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Domain name registrar scams have increased from China
Just got hit with a scam from a Chinese registrar company [1] telling me that my domain name in other countries (eg. domain.cn or domain.com.dn) is being taken over by a Chinese company.
After doing some research [2] this is a complete scam. Since CNNIC registry announced that the Chinese .CN domains were public, these sort of scams have increased significantly.
If you do see these kinds of scams, I would highly recommend reporting it to the FBI internet fraud team here: https://www.fbi.gov/scams-and-safety/common-fraud-schemes/internet-fraud
[1] http://eyis.org.cn
[2] http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/spot-chinese-domain-name-scam/
- joelrunyon 9y agoThese have been everywhere for a while. If you file a trademark, they'll send these to you too. Rule of thumb is to ignore them and only register domains directly with a trustworthy registrar(not links you click on in an email).
- tobltobs 9y agoYou don't need to file a trademark for this. I did get plenty of those for domains I own in the last 10 years. There was even one "company" which did send me snail mails for this.
- joelrunyon 9y ago> You don't need to file a trademark for this. I didn't say that. I said they ALSO do this if you file a trademark.
- tobltobs 9y agoThis 'scam' is really old and I am not sure if this is scammy enough to bother the FBI with that.