An email-by-email look at this common scam.
By now you are probably familiar with the trademark domain name scam. A company sends an email informing you that someone is trying to register domain names containing your trademark (or matching your existing domain). The scammer’s goal is to get you to pay them to register the domain names.
It’s one of the oldest domain name scams in the books. And it works. That’s why it continues to this day.
I recently received another one of these scam emails. I played along rather than delete it so that I could share the entirety here.
Email 1:
from Jerry Chan
Dear Sir or Madam,
This is a letter regarding the authorization of domain and brand names of your company, please take it seriously. We are a Chinese registrar for domain and brand names. The registration request has been received by our company from SIQL Global Ltd applying to register brainstormlabs as their brand name and some top-level domain names(.CN .HK etc). We found the main body of those names is the same as yours after our initial checking.
We are handling the request and needing to confirm whether or not your company authorizes the 3rd party company to register them ASAP. Please let me know your opinions so as to solve it promptly. Looking forward to your reply.
Best Regards,
Jerry Chan
Tel:0086.(0)551.63491 193
Fax:0086.(0)551.63491 192
No.2 Building,Wanda Square,WuHu Road,Hefei China
My Response:
I do not authorize this
Email 2:
Dear Andrew,
Thanks for your letter. Following domains and brand name are applied by that company:
Brand Name:
Brainstormlabs
Domain Names:
brainstormlabs.asia
brainstormlabs.in
brainstormlabs.co.in
brainstormlabs.cn
brainstormlabs.com.cn
brainstormlabs.net.cn
brainstormlabs.org.cn
brainstormlabs.tw
brainstormlabs.com.tw
brainstormlabs.hk
brainstormlabs.com.hk
You shall know that the domain names registration is open-wide, so that company also has the right to apply for those available domain names. In accordance with dispute domain registration principle,your company has the preferential rights to register them and that is why we informed you this case in advance.
At present, we haven’t passed their application because we need your opinion. If your company considers these names are of importance to your business or interest, I suggest that your company registers these names in prior so as to avoid confusion or speculation. Of course, If you don’t think their application would affect your company in the future, then my suggestion is that you can give up these names and let us finish the registration for them as our duty performs. Please give me your company’s decision as soon as possible in order to let us handle this issue properly.
Best Regards,
Jerry Chan
My Response:
I do not approve of them registering these names.
Email #3:
Dear Andrew,
Thanks for your reply. Based on the principle of domain names’registration, all the available domain names can be registered by everyone,including that company.We have known that you had already used the www.brainstormlabs.com, so we are keeping those domain names for your company. However, we can not promise you that that company will not go through other channels to register those names.If those domain names are very important to your company, please contact us in time and cooperate with us as well as carry out the dispute works promptly.If you want to register and protect those names, we need your company to fill out an Application Form and put on record. Please confirm whether you need to register through us. If yes, we will send you application form and registration procedures. Looking forward to your prompt confirmation.
Best Regards,
Jerry Chan
My Response:
Do I have to register them through you or can I register them somewhere else?
Email #4:
Dear Andrew,
Now we are dealing this dispute registration case, you can only register them through us. Please confirm whether you need to register through us, if yes we will send you application form and registration procedures. If not, we wil complete the registration for that company. Waiting for your quick reply.
Best Regards,
Jerry Chan
My Response:
Please send the form.
Email #5:
Dear Andrew,
Thanks for your prompt reply. Of course, Register by yourself is the best way to protect the intellectual property rights. Following is the procedure, you can do follow it.
1. Please fill out the form and return it via email(scaned) or fax.
2. We will dispute the domain name for your company, In the meantime, we will send the Invoice signed & stamped to you.
3. Please remit the payment to us according to the bank information on the Invoice and send the payment proof to us.
4. We will register the domain name for you within 2 workdays after receiving the remittance.
5. You will be awarded the certificates of Brand name after complete the registration.
Following is price list, for your reference:
brainstormlabs.asia 35 USD /per year
brainstormlabs.in 35 USD /per year
brainstormlabs.co.in 35 USD /per year
brainstormlabs.cn 65 USD /per year
brainstormlabs.com.cn 65 USD /per year
brainstormlabs.net.cn 65 USD /per year
brainstormlabs.org.cn 65 USD /per year
brainstormlabs.tw 65 USD /per year
brainstormlabs.com.tw 65 USD /per year
brainstormlabs.hk 65 USD /per year
brainstormlabs.com.hk 65 USD /per year
Brand Name:
BRAINSTORMLABS 180 USD/per year
The Dispute Application Form is attached, pls check it. Time is limited. Please fill the form and return it to us ASAP if you have no questions, we will help you to dispute and register the domain name as per the information you fill in the form. Thank you for your cooperation.
Best Regards,
Jerry Chan
Yes, it is a common scam! We receive these kind of emails all the time.
Thank you for making people aware of this fraud.
See if you can rope them into registering the domain names but… gosh… you keep having trouble with your payment information.
what, and once they’ve registered the domains you never wanted, raise a trademark case against them? 😉
Interesting that they only offer check boxes for 5, 10 and 20 years.
I’m curious out of how many people/companies go for it. Multiple levels of naivety. But if they hook one who checks all the boxes (every TLD and let’s say 5 years) I guess that brings in an extra $1,000?
God love the opportunist! I get these all the time lol. A chancer (and fool) is born every minute!
Thank you very much! Scams in domain industry appear everyday.
Everyday in my spam folder I receive “warnings”, “alerts”, everything!
Be aware folks, scammers nowdays are very very shady.
“Jerry” just followed up with me to urge me to submit the forms:
“Dear Andrew,
I shall remind you this case is very urgent, please handle it as soon as possible. Have you filled in the application form and returned it? Please let me know. Thank you.
Best Regards,
Jerry Chan”
Hi Kim,
I acquired the .com and .co.uk version of this for a product range I am launching in October.
I would be happy to relinquish bedazl.com for the right price. Undoubtedly this would be stronger for your clients than the .HK or .CN
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‘Jerry Chan’ kept popping up in my inbox. I’m always suspicious about these types of email however in the back of the mind there is always that ‘what if?’! The latest approach to wowwoo.co.uk was a particular worry so did a search and found this really useful review / warning. Set my mind at rest –
appreciated. Thank you.
OK – so that was close. I was nearly done. It just seemed so realistic. Here is a copy/paste of the email I was originally sent:
Dear CEO/Manager,
Please read this letter carefully since this is an urgent case. We are domain registrar and received the registration request from MANLE Global Ltd applying to register esaservices brand and domain names(cn hk etc). We found those names have same main body as your company’s name. We hereby confirm with your company whether or not your company are affiliated with the applicant. Please let me know your thoughts ASAP so as to let us work this out, Have a nice day.
Best Regards,
David Lee
Tel:0086-551 634 911 93
Fax:0086-551 634 911 92
Address:No.358,Jiangnan Xinlicheng Garden,Tongcheng Road,Heifei Chin
We just received this email today! I’ve seen them before and thanks to your warning Andrew, I just got my suspicions verified!
Dear Sir or Madam,
Sorry to bother you. We are domain registrar and received the registration request from Gulf East Ltd applying to register thevikingteamllc brand and domain names(cn hk etc). We found those names have same main body as your company’s name. We hereby confirm with your company whether or not your company are affiliated with the applicant. Please let me know your thoughts ASAP so as to let us work this out, Have a nice day.
Best regards,
Harvey Xu
Tel:0086-551 634 911 93
Fax:0086-551 634 911 92
Address:No.358,Jiangnan Xinlicheng Garden,Tongcheng Road,Heifei China
I had someone try to run this scam on me shortly after I registered my domain, so it probably would have happened ~2003 – 2007. I couldn’t afford to buy the Chinese version of my domain name and didn’t see any value in it. I figured if someone wanted to buy gottahavacuppamocha.cn, more power to them 😉
Even i received the same FRAUD Mail!! for my website : http://www.seolizards.in
Dear President or CEO,
Please read this letter carefully since this is an urgent case. We are a Chinese domain registrar. Recently, we received the registration request from MTANG Global Ltd applying to register seolizards brand and domain names(cn hk etc), which have same main body as your company’s name. We send this letter to confirm with your company whether or not you authorize them to register those names. Please give me your thoughts ASAP so as to let us carry on, Thanks.
Best Regards,
Judy Yan
Tel:0086-551 634 911 93
Fax:0086-551 634 911 92
Address:No.358,Jiangnan Xinlicheng Garden,Tongcheng Road,Heifei China
We got this one today.
Dear Sir or Madam,
Thanks for reading this letter. This is a letter regarding ahldesign brand and domain names(cn hk etc). We are a Chinese domain registrar and received the registration application from Ursn Investment LTD and found the main body of those brand and domain names is same as your company’s name. Therefore, we confirm with your company to verify whether or not you two companies are affiliated. Please reply me ASAP. Thanks for your cooperation.
Frank Wu
Thank you for making people aware of this fraud.
Here is another one just received by my user!
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Dear CEO or General Manager,
Please read this letter carefully since this is an urgent case. We are an agency engaging in registering brand name and domain names. Today, our center received an application from SHENH International Ltd applying to register plastproinc as their brand name and some top-level domain names(.CN .HK etc). After our careful investigation, We found the main body of domain names is same as yours. As a professional registrar, We are obligated to inform you of this situation.
We are handling the application and we need to confirm whether or not you authorize them to register them? Let me know your answer ASAP so as to solve this promptly. Thanks for your cooperation.
Best Regards,
Ian Wang
Tel:+86.551.63491192
Fax:+86.551.63491192
Address:No.313, Changjiang Zhonglu, Hefei 230000 China
Just got the exact e-mail in the mail today myself. I was suspicious and decided to just let it sit. Then I copied and pasted the postal address into google to see what happens. I came to this page and your info about this scam. Now I’m laughing. Thank you for putting this info up and saving myself and many others time and energy — even money.
Got one today… Thank you for this info.
Hi all, i received one also. Thanks the info
Dear Sir/Madam,
We are the department of Asian Domain Registration Service in China. I have something to confirm with you. We formally received an application on Apr 6, 2018 that a company which self-styled “Gulf East Ltd ” were applying to register “gromutual” as their Brand Name and some domain names through our firm.
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 will finish the registration at once. If you did not authorize, please let us know within 5 workdays, so that we will handle this issue better. After the deadline we will unconditionally finish the registration for “Gulf East Ltd “. Looking forward to your prompt reply.
Best regards,
Macy Xue
Tel: 0086.5516349 1192
Fax: 0086.5516349 1192
Address:Dingsheng Times Square No.299,Maanshan South Road,Hefei
Here is what I received Today!
Dear Manager,
Regarding registration of your company name […..], hereby send the confirmation letter, please read it carefully.
We are an agency engaging in registering brand name and domain names. Today, Our center received an application from YANHAN COMPANY and they apply to register […..] as their brand name and some top-level domain names(.CN .HK etc). We found the main body of domain names is same as your company name. I am not sure about the relationship between you and them. Please tell me whether or not your company authorizes them to register names.
We are dealing with the application and we need to confirm whether you have authorized them? If you don’t authorize them, please reply me an e-mail. Looking forward to your reply.
Best regards,
Grace Ma | Service & Operations Manager
Tel:+0086-5538-3662-31 || Fax:+0086-5538-3662-31
This e-mail are confidential and may contain information that is exempt from disclosure by law and subject to copyright.
P please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
Just received one as well. I assumed it was a scam but am glad to find this post so that I know for sure.
Here is the email response after I replied saying that I did not approve them using the domain name, and after he sent a few follow up emails to which I did not respond:
Dear Sirs,
Notice: hi, i am Frank Wu. We had discussed the case about disputing your company’s brand name. You have never registered the brand name, the dispute period will come soon. If your company does not register the brand name, we will start aforesaid company registration within 2 workdays. That company will become the legal owner of the brand name in the world. We had notified you, so we are not responsible for any dispute question about your intellectual property right and trademark after they succeed in registration. If you have any questions, pls contact us within 2 workdays.
Best regards,
Frank Wu
I have just received the extract same email. I didn’t trust this email then I found this website. Thank you. I didn’t respond it.
Dear CEO or General Manager,
Please read this letter carefully since this is an urgent case. We are an agency engaging in registering brand name and domain names. Today, Our center received an application from HANLE International Ltd and they apply to register decorapowdercoatings as their brand name and some top-level domain names(.CN .HK etc). We found the main body of domain names is same as your company name. I am not sure about the relationship between you and them. Please tell me whether or not your company authorizes them to register names.
We are dealing with the application and we need to confirm whether you have authorized them? If you don’t authorize them, please reply me an e-mail. Looking forward to your reply.
Best Regards,
Dan Hong
Tel: 0086.5516349 1192
Fax: 0086.5516349 1192
Address:Dingsheng Times Square No.299, Maanshan South Road, Hefei, China
I got this, thanks for the info, I figured it was something dodgy but hadn’t actually seen it before. I felt like trying to sell THEM my brand for a huge sum of money, but didn’t really want to get into a correspondence with them.
(Please forward this to your CEO or President, formal reply us within 7 workdays. Because this is urgent. Thanks)
Dear President & CEO,
This email is from China Intellectual Property Office, which mainly deal with International Trademark and Domain Name etc. Here we have something to confirm with you. A company named “Owen Li Investment Co.,Ltd” was applying to register ” businesslinkprint ” as its international trademark some domain names(.asia/.cn/.com.cn/.hk/.com.hk/.tw).
But after our audit work, We found that the keyword are the same as your company name. Because this registration will determine the ownership of the trademark internationally. We need to check with you whether your company has authorized “Owen Li Investment Co.,Ltd” to register the International Trademark and those Domain Name, and whether you have dispute about this registrations. If you authorized this, we will finish the registration as per our duty. If you did not authorize. Please contact us by telephone or email within 7 workdays, so that we will handle this issue better. After the deadline we will unconditionally finish the registration for “Owen Li Investment Co.,Ltd”. Thanks for your cooperation.
Looking forward to your prompt reply.
Regards,
Joe Ren
International Department/Manager
China Intellectual Property Rights
Add:3/F,1st Building ZongFu Street No.47
Jinjiang District, ChengDu, China.
Post Code: 610000
Tel: +86 2887775008
Fax: +86 2862465008
Web: http://www.chinaiprr.com
P Please consider the environment before you print this e-mail.
Just hit me up this morning.
(Please forward this to your CEO or President, formally reply to uswithin 7 workdays. Because this is urgent. Thanks.)
Dear President & CEO,
This email is from China Intellectual Property Office, which mainly deal with International Trademark and Domain Name etc. Here we have something to confirm with you. A company named “Owen Li Investment Co.,Ltd” was applying to register ” neandws ” as its international trademark and some domain names(.asia/.cn/.com.cn/.hk/.tw).
But after our audit work, We found that the keyword are the same as your company name. This registration will determine the ownership of the trademark internationally. So we need to check with you whether your company has authorized “Owen Li Investment Co.,Ltd” to register the International Trademark and those Domain Name, and whether you have dispute about this registrations. If you authorized this, we will finish the registration as per our duty. If you did not authorize. Please contact us by telephone or email within 7 workdays, so that we will handle this issue better. After the deadline we will unconditionally finish the registration for “Owen Li Investment Co.,Ltd”. Thanks for your cooperation.
Looking forward to your prompt reply.
Regards,
Mark Ren
International Department/Manager
China IPR
Add:3/F,1st Building ZongFu Street No.47
Jinjiang District, ChengDu, China.
Post Code: 610000
Tel: +86 2887775008
Fax: +86 2862465008
Web: http://www.cn-nic.asia
Please consider the environment before you print this e-mail.
In my mailbox this morning.
My friend got this
We are an agency engaging in registering brand name and domain names. Today, Our center received an application from DaaMor Company and they apply to register holisticandbeauty as their brand name and some top-level domain names(.CN .HK etc). We found the main body of domain names is same as your company name. I am not sure about the relationship between you and them. Please tell me whether or not your company authorizes them to register names.
We are dealing with the application and we need to confirm whether you have authorized them? If you don’t authorize them, please reply me an e-mail. Looking forward to your reply.
Best regards,
Davis Wan | Service & Operations Manager
Tel:+0086.5538366231 || Fax:+0086.5538366231
This e-mail are confidential and may contain information that is exempt from disclosure by law and subject to copyright.
P please consider the environment before printing this e-mail
Here is the version I received.
Dear Sir or Madam,
Sorry to bother you. We are domain registrar and received the registration request from Chemil Int’l Company applying to register echoone brand and domain names(cn hk etc). We found those names have same main body as your company’s name. We hereby confirm with your company whether or not your company are affiliated with the applicant. Please let me know your thoughts ASAP so as to let us work this out, Have a nice day.
Best regards,
Ethan Yang
Tel:+86.551.63491192
Fax:+86.551.63491192
Address:Dingsheng Times Square No.299,Maanshan South Road,Hefei
Here’s mine from this morning, from Leo Ren. Clever bastard even has the “consider the environment” tag under his signature. What a trip! Anything coming from overseas gets blocked immediately after I receive it, however, since “he” included a web address, I googled it to see what kind of scam he was involved in.
(Please forward this to your CEO or President, formally reply to uswithin 7 workdays. Because this is urgent. Thanks.)
Dear President & CEO,
This email is from China Intellectual Property Office, which mainly deal with International Trademark and Domain Name etc. Here we have something to confirm with you. A company named “S.H.O. Investment Co.,Ltd” was applying to register ” insurancebrokersmn ” as international trademark and some domain names(.asia/.cn/.com.cn/.hk/.com.hk/.tw).
After our audit work, we find this name conflicts with your company. So we need to check with you whether your company has authorized “S.H.O. Investment Co.,Ltd” to register the International Trademark and those Domain Name. If you authorized this, we will finish the registration as per our duty. If you did not authorize. Please contact us by telephone or email within 7 workdays, so that we will handle this issue better. After the deadline we will unconditionally finish the registration for “S.H.O. Investment Co.,Ltd”. Thanks for your cooperation.
Looking forward to your prompt reply.
Regards,
Leo Ren
International Department/Manager
China Intellectual Property Office
Add:3/F,1st Building ZongFu Street No.47
Jinjiang District, ChengDu, China.
Post Code: 610000
Tel: +86 2887775008
Fax: +86 2862465008
Web: http://www.cniprr.com
Please consider the environment before you print this e-mail.
Hi
Thanks all, for sharing the info. I just received today, exactly the same version as Henrik, who posted on Jun 2, 2018.
May I know, is there anything we need to do, like filing a police report etc …?
Pls advise.
I don’t think filing a police report of any type will be helpful, unfortunately.
this man contacted me too
Dear Sir,
The diamondleisure name registration is concerned with your company name,please ascertain it circumspectly.
This is a letter regarding diamondleisure brand and some diamondleisure based domain names. We are a Chinese domain registrar. Recently we received the registration application from Hunan SUN Co. Limited,they want to register the diamondleisure brand and some domain names. Firstly,we want to confirm if the company is your company’s cooperative partner. Secondly,we need to verify whether you have allowed the company to apply these names.
Looking forward to your reply
Best Regards,
Bernice Lee
Division Manager
Address:No. 78 Langxi Road,Yaohai District,Hefei Anhui, China
Tel: (+86) 0739 521 5980
Fax:(+86) 0739 521 5980
I have received this kind of letter too.. by ignoring them, the latest letter i received are as:
Dear Sirs,
Notice: hi, i am Ethan Yang. We had discussed the case about disputing your company’s brand name. You have never registered the brand name, the dispute period will come soon. If your company does not register the brand name, we will start aforesaid company registration within 2 workdays. That company will become the legal owner of the brand name in the world. We had notified you, so we are not responsible for any dispute question about your intellectual property right and trademark after they succeed in registration. If you have any questions, pls contact us within 2 workdays.
Best regards,
Ethan Yang
Thank you for this very helpful post. I just discovered this while trying to see if the following email is a scam. Here it is:
Dear Manager,
The confirmation letter of your company name watchfiremusic application for registration:
We are an agency engaging in registering brand name and domain names. Today, Our center received an application from MarTen Company and they apply to register watchfiremusic as their brand name and some top-level domain names(.CN .HK etc). We found the main body of domain names is same as your company name. I am not sure about the relationship between you and them. Please tell me whether or not your company authorizes them to register names.
We are dealing with the application and we need to confirm whether you have authorized them? If you don’t authorize them, please reply me an e-mail. Looking forward to your reply.
Best regards,
Davis Wan | Service & Operations Manager
Tel:+0086.5538366231 || Fax:+0086.5538366231
This e-mail are confidential and may contain information that is exempt from disclosure by law and subject to copyright.
P please consider the environment before printing this e-mail
This has to be sent to me
Lähettäjä: Wendy Chen [mailto:[email protected]]
Lähetetty: 17. marraskuutata 2018 15:03
Tärkeys: Suuri
Dear Sir,
The important affair is about your company name XXXX
registration,please forward it to your company’s leader.
Recently we received the registration application from Kunshan Max Co.,Ltd,they want to register the XXX brand and some domain names. As an authoritative and responsible registrar authorized and established by our government,we want to confirm if the company is your company’s cooperative partner. Also we need to verify whether you have allowed the company to apply these names.
Waiting for your response.
Best Regards,
Wendy Chen
Division Manager
Address:No. 78 Langxi Road,Yaohai District,Hefei Anhui, China
Tel: (+86) 0739 521 5980
Fax:(+86) 0739 521 5980
I got the same one and it is from Candice. HAHA.
register TiananmenSquare.CH
Hi Cleo! I just got the same letter from Candice Chen, as well. Welcome to the club, right? Thank you everyone for sharing. I mean, it certainly smelled like a scam, but seeing all these posts really helped.
We got it from Candice Chen too.
From: “Candice Chen”
To: xxxx
Sent: January 29, 2019 9:42 PM
Subject: thermovisionusa
Dear Sir,
The important affair is about your company name xxxxx
registration,please forward it to your company’s leader.
Recently we received the registration application from Xiamen Sun Co.,Ltd,they want to register the xxxxx brand name and some domain names. As an authoritative and responsible registrar,we need to confirm if the company is your company’s cooperative partner. Also we need to verify whether you have allowed the company to apply these names.
Waiting for your response.
Best Regards,
Candice Chen
Division Manager
Address:No. 78 Langxi Road,Yaohai District,Hefei Anhui, China
Tel: (+86) 0739 521 5980
Fax:(+86) 0739 521 5980
I just got one and I think it’s # 50 from when this things started.
If you want to waist their time so they don’t do this as much forward the email to me@rescam (.org)
Google rescam .org to see what it does to fight back.
Thank you guys for sharing your experiences. Here is what I just received. Same group if scammers.
Dear Director,
This matter is concening the registration of your company name “mammypi”, please check it earnestly.
We are an Official registrar. A few days ago, Our center received an application from Changsha top Co.,Ltd and they apply to register “mammypi” as their brand name and some top-level domain names. Please confirm if you have approved their application.Please reply me an e-mail.Thank you.
Best Regards,
Mandy Chen
Executive Manager
Address:Floor 12, Baida CBD Building, 360 West Changjiang Road,Hefei Anhui, China
Tel: (+86) 07395 2159 80
Fax:(+86) 07395 2159 80
This is what I received today:
Dear Sir/Madam,
We are an agency engaging in registering brand and domain names. Our center received an application from Quijia International Ltd and they apply to register “mydomainname” as their brand name and some top-level domain names. We found the name is same as your used name. I don’t know whether or not you have authorized them.
We are handling the application form and confirming with you if you authorize them or not ? If you don’t authorize them, please give me an reply.Looking forward to your reply.
Best Regards
Arno Liang
Tel:0086-551 634 911 93
Fax:0086-551 634 911 92
Address:No.220,Tian Heng Building,fanhu Road,Hefei China
They are still at it, note phone number is same as a previous post but the office address has changed! Also more stylish text!
Dear Sir,
The important affair is about your company name xxxxxxxxxxx registration,please forward it to your company’s leader.
Recently we received the registration application from Shanghai Top Co.,Ltd,they want to register the xxxxxxxxxxx brand name and some domain names. As an authoritative and responsible registrar,we need to confirm if the company is your company’s cooperative partner. Also we need to verify whether you have allowed the company to apply these names.
Waiting for your response.
Best Regards,
Barbara Lau
Executive Manager
Address:Floor 12, Baida CBD Building, 360 West Changjiang Road,Hefei Anhui, China
Tel: (+86) 07395 2159 80
Fax:(+86) 07395 2159 80
I got one, as well. So glad to have found this post. Also suspected it was a scam, but good to see this thread…
Dear Sir/Madam,
We are a domain registrar. We received application request from Zhangwen International Ltd, they apply to register as their brand and top-level domain names. we found the main body of those domain names is same as your company name. I confirm with your company about the relationship between you two companies. Please let me know whether or not you authorize them to register those domain names.
Right now, we don’t pass their registration request. We are confirming it whether or not you authorize them to register those domain names. looking forward to your reply, thanks.
Best Regards
Dana Tian
Tel:0086-551 634 911 93
Fax:0086-551 634 911 92
Address:No.220,Tian Heng Building,fanhu Road,Hefei China
Still going on here is my copy:
Dear Director,
This matter is concening the registration of your company name “xyz”, please check it earnestly.
We are an Official registrar. A few days ago, Our center received an application from Xiamen Max Co.,Ltd and they apply to register “xyz” as their brand name and some top-level domain names. Please confirm if you have approved their application.Please reply me an e-mail.Thank you.
Best Regards,
Catherine Lee
Executive Manager
Address:Floor 12, Baida CBD Building, 360 West Changjiang Road,Hefei Anhui, China
Tel: (+86) 07395 2159 80
Fax:(+86) 07395 2159 80
I just received this one. It looks so legit. Any comments?
Dear Gabby,
We have received your application form. According to the procedure, we send applicant a payment invoice. Attached please find this invoice and make the payment as it. After your company complete the payment, please send the payment receipt to us.
Best Regards
**************************************
Frank Liu | Service & Operations Manager
China Registry (Head Office) | 6012, Xingdi Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, Shanghai 201103, China
Tel: +86-02164193517 | Fax: +86-02164198327 | Mob: +86-13816428671
Email: [email protected]
Did they initially send an email to you and then you filled out an application? Did the initial email look like the one in this post?
I just received this one today. Thanks for your website.
Dear Director,
This matter is concening the registration of your company name “thepowerofyourvoice”, please check it earnestly.
We are an Official registrar. A few days ago, Our center received an application from Shenzhen Jin Co.,Ltd and they apply to register “thepowerofyourvoice” as their brand name and some top-level domain names. Please confirm if you have approved their application.Please reply me an e-mail.Thank you.
Best Regards,
Cynthia Lee
Executive Manager
Address:Floor 12, Baida CBD Building, 360 West Changjiang Road,Hefei Anhui, China
Tel: (+86) 07395 2159 80
Fax:(+86) 07395 2159 80
Mail
Dear Sir,
The serious matter is about your company name ****xxx**** registration,please forward it to your company’s leader.
Recently we received the registration application from Shenzhen Ban Co.,Ltd,they want to register the ****xxx**** brand name and some domain names. As an authoritative and responsible registrar,we are obliged to confirm if the company is your company’s cooperative partner. Also we need to verify whether you have allowed the company to apply these names.
Waiting for your response
Best Regards,
Alice Yang
Senior Manager
Address:8th Floor,Berlin International,Shuangqing District,Shaoyang Hunan, China
Tel: (+86) 0 739 521 5980
Fax:(+86) 0 739 521 5980
Got the same email today from Selina Yang (Senior Manager based at 8th Floor,Berlin International,Shuangqing District,Shaoyang Hunan, China). We got immediately suspiciuos. We googled it and this post confirmed it as a scam.
Thank you Andrew and everybody for sharing this.
Acabamos de recibir un correo similar, en este caso remitido por Cathy Qin, Senior Manager. En efecto, confirmamos que no es sino una estafa de falso registro de dominios.
Just got one yesterday
The serious affair is about your company name xxx registration,please forward it to your company’s leader.Thank you!
Dear Sir,
We are the organization engaging in registering brand name and domain names.Recently we received the registration application from Shanghai Hua Co.,Ltd,they want to register the xxx brand name and some domain names. As an authoritative and responsible registrar,we need to confirm if the company is your company’s cooperative partner. Also we need to verify whether you have allowed the company to apply these names.
Waiting for your response.
Best Regards,
Louise Yang
Senior Manager
Address:8th Floor,Berlin International,Shuangqing District,Shaoyang Hunan, China
Tel: (+86) 0 739 521 5980
Fax:(+86) 0 739 521 5980
Here’s mine. Oct 18/20
Dear Orlando,
Thanks for your response. Now we send you the registration process and Application Form.Following is the process to dispute those names and register:
1. You fill in the dispute application form return it via email or fax.
2. We will send the Invoice signed & stamped to you, We will formally submit the application to register for you and put on records.
3. You transfer the payment to us according to the Bank information on the Invoice and fax the payment proof to us.
4. When we received your payment proof, we will finish all the registration for your company within two workdays.
5. You will be awarded the certificates after 10 workdays.
Here is the cost below:
Domain Name
biodetic.asia 35 USD/per year
biodetic.info 35 USD/per year
biodetic.co 35 USD/per year
biodetic.net 35 USD/per year
biodetic.cn 65 USD/per year
biodetic.com.cn 65 USD/per year
biodetic.com.hk 65 USD/per year
biodetic.hk 65 USD/per year
biodetic.tw 65 USD/per year
biodetic.in 65 USD/per year
Brand name
BIODETIC 180 USD/per year
Attached the Application Form.
If you decide to register those domain names and brand name,please return the Form completely in time,in order for us to do the next step.Any question, please contact us in time. Thanks for your cooperation.
Best Regards,
Louise Yang
Senior Manager
Address:8th Floor,Berlin International,Shuangqing District,Shaoyang Hunan, China
Tel: (+86) 0 739 521 5980
Fax:(+86) 0 739 521 5980
Yup just got one today. Strange they must be able to gain access to alibaba as they’ve used a potential manufacturer’s name on the email.
Thanks for writing this post as you’ve saved us the potential stress/ distress of responding to them. I was really annoyed thinking our manufacturer wanted to scam us as we’re a registered trademark.
Dear Sir,
We are obliged to inform you about the company name xxx registration,please forward it to your company’s leader.Thank you!
We are the organization engaging in registering brand name and domain names.Recently we received the registration application from Shanghai Lux Co.,Ltd,they want to register the xxx brand name and some domain names. As an authoritative and responsible registrar,we need to confirm if the company is your company’s cooperative partner. Also we need to verify whether you have allowed the company to apply these names.
Waiting for your response.
Best Regards,
Christine Lee
Senior Manager
Address:8th Floor,Berlin International,Shuangqing District,Shaoyang Hunan, China
Tel: (+86) 0 739 521 5980
Fax:(+86) 0 739 521 5980
Email: [email protected]
Googled the first sentence in a similar email I received and this blog post was the first result. Keep up the good work!
Louise Yang [email protected]
Dear Sir,
We are obliged to inform you about the company name xxx registration,please forward it to your company’s leader.Thank you!
We are the organization engaging in registering brand name and domain names.Recently we received the registration application from Tianjin Max Co.,Ltd,they want to register the xxx brand name and some domain names. As an authoritative and responsible registrar,we need to confirm if the company is your company’s cooperative partner. Also we need to verify whether you have allowed the company to apply these names.
Waiting for your response.
Best Regards,
Louise Yang
Senior Manager
Address:8th Floor,Berlin International,Shuangqing District,Shaoyang Hunan, China
Tel: (+86) 0 739 521 5980
Fax:(+86) 0 739 521 5980
Dear Sir,
We are obliged to inform you about the company name wegepack registration,please forward it to your company’s leader.Thank you!
We are the organization engaging in registering brand name and domain names.Recently we received the registration application from Tianjin Max Co.,Ltd,they want to register the wegepack brand name and some domain names. As an authoritative and responsible registrar,we need to confirm if the company is your company’s cooperative partner. Also we need to verify whether you have allowed the company to apply these names.
Waiting for your response.
Best Regards,
Shirley Yang
Senior Manager
Address:8th Floor,Berlin International,Shuangqing District,Shaoyang Hunan, China
Tel: (+86) 0 739 521 5980
Fax:(+86) 0 739 521 5980
Thanks a lot for this information.
Please, be aware that this scam is still active at Jan 2021
Several of our customers received emails like the ones described in the article.
Yup alive and well in 2021…received similar email from Thomas Lui, very official looking and almost had me taken in till I googled his domain name. That is how I found this site. I also called my domain supplier to confirm no one could use my name anywhere in the world. Was told as long as it is registered one could. Glad I found this site…
sorry.. should say “registered no one could”.
Today we have got this letter….
Thank you for the information!
Dear Sir,
We are obliged to inform you about the company name matech registration,please forward it to your company’s leader.Thank you!
We are the organization engaging in registering brand name and domain names.Recently we received the registration application from Huizhou Max Co.,Ltd,they want to register the matech brand name and some domain names. As an authoritative and responsible registrar,we need to confirm if the company is your company’s cooperative partner. Also we need to verify whether you have allowed the company to apply these names.
Waiting for your response.
Best Regards,
Paula Wang
Senior Manager
Address:6/f,building 8,Qingcheng International,Daxiang District,Shaoyang Hunan, China
Tel: (+86) 0739 517 2281
Fax:(+86) 0739 517 2281
Yesterday we received this email.
Thank you for the information!
Dear Sir,
The *** name application for registration is closely related to your company name, please forward it to your company’s leader.
At present,we received the registration application from Guangzhou Wan Co.,Ltd,they want to register the *** brand name and some domain names. As an authoritative and responsible registrar,we are obliged to confirm if the company is your company’s cooperative partner. Also we need to verify whether you have allowed the company to apply these names.
Waiting for your reply
Best Regards,
Bella Chen
Senior Manager
Address:6/f,building 8,Qingcheng International,Daxiang District,Shaoyang Hunan, China
Tel: (+86) 0739 517 2281
Fax:(+86) 0739 517 2281
I got this scam today, good thing I Googled it first. The email I got:
(If you are NOT CEO, please kindly forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent. If you believe this has been sent to you in error, please ignore it. Thanks)
Dear CEO,
This email is from China domain name registration center, which mainly deal with the domain name registration in Shanghai, China. On May 4, 2021, we received an application from Hongwei Ltd requested “***” as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names (***.cn, ***.com.cn, ***.net.cn, ***.org.cn). But after checking it, we find this name conflict with your company name or trademark. In order to deal with this matter better, it’s necessary to send email to you and confirm whether this company is your business partner in China?
Best Regards
Frank Liu | Service & Operations Manager
China Registry (Head Office)
Tel: +86-02161918696
Fax: +86-02161918697
Mob: +86-13816428671
6012, Xingdi Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, Shanghai 201103, China
JUST RECEIVED
Dear Sir,
The ……………………. name registration is closely related to your company name,please forward it to your company’s leader.
This is a letter regarding ………………………e received the registration application from Huayang Max Co.,Ltd,they want to register the ………………….. brand and some domain names. As an authoritative and responsible registrar,we want to confirm if the company is your company’s cooperative partner. Also we need to verify whether you have allowed the company to apply these names.
Waiting for your response.
Best Regards,
Camille Lee
Senior Manager
Address:6/f,building 8,Qingcheng International,Daxiang District,Shaoyang Hunan, China
Tel:(+86) 0739 5172 281
Fax:(+86) 0739 5172 281
I would encourage all to setup an auto-reply to these message as follows:
Dear sir/madam.
In response to your inquiry, it is my sincere hope that this translates correctly:
滚开
Love it!!
I got the same email today. I deleted it, I think they are trying to trick me right away.
Just received the same email today, they are still trying to scam at the end of 2021
The fact that it’s still going on is evidence that the scam works well.
They are still trying to scam people in 2022
Thank you for your post!
Scams grew over 600% during the pandemic so don’t trust any emails from people or companies you don’t know. I received this kind of email and replied, great then your client can buy my main domain for 1 million dollars that way he can have all the dot extensions for themselves.
And they are still at it!!! They are still trying to scam people in 2023.
EVERYONE PLEASE BE AWARE!
I did not respond after the second email they send, because I found this article.
Copying two emails sent and my response:
Email 1.
From: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2023 9:46 PM
To:
Subject: ccmnv
Dear Director,
Please check the name “ccmnv” registration
I am writing this letter on behalf of the registration department.We are duly authorized agency from China specialize in registering brand name and domain names. Now we received an application from Top Development Co.,Ltd and they apply to register “ccmnv” as their brand name and some domain names. Please confirm if the application is approved by your company.Thank you.
Best Regards,
Cindy Long
Executive Director
My Response:
Dear Cindy,
No this application is not approved by our company. And we will not approve it.
2.
From: Cindy Long
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2023 9:17 PM
To:
Subject: Re: RE: ccmnv
Notice: Regarding the Domain name dispute and registration case, we did not receive any of your reply until now. Concerning the mentioned Domains names and Brand name please confirm whether you need to register those names by yourselves? If need, please let us know in time, we can send an application form to you. If you think the registration of that company or the use of following domain names will not bring any negative effect to your company, I suggest you can give up these domain names, then we will accept that company application unconditionally. Further questions please contact me in time.
Best Regards,
Cindy Long
Executive Director
Address:10th floor,Berlin International,Shuangqing District,Shaoyang Hunan, China
Tel: (+86) 0739 517 2281
Fax:(+86) 0739 517 2281
they are still at it! I got such mail today:
Dear Director,
This is about the registration of your company name “*******”,please check
We are an Official registrar. A few days ago, Our center received an application from Guangzhou Top Co.,Ltd and they apply to register “********” as their brand name and some top-level domain names. Please confirm if you have approved their application.Please reply me an e-mail.Thank you.
Best Regards,
Paul Yang
Executive Manager
Address:10th floor,Berlin International,Shuangqing District,Shaoyang Hunan, China
Tel: (+86) 0739 517 2281
Fax:(+86) 0739 517 2281
Similar one I got today:
Dear Sir/Madam,
This email is from China Intellectual Property Office, which mainly deal with Chinese Brand Name and Domain Name etc. Here we have something to confirm with you. A company named “JinTan Investment Co.,Ltd” was applying to register ”*********” as its Chinese Brand Name some domain names(.asia/.cn/.com.cn/.hk/.com.hk/.tw).
But after our audit work, we found that the keyword are the same as your company name. Because this registration will determine the ownership of the Brand Name. We need to check with you whether your company has authorized “JinTan Investment Co.,Ltd” to register the Chinese Brand Name and those Domain Name, and whether you have dispute about this registrations. If you authorized this, we will finish the registration as per our duty. If you did not authorize, please contact us by email in time, so that we will handle this issue better. Thanks for your cooperation.
Looking forward to your prompt reply.
Best Regards,
Frieda Bao
Tel:+86 559-5144 820
Fax:+86 559-5144 820
Address:NO.258, WUHU ROAD, HEFEI, ANHUI, P.R.CHINA