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Website or domain name owners are asked to be aware of fraudulent Chinese domain name registration email messages like the one below that came from the fake website: "www.domainregistryasia.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 sending money, which the scammers claim will be used to purchase their Chinese (.CN) domain names.
Fri 01/09/2017 00:12From: "Jim Bing" jim.bing@domainregistryasia.netDear 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 August 28, 2017. They want to register " gamiss " as their Internet Keyword and " gamiss .cn "、" gamiss .com.cn " 、" gamiss .net.cn "、" gamiss .org.cn " 、" gamiss .asia " domain names, they are in China and Asia domain names. But after checking it, we find " gamiss " 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 ManagerDomain Registry Asia (Head Office)8006, Xinlong Building, No. 415 WuBao Road, Shanghai 201105, ChinaTel: +86-2161918696 | Fax: +86-2161918697 | Mob: +86-1582177 1823Web: www(dot)domainregistryasia(dot)net
Fri 01/09/2017 00:12
From: "Jim Bing" jim.bing@domainregistryasia.net
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 August 28, 2017. They want to register " gamiss " as their Internet Keyword and " gamiss .cn "、" gamiss .com.cn " 、" gamiss .net.cn "、" gamiss .org.cn " 、" gamiss .asia " domain names, they are in China and Asia domain names. But after checking it, we find " gamiss " 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 Manager
Domain Registry Asia (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)domainregistryasia(dot)net
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Mee too.Same email from Mr Mike Zhang.In wich way they can take money just responding at this email?Tks
Same email from Mike Zhang
Hi, I got the same email from Mike Zhang today. Thanks for the heads up.Anonymous,United Kingdom
HeyGot the same email, 11/NOV/2021, from mike_zhang-domainregistryasia.cn ...Thanks for the heads up!Yours,Zs
Well Mike Zhang is still sending emails from : mike_zhang-domainregistryasia.cn
We also received an almost identical email, from Mike Zhang but this time from a .com address: www.domainregistryasia.com
Thank you for this information. Mike is a very busy man!
Here is another scam----- Forwarded message -----From: "Mike Zhang" Sent: Wed, 25 Dec 2019 at 20:06Subject: "multiverse"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 Hai Ltd on December 23, 2019. They want to register " multiverse " as their Internet Keyword and " multiverse .cn "、" multiverse .com.cn " 、" multiverse .net.cn "、" multiverse .org.cn " domain names, they are in China domain names. But after checking it, we find " multiverse " 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 RegardsMike Zhang Service ManagerDomain Registry Asia (Head Office)No. 300, Xuanhua Road, Changning District, Shanghai200050, ChinaTel: 86-2161918696 Fax: 86-2161918697 Mob: 86-1582177 1823Web: www(dot)domainregistryasia(dot)com
Very useful article. Thank you.
domainregistryasia.com is also a fake service, be aware!
We received a similar message today (USA co) from Mike as well. Was odd when I saw the website had (dot) vs the actual (.) in it. Thanks for keeping the internet safe!
I received an e-mail identical as above (from Sweden), also from Mike Zhang and application was going to be from Hua An too.
Yep _ I've just received one today too. :-(
Same in Spain 24/07/018"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 July 23, 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."
We received this same email here in Brazil:"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 27, 2017. They want to register " xxxx " as their Internet Keyword and " xxxx .cn "、" xxxx .com.cn " 、" xxxx .net.cn "、" xxxx .org.cn " 、" xxxx .asia " domain names, they are in China and Asia domain names. But after checking it, we find " xxxx " 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,Mike Zhang Service ManagerCn YG Domain (Head Office)8006, Xinlong Building, No. 415 WuBao Road, ShanghaI 201105, ChinaTel: 86-2161918696 Fax: 86-2161918697 Mob: 86-1582177 1823Web: www(dot)cnygdomain(dot)com"thanks for the advise.regards,Angela
То же самое от:"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(dot)cnygdomain(dot)cn"
Same here, only other company:"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 May 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 " 1b-meubelen " 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(dot)cnygdomain(dot)cn"
Here is another scam:"From: Lin Jianfeng Date: 10 May 2018 at 03:50:39 BSTSubject: ""Dear Sirs,Our company based in chinese office, our company has submitted the " " as CN/ASIA(.asia, .cn, .com.cn, .net.cn, .org.cn) domain name and Internet Keyword " ", we are waiting for Mr. Mike's approval. We think these names are very important for our business in Chinese and Asia market. Even though Mr. Mike advises us to change another name, we will persist in this name.Best regardsLin jianfeng"
Here is another scam:"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 23, 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 " vlmm " 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(dot)cnygdomain(dot)cn"
Thankyou for this info!I've got this email:"Från: mike_zhang-cnygdns.com.cn för Mike Zhang Skickat: den 16 april 2018 11:53Ämne: "djurhornan" 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 16, 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(dot)cnygdomain(dot)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"
Received this scam:"Wir haben die praktisch identische E-mail gestern bekommen von Mike Zhang Service & Operations ManagerChina 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-chinaygdomain(dot)cn or chinanameregistry-188.comWeb: www(dot)chinaygdomain(dot)cn"The domain name is that of our theater festival that does not even pursue commercial interests. The given website seemed believable and serious at first sight. I almost answered and am glad that I found this page here. I will not answer now, but what else can I do?
Hello, I got a similar spam email just now:"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-chinaygdomain.cn or chinanameregistry-188.com.Best Regards,Mike Zhang Service & Operations ManagerChina 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-chinaygdomain(dot)cn or chinanameregistry-188.comWeb: www(dot)chinaygdomain(dot)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"
I have got the exact same email from Mr. JIM and forwarded to my domain name registry for their action.Regards."From: jim.gong-us100105.slwl.net.cn [mailto:jim.gong-us100105.slwl.net.cn] On Behalf Of JimSent: Wednesday, 29 November 2017 2:53 PMSubject: "[domain]"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 27, 2017. They want to register " [domain] " as their Internet Keyword and " [domain] .cn "、" [domain] .com.cn " 、" [domain] .net.cn "、" [domain] .org.cn " 、" [domain] .asia " domain names, they are in China and Asia domain names. But after checking it, we find " [domain] " 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 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"
Hi Marie,I too have received an email more or less identical to yours and identical to the one that came to "gamiss.com" and the worse I found this article on Google while I was trying to trace back to this phantom Hua An Ltd company does not exist. I have found several companies in China who name them near to them but they are not because I contacted them all and reported to have nothing to do with Hua An Ltd based in Shanghai. I have filed a complaint with the Italian State Police, CarabinierI and Interpool. Now I attach the e-mail to me by this phantom Mr. Mike Zhang.The Fraudulent Email:-- -- -- -- --"Dear CEO,(If you are not the person who is in charge of this, please forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent.We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration center in China.We have received an application from Hua An Ltd on October 30, 2017. 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, we will send you email and confirm whether this company is your distributor or business partner in China or not?Best Regards,Mike Zhang Service ManagerChina YG Domain (Head Office)8006, Xinlong Building, No. 415 WuBao Road, ShanghaI 201105, ChinaTel: 86-2161918696 Fax: 86-2161918697 Mob: 86-1582177 1823Web: www (dot) chinaygdomain (dot) cn"Here I attach the answer of the company that wants to register my domain but have never provided the data for a commercial agreement on the use of my name in china.Dear Sirs,Our company based in chinese office, our company has submitted the "" as CN / ASIA (.asia / .cn / .com.cn / .net.cn / .org.cn) domain name and Internet Keyword, we are waiting for Mr. Jim's approval. We think these names are very important for our business in the Chinese and Asia market. Even though Mr. Jim advises us to change another name, we will persist in this name.Best regardsLin jianfengBE WARNED THESE PERSONS ARE FORWARD OF TRAFFICKING AND COMPUTER PIRATES IF YOU RECEIVE E-MAIL THAT YOU MAKE TO THE COMPETENT AUTHORITIES.
Received via email:-- --Hi,I’m annoyed cause I just found your article this article:I have received this email from Jim Bing today and thought it was a real email to actually inform and protect me from people trying to register in China with my website domain name…I haven’t sent any particular security info..In copy the emailsThanks for letting me know what to do or anything if you know!BestMarie-- start of email scam --De: Marie Paysant leroux Objet: Rép : "marieplrdesign"Date: 24 octobre 2017 14:05:01 UTC 2À: Jim Bing Dear Jim,Thanks for emailing me and letting me know that some people are trying to register some domain names in China that are extremely close to my company name in France.I DO NOT have any relationship with any other company or partner based in China… So as I am already using this domain name, if you have capacity to refuse their request because it’s already on use, that would be best.It’s quite a precise name with my initials MPLR (Marie Paysant-Le Roux) and « design »… I’m registered since a few years, and there are so many domain names possibilities, I don’t see why they would use mine.. Then google and customers would get confused for my business and their business…Please make your best to avoid this to happen along your possibilities.Thanks very much,Best regards from France,MarieLe 24 oct. 2017 à 12:41, Jim Bing a écrit :www(dot)chinanetregistry(dot)netMarie Paysant-Le RouxDesigner Couleurs & Matières06.50.16.67.37marieplrdesign.com"
We got the exact same email on 1.9.17 containing our company domain name. It appears that it is indeed a scam. Be aware.