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About once a month I get an email from a client who received a message similar to the message below:
Let me tell you it's crap... These guys are trying to scare you into purchasing a domain with a .cn extension or some other extension to "protect your brand" The domain will cost you a bunch and most of the time is not necessary. This is a scam. DELETE!
Dear Manager,
We are a professional Internet consultant 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 2009-03-19, we received an application formally; one person named “Jacques Tits” wanted to apply for the Internet brand “yourdomainnamehere” and some domain names through our body. During our preliminary investigation, we found that these domain names’ keyword and internet brand is identical with your trademark. I wonder whether you consigned "Jacques Tits" to register these domain names through us or not? Or is "Jacques Tits" your business partner or distributor in Asia? Currently, we have postponed this application of this company temporarily already. In order to deal with this issue better, please let the principal make a confirmation with me by telephone or email ASAP.
In addition, I must state that we have time limited for one person or one company’s registration. It is just 15 days. If your company files doesn't resent within the time limited. We will unconditionally authorize the application of “Jacques Tits".
Thank you for your cooperate.
Best Regards,
Leo Chan
Registration Commissioner
Sponsoring Registrar:World Wide Network
Tel: +852 3115 2295
Fax: +852 3072 3223
Email:leo@worldwidedomain.asia
Let me tell you it's crap... These guys are trying to scare you into purchasing a domain with a .cn extension or some other extension to "protect your brand" The domain will cost you a bunch and most of the time is not necessary. This is a scam. DELETE!
Interesting, I just got the same thing today... lol
ReplyDeletesame here, got it and it seems like a total scam.
ReplyDeleteI got it too, Googled worldwidedomain.asia and it immediately tagged scam/spam to the end of that search term. Ignoring it.
ReplyDeleteYour "This is crap" comment cracked me up because it's true and your candor delightful. Keep up the good work Foremost!
ReplyDeleteHere is another version of this scam company. I get more calls from freaked out clients on this:
ReplyDeleteDear Manager
We are a professional intellectual property rights consultant organization, mainly deal with the global domain name registration
and internet intellectual property rights protection.
On May. 14th, 2010, we formally received an application from KangShen Technology Limited, they applied to register the
internet Keyword ( foremostmedia ) and some in China and Asia's domain name.
During our preliminary investigation, we found that these domain names' keyword is fully identical with your trademark.
Therefore, we need to confirm with you, whether you consigned KangShen Technology Limited to register these
domain names with us or not? Or, is KangShen Technology Limited your business partner or distributor?
If you have no relationship with this company, we assume that they have other purposes to obtain these domain names.
Currently, we have already suspended this company's application temporarily due to the seriousness of this isuue.
In order to avoid the vicious domain name grabbing, please let the relevant person make a confirmation with me via
email as soon as possible. Thank you for your support to our work!
Best Regards!
Anne Ling
Registration Department Manager
Tel:+852 3077 4292
Fax:+852 8193 2728
Email:anne@trademarkdns.com