USA, I can find no reference to "Vleoel Holdings" on the web - please could you confirm that "Vleoel Holdings" is correct?
Also, could you provide us with some more specific details regarding what exactly this other company was attempting to register? We take a very dim view of trademark and brand infringement, particularly if they are attempting to do business in the same market sector. We actively do business in Asian markets so this is of concern to us if they are attempting to impersonate the business or misuse its brand or trademarks.
Again, many thanks for emailing us and performing your due diligence. I await your response.
Regards
Christopher Woods
Darn it, I want to hate him already but he's just trying so hard. Watch him work it!
From: lebron [mailto:lebron@dnrcenter.hk]
Sent: 09 April 2010 02:08
To: me
Subject: Re: RE: -Internet Copyright of revolverrecords-
Importance: HighDear Christopher.
I am glad you can contact me in time. If you have no relationship with Vleoel Holdings Ltd, according to our working experience, there are 2 possibilities.
1.Vleoel Holdings Ltd is a domain name investment company, they want to register these names before you and sell back to you to gain profits;
2.It may be a commercial method, Vleoel Holdings Ltd is consigned by your competitor to register, they are trying to replicate your idea and let your customers feel confusion.We do not know that company's detail information. They applied to us online. They wants to apply the following domain names and brand keyword:
1.Domain names:
revolverrecords.asia
revolverrecords.info
revolverrecords.biz
revolverrecords.eu
revolverrecords.ru
revolverrecords.it
revolverrecords.fr
revolverrecords.cn
revolverrecords.com.cn
revolverrecords.com.hk
revolverrecords.com.tw
2.Brand keyword:
RevolverrecordsAs the owner of "revolverrecords.com", you will get the priority to register these domain names and brand keyword. If you think these domain names are important to you, we can send you a dispute application form and help you register these domains within dispute period, this is the only way to prevent domain name from grabbing. But if you don't think their application will do harm to your profits, you can give up, we will finish their registration.
Hopefully you can give me your decision ASAP so that we can conduct the next step work.
Best Regards.
Lebron Zhu
I decide to give him a poke... and point out some of his fairly fundamental mistakes in his approach, just to see if he bites:
from: Revolver Music Limited - Legal
date: 2010-04-09 19:03:22
to: 'lebron'
cc:
Subject: RE: RE: -Internet Copyright of revolverrecords-Lebron,
We already have a strong brand presence online - we've owned our major domain names and most variations for around 15 years, but we're always interested in protecting our trademark. However, we do not consider the domain names you have listed below as critical to our online presence - we will monitor these domain names and, should any of them be registered and attempt to replicate or duplicate our copyrights or trademarks, we will commence dispute arbitration proceedings with ADNDRC and ICANN should their content fall foul of the applicable rules to domain registration.
I am also aware of various Asia-based domain registration scams quite similar in content to your original email, so please excuse me if I am a little sceptical about this whole thing until I see more solid evidence.
Proactive domain dispute resolution has not been used by any major registrar for over a decade - NSI had a similar procedure set up for domain registrations in the 90s, but was dropped after 1999 when ICANN assumed overall control of the major TLDs. I oversee the registration of hundreds of domain names on a daily basis, and I have not once come across a 'dispute period' in the ten years or so I've been doing my job.
If you have any more information regarding 'Vleoel Holdings Ltd', please forward it to me because I can find no trace of this company on the web whatsoever, neither can I find any proof of its existence on a company register.
Best regards
Christopher Woods
AWWW, he didn't really take the bait! But still, it was fun.
From: lebron [mailto:lebron@dnrcenter.hk]
Sent: 12 April 2010 08:16
To: me
Subject: Re: RE: -Internet Copyright of revolverrecords-
Importance: HighDear Christopher.
I think you have a good knowledge of domain names, you should know that domain name takes open registration (this is international domain name registration principle), As a domain
name registrar, we have no right to stop their application. This is also the reason we informed you this issue. I think you know some cases about the domain names grabbed by third
party, and also frequently happens internationally, we also don't hope that there will be some infringement on the interests of your company in the future.On Apr 7, 2010 Vleoel Holdings Ltd has submitted the application to us, as domain name registration organization that authorized by government, we have to avoid the interference of
the third party, so we have protected these domain names. If you want to register these domain names yourself, we can send you a dispute application form to help you. Of course, if
you register in another place, we could do nothing to stop you. What we only can do is not notice you when the similar case happen in future.We look forward to our first cooperation very much. We certainly need to respect your decision.Have a nice day.
Best Regards.
Lebron Zhu
Thanks Chris
Our company got the same email and I was sure it was scare tactics to sell obscure domain name registrations or a fraudulent scam. Either way I of course googled Vleoel Holdings Ltd and saw this page. Thanks for the info and the email was deleted without fiurther thought.
Good Day! Chris,
Thanks for the tip off. Luckily I "googled" the company name "Vleoel Holdings Ltd" and found your webpage on the first page of the search results.
Regards,
zee
Thanks, for writing this. Also I got the same mail but the company was offshore collecting company.
Regards,
Elina
Thank you for posting this. I thought the email was odd, so I googled the email address (lebron@west-cnnet.com) and I found this story.
Thanks again!
[WORDPRESS HASHCASH] The poster sent us '1497490658 which is not a hashcash value.
I got the same email today itself. Just googled it and found the history of Mr LEBRON - THE HERO.
One of these just came to my employer. Now it's "Tvopera Holding Ltd" that has supposedly applied for domain names and "Brand keywords" using our company name. Ho hum.
Leaving this note here as Google-juice for anyone else who gets approached using the new fake name.
[WORDPRESS HASHCASH] The poster sent us '0 which is not a hashcash value.
I did receive the same kinf of message : I leave it ...
Dear Yann.
We are government domain names registrar in asia. One company named "Tvopera Holding Ltd" applied for following domain names:
tecalemit.ch
tecalemit.es
tecalemit.it
tecalemit.nl
tecalemit.co.jp
tecalemit.co.in
tecalemit.co.kr
tecalemit.com.tw
and Brand keyword: Tecalemit
We knew you have registered the domain name "tecalemit.fr" and own the trademark, this is why we informed you.Now I want to check:
1. The relationship between your company and Tvopera Holding Ltd.
2. If you ask Tvopera Holding Ltd to register domain names from us, then we'll help you to finish the registration in these days.
3. If you have no relationship with Tvopera Holding Ltd, according to our working experience, Tvopera Holding Ltdis a domain names grabber.
They want to grab your domain names and sell to you when you need in future.
As a domain name registrar, so it is our obligation to inform you the case. Hope you can give me your reply ASAP.
Best Regards.
Lebron Zhu
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date: 2010-07-19 17:50:38
to: lebron@dnrcenter.hk
cc:
Subject: RE: Internet Copyright of tecalemit(To Principal).
Sorry, but we cannot verify your information
regards
Yann Tromelin
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De : lebron [mailto:lebron@west-cnnet.net]
Envoyé : dimanche 18 juillet 2010 13:45
À : yt
Objet : Internet Copyright of tecalemit(To Principal).
Importance : Haute
Dear President&CEO,
We are an organization specified at dealing with domain name dispute and registration in Asia. We have something important on intellectual property right need to confirm with your company.
On July 17, 2010, we received an application formally, one company named "Tvopera Holding Ltd" applied for the Brand keyword "tecalemit" and some domain names with our organization.
After checking, we found your company is the original trademark owner. If the company's action haven't been authorized by your company, so their behavior will conflict with your interests. In order to deal with the matter better,please contact us ASAP. Thanks.
Best Regards,
Lebron Zhu
Manager
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Web: http://www.wtl.hk.cn
Tel: ++852 95660205
Fax: ++852 30696940
This scam has been going on for years and still continues. I”™ve written about this issue on my blog at http://learnthenet.org/2010/05/10/the-domain-game/ and many others have shared similar experiences and emails they've received that mirror the one you posted. Amazingly, despite the publicity, I'm still receiving emails from these shell companies. Haven't they ever heard of a search engine?
It's amazing isn't it! But oh well, at least they're giving us the chance to have a laugh at their expense, for once 😉
we have received a mail with the similar contents and the signature is "Lebron Zhu".
really funny. I wonder what's their action toward the explored trick.
Thank you for posting this on your blogg. I work in a company in Colombia-South Amercia and received the following e-mail:
Dear President&CEO,
We are an organization specified at dealing with domain name dispute and registration in Asia. We have something important on intellectual property right need to confirm with your company.
On July 10, 2010, we received an application formally, one company named "Tvopera Holding Ltd" applied for the Brand keyword "codensa" and some domain names with our organization.
After checking, we found your company is the original trademark owner. If the company's action haven't been authorized by your company, so their behavior will conflict with your interests. In order to deal with the matter better,please contact us ASAP. Thanks.
Best Regards,
Lebron Zhu
Manager
________________________________________
Web: http://www.asiadm.org
Tel: ++852 95660205
Fax: ++852 30696940
Mail: lebron@west-asia.com,lebron@westnet-work.com,lebron@west-cnnet.com,lebron@west-cnnet.net,lebron@dnrcenter.hk
I was going to send an e-mail answering his request but luckily I read your post first.
We just received a similar one. This time the company was Csora Holding Ltd.
Like Clifton, leaving this note here as Google-juice for anyone else who gets approached using the new fake name.
Dear President&CEO,
We are an organization specified at dealing with domain name dispute and registration in Asia. We have something important on intellectual property right need to confirm with your company.
On August 3, 2010, we received an application formally, one company named "Csora Holding Ltd" applied for the Brand keyword "klymit" and some domain names with our organization.
After checking, we found your company is the original trademark owner. If the company's action haven't been authorized by your company, so their behavior will conflict with your interests. In order to deal with the matter better,please contact us ASAP. Thanks.
Best Regards,
Lebron Zhu
Manager
________________________________________
Web: http://www.wtl.hk.cn
Tel: ++852 95660205
Fax: ++852 30696940
Mail: lebron@west-asia.com,lebron@westnet-work.com,lebron@west-cnnet.com,lebron@west-cnnet.net,lebron@dnrcenter.hk
We just recieved this too from Sophia.Yu that apparently TianYin Holdings Limited were after our domain - if anything it's all such a waste of time - thank you so much for your site!!
Thanks alot nearly fell for it until I saw this post. thanks again
Dear Christopher,
We just received a similar email from those scamming emails , so i just wanted to thank you about this blog.
I got a similar letter..the scam is back.
I just received the exact same email from Mr. Lebron Zhu today however the name as now been changed to "Kajlno Holding Ltd". I can't belive people would actually fall for this stuff.
Dear President/CEO,
We are an organization specified at dealing with domain name dispute and registration in Asia. We have something important on intellectual property right need to confirm with your company.
Today we received a formal application from a company called TianYin Holdings Limited, who applied to register "apgd" as their domain name in some countries and internet keyword. During our preliminary investigation, we found that these domain names' keyword is identical with your trademark. I wonder whether you consigned TianYin Holdings Limited to register these domain names with us? Or is TianYin Holdings Limited your business partner or distributor in Asia?
Currently, we have already postponed this application of this company temporarily. Therefore please let the relevant person make a confirmation with me by telephone or email ASAP.
Best Regards
Sophia.Yu
Auditing Director
Hong Kong Head Office:
Tel:+852-9566 0205
Fax:+852 30696940
Email:sophia@west-cnnet.com
sophia@netservice.hk
Web: http://www.asia-gov.com
I got the same email but from 'Anna'. Thanks Christopher for the warning.
We had received the same email. Thank you for posting this blog up.
We received the same Email as per Mallej...but it was known spam. I was just checking known spam emails to see if there is any legitimate emails so that forward to recipient. i forwarded this email, then i started googling, i came to get this page. Thanks for the one who initiated this page and those who contributed to this page.
Now February 2011
Once again thank you for this listing as I found immediately that the email was (not just suspected ) spam...
Dear Manager,
We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration center in Anhui, China. On February,21st,2011, We received HUNDI Company's application that they are registering the name "crimson-moon" as their Internet Trademark and "crimson-moon.cn","crimson-moon.com.cn" ,"crimson-moon.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
Anhui Office (Head Office)
Room 1008 Shenhui Building
Haitian Road, Huli Anhui, China
Office: +86 0553 4994789
Fax: +86 0553 4994789
web: yg-network.org
web: http://www.yg-network.org
Another version of this email, I received this one today:
Dear Principal,
We are an organization specified at dealing with domain name dispute and registration in Asia. We have something important on intellectual property right need to confirm with your company.
Today we received a formal application from a company called Bluetec International, who applied to register "cycle shelters" as their domain name in some countries and internet keyword. During our preliminary investigation, we found that these domain names' keyword is identical with your trademark. I wonder whether you consigned Bluetec International to register these domain names with us? Or is Bluetec International your business partner or distributor in Asia?
Currently, we have already postponed this application of this company temporarily. Therefore please let the relevant person make a confirmation with me by telephone or email ASAP.
Best Regards
Henry Luo(Manager)
Auditing Department(HK Office)
Thanks - They are still alive but now have a new employee Anna and a new shell co Sentroy. thanks for saving me some time. 🙂
Email received----------
Dear Principal,
We are a domain name registration and dispute organization in Asia,who mainly deal with global companies' domain name registration and internet Intellectual property right protection in Asia.Currently we have a very important issue that we need to confirm with your company.
On Mar.16, 2011,We received an application formally from one company named Sentroy Investment Co., LTD that wanted to applly for the Internet Name"xxx" and some domain names from our organization.
After our initial examination, we found that the Internet Name and domain names applied for registration are as same as your company's name and trademark.These days we are dealing with this case,we were wondering whether you consigned Sentroy Investment Co., LTD to register these domain names with us? If it is true,we will complete the registration of these domain names.Do you know this company? Currently,we have postponed this application of this company temporarily.In order to deal with this issue better,please contact us by telephone or email as soon as possible.
In addition,we hereby affirm that our time is limited for dissent application.If your company files no dissent within the time limit,we will unconditionally approve the application submitted by Sentroy Investment Co., LTD.
(PS:If you are not in charge of this matter,please transfer this email to appropriate dept.)
Best Regards,
Anna
Tel: 00852-9566-0103
Fax: 00852-3069-6940
Email: Anna@netservice.hk
web: http://www.asia-gov.com
Thanks-
More new employees!
John @ ygnetwork says HAITONG company wants to register domain names.
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 April 13th 2011, We received HAITONG company's application that they are registering the names "mycomp " as their Internet Keyword and " mycomp .cn "ã€" mycomp .com.cn " ã€" mycomp .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: http://www.ygnetwork.com.cn
I just got the same email today 04-18.
I was very suspicious of an Asian company wanting a German name.
Thanks for the info.
Do our authorities know about this ?
I think they're probably aware, but there's no practical way this can be litigated against without the co-operation of the Chinese police (from where this scam appears to originate)... And I doubt they really care!
Fundamentally what they're doing is attempting you to rush into a committal for a contract for domain names - it's still the Wild West online as much as ever and 'caveat emptor' is still the operative golden rule.
Dear Christopher,
We received a similar e-mail today, only the name has changed (again..). Mr Lebron Zhu now calls himself:
Gary
Manager of Auditing Department
________________________________________
West Technology Limited
Web: http://www.wtl.hk.cn
Email: gary@west-cnnet.com (Work time)
gary@netservice.hk (24 Hours)
Tel: 00852-9566 0205
Fax: 00852-3069 6940
Thank you for sharing your correspondence with us, it was fun to follow!
I got this through today 4/5/2011. A quick check on the net, confirmed my initial impression that it was another scam.
From angela
Dear Manager,
We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration center in Anhui, China. On May,3rd,2011, We received HUNDI Company's application that they are registering the name "acci-pac" as their Internet Trademark and "acci-pac.cn","acci-pac.com.cn" ,"acci-pac.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
Anhui Office (Head Office)
Room 1008 Shenhui Building
Haitian Road, Huli Anhui, China
Office: +86 0553 4994789
Fax: +86 0553 4994789
web: yg-network.org
web: http://www.yg-network.org
Hi, another name they started using. Supporting googling to get this site reported. thx
Monation Holding Ltd
And so.... it continues today 6/16/11
Dear CEO,
We are an organization specified at dealing with domain name dispute and registration in Asia.We have something important on intellectual property right need to confirm with your company.
On June,15, 2011, we received an application formally, one company named "Monation Holding Ltd" applied for the Internet keyword "nexttyme " and some domain names with our organization.After our initial examination, we found that they have no trademark, Intellectual property, nor patent.But the keyword and domain names they applied for registration are the same with your company's name and trademark.
These days we are dealing with it. If you do not know this company, we doubt that they have other purposes to buy these domain names.If they are your business partner or distributor in Asia,we will automatically confirm application from your business partner after this audit procedure. Now we have not finished the registration of Monation company yet, in order to deal with this issue better, please contact us by telephone or email as soon as possible.
Best Regards,
Gary
Manager of Auditing Department
Link net HongKong Limited
Web: http://www.netnic-lk.com/
Email: gary@west-holding.com (Work time)
gary@netservice.hk (24 Hours)
Tel: 00852* 3069 **7756
Fax:00852 *3069** 6940
Got a similar email but from Jason.It continues...
Just wanted to understand what shall they gain from it ?
Basically, they'd get you to pay them a huge amount to register the domains through them - FAR more than the going rate. They also give the impression someone else is actively trying to register the domains when a cursory check reveals that nobody is trying to at all! It's essentially scambaiting (almost, but not quite, a bait and switch) and if I could find the people who perpetrate this I'd give them a hiding to next week.
No longer just a coincidence. It is quite alarming that this identical email was sent to me again using the HUNDI Corporation name, and only 1 day after receiving my notice from Go Daddy to renew our registered tradename and URL. Perhaps they have gleened these notices from GoDaddy.
I have no detailed knowledge of the registry game, but if someone reads this should notify proper people from GoDaddy.
Unfortunately, whois records - the details of domain registrations, registrant information and registration dates (from and to) are all by default public record. There are many unscrupulous companies who simply scrape public whois records to identify domains expiring soon, then send out automated "renewal notification" emails to try and 'hijack' existing customers' re-registrations by fooling them into thinking they should be dealing with them (instead of the original registrar).
The company I work for is trying to backorder acquire a domain which is currently pending deletion and you wouldn't believe the amount of automated "domain acquisition" emails we get from this scammy company - two or three per day, all with URLs to different domain names owned by the company, they must be making a massive profit from people trying to acquire backordered or pending-delete domain names! The Internet's the Wild West of the 21st century 😉
Hi
I got the email below and thought it was odd, so Googled and found your posts. I'm guessing this is the same scam?
Jeanette
Dear CEO,
We are an organization specified at dealing with domain name dispute and registration in Asia.We have something important on intellectual property right need to confirm with your company.
On June,19, 2011, we received an application formally, one company named "Monation Holding Ltd" applied for the Internet keyword "freshtraditions" and some domain names with our organization.
After checking, we found your company is the original trademark owner. If the company's action haven't been authorized by your company ,so their behavior will conflict with your interests. In order to deal with the matter better,please contact us ASAP.Thanks.
Best Regards,
Snow
Manager of Auditing Department
________________________________________
West Tech HongKong Office
Web: http://www.wtl.hk.cn/
Email:snow@west-cnnet.com (Work time)
snow@netservice.hk (24 Hours)
Tel: 00852 * 3069** 7756
Fax: 00852 * 3069** 6940
Thank you Christopher for the forum just had 2 e-mails from 2 different chinese companies asking about HUNDI Company's and Tianhua Ltd's applications....i will now delete them!
Wow,
Glad I found this, there are so many scams on the internet!
Great info
Thanks for the tips Christopher
I also go an email form Hundi company, in the junk mail it goes
I had this come through to my web site inbox, googled HUNDI and found your site with more like this:
Dear Manager:
We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration center in Anhui, China. On July,7th,2011, We received HUNDI Company's application that they are registering the name "justparkas" as their Internet Trademark and "justparkas.cn","justparkas.com.cn" ,"justparkas.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
Anhui Office (Head Office)
Room 1008 Shenhui Building
Haitian Road, Huli Anhui, China
Office: +86 0553 4994789
Fax: +86 0553 4994789
web: rg-net.org
web: http://www.rg-net.org
I have 2 myself.. this is from today.
Dear Manager:
We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration center in Anhui, China. On July,14th,2011, We received HUNDI Company's application that they are registering the name "**********" as their Internet Trademark and "********s.cn","***********s.com.cn" ,"**********.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
Anhui Office (Head Office)
Registration Department Manager
Room 1008 Shenhui Building
Haitian Road, Huli Anhui, China
Office: +86 0553 4994789
Fax: +86 0553 4994789
web: http://www.yg-net.org
I received this email below from a different person - Sophia! I googled and found all your postings. Thank you for the heads-up!
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Dear Principal,
We are an organization specified at dealing with domain name dispute and registration in Asia.We have something important on intellectual property right need to confirm with your company.
Today we received a formal application from a company called Bergen Investment ltd who applied to register "idsgi" as their domain name and Network brand in some countries.After our initial examination, we found these domain names and Network brand that they applied for are as same as your company's name and trademark. These days, we are dealing with it. I wonder whether you authorized Bergen Investment ltd to register these domain names with us. Or, whether Bergen Investment ltd is your business partner or distributor in Asia?
If you do not know this company, we doubt that they have other purposes to buy these domain names. Now we have not finished the registration of Bergen Investment ltd yet. In order to deal with this issue better, Please contact us via email or telephone as soon as possible.
Best Regards,
Sophia Yu
Auditing Department(HK Office)
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ASIA Internet Development Center
Tel: 00852-306977-56 Fax: 00852-306969-40
Email:sophia@wanyinet.com
sophia@west-cnnet.com
Website:http://www.url-center.com
...and another for the same scam under Wali received today 4.11.11. From "Leo".
leo@dish-network.net.
Many thanks to Chris and others for bothering to flag this problem.
PB
This was an email I just received.
Dear Sir,
Sorry to trouble you!
We are a trademark intellectual property service organization. On December 12, 2011, a company named "Skeen Holdings Ltd." submitted a domain registration application to us, applying for registering some domain names similar to the "goflightinc.com".
When auditing, we found that you are the owner of "goflightinc.com", so we inform you about this issue. Did you consign them to submit the application? If not, I doubt that they may have other purpose. Could you confirm by return in time? So that we can promptly and effectively deal with this matter.
Best Regards,
Jason Long
Audit Supervisor
Web: http://www.url-center.com
Tel: 00852-30697-756
Fax: 00852-30696-940
Mail: Jl@sknetservice.com
Thanks for posting this. I will delete the email now.
Thank you for this article. I received this email from them (below) and got suspicious because I couldn't find any website related to the email (leo@dish-network.net.cn)
"Dear President,
We are the department of Asian Domain Registration Service in china. I have something to confirm with you. We formally received an application on Dec.21th, 2011 that a company which self-styled "Wayi Holdings Co.,Ltd" were applying to register "(my domain)" as their Net Brand and following domain names:"
A list of domains...
Afterour initial checking, we have 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 have authorized this, we will finish the registration at once. If you have not, 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 "Wayi Holdings Co.,Ltd".
Best Regards,
Leo Pan
Registration Dept.
Tel: (+86) 551-5223174 || Fax: (+86) 551-5223175
Address:10/F,Jindi International Building,No.588
MaAnshan South Road,Baohe District,Hefei.China
Thank you to google and your blog. Another one..
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Dear Manager,
We are a professional intellectual property rights consultant organization,and we mainly engaged in URL registration and internet intellectual property protecting.
On February, 3, 2012, we received a registration application from "Pulead Investment Corp.", and they applied for the trademark keyword " " and some relevant domains. According to our auditing of their application, we found your company was the owner of this brand, so we would like to confirm with you if "Pulead Investment Corp." had been authorized by your company to register these domains and keyword.
We have suspended their application, so if they do not have your authorization, pls contact me for more information ASAP after you receive this email .
Kind Regards,
Michelle Hu
Auditing Department
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Office: +8526 517 19 87 Fax: +8523 069 69 40
E-mail: michelleh@sknetservice.com
Website: http://www.url-center.com
Thank you for the article and here's the same message I received Feb 2012...
(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. I have something to confirm with you. We formally received an application on Feb.7th, 2012 that a company which self-styled "Wayi Holdings Co.,Ltd" were applying to register "(company name)" as their Net Brand and following domain names:
((list of about 10 domains))
Afterour initial checking, we have 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 have authorized this, we will finish the registration at once. If you have not, 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 "Wayi Holdings Co.,Ltd".
Best Regards,
Leo Pan
Registration Dept.
Tel: (+86) 551-5223114 || Fax: (+86) 551-5223113
Address:No.1688 Taihu Road,Baohe District,Hefei,Anhui,China
Thanks for this blogpost.
We also go one:
Dear Sir,
We are an organization of trademark intellectual property protection which authorized by ASIANIC in Hong Kong.
On May. 7, 2012, a company named Gueenzion Holdings Ltd. applied for registering following domains with us:
ourdomain.com.hk
ourdomain.com.tw
ourdomain.asia
Internet Keyword:ourbrandname
After checking, we found it conflicted with your name and trademark, so we would like to confirm with you.
Whether did you consign Gueenzion Holdings Ltd. to register these Domains? Or are they your subbranch?
Could you confirm by return in time? So we can deal with this matter effectively. Thank you.
Kindly Regards,
Tina
Auditing & Marketing Director
Tel: 00852 65 17 19 87
Fax: 00852 30 69 69 40
Email: Tina@sknetservice.com
Webside: http://www.url-center.com
We got the same as Lisa a few weeks ago.
I was sure it was a scam, it's nice to have my doubts authenticated.
Thanks!
dsrg.org.cn
DSrg Web Solutions
DingsCom.org.cn
dingscom.org
Here we go again.....
From: owen [owen@skwebdns.org.cn]
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 6:05 AM
To: Shannon Allen
Subject: eesatl
Dear Manager,
We are a Trademark and Domains registration organization.
We company received Avgarsd Co., LTD request of registration on July 18th, 2012, whom applied for registering the some related domains and keyword "eesatl" with our organization.
We found these domains were conflicted with your Website. Did you authorize them to register these domains?
Hope you could reply me ASAP and handle this matter. Thanks.
Kindiy Regards,
Owen
Tel:00 852 651 719 87
Fax:00 852 306 969 40
Email:owen@login-idc.hk
Website:www.url-center.com
I got it today 25th July 2012. It's still circulating. It's coming from this server :
asiaurl.org
Please stop replying to this sender. It's 100 SCAM.