Yesterday I received an email from a 'Kate Fu' from China Net
Technology Limited :-
We are China Net Technology Limited, which is the domain name register
center in China.I have something need to confirm with you.
we have received an application formally,one company named "Worldpro
Holdings Limited" applies for the domain names...( followed by a long
list of my domain URL in different versions of cn, hk, tw, biz, info,
org, etc) We need to know the opinion of your company, because the
domain names and keywords may relate to the usufruct of brand name on
internet.
we would like to get the affirmation of your company,please contact us
by telephone or email as soon as possible. Please let someone in your
company who is responsible for trademark or intellectual right contact
me freely.
Best Regards,
Kate Fu
Sponsoring Registrar:
China Net Technology Limited.
Tel:+(852)3075 9838
Fax:+(852)3177 1520
Email: [email address]
Website: www.cnnet.hk
My initial reaction was to panick and register as many of the domain
names listed in their email (cheaply with other providers) and
discovered this blog on the Internet today on the scam:-
Kate Fu sent through a very dodgy application form this morning to
register the domain names they had listed at very expensive prices -
my first suspicions arose.
So if anyone else has been targeted by this scam I would like to hear
their experiences and lets pass this one round so that as many people
as possible are aware of the scam
I just got that one.
My reaction was: oh my, not again..
A quick research led me here.
True, it's a scam
I guess their goal is to force you to buy all those domain names.
A quick research also showed that a company named "Starnet
International Holdings Ltd" which "tried to acquire those domain
names" does not even exist.
I'll just tell tham thay they need to do a better job, that email
template is low quality ;)
> Yesterday I received an email from a 'Kate Fu' from China Net
> Technology Limited :-
> We are China Net Technology Limited, which is the domain name register
> center in China.I have something need to confirm with you.
> we have received an application formally,one company named "Worldpro
> Holdings Limited" applies for the domain names...( followed by a long
> list of my domain URL in different versions of cn, hk, tw, biz, info,
> org, etc) We need to know the opinion of your company, because the
> domain names and keywords may relate to the usufruct of brand name on
> internet.
> we would like to get the affirmation of your company,please contact us
> by telephone or email as soon as possible. Please let someone in your
> company who is responsible for trademark or intellectual right contact
> me freely.
> Best Regards,
> Kate Fu
> Sponsoring Registrar:
> China Net Technology Limited.
> Tel:+(852)3075 9838
> Fax:+(852)3177 1520
> Email: [adres e-mail]
> Website:www.cnnet.hk
> My initial reaction was to panick and register as many of the domain
> names listed in their email (cheaply with other providers) and
> discovered this blog on the Internet today on the scam:-
> Kate Fu sent through a very dodgy application form this morning to
> register the domain names they had listed at very expensive prices -
> my first suspicions arose.
> So if anyone else has been targeted by this scam I would like to hear
> their experiences and lets pass this one round so that as many people
> as possible are aware of the scam
If you guys run your own servers, check into ASSP (Anti-Spam Smtp
Proxy).
If you get spam, you just forward it to your mail server and if ASSP
is set up right, that is the last you will see of spam from that
source, and almost any other source using similar techniques. It ends
up effectively becoming a SPAM Firewall.
> I just got that one.
> My reaction was: oh my, not again..
> A quick research led me here.
> True, it's a scam
> I guess their goal is to force you to buy all those domain names.
> A quick research also showed that a company named "Starnet
> International Holdings Ltd" which "tried to acquire those domain
> names" does not even exist.
> I'll just tell tham thay they need to do a better job, that email
> template is low quality ;)
> On 6 Gru, 04:07, RoseJD wrote:
> > Email scam alert to webmasters,
> > Yesterday I received an email from a 'Kate Fu' from China Net
> > Technology Limited :-
> > We are China Net Technology Limited, which is the domain name register
> > center in China.I have something need to confirm with you.
> > we have received an application formally,one company named "Worldpro
> > Holdings Limited" applies for the domain names...( followed by a long
> > list of my domain URL in different versions of cn, hk, tw, biz, info,
> > org, etc) We need to know the opinion of your company, because the
> > domain names and keywords may relate to the usufruct of brand name on
> > internet.
> > we would like to get the affirmation of your company,please contact us
> > by telephone or email as soon as possible. Please let someone in your
> > company who is responsible for trademark or intellectual right contact
> > me freely.
> > My initial reaction was to panick and register as many of the domain
> > names listed in their email (cheaply with other providers) and
> > discovered this blog on the Internet today on the scam:-
> > Kate Fu sent through a very dodgy application form this morning to
> > register the domain names they had listed at very expensive prices -
> > my first suspicions arose.
> > So if anyone else has been targeted by this scam I would like to hear
> > their experiences and lets pass this one round so that as many people
> > as possible are aware of the scam
Well, I'm not offended by those spam messages in any way (besides
viagra etc). It's quite amusing to see the evaluation of such "you
have won!!!" offers.
> If you guys run your own servers, check into ASSP (Anti-Spam Smtp
> Proxy).
> If you get spam, you just forward it to your mail server and if ASSP
> is set up right, that is the last you will see of spam from that
> source, and almost any other source using similar techniques. It ends
> up effectively becoming a SPAM Firewall.
> Craig
> On Dec 10, 8:13 pm, Maciej Gluszek wrote:
> > I just got that one.
> > My reaction was: oh my, not again..
> > A quick research led me here.
> > True, it's a scam
> > I guess their goal is to force you to buy all those domain names.
> > A quick research also showed that a company named "Starnet
> > International Holdings Ltd" which "tried to acquire those domain
> > names" does not even exist.
> > I'll just tell tham thay they need to do a better job, that email
> > template is low quality ;)
> > On 6 Gru, 04:07, RoseJD wrote:
> > > Email scam alert to webmasters,
> > > Yesterday I received an email from a 'Kate Fu' from China Net
> > > Technology Limited :-
> > > We are China Net Technology Limited, which is the domain name register
> > > center in China.I have something need to confirm with you.
> > > we have received an application formally,one company named "Worldpro
> > > Holdings Limited" applies for the domain names...( followed by a long
> > > list of my domain URL in different versions of cn, hk, tw, biz, info,
> > > org, etc) We need to know the opinion of your company, because the
> > > domain names and keywords may relate to the usufruct of brand name on
> > > internet.
> > > we would like to get the affirmation of your company,please contact us
> > > by telephone or email as soon as possible. Please let someone in your
> > > company who is responsible for trademark or intellectual right contact
> > > me freely.
> > > My initial reaction was to panick and register as many of the domain
> > > names listed in their email (cheaply with other providers) and
> > > discovered this blog on the Internet today on the scam:-
> > > Kate Fu sent through a very dodgy application form this morning to
> > > register the domain names they had listed at very expensive prices -
> > > my first suspicions arose.
> > > So if anyone else has been targeted by this scam I would like to hear
> > > their experiences and lets pass this one round so that as many people
> > > as possible are aware of the scam
Here's the boilerplate I use when responding to these:
To whom it may concern:
"Acoustiblok" is a registered trademark of Acoustiblok Inc.,
protected under international law and treaty. Acoustiblok Inc.
expressly forbids the use of our registered trademark by any
party without our written permission. In the event that any
party registers any domain name that infringes our trademark, we
shall initiate ICANN dispute resolution to acquire ownership of
the said domain name, and file criminal complaints and/or civil
proceedings as we may deem appropriate.
Further communications from you will be reported to the U.S.
Department of Commerce, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Internet Fraud Task Force.
Thank you, [etc.]
I believe that is is appropriate to respond, because failure to do so
could be construed as failure to protect your trademarks & etc.
Then again, I'm ultra-cautious about these things.
So far, the above has made a half dozen scammers shut up and leave
me alone. (Well, one got an autoreply...)
More than using spam filters, I would rather block all incoming mail
from @gmail.com (link request spam is really beginning to piss me off)
and half of traffic from @yahoo.com.
This especially goes from so called "seo specialists" from india.
But it's amusing sometimes to read those link exchange offers written
in half-english-half-india-half-something language
> Here's the boilerplate I use when responding to these:
> To whom it may concern:
> "Acoustiblok" is a registered trademark of Acoustiblok Inc.,
> protected under international law and treaty. Acoustiblok Inc.
> expressly forbids the use of our registered trademark by any
> party without our written permission. In the event that any
> party registers any domain name that infringes our trademark, we
> shall initiate ICANN dispute resolution to acquire ownership of
> the said domain name, and file criminal complaints and/or civil
> proceedings as we may deem appropriate.
> Further communications from you will be reported to the U.S.
> Department of Commerce, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation
> Internet Fraud Task Force.
> Thank you, [etc.]
> I believe that is is appropriate to respond, because failure to do so
> could be construed as failure to protect your trademarks & etc.
> Then again, I'm ultra-cautious about these things.
> So far, the above has made a half dozen scammers shut up and leave
> me alone. (Well, one got an autoreply...)
> More than using spam filters, I would rather block all incoming mail
> from @gmail.com (link request spam is really beginning to piss me off)
> and half of traffic from @yahoo.com.
> This especially goes from so called "seo specialists" from india.
> But it's amusing sometimes to read those link exchange offers written
> in half-english-half-india-half-something language
> On 17 Gru, 21:10, Cootie Block wrote:
> > Here's the boilerplate I use when responding to these:
> > To whom it may concern:
> > "Acoustiblok" is a registered trademark of Acoustiblok Inc.,
> > protected under international law and treaty. Acoustiblok Inc.
> > expressly forbids the use of our registered trademark by any
> > party without our written permission. In the event that any
> > party registers any domain name that infringes our trademark, we
> > shall initiate ICANN dispute resolution to acquire ownership of
> > the said domain name, and file criminal complaints and/or civil
> > proceedings as we may deem appropriate.
> > Further communications from you will be reported to the U.S.
> > Department of Commerce, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation
> > Internet Fraud Task Force.
> > Thank you, [etc.]
> > I believe that is is appropriate to respond, because failure to do so
> > could be construed as failure to protect your trademarks & etc.
> > Then again, I'm ultra-cautious about these things.
> > So far, the above has made a half dozen scammers shut up and leave
> > me alone. (Well, one got an autoreply...)
