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Website name owners, be aware of fraudulent Chinese domain name registration emails like the one below that came from the fake website "www.chinaregistry.org.cn". The fraudulent email messages should not be responded to, especially with personal or financial information. And, the instructions in the same fraudulent email messages should not be followed. Every month, thousands of these email messages are sent out by scammers to trick website owners into paying them for a fraudulent service, which the scammers claim will be used to purchase their Chinese (.CN) domain names.
Subject: onlinethreatalerts CN domain and keywordDate: Tue 10/23/2017 11:17From: shawn@chinaregistry.org.cn(Please forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent. Thanks)This email is from China domain name registration center, which mainly deal with the domain name registration in China. On Oct 25, 2017, we received an application from Huikai Ltd requested "onlinethreatalerts" as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names (onlinethreatalerts.cn, onlinethreatalerts.com.cn, onlinethreatalerts.net.cn, onlinethreatalerts.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 your company is affiliated with this Chinese company or not?Best Regards,Shawn Zhang | Service & Operations ManagerChina Registry (Head Office) | 6012, Xingdi Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, Shanghai 201103, ChinaTel: +86-02164193517 | Fax: +86-02161918697 | Mob: +86-13816428671Email: shawn@chinaregistry.org.cnWeb: www.chinaregistry.org.cnThis email contains privileged and confidential information intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy this email and inform the sender immediately. We appreciate you respecting the confidentiality of this information by not disclosing or using the information in this email.
Subject: onlinethreatalerts CN domain and keyword
Date: Tue 10/23/2017 11:17
From: shawn@chinaregistry.org.cn
(Please forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent. Thanks)
This email is from China domain name registration center, which mainly deal with the domain name registration in China. On Oct 25, 2017, we received an application from Huikai Ltd requested "onlinethreatalerts" as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names (onlinethreatalerts.cn, onlinethreatalerts.com.cn, onlinethreatalerts.net.cn, onlinethreatalerts.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 your company is affiliated with this Chinese company or not?
Best Regards,
Shawn Zhang | Service & Operations Manager
China Registry (Head Office) | 6012, Xingdi Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, Shanghai 201103, China
Tel: +86-02164193517 | Fax: +86-02161918697 | Mob: +86-13816428671
Email: shawn@chinaregistry.org.cn
Web: www.chinaregistry.org.cn
This email contains privileged and confidential information intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy this email and inform the sender immediately. We appreciate you respecting the confidentiality of this information by not disclosing or using the information in this email.
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I have received an identical email but the website is www.domainregistrychina.com.
Received the following email from "Frank Liu" today:-From: "Frank Liu" Sent: 9/30/21 12:39 AMTo: [my company email address]Subject: [my company's name](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 in Shanghai, China. On September 30, 2021, we received an application from Hongxiang Ltd requested "[my company's name]" as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names ([my company's name].cn, [my company's name].com.cn, [my company's name].net.cn, [my company's name].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 RegardsFrank Liu Service & Operations ManagerChina Registry (Head Office)
I received this email as below:"From: Jeff Liu Sent: Sunday, 9 May 2021 4:42 AMSubject: stalinfacade(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 China. On May 9, 2021, we received an application from HongweI Ltd requested "stalinfacade" as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names (stalinfacade.cn, stalinfacade.com.cn, stalinfacade.net.cn, stalinfacade.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 RegardsJeff Liu Service & Operations ManagerChina Registry (Head Office) Tel: 86-02161918696Fax: 86-02161918697Mob: 86-138164286716012, XingdI Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, ShanghaI 201103, China*****************************************This email contains privileged and confidential information intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy this email and inform the sender immediately. We appreciate you respecting the confidentiality of this information by not disclosing or using the information in this email."
We received the same message on November 25, 2020 from: Paul Liu Paul Liu Service & Operations ManagerChina Registry (Head Office)Tel: 86-02161918696Fax: 86-02161918697Mob: 86-138164286716012, XingdI Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, ShanghaI 201103, China*****************************************
I had just the same message today, as follows.Our domain was mentioned in the XXXXX (we just crossed out). From: Peter Liu [mailto:peter-chinanetsolution.net] Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2021 11:15 PMTo: customerSubject: XXXXX(It's very urgent, therefore we kindly ask you to forward this email to your CEO. If you believe this has been sent to you in error, please ignore it. Thanks)Dear CEO,This is a formal email. We are the Domain Registration Service company in China. Here I have something to confirm with you. On January 28, 2021, we received an application from Hongsheng Ltd requested "XXXXX" as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names (XXXXX.cn, XXXXX.com.cn, XXXXX.net.cn, XXXXX.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 distributor in China? Best RegardsPeter Liu Service & Operations ManagerChina Registry (Head Office) Tel: 86-02161918696Fax: 86-02161918697Mob: 86-138164286716012, XingdI Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, ShanghaI 201103, China*****************************************This email contains privileged and confidential information intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy this email and inform the sender immediately. We appreciate you respecting the confidentiality of this information by not disclosing or using the information in this email.
Funny how they all have Western first names. Received the same from Frank Liu. I won't take up the offer!
I received the same mail:"(Please kindly forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent. Thanks)Dear CEO,This is a formal email. We are the Domain Registration Service company in China. Here I have something to confirm with you. On 2020-05-30, we received an application from Hongxin Ltd requested "grandfin" as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names (grandfin.cn, grandfin.com.cn, grandfin.net.cn, grandfin.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 associated with your company or not? Best Regards***Frank Liu Service & Operations ManagerChina Registry (Head Office)6012, XingdI Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, ShanghaI 201103, ChinaTel: 86-02161918696Fax: 86-02161918697Mob: 86-13816428671www[dot]chinaregistry[dot]org.cnAnd received one more mail today from their clientTo whom it concerns,We will register the China domain names "grandfin.cn" "grandfin.com.cn" "grandfin.net.cn" "grandfin.org.cn" and internet keyword "grandfin" and have submitted our application. We are waiting for Mr. Frank Liu's approval. These CN domains and internet keyword are very important for us to promote our business in China. Although Mr. Frank Liu advised us to change another name, we will persist in this name.Kind regardsZhifa Ning"
I just received an identical e-mail from our contact page. www.keller-consultant.com
I got one from jeff liu! I love the it's very urgent, please transfer to your CEO
"From: albert-chinaregistry.org.cn(It's very urgent, please transfer this message to your CEO. Thanks)We are the domain registration and solution center in China. On Dec 20, 2019, we received an application from Kanghong Ltd requested "onlinethreatalerts" as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names (onlinethreatalerts.cn, onlinethreatalerts.com.cn, onlinethreatalerts.net.cn, onlinethreatalerts.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 this message to your company and confirm whether this company is your distributor or business partner in China?Best RegardsAlbert Liu Service & Operations ManagerChina Registry (Head Office) 6012, Xingdi Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, Shanghai 201103, ChinaTel: 86-02161918696 Fax: 86-02161918697 Mob: 86-13816428671Email: albert-chinaregistry.org.cnWeb: www.chinaregistry.org.cn"Received this scam.
Mine was from Jeff Liu. Big family.
Received this yesterday:"FROM: service-chinanetsolution.net; on behalf of; David Liu ; (service-chinanetsolution.net via chinanetsolution.net)MESSAGE:(It's very urgent, please transfer this email to your CEO. Thanks) This email is from China domain name registration center, which mainly deal with the domain name registration in China. On Oct 29, 2019, we received an application from KangweI Ltd requested "[removed]" as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names ([removed].cn, [removed].com.cn, [removed].net.cn, [removed].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 your company have relations with this Chinese company or not?Best RegardsDavid Liu Service & Operations ManagerChina Registry (Head Office) 6012, XingdI Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, ShanghaI 201103, ChinaTel: 86-02164193517 Fax: 86-02164198327 Mob: 86-13816428671Email: david-chinaregistry.org Web: www.chinaregistry.org "
I received this email today.Email Address: adrian-chinaregistry.org.cn.Message:(It's very urgent, please transfer this message to your CEO. Thanks) We are the domain registration and solution center in China. On Oct 24, 2019, we received an application from KangweI Ltd requested "" as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names (.cn,...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 this message to your company and confirm whether this company is your distributor or business partner in China? Best RegardsAdrian 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: adrian-chinaregistry.org.cn Web: www.chinaregistry.org.cn
Yep, this scam is still going on. I became suspicious when they sent me a 'registration form', trying to get me to fork out $US38.80 per year per domain name for each of four domains for a minimum of five years.A quick check with my hosting company showed that the prices were grossly inflated.
Yep, I thought these emails are a scam. I plan to report to the Missouri Attorney General as a consumer complaint.
"From: Albert Liu Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 9:47 AMSubject: [removed] CN domain and keyword (Please forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent. Thanks)This email is from China domain name registration center, which mainly deal with the domain name registration in China. On July 30, 2019, we received an application from Kaiqian Ltd requested "[removed]" as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names ([removed].cn, [removed].com.cn, [removed].net.cn, [removed].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 your company have association with this Chinese company or not?Best RegardsAlbert Liu Service & Operations ManagerChina Registry (Head Office) 6012, Xingdi Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, Shanghai 201103, ChinaTel: 86-02164193517 Fax: 86-02164198327 Mob: 86-13816428671Email: albert-chinaregistry.org.cnWeb: www.chinaregistry.org.cn"Here is another scam.
"From: "Peter Liu" Subject:CN domain and keywordDate: July 16, 2019 at 2:05:01 PM MSTReply-To: "Got the same email from the above.
"Adrian Liu" customerservice-chinanethosting.org(Please forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent. Thanks)This is a formal email. We are the Domain Registration Service company in China. Here I have something to confirm with you. On June 10, 2019, we received an application from Kaicheng Ltd requested "onlinethreatalerts" as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names (onlinethreatalerts.cn, onlinethreatalerts.com.cn, onlinethreatalerts.net.cn, onlinethreatalerts.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 distributor or business partner in China?Best RegardsAdrian Liu Service & Operations ManagerChina Registry (Head Office) 6012, Xingdi Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, Shanghai 201103, ChinaTel: 86-02164193517 Fax: 86-02164198327 Mob: 86-13816428671Email: adrian-chinaregistry.org.cnWeb: www.chinaregistry.org.cnAnother scam.
Here is another scam:"Fra: Robert Liu Dato: 22. maj 2019 kl. 03.04.54 CESTEmne: Vedr.: Re: CN domain and keywordDear,We have already suggested that they should choose another name to avoid this conflict according as your company have no relationship with them, but they persist in this name as China domain names (.cn, .com.cn, .net.cn, .org.cn) and internet keyword. In our opinion, maybe they do the similar business as your company then register it to promote his company.As is known to all, the domain name registration based on the international principle is opened to company and individual. Any company or individual have the right to register any domain name and internet keyword which are unregistered. Your company haven't registered this name as China domains and internet keyword, so any company is able to obtain them by registration. But in order to avoid this conflict, the trademark or original name owner have priority right to register China domain name and internet keyword during our dispute period. If your company is the original owner of this name and want to register these China domain names (.cn, .com.cn, .net.cn, .org.cn) and internet keyword to prevent anybody from using them, please inform us. We can send you an application form with price list to help your company register these China domains and internet keyword during our dispute period.Best RegardsRobert Liu Service & Operations ManagerChina Registry (Head Office) 6012, Xingdi Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, Shanghai 201103, ChinaTel: 86-02164193517 Fax: 86-02164198327 Mob: 86-13816428671Email: robert-chinaregistry.orgWeb: www.chinaregistry.org"
Thanks and here is my two cents.The email source IP is from : 198.98.53.248 and I found it's from their email server either been hacked or doing this cheating action to gain money.This email was to the contact email address in my company website. FYI.Connect: mx.chinaregistry-shanghai.org[198.98.53.248]Subject: ABCD CN domain and keyword(It's very urgent, please transfer this email to your CEO. Thanks) This is a formal email. We are the Domain Registration Service company in China.Here I have something to confirm with you. On May 3, 2019, we received an application from Kaifeng Ltd requested "ABCD" as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names (ABCD.cn, ABCD.com.cn, ABCD.net.cn, ABCD.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 distributor or business partner in China? Best Regards,Frank Liu Service & Operations ManagerChina Registry (Head Office) 6012, XingdI Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, ShanghaI 201103, ChinaTel: 86-02164193517 Fax: 86-02164198327 Mob: 86-13816428671Email: frank-chinaregistry.orgWeb: www.chinaregistry.org
Received this one today - Thank you for the article. Detail of email below, my domain replaced with xxxx:"(It's very urgent, please transfer this email to your CEO. Thanks) We are the domain registration and solution center in China. On April 8, 2019, we received an application from Kaisheng Ltd requested "xxxx" as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names (xxxx.cn, xxxx.com.cn, xxxx.net.cn, xxxx.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 your company is affiliated with this Chinese company or not? Best RegardsDavid Liu Service & Operations ManagerChina Registry (Head Office) 6012, XingdI Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, ShanghaI 201103, ChinaTel: 86-02164193517 Fax: 86-02164198327 Mob: 86-13816428671Email: david-chinaregistry.orgWeb: www.chinaregistry.org"
Received this scam:"Received: from mail.chinaregistry-gh.comReply-To: Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 23:38:26 0800From: "Frank Liu" Subject: CN domain and keywordX-mailer: Foxmail (Please forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent. Thanks)This email is from China domain name registration center, which mainly deal with the domain name registration in China. On March 25, 2019, we received an application from Kaixing 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 RegardsFrank Liu Service & Operations ManagerChina Registry (Head Office) 6012, XingdI Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, ShanghaI 201103, ChinaTel: 86-02164193517 Fax: 86-02164198327 Mob: 86-13816428671Email: frank-chinaregistry.orgWeb: www.chinaregistry.org"
Here is another scam:"service-chinaregistry-st.org.cn(Please forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent. Thanks)This email is from China domain name registration center, which mainly deal with the domain name registration in China. On March 11, 2019, we received an application from Kaixing Ltd requested "onlinethreatalerts" as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names (onlinethreatalerts.cn, onlinethreatalerts.com.cn, onlinethreatalerts.net.cn, onlinethreatalerts.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 your company have association with this Chinese company or not? Best RegardsAdrian Liu Service & Operations ManagerChina Registry (Head Office) 6012, Xingdi Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, Shanghai 201103, ChinaTel: 86-02164193517 Fax: 86-02164198327 Mob: 86-13816428671Email: adrian-chinaregistry.org.cnWeb: www.chinaregistry.org.cn"
Still active:"(Please forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent. Thanks)This is a formal email. We are the Domain Registration Service company in China. Here I have something to confirm with you. On Feb 26, 2019, we received an application from Kaijing 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 RegardsThomas Liu Service & Operations ManagerCN Registry (Head Office) 6012, XingdI Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, ShanghaI 201103, ChinaTel: 86-02164193517 Fax: 86-02164198327 Mob: 86-13816428671Email: thomas-cnregistry.org.cnWeb: www.cnregistry.org.cn"
Yes. Still active:"(Please forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent. Thanks) This email is from China domain name registration center, which mainly deal with the domain name registration in China. On March 4, 2019, we received an application from Kaijing Ltd requested "XXXXXXXX" as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names (XXXXXXXX.cn, XXXXXXXX.com.cn, XXXXXXXX.net.cn, XXXXXXXX.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 your company is affiliated with this Chinese company or not? Best Regards***Frank Liu Service & Operations ManagerChina Registry (Head Office) 6012, XingdI Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, ShanghaI 201103, ChinaTel: 86-02164193517 Fax: 86-02164198327 Mob: 86-13816428671Email: frank-chinaregistry.orgWeb: www.chinaregistry.org"
Received this scam:"(Please forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent. Thanks) This is a formal email. We are the Domain Registration Service company in China. Here I have something to confirm with you. On Jan 21, 2019, we received an application from Kailing 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 your company have relations with this Chinese company or not? Best RegardsPeter Liu Service & Operations ManagerChina Registry (Head Office) 6012, XingdI Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, ShanghaI 201103, ChinaTel: 86-02164193517 Fax: 86-02164198327 Mob: 86-13816428671Email: peter-chinaregistry.net.cnWeb: www.chinaregistry.net.cn This email contains privileged and confidential information intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy this email and inform the sender immediately. We appreciate you respecting the confidentiality of this information by not disclosing or using the information in this email."
Received this scam:> From: "Adrian Liu" > Date: 1 August 2018 at 10:23:20 PM GMT 8> Subject: ############## CN domain and keyword> Reply-To: >> (It's very urgent, please transfer this email to your CEO. Thanks)>> This email is from China domain name registration center, which mainly deal with the domain name registration in China. On July 31, 2018 , we received an application from Kaiying 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 your company have association with this Chinese company or not? >> >> Best RegardsAdrian Liu Service & Operations ManagerChina Registry (Head Office) 6012, XingdI Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, ShanghaI 201103, ChinaTel: 86-02164193517 Fax: 86-02164198327 Mob: 86-13816428671Email: adrian-chinaregistry.org.cnWeb: www.chinaregistry.org.cn
I received the email below:"(It's very urgent, please transfer this email to your CEO. Thanks) We are the domain registration and solution center in China. On July 23, 2018 , we received an application from Kaiying 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 your company have relations with this Chinese company or not?Best RegardsBarry Liu Service & Operations ManagerCN Registry (Head Office) 6012, XingdI Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, ShanghaI 201103, ChinaTel: 86-02164193517 Fax: 86-02164198327 Mob: 86-13816428671Email: barry-cnregistry.netWeb: www.cnregistry.netIt was fo,owed up with the following email:To whom it concerns,We will register the China domain names ".cn" ".com.cn" ".net.cn" ".org.cn" and internet keyword "" and have submitted our application. We are waiting for Mr. Barry Liu's approval and think these CN domains and internet keyword are very important for our business. Even though Mr. Barry Liu advised us to change another name, we will persist in this name.Kind regardsGareth Jing"Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
Hi, we received the following fraudulent mail::From: Robert Liu [mailto:service-chinaregistry-shanghai.com] Sent: Friday, July 20, 2018 4:20 PMTo: contact-xyz.comSubject: xyz CN domain and keyword(Please forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent. Thanks) We are the domain registration and solution center in China. On July 16, 2018 , we received an application from Kaining Ltd requested "xyz" as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names (xyz.cn, xyz.com.cn, xyz.net.cn, xyz.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 your company is affiliated with this Chinese company or not? This email contains privileged and confidential information intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy this email and inform the sender immediately. We appreciate you respecting the confidentiality of this information by not disclosing or using the information in this email.Best RegardsRobert Liu Service & Operations ManagerChina Registry (Head Office) 6012, XingdI Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, ShanghaI 201103, ChinaTel: 86-02164193517 Fax: 86-02164198327 Mob: 86-13816428671Email: robert-chinaregistry.net.cnWeb: www.chinaregistry.net.cn"
I've been playing along for a few months now. I photoshopped their invoice to show a different swift code (making it appear like there was a man-in-the-middle attack changing their invoices swift code).I then sent them 'their' invoice, screenshots as evidence why it couldn't be paid 'because the swift code you insist I pay to in your email is not on the actual invoice'. Hilarious.
They are apparently still active.On the 21st of June 2018 I received the following mail :"From : Albert LiuSubject : XXXmycompanyXXX CN domain and keywordTo : info-mycompany.com(Please forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent. Thanks)This is a formal email. We are the Domain Registration Service company in China. Here I have something to confirm with you. On June 20, 2018, we received an application from Kailang Ltd requested "" as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names (iwell.cn, iwell.com.cn, iwell.net.cn, iwell.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 associated with your company or not? Best RegardsAlbert Liu Service & Operations ManagerChina Registry (Head Office) 6012, XingdI Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, ShanghaI 201103, ChinaTel: 86-02164193517 Fax: 86-02164198327 Mob: 86-13816428671Email: albert-chinaregistry.org.cnWeb: www.chinaregistry.org.cn This email contains privileged and confidential information intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy this email and inform the sender immediately. We appreciate you respecting the confidentiality of this information by not disclosing or using the information in this email."Then, on the 27th of june 2018, I received the following email:"From: Gareth JingSubject: mycompanynameTo: mypersonalmail which they got hold on when I answered the first emailTo whom it concerns,We will register the China domain names ".cn" ".com.cn" ".net.cn" ".org.cn" and internet keyword "" and have submitted our application. We are waiting for Mr. Albert Liu's approval and think these CN domains and internet keyword are very important for our business. Even though Mr. Albert Liu advised us to change another name, we will persist in this name.Kind regardsGareth Jing"
Hi, Had the same also with a slight different website name:chinaregistry-sp.net.cn
I was contacted by Scott Jing from chinaregistry.net.cn. With the same adress and the same telephone numbers
Thank you all for this information!They tried to scam me with a website with a slightly different name: www.cnregistry.org.cnFirst Email:Van: Thomas Liu Verzonden: woensdag 9 meI 2018Onderwerp: x*x CN domain and keyword(If you are NOT CEO, please forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent. Thanks) We are the domain registration and solution center in China. On May 10, 2018 , we received an application from Kaixin Ltd requested "x*x" as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names (x*x.cn, x*x.com.cn, x*x.net.cn, x*x.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 associated with your company or not?Best Regards,Thomas Liu Service & Operations ManagerCN Registry (Head Office) 6012, XingdI Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, ShanghaI 201103, ChinaTel: 86-02154290702 Fax: 86-02154290703 Mob: 86-13816428671Email: thomas-cnregistry.org.cnWeb: www.cnregistry.org.cn second Email:Van: Gareth Jing Verzonden: vrijdag 11 meI 2018Onderwerp: x*xTo whom it concerns,We will register the China domain names "x*x.cn" "x*x.com.cn" "x*x.net.cn" "x*x.org.cn" and internet keyword "x*x" and have submitted our application. We are waiting for Mr. Thomas Liu's approval and think these CN domains and internet keyword are very important for our business. Even though Mr. Thomas Liu advised us to change another name, we will persist in this name.Kind regardsGareth Jing
I just received communication from these two today! "(It's very urgent, please transfer this email to your CEO. Thanks) This email is from China domain name registration center, which mainly deal with the domain name registration in China. On May 10, 2018 , we received an application from Kaixin 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 associated with your company or not?Best Regards,Paul Liu Service & Operations ManagerChina Registry (Head Office) 6012, XingdI Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, ShanghaI 201103, ChinaTel: 86-02154290702 Fax: 86-02154290703 Mob: 86-13816428671Email: paul-chinaregistry.net.cnWeb: www.chinaregistry.net.cn This email contains privileged and confidential information intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy this email and inform the sender immediately. We appreciate you respecting the confidentiality of this information by not disclosing or using the information in this email."and..."To whom it concerns,We will register the China domain names ".cn" ".com.cn" ".net.cn" ".org.cn" and internet keyword "" and have submitted our application. We are waiting for Mr. Paul Liu's approval and think these CN domains and internet keyword are very important for our business. Even though Mr. Paul Liu advised us to change another name, we will persist in this name.Kind regardsGareth Jing"Relieved to know it is a scam!h
These two idiots (or is it just one impersonating both, who knows) point is they are still active. I got an email from the both of them this time one with the name Nick Liu and Gareth Jing. Same copy in the text, just using my company name for the extensions. Too bad for them Idgaf whether anyone registers my site's under a different domain extension :)
I received nearly the same mail titled: "X*X CN domain and keyword" from customerservice3-chinaregistry-st.org.cn on April 20, 2018.(It's very urgent, please transfer this email to your CEO. Thanks)We are the domain registration and solution center in China. On April 16, 2018, we received an application from Kaikun Ltd requested "X*X" as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names (X*X.cn, X*X.com.cn, X*X.net.cn, X*X.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 your company have connection with this Chinese company or not?Best Regards,Paul Liu Service & Operations ManagerChina Registry (Head Office) 6012, XingdI Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, ShanghaI 201103, ChinaTel: 86-02154290702 Fax: 86-02154290703 Mob: 86-13816428671Email: paul-chinaregistry.net.cnWeb: www.chinaregistry.net.cn This email contains privileged and confidential information intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy this email and inform the sender immediately. We appreciate you respecting the confidentiality of this information by not disclosing or using the information in this email.
We have received the same email claiming another company wants to use our web address name as a .cn extension; the referenced company was actually dissolved, according to companieshouse.gov.uk
Here is another scam:"From: Alfred Liu [mailto:service-chinaregistry-ja.org.cn]Sent: 28/03/2018 14:19(It's very urgent, please transfer this email to your CEO. Thanks) We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration center in Shanghai, China. On March 26, 2018, we received an application from Kaisu Ltd requested "x*x" as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names (x*x.cn, x*x.com.cn, x*x.net.cn, x*x.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,Alfred Liu Service & Operations ManagerChina Registry (Head Office) 6012, XingdI Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, ShanghaI 201103, ChinaTel: 86-02154290702 Fax: 86-02154290703 Mob: 86-13816428671Email: alfred-chinaregistry.org.cnWeb: www.chinaregistry.org.cn This email contains privileged and confidential information intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy this email and inform the sender immediately. We appreciate you respecting the confidentiality of this information by not disclosing or using the information in this email."
Here is another scam:"Adrian Liu (It's very urgent, please transfer this email to your CEO. Thanks) We are the domain registration and solution center in China. On March 26, 2018, we received an application from Kaisu Ltd requested "" as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names (.cn, .cn, .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 distributor or business partner in China? Best Regards,Adrian Liu Service & Operations ManagerChina Registry (Head Office) 6012, XingdI Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, ShanghaI 201103, ChinaTel: 86-02154290702 Fax: 86-02154290703 Mob: 86-13816428671Email: adrian-chinaregistry.org.cnWeb: www.chinaregistry.org.cn This email contains privileged and confidential information intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy this email and inform the sender immediately. We appreciate you respecting the confidentiality of this information by not disclosing or using the information in this Gareth Jing To whom it concerns,We will register the China domain names ".cn" ".com.cn" ".net.cn" ".org.cn" and internet keyword "" and have submitted our application. We are waiting for Mr. Adrian Liu's approval and think these CN domains and internet keyword are very important for our business. Even though Mr. Adrian Liu advised us to change another name, we will persist in this name.Kind regardsGareth Jing"
Here's the another one:"Robert Liu 隐藏信息2017-12-27 00:01发件人:Robert Liu 收件人:时间:2017年12月27日 (周三) 00:01大小:17 KB(Please forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent. Thanks) We are the domain registration and solution center in China. On Dec 26, 2017, we received an application from Jialian Ltd requested "joylylight" as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names (joylylight.cn, joylylight.com.cn, joylylight.net.cn, joylylight.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 distributor or business partner in China? Best Regards,Robert Liu Service & Operations ManagerChina Registry (Head Office) 6012, XingdI Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, ShanghaI 201103, ChinaTel: 86-02164193517 Fax: 86-02161918697 Mob: 86-13816428671Email: robert-chinaregistry.org.cnWeb: www.chinaregistry.org.cn"
Here is another scam:"Van: Robert Liu [mailto:customerservice03-chinaregistry-sd.org] Verzonden: vrijdag 17 november 2017 12:42Onderwerp: freshomega CN domain and keyword (It's very urgent, please transfer this email to your CEO. Thanks) This email is from China domain name registration center, which mainly deal with the domain name registration in China. On Nov 13, 2017, we received an application from Jiaming Ltd requested "freshomega" as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names (freshomega.cn, freshomega.com.cn, freshomega.net.cn, freshomega.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,Robert Liu Service & Operations ManagerChina Registry (Head Office) 6012, Xingdi Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, Shanghai 201103, ChinaTel: 86-02164193517 Fax: 86-02161918697 Mob: 86-13816428671Email: robert-chinaregistry.org.cnWeb: www.chinaregistry.org.cn"
Here is another scam:"Subject: onlinethreatalerts CN domain and keywordDate: Thu 09/11/2017 10:50From: robert-chinaregistry.org.cn(It's very urgent, please transfer this email to your CEO. Thanks) We are the domain registration and solution center in China. On Nov 3, 2017, we received an application from Jiaming Ltd requested "onlinethreatalerts" as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names (onlinethreatalerts.cn, onlinethreatalerts.com.cn, onlinethreatalerts.net.cn, onlinethreatalerts.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 distributor in China? Best Regards,Robert Liu Service & Operations ManagerChina Registry (Head Office) 6012, Xingdi Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, Shanghai 201103, ChinaTel: 86-02164193517 Fax: 86-02161918697 Mob: 86-13816428671Email: robert-chinaregistry.org.cnWeb: www.chinaregistry.org.cn"
Here is another scam:-- start of scam --From: Tony Liu [mailto:customerservice06-chinaregistry-sx.org] Sent: Friday, 27 October 2017 2:15 PMTo: internal-.co.zaSubject: CN domain and keyword (It's very urgent, please transfer this email to your CEO. Thanks) We are the domain name registration service company in China. On Oct 24, 2017, we received an application from Huikai 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 distributor or business partner in China? Best Regards,Tony Liu Service & Operations ManagerChina Registry (Head Office) 6012, Xingdi Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, Shanghai 201103, ChinaTel: 86-02164193517 Fax: 86-02161918697 Mob: 86-13816428671Email: tony-chinaregistry.org.cnWeb: www.chinaregistry.org.cn