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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.cnygdomain.com". 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.
From: "Mike Zhang" <mike.zhang@cnygdomain.com>Subject: "nolarae"Date: 2 January 2018 11:51:13 GMTTo: <vwest@dircon.co.uk>Reply-To: <mike.zhang@cnygdomain.com>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 January 2, 2018. They want to register " nolarae " as their Internet Keyword and " nolarae .cn "、" nolarae .com.cn " 、" nolarae .net.cn "、" nolarae .org.cn " 、" nolarae .asia " domain names, they are in China and Asia domain names. But after checking it, we find " nolarae " 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 & Operations 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)cn
From: "Mike Zhang" <mike.zhang@cnygdomain.com>
Subject: "nolarae"
Date: 2 January 2018 11:51:13 GMT
To: <vwest@dircon.co.uk>
Reply-To: <mike.zhang@cnygdomain.com>
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 January 2, 2018. They want to register " nolarae " as their Internet Keyword and " nolarae .cn "、" nolarae .com.cn " 、" nolarae .net.cn "、" nolarae .org.cn " 、" nolarae .asia " domain names, they are in China and Asia domain names. But after checking it, we find " nolarae " 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 & Operations Manager
Cn YG Domain (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)cnygdomain(dot)cn
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Received it earlier yesterday.Was surprised at first but became skeptical when they started selling me their services.Thank you for flagging it
We received similar mail. We asking to the registrar to close CNYGDOMAIN.COMThanksDomain Information Name: CNYGDOMAIN.COM Registry Domain ID: 2172871991_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN Domain Status: Nameservers: NS1.ALIDNS.COM NS2.ALIDNS.COMDates Registry Expiration: 2020-10-11 06:02:21 UTC Created: 2017-10-11 06:02:21 UTC Registrar Information Name: Xin Net Technology Corporation IANA ID: 120 Abuse Contact Email: supervision-xinnet.com Abuse Contact Phone: tel: 86.1087127926
We received similar mail. Thank you for your report.
info-cnygdomain-china.org.cn is now being used by the scammers.
Received this email this week. Good thing, I searched for it first.
Good day,Received this thread this week from them, thanks for sharing information like thisRegards
I got it too! This site is doing great by posting these kind of alerts. Thanks guys.
"Dear CEO,Based on your company having no relationship with them, we have suggested they should choose another name to avoid this conflict but they insist on this name as CN/ASIA domain names (.asia , .cn, .com.cn, net.cn, org.cn) and internet keyword () on the internet. In our opinion, maybe they do the similar business as your company and register it to promote his company.According to the domain name registration principle: The domain names and internet keyword which applied based on the international principle are opened to companies as well as individuals. Any companies or individuals have rights to register any domain name and internet keyword which are unregistered.Because your company haven't registered this name as CN/ASIA domains and internet keyword on the internet, anyone can obtain them by registration.However, in order to avoid this conflict, the trademark or original name owner has priority to make this registration in our audit period. If your company is the original owner of this name and want to register these CN/ASIA domain names (asia,.cn, com.cn, net.cn, org.cn) and internet keyword () to prevent anybody from using them, please inform us. We can send an application form with price list to you and help you register these within dispute period. Look forward to your kind reply!Best RegardsMike 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.cnygdomain.com"Another scam.
I have just received the same email. Of course, I have ignored it.
See the scam below:From: mike_zhang-cnygdomain.org.cnDear 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 June 3, 2019. 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? Best RegardsMike 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)cn
I got the following from them. Evidently a scam, an internet extortionist. I really do wonder where they are based, because if they are in China, I would have expected the superpower to have put a bullet through the heads of the b******s already."Sorry, this is the last email. We still do not know whether your company need to register the CN/ASIA domain name and Internet Keyword or not? Since your company have not registered this name as CN/ASIA domains (.asia, .cn, .com.cn, .net.cn, .org.cn) and internet keyword (nnnnnn) on the internet, anyone can obtain them by registration.However, in order to avoid this conflict, as the owner of the name or trademark, your company will get the priority to make this registration. If you think these domain names are useful for your company and want to prevent anybody from using them, please inform us. We can send an application form and the price list to you and help you register these CN/ASIA domain names and internet keyword within dispute period. If you give up, we will finish their registration soon, pls tell us quickly."
Here is another scam:"Subject:Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 12:05:10 0800From: Mike Zhang 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 May 27, 2019. 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?Best RegardsMike 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)cn"
We received the same email on May 29, 2019 with our brand to indicate that a company in China and Asia are trying to register an equal domain.The message seeks to create a conflict with the brand in China and Asia.
I received the same on all 4 company emails in Western Canada.
Received a same email on 23rd May & another email from chen.zhifeng-vip.163.com on 24th May for same topic
Yes, received the same today!
The scammers are using this website: info1-cn-yg-domain.com.cn
Yes, this scam email is still going. Received in New Zealand, May 2019 - same details, "Mike Zhang" etc
Hi there, we got the same message. Very annoying.
same email received. thanks for the alert.
got same scam e-mail. Thank you for posting this alert.
Here is another scam:"From: mike_zhang-cnygdomainco.com.cnSent: 4/28/2019 2:08:34 AM Central Standard TimeSubject: ""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 April 22, 2019. 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? Best RegardsMike 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"
got same too, thanks for this alert
Received the same April 2019 so it's still going around.
Received this scam:"Mike Zhang 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 April 1, 2019. They want to register " t*****ola " as their Internet Keyword and " t*****ola .cn "、" t*****ola .com.cn " 、" t*****ola .net.cn "、" t*****ola .org.cn " 、" .asia "domain names, they are in China and Asia domain names. But after checking it, we find " t*****ola " 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 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)cn"
Thank you so much for your warning.
Here is another scam:"From: Mike Date: 12 Mar 2019, 11:48 AM 1100Subject: CN & ASIA () domain and KeywordDear,Based on your company having no relationship with them, we have suggested they should choose another name to avoid this conflict but they insist on this name as CN/ASIA domain names ( .asia , .cn, .com.cn, .net.cn, .org.cn) and internet keyword () on the internet. In our opinion, maybe they do the similar business as your company and register it to promote his company.According to the domain name registration principle: The domain names and internet keyword which applied based on the international principle are opened to companies as well as individuals. Any companies or individuals have rights to register any domain name and internet keyword which are unregistered.Because your company haven't registered this name as CN/ASIA domains and internet keyword on the internet, anyone can obtain them by registration. However, in order to avoid this conflict, the trademark or original name owner has priority to make this registration in our audit period. If your company is the original owner of this name and want to register these CN/ASIA domain names (.asia, .cn, .com.cn, .net.cn, .org.cn) and internet keyword () to prevent anybody from using them, please inform us. We can send an application form with price list to you and help you register these within dispute period. Look forward to your kind reply!Best RegardsMike 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.cnygdomain.com"
Here is another scam:---------- Forwarded message ----------From: chen.zhifeng-vip.163.com Date: 11 Mar 2019, 6:56 PM 1100Subject: ""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 China and Asia market, so we have to register this name, and we believe that we can successfully register this name. Even though Mr. Mike advises us to change another name, we will persist in this name, no one can stop our registration.Best regardsChen ZhiFeng
Thank you for posting this. We received it today and the search helped me find this site.
same to me today, I got the same email, I never answer to that kind of emails, but I wanted to search for info and I found this post...thanks !
Same here, just deleted. Thank you!Cheers!
Just received practically the same email from 'Mike Zhang'. Thanks for confirming that my suspicions were right and it's a scam.I've deleted it.
Feb 6, 2019I received similar emailuxcom.net
Received this scam:---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Mike Zhang Date: 14 January 2019 at 03:20:58 -04:00Subject: "[domain name]"To: courses-[domain name].comDear 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 January 14, 2019. They want to register " [domain name] " as their Internet Keyword and " [domain name] .cn "、" [domain name] .com.cn " 、" [domain name] .net.cn "、" [domain name] .org.cn " 、" [domain name] .asia "domain names, they are in China and Asia domain names. But after checking it, we find " [domain name] " 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 RegardsMike 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 1823Email: mike.zhang-cnygdomain.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 info
I have received this email twice in as many minutes! I thought it was a complete scam as soon as I saw it."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 10, 2018. They want to register " feast-magazine " as their Internet Keyword and " feast-magazine .cn "、" feast-magazine .com.cn " 、" feast-magazine .net.cn "、" feast-magazine .org.cn " 、" feast-magazine .asia "domain names, they are in China and Asia domain names. But after checking it, we find " feast-magazine " 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"
This is VERY well crafted as all the information in it checks out against the Web site cnygdomains.cn and the company they refer to as wanting to buy them exists and has a web site as well.. Glad I found this page!
Received one today, thank you!
I've just received the same e-mail as above, deleted. Thanks!
Received today a mail from Mike.Zhang-cnygdomain.cn I delete it thanks to your site.
Me too, .Thanks
Thanks for your information, I received the email from Mike Zhang too. Will move to junk.
I got the same here. They are very eager to get their form filled so they can access our website.
Yes , got the same here
Yep, received the same message. Little Buggers..
Yes, received exactly the same email from mike.zhang-cnygdomain.cn. Ignoring it...
received the same email today - thanks for your site
Thanks for this information!
Received the same email:From: mike-cn-ygdomain.cn [mailto:mike-cn-ygdomain.cn] On Behalf Of Mike ZhangSent: Wednesday, 10 October 2018 10:46 PM