Re: OT question - is this real or phishing?

2011-04-24 Thread Russ Michaels
Kym, That is a very specific tld, most are not like that and are registeted instantly with no checks. We have been registering domains for many years and have a fully automated site. So I am under no disillusion how they work, try out godaddy.com if you want to see for yourseld how it works.

Re: OT question - is this real or phishing?

2011-04-24 Thread Kym Kovan
Russ, are you trying to get every woman on this List offside? If you are then you are succeeding very well, two or maybe three in a day. The OP was about a specific domain namespace, not a TLD, you came back with a completely irrelevant comment about TLDs. We all know there are no checks on

Re: OT question - is this real or phishing?

2011-04-24 Thread Dave Watts
are you trying to get every woman on this List offside? If you are then you are succeeding very well, two or maybe three in a day. I find it useful, when reading mailing lists, to keep in mind that most participants have good intentions, even if they don't express those intentions that well.

Re: Re: OT question - is this real or phishing?

2011-04-24 Thread jqdurham
What does this thread have to do with gender? Did I miss something? On Apr 24, 2011 8:51am, Dave Watts dwa...@figleaf.com wrote: are you trying to get every woman on this List offside? If you are then you are succeeding very well, two or maybe three in a day. I find it useful, when

Re: Re: OT question - is this real or phishing?

2011-04-24 Thread Russ Michaels
Kym, I actually did not know you were female, and I would say that is irrelevant. What do you honestly expect when starting a reply with sorry to disillusion you Ditto to Dave's response. On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 3:05 PM, jqdur...@gmail.com wrote: What does this thread have to do with

Re: OT question - is this real or phishing?

2011-04-24 Thread Michael Grant
I actually didn't know you were female either. And I don't think that Russ is treating you any different than he does anyone else. You just need to know how to take Russ' disposition. He tries hard to be helpful if nothing else. On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Kym Kovan

Re: OT question - is this real or phishing?

2011-04-24 Thread Kym Kovan
On 25/04/2011 12:36 AM, Michael Grant wrote: I actually didn't know you were female either. And I don't think that Russ is treating you any different than he does anyone else. You just need to know how to take Russ' disposition. He tries hard to be helpful if nothing else. He does and I

Re: OT question - is this real or phishing?

2011-04-24 Thread Russ Michaels
Email is generally emotionless (unless you are clearly ranting or flaming), and people tend to add their own perceived emotions to them and will then respond according to that perceived emotion. Unless you go out of your way to add extra soothing words to sway any perceived emotions to the

RE: OT question - is this real or phishing?

2011-04-24 Thread Jenny Gavin-Wear
Looks like you're on a roll, Russ, lol Twice in one day you reply to a topic without bothering to read the original thread, wtg! -Original Message- From: Russ Michaels [mailto:r...@michaels.me.uk] Sent: 24 April 2011 16:02 To: cf-talk Subject: Re: OT question - is this real or phishing

Re: OT question - is this real or phishing?

2011-04-24 Thread Russ Michaels
thread, wtg! -Original Message- From: Russ Michaels [mailto:r...@michaels.me.uk] Sent: 24 April 2011 16:02 To: cf-talk Subject: Re: OT question - is this real or phishing? Email is generally emotionless (unless you are clearly ranting or flaming), and people tend to add their own

RE: OT question - is this real or phishing?

2011-04-24 Thread Bobby Hartsfield
] Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 12:25 PM To: cf-talk Subject: RE: OT question - is this real or phishing? Looks like you're on a roll, Russ, lol Twice in one day you reply to a topic without bothering to read the original thread, wtg! -Original Message- From: Russ Michaels [mailto:r

RE: OT question - is this real or phishing?

2011-04-24 Thread Jenny Gavin-Wear
lol .. you're funny ;) -Original Message- From: Russ Michaels [mailto:r...@michaels.me.uk] Sent: 24 April 2011 22:22 To: cf-talk Subject: Re: OT question - is this real or phishing? Pot, kettle, you got in a strop because you don't like being wrong, get over it. On Sun, Apr 24, 2011

RE: OT question - is this real or phishing?

2011-04-23 Thread Jenny Gavin-Wear
I wish all countries followed Australia's example. -Original Message- From: Kym Kovan [mailto:dev-li...@mbcomms.net.au] Sent: 21 April 2011 02:32 To: cf-talk Subject: Re: OT question - is this real or phishing? On 21/04/2011 09:49, Russ Michaels wrote: anyone can register any domain

Re: OT question - is this real or phishing?

2011-04-20 Thread Alan Rother
It screams scam... Especially considering China is hardly known for caring about intellectual property rights. It couldn't hurt to contact them back and say No, I don't know them. And then see what happens. My guess is this email was step one in a scam to solicit money from you. =] -- Alan

Re: OT question - is this real or phishing?

2011-04-20 Thread Casey Dougall
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 6:27 PM, Wil Genovese jugg...@trunkful.com 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

Re: OT question - is this real or phishing?

2011-04-20 Thread Jason Fisher
We get them all the time for several B-to-B domains that are popular in China. Just DELETE and move on. It's spam. On 4/20/2011 6:37 PM, Casey Dougall wrote: On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 6:27 PM, Wil Genovesejugg...@trunkful.com wrote: Has anyone received emails like this for any of their

Re: OT question - is this real or phishing?

2011-04-20 Thread Gerald Guido
Think about it this way. Do a CBA: What is the most you lose if you don't answer the email. What is the most you could lose if you do. Probably nothing, but chances are that this email is of nefarious origin. My $0.02 and worth every penny. G! On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Jason Fisher

Re: OT question - is this real or phishing?

2011-04-20 Thread Russ Michaels
anyone can register any domain, it is an automated system, seriously, do you think someone manually checks every single domain to see whether it might be infringing on anyone else's name or copyright. It is a scam, just like the letters you get from Domain registrar of America telling you your

Re: OT question - is this real or phishing?

2011-04-20 Thread Bryan Stevenson
It is fake...NO registrar works in this manner. For fun I have followed up with the senders asking for proof that the other company is really asking to do what they sayonly had one guy actually reply...and it didn't go well for him ;-) In the end, anyone can register any domain they

Re: OT question - is this real or phishing?

2011-04-20 Thread Bryan Stevenson
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 jugg...@trunkful.com wrote: Has anyone received emails like this

Re: OT question - is this real or phishing?

2011-04-20 Thread Wil Genovese
I highly suspected this as a phishing expedition. I did find out that Meihua Holdings Group is a maize processing company in China. The make corn based products. I doubt they are getting in the the Christian Music business. I've seen a lot of spam and phishing emails, but this one was the

Re: OT question - is this real or phishing?

2011-04-20 Thread Les Mizzell
It is fake...NO registrar works in this manner. I got one of these too. I offered to sell them the domain in question for $25,000 US if they wanted it. Even offered to take four equal payments over the period of a year. Needless to say, they didn't go for it!!!

Re: OT question - is this real or phishing?

2011-04-20 Thread Kym Kovan
On 21/04/2011 09:49, Russ Michaels wrote: anyone can register any domain, it is an automated system, seriously, do you think someone manually checks every single domain to see whether it might be infringing on anyone else's name or copyright. sorry to disillusion you but that is exactly what

Re: OT question - is this real or phishing?

2011-04-20 Thread Dave Watts
sorry to disillusion you but that is exactly what happens in some countries, not everyone is a casual as the USA :-)  Try registering a .com.au without a registered company name in Australia, you'll be questioned by the registrar as to your bona-fides. But that's not really just a matter of