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Becareful about scam from Shanghai IDC
Welton
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I just received an email from Shanghai IDC.. this is SCAM since other people also received similar emails. www.govidc.com.cn www.govidc.org.cn
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From: kenny wu
[mailto:brand@govidc.org.cn] Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 11:32
PMTo: welton@dianalindesign.comSubject: Re: RE: Domain name of
dianalindesign
Dear Welton
Hong,
Thanks for your prompt reply.
According to our investigation, Saibo company is a Hong
Kong company. If you have no relationship with them. According to
our working experience, there are 2 possibilities:1. Saibo company is a
domain name investment company, they want to register these names before you and
sell back to you to gain profits.2. It may be a commercial method, Saibo
company is consigned by your competitor to register, let your clients feel
confusion.
We knew you have registered the
domain name "dianalindesign.com"
and own the intellectual property, this is why we informed you. But now Saibo
company wanted to apply for other domain names and internet brand Keyword you
have not registered yet. Saibo company wants to apply the following domain
names:dianalindesign.cn
dianalindesign.com.cn
dianalindesign.net.cn
dianalindesign.org.cn
dianalindesign.net
dianalindesign.org
dianalindesign.info
dianalindesign.biz
dianalindesign.cc
dianalindesign.hkInternet
Brand Keyword "dianalindesign"
You must know Domain name takes
open registration, this is international domain name registration principle. So
Saibo company has right to register them. As a domain name registrar, we have no
right to dispute their application. So required by China government
to inform your company to protect your interest. But as the company whose
trademarks relate to the applied domains, you will get the priority to register
these domain names.
If you have business in
China or you want to develop
business in China in the near future, so I think
these domain names are very important for you! Of course, each company has their
own idea. If you don`t think their application will affect your company, you can
give up, we will finish their registration. But if you think these domain names
are useful for your company, we can send an application form to you and help you
register these within dispute period. This is the only way to prevent domain
name grab. Pls let us know your decision soon, so that we can handle the next
step.
<a rel="nofollow" name="OLE_LINK6">Best
Regards,Kenny Wu</a>
I`m just not seeing it. Can you explain the scam part of this.
thousands of URLs to cover every possible permutation, every country
extension, "org", "tv", "mobi", "net", "org" and on and on and on. Maybe
Google can afford that, but I`m sure no one here can, so I guess we`ll just have to
keep our powder dry and buy and keep those URLs which, as best as we
can figure, make direct and tangible sense for our business.
MCShults2007-10-11 9:22:25
Then I recieved a similar warning email as yours from a group (see below). MCShults mentioned above, and I would agree that it appears they poach on dropped domains, but it appears perhaps the Chinese government may require notice before poaching, or they may be of a registrar that might be attempting to get you to re-register the domain with their group. I didn`t waste too much time, but I did re-registered my domains with the registrar that I originally used.
What led me to this forum is the mention in the email of what is called a "internet brand keyword", which I had not heard of and am researching. The first google page seems to return all about asia scams, where this forum was found. Anyone heard of this?
The group i mention below also had a little 2 pager to explain what this, as well as "value-added service" and "registration principle". They also informed me that the other party had plans to block out several other domains using the same; .net.cn, .org.cn, .hk, .tw, .asia.
Suspicious message from:
Andy Wong
Marketing Manager
Tel +86 571 28926277 ext 808
andy.wong@263.net
europa technology corporation
www.europetech.cndonley5/5/2008 7:31 AM
Should I ignore or reply?My company name is trademarked and the manner they wrote is confused why Saibo wants to have a domain name exactly the same as mine, and if I do not reply they will proceed to purchase my domain name with different extensions.I understand that this is an illegal act but I can`t remember which body handles such matters.Any advice?
Http://www.ha-zd.com.cn
My company name is Tekilart.
I sent the email to trash with no answer... Is correct?
I received that one:
Http://www.ha-zd.com.cn
Do they just want to create a panic, to be able to sell other domain endings?
What to do now?
Kind regards, Peter