They are just trying to get you to register all versions of your domain with them to block this fictitious "other company"
On Wed, 2011-04-20 at 18:37 -0400, Casey Dougall wrote: > On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 6:27 PM, Wil Genovese <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Has anyone received emails like this for any of their domains? I'm trying > > to decide if this is some far fetched phishing expedition or a serious > > inquiry. I do own the domain in question and it's also registered as > > business in the state of Minnesota under my name. > > > > I may reply to this anyways, but with extreme caution. > > > > > > > > They are trying to drum up business, I had one similar to that the other day > for dvsdjtv.com > > Right to the trash bin, I don't need a .cn or .com.cn and don't care if > someone registers it in China > > * > > Dear Manager: > > This email is from China domain name registration center, which mainly deal > with the domain name registration and dispute internationally in China and > Asia. > On April 10th 2011, We received HAITONG company's application that they are > registering the name " dvsdjtv " as their Internet Keyword and " dvsdjtv > .cn"ãâ¬" > dvsdjtv .com.cn " ãâ¬" dvsdjtv .asia "domain names etc.., It is China and > ASIA > domain names. But after auditing we found the brand name been used by your > company. As the domain name registrar in China, it is our duty to notice > you, so I am sending you this Email to check. According to the principle in > China, your company is the owner of the trademark, In our auditing time we > can keep the domain names safe for you firstly, but our audit period is > limited, if you object the third party application these domain names and > need to protect the brand in china and Asia by yourself, please let the > responsible officer contact us as soon as possible. Thank you! > > Best regards, > > John > Oversea marketing manager > > > * > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:343886 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
