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Unsolicited Mail about Alternative TLDs

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  • 06-07-2012 10:42am
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    hardCopy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,969 ✭✭✭


    Hi Folks,

    Got a mail in today from a Chinese hosting provider as follows:
    Dear Manager,

    We are the registration and solution center in China. We have an important issue to confirm with you. On July 05th, 2012, we formally received an application, one company which called "Blah Blah Invest Ltd" are applying to register ''XXXXXXX" as Web brand and Domain names:
    XXXXXXX.cn / .com.cn / .net.cn / .hk / .com.hk / .in / .tw / .com.tw / .asia
    After our preliminary investigation, we found the brand name and these domain names being applied are as same as your company's, so we wonder whether your company consigned Blah Blah Invest Ltd to register these domain names with us?
    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 contact us within 10 workdays. If out of the deadline, we will approve the application submitted by "Blah Blah Invest Ltd" unconditionally.Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any question.
    Best Regards,

    We don't operate in Asia and don't want to buy any of these domains so it's not really a big deal if someone squats the domain.

    I presume this is just an elaborate phishing attempt?


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    mneylon
    Registered Users Posts: 7,739 ✭✭✭mneylon


    It's a scam
    It's not a new scam or a particularly complicated one :)

    Basically they'll try to convince a potential victim that their brand / trademark / company name is about to be registered in a bunch of domain extensions.

    And if you take up the offer they'll charge you a very high price to provide the service

    It's not phishing or anything that elaborate

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    jhegarty
    Registered Users Posts: 6,440 ✭✭✭jhegarty


    Think I got my first one in 1997 , a few weeks after registering my first domain.


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    #4
    hardCopy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,969 ✭✭✭hardCopy


    Thanks folks, we're not in the export business so it's not really an issue even if someone did try to reg them.


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    mneylon
    Registered Users Posts: 7,739 ✭✭✭mneylon


    hardCopy wrote: »
    Thanks folks, we're not in the export business so it's not really an issue even if someone did try to reg them.

    I think you're missing the point.

    If someone wants to register a domain name they will register it.

    Nobody is going to tell you about a 3rd party's intention to register a domain name - that's the scam's key

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