Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
Scamming - Fraud
Website name owners, be aware of fraudulent Chinese domain name registration emails like the one below that came from the fake website "chinaregistryshanghai.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.
De : Nick Liu <service@chinaregistryshanghai.cn>Envoyé : dimanche 21 octobre 2018 01:33À : GSR - Contact <contact@.com>Objet : CN domain and keyword(Please forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent. Thanks)We are the domain name registration service company in China. On Oct 15, 2018 , we received an application from Kailan 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 RegardsNick 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: nick@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.
De : Nick Liu <service@chinaregistryshanghai.cn>
Envoyé : dimanche 21 octobre 2018 01:33
À : GSR - Contact <contact@.com>
Objet : CN domain and keyword
(Please forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent. Thanks)
We are the domain name registration service company in China. On Oct 15, 2018 , we received an application from Kailan 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 Regards
Nick 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: nick@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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Another scam: "(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, We are the domain name registration service company in China. We received an application from Hongyuan Ltd on January 25, 2024. They want to request "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 business partner in China? Best Regards Nick Liu Service & Operations Manager China Registry (Head Office) Tel: 86-2161918696 Fax: 86-2161918697 Mob: 86-13816428671 No. 1780 Wuzhong Road, Shanghai 201103, China"
Yep... just got this email with the verbatim verbiage. Thank goodness we have no interest or business in China!
