Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
Scamming - Fraud
Domain name owners be aware of fraudulent Chinese domain name registration emails like the one below that came from the fake website "www.cnregistry.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.
Van: Thomas Liu <thomas@cnregistry.org.cn>Verzonden: woensdag 9 meI 2018Onderwerp: xxx 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 "xxx" as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names (xxx.cn, xxx.com.cn, xxx.net.cn, xxx.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
Van: Thomas Liu <thomas@cnregistry.org.cn>
Verzonden: woensdag 9 meI 2018
Onderwerp: xxx 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 "xxx" as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names (xxx.cn, xxx.com.cn, xxx.net.cn, xxx.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 Manager
CN Registry (Head Office) | 6012, XingdI Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, ShanghaI 201103, China
Tel: 86-02154290702 | Fax: 86-02154290703 | Mob: 86-13816428671
Email: thomas@cnregistry.org.cn
Web: www.cnregistry.org.cn
Van: Gareth Jing <garethjing@gmail.com>Verzonden: vrijdag 11 meI 2018Onderwerp: xxxTo whom it concerns,We will register the China domain names "xxx.cn" "xxx.com.cn" "xxx.net.cn" "xxx.org.cn" and internet keyword "xxx" 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
Van: Gareth Jing <garethjing@gmail.com>
Verzonden: vrijdag 11 meI 2018
Onderwerp: xxx
To whom it concerns,
We will register the China domain names "xxx.cn" "xxx.com.cn" "xxx.net.cn" "xxx.org.cn" and internet keyword "xxx" 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 regards
Gareth Jing
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"Von: Simon Liu Datum: 22. Mai 2020 um 09:33:31 GMT 8 Betreff: tongatok (It's very urgent, therefore we kindly ask you to forward this email to your CEO. Thanks) Dear CEO, This email is from China domain name registration center, which mainly deal with the domain name registration in China. On 2020-05-22, we received an application from Hongbo Ltd requested "tongatok" as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names (tongatok.cn, tongatok.com.cn, tongatok.net.cn, tongatok.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 Simon Liu Service & Operations Manager China Registry (Head Office) 6012, Xingdi Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, Shanghai 201103, China Tel: 86-02161918696 Fax: 86-02161918697 Mob: 86-13816428671 www(dot)chinaregistry(dot)org" Here is another scam.
I have rec'd 2 emails regarding this from both of them - will block them
Here is another scam: "De : Adrian Liu [mailto:service@chinanethosting.com] Envoyé : jeudi 6 juin 2019 11:55 À : carole@caroleproperty.com Objet : [domain name] 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 June 3, 2019, we received an application from Kaicheng Ltd requested "[domain name]" as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names ([domain name].cn, [domain name].com.cn, [domain name].net.cn, [domain 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 your company have association with this Chinese company or not? Best Regards Adrian 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"
Yes. It is fake. I received this kind of email too.
Here is another scam: "De : Gareth Jing [mailto:garethjing@gmail.com] Envoyé : lundi 10 juin 2019 03:03 Objet : [domain name] To whom it concerns, We will register the China domain names "[domain name].cn" "[domain name].com.cn" "[domain name].net.cn" "[domain name].org.cn" and internet keyword "[domain name]" 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 regards Gareth Jing"
Just received email from garethjing@gmail.com that they would register domain with our company name, and previously from Todd Liu Service & Operations Manager"CN Registry (Head Office) 6012, XingdI Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, ShanghaI 201103, ChinaTel: 86-02164193517 Fax: 86-02164198327 Mob: 86-13816428671Email: todd@cnregistry.org.cnWeb: www.cnregistry.org.cn"Guess they are trying to sell us chinese domains ...
I received the mail from some Adrian Liu
Here is another scam: "From: "Daniel Liu" Date: February 28, 2019 at 12:26:36 PM PST Subject: ifsowhat CN domain and keyword Reply-To: (Please forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent. Thanks) We are the domain name registration service company in China. On Feb 26, 2019, we received an application from Kaijing Ltd requested "ifsowhat" as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names (ifsowhat.cn, ifsowhat.com.cn, ifsowhat.net.cn, ifsowhat.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 Daniel 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: daniel@chinaregistry.org Web: www.chinaregistry.org"
Here is another scam: "Van: Todd Liu Datum: 6 maart 2019 16:38:03 01:00 Onderwerp: = CN domain and keyword (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 March 4, 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 your company is affiliated with this Chinese company or not? Best Regards Todd Liu Service & Operations Manager CN Registry (Head Office) 6012, Xingdi Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, Shanghai 201103, China Tel: 86-02164193517 Fax: 86-02164198327 Mob: 86-13816428671 Email: todd@cnregistry.org.cn Web: www.cnregistry.org.cn"
Just received same from Steve Liu. Many thanks for the article, its the first thing I check whenever I get this kind of mail.
We just received the same email from Thomas Liu. Didn't respond thanks to the heads up from this post! Thanks!
