Don’t be worried if you get an email like this. Just ignore it. It is a scam.
Dear Manager,
We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration center in Shanghai, China. On October,18th,2010, We received HUAXIA Company's application that they are registering the name "jtbworld" as their Internet Trademark and "jtbworld.cn","jtbworld.com.cn" ,"jtbworld.asia"domain names etc.,It is China and ASIA domain names.But after auditing we found the brand name been used by your company. As the domain name registrar in China, it is our duty to notice you, so I am sending you this Email to check.According to the principle in China,your company is the owner of the trademark,In our auditing time we can keep the domain names safe for you firstly, but our audit period is limited, if you object the third party application these domain names and need to protect the brand in china and Asia by yourself, please let the responsible officer contact us as soon as possible. Thank you!
Kind regards
Angela Zhang
Shanghai Office (Head Office)
Registration Department Manager
3002, Nanhai Building 854.Nandan Road
Xuhui District, Shanghai
Email: info@yg-networks.com
Anhui Office
Office: +86 0553 4994789
Fax: +86 0553 4994789
web: http://www.ygnetwork.org
Here I later found someone doing a bit of research on this scam. Apparently this is quite an old scam and as it still is going on it must mean many are caught by it.
what is the scam though? I got this one this morning and they aren't asking for anything... i believe its a scam, but i cant see what it is. its a pretty good one
ReplyDeleteI received one from it Anhui office as well. My best guess is that they "keep the domain name safe for you firstly" by pending the new application, who knows if there is any, and granting you a priority to purchase the domain names. It looks like a marketing scheme.
ReplyDeleteI received same name from this same person.. And I've been worried and responding to her...
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot.