Domain Name Registration Question

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Jason Johns

Does anyone have any advice (obviously with the usual legal caveats) on how to respond? I've checked with my domain registrar and the .asia, .cn, .com.cn and .net.cn addresses are listed as available. My domain registrar doesn't recognise the .hk suffix.

I'm reasonably certain it's a scam. They just want you to register your name with those TLDs through them. They search through WHOIS to find domain name owners, and send them eMails like that.

Toss it and forget about it.

But, for the disclaimer part, I'm not a lawyer, so nothing I say should be construed as legal advice.

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GB2008

15 years ago

Doesn't sound like a real email to me - surely it's first come, first served on domain names, unless their "client" wants to buy it from you for a significant sum!

I vote for the "toss it" answer - but then I'm not a lawyer either...

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KirkMcD

15 years ago

It's a scam. They want you to register the domains with them.

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Jason Johns

15 years ago

Thanks everyone for your advice - I wasn't sure what this was to be honest. I was thinking about registering the domains with my own provider, but I'm not really ever going to use them.

I'll send them a reply back along the lines of he can register those domains if he wants so long as he doesn't attempt any infringement on my trademark / domain.

Anyone else got any thoughts?

Cheers

Jason

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KirkMcD

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Jason Johns

I'll send them a reply back along the lines of he can register those domains if he wants so long as he doesn't attempt any infringement on my trademark / domain.

Do you normally reply to spammers?
Don't waste your time.

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grumpyb

15 years ago

I have received several of these and along with the ones from a USA company that writes suggesting our domaine names are about to expire I dump them all in the TRASH

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azamchips

15 years ago

I agree that it is a spam and I think you should subscribe to WhoisGuard so that they cannot check your details in the future.

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Phil Craig

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Jason Johns

Hi Warriors,

I've just had this email from someone out of the blue and I'm a bit confused as to what it means and was wondering if anyone had any experience of this. I'm concerned about future implications for me holding the .com address (which I've held for about 8 years now).

Dear Sir or Madam: 2009-2-18
We are a domain name registration service company in China. Yesterday we
received a formal application submited by Mr. Steven Lee who wanted to use the
keyword "MYDOMAINNAME" 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 don't know whether
you have any relation with Mr.Steven Lee. Because these domain names would produce
possible dispute, now we have hold down the registration of Mr.Steven Lee, but if we
do not get your company's any reply in the next 5 working days, we will approve
this application soon. In order to handle this issue better, Please contact us by
fax or email as soon as possible.
Sunny
Attorney at law of Legal Department
Tel: 86 0513 8532 2060
Fax: 86 0513 8532 2065
Email:joy@ntwifinetwork.com
Web: WiFi Network| Complete Asia Pacfic ccTLD Domain Names
Mail No.:223272

Does anyone have any advice (obviously with the usual legal caveats) on how to respond? I've checked with my domain registrar and the .asia, .cn, .com.cn and .net.cn addresses are listed as available. My domain registrar doesn't recognise the .hk suffix.

Your advice is appreciated.

Jason

Hi Jason,

I get those all the time. It's a scam.

Phil

http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...0-domains.html

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dsmpublishing

15 years ago

It looks like a typical scam the level of english in it says it all

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jgoffshore

15 years ago

Yes this is a scam. It's been going on for years.

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Jason Johns

15 years ago

I was a bit worried when I got it that they'd try and grab my domain name off me sometime in the future.

I think the bit where they said they were "holding" the domains for him but my registrar said they were free gives more credence to the whole scam thing.

I'll ignore it and be happy the warriors are there to help out!

Thanks everyone for your help

Jason

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grumpyb

15 years ago

If you want to use a domain as business name then you need to regiter all the options possible so for me thats the .com .com.au .net .net.au and some more
It becomes expensive but I just registered one of my main competitors same url but his is .com.au I now have his url with .com .net.au .net and more. and we will launch sites about same products but linked back to our main url

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thrutraffic

15 years ago

I figured it to be a scam. I just sent them back a response telling that their Mr. Lin could have it all by making me an offer I couldn't refuse.

That mail came back as undeliverable.

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BurgerBoy

15 years ago

It's a scam.

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red-dayton 15 years ago

If it looks like a scam, smells like a scam, it might be a scam! I would toss it.

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Canee

15 years ago

Yesterday I got a similar e-mail from china saying that someone else in china has applied for the "net trademark" for the domain of our jewelry site, and that we could "lose it forever" if we don't register it first.

I was a bit concerned but suspected some kind of scam or con. Good to have some confirmation. Thanks!