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The website chinadomainregistry.net is a fake. Website or domain name owners be aware of fraudulent Chinese website or domain name registration emails like the one below that came from the fake website "www.chinadomainregistry.net". 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.
Da: jim.gong@chinadomainregistry.net Per conto di JimInviato: giovedì 16 novembre 2017 06:40Dear CEO,(If you are not the person who is in charge of this, please forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent. If this email affects you, we are very sorry, please ignore this email. Thanks)We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration center in China.We received an application from Hua An Ltd on November 13, 2017. They want to register " connectoon " as their Internet Keyword and " connectoon .cn "、" connectoon .com.cn " 、" connectoon .net.cn "、" connectoon .org.cn " 、" connectoon .asia " domain names, they are in China and Asia domain names. But after checking it, we find " connectoon " conflicts with your company. In order to deal with this matter better, so we send you email and confirm whether this company is your distributor or business partner in China or not?Best Regards,Jim | Service & Operations ManagerChinese Registry (Head Office) | 8006, Xinlong Building, No. 415 WuBao Road, Shanghai 201105, ChinaTel: +86-2161918696 | Fax: +86-2161918697 | Mob: +86-1582177 1823Web: www(dot)chineseregistry(dot)com
Da: jim.gong@chinadomainregistry.net Per conto di Jim
Inviato: giovedì 16 novembre 2017 06:40
Dear CEO,
(If you are not the person who is in charge of this, please forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent. If this email affects you, we are very sorry, please ignore this email. Thanks)
We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration center in China.
We received an application from Hua An Ltd on November 13, 2017. They want to register " connectoon " as their Internet Keyword and " connectoon .cn "、" connectoon .com.cn " 、" connectoon .net.cn "、" connectoon .org.cn " 、" connectoon .asia " domain names, they are in China and Asia domain names. But after checking it, we find " connectoon " conflicts with your company. In order to deal with this matter better, so we send you email and confirm whether this company is your distributor or business partner in China or not?
Best Regards,
Jim | Service & Operations Manager
Chinese Registry (Head Office) | 8006, Xinlong Building, No. 415 WuBao Road, Shanghai 201105, China
Tel: +86-2161918696 | Fax: +86-2161918697 | Mob: +86-1582177 1823
Web: www(dot)chineseregistry(dot)com
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Hi,I received severals emails for registering my website because a chinese firm wants to register it.....How can I do...for protect my websites?
They are using this email address: chinadomainregistry-188.com
Yes...received this very email and have deleted it.
Here is another scam:---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Mike Zhang Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2018, 14:55Subject: "uncleabadash"Dear CEO,(It's very urgent, please transfer this email to your CEO. If this email affects you, we are very sorry, please ignore this email. Thanks)We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration center in China.We received an application from Hua An Ltd on April 7, 2018. They want to register "" as their Internet Keyword and ".cn "、".com.cn " 、".net.cn "、".org.cn " 、".asia " domain names, they are in China and Asia domain names. But after checking it, we find "" conflicts with your company. In order to deal with this matter better, so we send you email and confirm whether this company is your distributor or business partner in China or not? Please reply to mike.zhang-cnygdomain.cn or chinanameregistry-188.com.Best Regards,Mike Zhang Service & Operations ManagerCn YG Domain (Head Office) 8006, Xinlong Building, No. 415 WuBao Road, Shanghai 201105, ChinaTel: 86-2161918696 Fax: 86-2161918697 Mob: 86-1582177 1823Email: mike.zhang-cnygdomain(dot)cn or chinanameregistry-188.comWeb: www.cnygdomain.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