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From: Ade
Li <a.l@nuserving.com.cn>
Date: Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 12:52 PM
Subject: Company Matters Notice About Some #######- Domains Registration
To:
Date: Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 12:52 PM
Subject: Company Matters Notice About Some #######- Domains Registration
To:
(It's
very urgent, so please transfer this email to your CEO or appropriate person.
Thanks a lot.)Â
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Dear CEO/Principal,
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This is a very important case, so please transfer this email to your CEO or appropriate person. Thanks a lot. Here I have something to confirm with you. We formally received an application on December 20, 2013 that a company claimed "TONGTANG Capital Co.,Ltd" were applying to register "#######" as their Net Brand and some "#######" Asian countries top-level domain names through our firm.
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Now we are handling this registration, and after our initial checking, we 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 authorized this, we would finish the registration at once. If you did not authorize, please let us know within 7 workdays, so that we could handle this issue better. After the deadline we will unconditionally finish the registration for "TONGTANG Capital Co.,Ltd" Looking forward to your prompt reply.
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Best Regards,
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Ade LiÂ
Senior Consultant Manager
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Dear CEO/Principal,
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This is a very important case, so please transfer this email to your CEO or appropriate person. Thanks a lot. Here I have something to confirm with you. We formally received an application on December 20, 2013 that a company claimed "TONGTANG Capital Co.,Ltd" were applying to register "#######" as their Net Brand and some "#######" Asian countries top-level domain names through our firm.
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Now we are handling this registration, and after our initial checking, we 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 authorized this, we would finish the registration at once. If you did not authorize, please let us know within 7 workdays, so that we could handle this issue better. After the deadline we will unconditionally finish the registration for "TONGTANG Capital Co.,Ltd" Looking forward to your prompt reply.
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Best Regards,
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Ade LiÂ
Senior Consultant Manager
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Ref:##http://www.hoax-slayer.com/domain-name-application-scam.shtml ##
According to these messages, which purport to be from the website domain
name registration authority in China, a third-party has applied to
register a number of domain names based on the recipient's existing
domain name, trademark or brand name. The emails suggest that this
third-party may be attempting to capitalize on the recipient's brand
name by attempting to register the domain names and therefore violating
his or her intellectual property rights. The messages state that, if the
recipient objects to this third-party application he or she should
contact the authority in order to stop the application being approved.
The messages warn that, if the recipient does not make contact within a
limited time frame, the third-party's application will be automatically
approved.
However, the claims in the emails are nothing but lies designed to trick website owners into paying inflated prices to register a series of domain names when there is no compelling reason to do so. The messages are designed to panic recipients into registering the domains in the mistaken belief that some third-party is trying to poach their brand or online identity. In reality, the dodgy domain registration companies operating these scams have not received such third-party applications at all. The scammers send out virtually the same emails to thousands of site owners. Often, the only difference in the messages is the domain name that the "third-party" is supposedly attempting to register. As a website owner, I have received hundreds of such messages over several years, often virtually identical except for the domain name that the scammers are targeting. Clearly, the scammers simply use message templates which they tailor to their potential victim by plugging in his or her domain name as necessary.
If you receive one of these scam messages, do not respond to it. Some versions ask you to reply to the message if you wish the third-party application to be stopped. In these versions, an "agent" will subsequently contact you with instructions detailing how to pay registration fees for the supposedly disputed domains. Other versions include a direct link to a dubious domain registration website where you are requested to pay for the domains immediately.
While these messages are certainly a scam, website owners should nevertheless be aware that unscrupulous people often do try to capitalize on a brand's popularity by registering the same or similar names with different top-level domains (TLD's). For example, if your domain is "my-website.com" they may attempt to register to "my-website.info" or a great many other such TLD variations. They may also register domains with slight misspellings. To curtail such activities, many high profile entities do register multiple versions of their domains as a means of protecting their brand and online identity.
If a third-party does apply to register a domain close to a name that you have already registered, it is quite unlikely that a registration authority will contact you via email to "check" before approving the application. If you have concerns that your brand name might be at risk by such activities you should find a reputable domain registration service and register any domains that you feel may be potentially snaffled by third-parties.
However, the claims in the emails are nothing but lies designed to trick website owners into paying inflated prices to register a series of domain names when there is no compelling reason to do so. The messages are designed to panic recipients into registering the domains in the mistaken belief that some third-party is trying to poach their brand or online identity. In reality, the dodgy domain registration companies operating these scams have not received such third-party applications at all. The scammers send out virtually the same emails to thousands of site owners. Often, the only difference in the messages is the domain name that the "third-party" is supposedly attempting to register. As a website owner, I have received hundreds of such messages over several years, often virtually identical except for the domain name that the scammers are targeting. Clearly, the scammers simply use message templates which they tailor to their potential victim by plugging in his or her domain name as necessary.
If you receive one of these scam messages, do not respond to it. Some versions ask you to reply to the message if you wish the third-party application to be stopped. In these versions, an "agent" will subsequently contact you with instructions detailing how to pay registration fees for the supposedly disputed domains. Other versions include a direct link to a dubious domain registration website where you are requested to pay for the domains immediately.
While these messages are certainly a scam, website owners should nevertheless be aware that unscrupulous people often do try to capitalize on a brand's popularity by registering the same or similar names with different top-level domains (TLD's). For example, if your domain is "my-website.com" they may attempt to register to "my-website.info" or a great many other such TLD variations. They may also register domains with slight misspellings. To curtail such activities, many high profile entities do register multiple versions of their domains as a means of protecting their brand and online identity.
If a third-party does apply to register a domain close to a name that you have already registered, it is quite unlikely that a registration authority will contact you via email to "check" before approving the application. If you have concerns that your brand name might be at risk by such activities you should find a reputable domain registration service and register any domains that you feel may be potentially snaffled by third-parties.
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