Is this some kinda a new domain hijacking scam?
Hey warriors, I got this email recently which was kinda confusing and clearly some kinda scam BS, so I thought i'd post it here to alert fellow warriors, and actually learn what the heck their game is?
here is a copy of the email
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helen.he@tmcnow-china.net to waseem
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(If you are NOT CEO,please forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent.Thanks.)
Dear CEO,
We are the organization of Asian Brand and Domain registration dispute, have something need to confirm with you. we formally received an application on Aug 24,2011. one company which called "India dfco Investment limited" are applying to register "Whoiswaseemmirza" as Brand Name and Domains.
whoiswaseemmirza.asia
whoiswaseemmirza.cn
whoiswaseemmirza.com.cn
whoiswaseemmirza.com.hk
whoiswaseemmirza.com.tw
whoiswaseemmirza.hk
whoiswaseemmirza.in
whoiswaseemmirza.net.cn
whoiswaseemmirza.org.cn
whoiswaseemmirza.tw
But we found that "India dfco Investment limited" 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,
Hellen He(Mr)
Auditing Consultant
Tel: +0086-566-2629-555 Fax: +0086-566-2629-666
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Address:Room205, No.D4 Qingxi South Garden, South-ChangJiang Road,Guichi Shi District,Chizhou,China
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I mean by me replying, what do they really wanna do in the 'back-end' of there 'marketing funnel' lol
I mean what gives it away is by the pathetic canned email am presuming they are sending everyone right now...because I know that it must be a MASSIVE coincidence that "who is" follow by my full name is some brand lol...
anyway, am really interested in hearing everyones feedback, have you guys ever got this? (in a way if it was a real official kinda niche blog/brand u had for a sec I can see how this may fool someone...
here is a copy of the email
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helen.he@tmcnow-china.net to waseem
show details 02:04 (23 hours ago)
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Due to a filter you created, this message was not sent to Spam. Edit Filters
(If you are NOT CEO,please forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent.Thanks.)
Dear CEO,
We are the organization of Asian Brand and Domain registration dispute, have something need to confirm with you. we formally received an application on Aug 24,2011. one company which called "India dfco Investment limited" are applying to register "Whoiswaseemmirza" as Brand Name and Domains.
whoiswaseemmirza.asia
whoiswaseemmirza.cn
whoiswaseemmirza.com.cn
whoiswaseemmirza.com.hk
whoiswaseemmirza.com.tw
whoiswaseemmirza.hk
whoiswaseemmirza.in
whoiswaseemmirza.net.cn
whoiswaseemmirza.org.cn
whoiswaseemmirza.tw
But we found that "India dfco Investment limited" 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,
Hellen He(Mr)
Auditing Consultant
Tel: +0086-566-2629-555 Fax: +0086-566-2629-666
<img alt="" align="baseline" border="0" hspace="0">
Address:Room205, No.D4 Qingxi South Garden, South-ChangJiang Road,Guichi Shi District,Chizhou,China
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I mean by me replying, what do they really wanna do in the 'back-end' of there 'marketing funnel' lol
I mean what gives it away is by the pathetic canned email am presuming they are sending everyone right now...because I know that it must be a MASSIVE coincidence that "who is" follow by my full name is some brand lol...
anyway, am really interested in hearing everyones feedback, have you guys ever got this? (in a way if it was a real official kinda niche blog/brand u had for a sec I can see how this may fool someone...
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