New scam, or just new to me?
Frank Dziuba <frank-prl15uk/6mcoiq0YvBGTlAC/[email protected]>
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Is this a new scam, or just new to me? Seems like they could extort money from a lot of unsuspecting users... Frank Dziuba --- Dear Manager, Asia Network is the company of internet services that the domain registration is one of the major online style of our service range. Now we have something need to confirm with you. We hope you to cooperate with us. On March 31th 2008, we received an application from one person named “xxx xxxx” who wants to register some domains(MYCOMPANY.hk MYCOMPANY.sg MYCOMPANY.asia MYCOMPANY.tw MYCOMPANY.ph etc)and internet brand(MYCOMPANY). According to our investigation, we found that domain names have relevance to your ompany’s name and trademark, so we send this email for you to confirm it. We are dealing with this affair in these days, so we wish to get the confirmation and the assent of your company. If Karl Fischer doesn’t belong to your company and you don’t authorize him to register these domains, Pls contact with me asap in order to prevent some guy from abusing your trademarks and the company names. In addition, I must state that we have time limited for one person or one company’s registration. It is just 15 days. If your company files doesn't resent within the time limited. We will unconditionally authorized the application of Karl Fischer. Thank you for your cooperate. --- WE REPLY, THEY REPLY... Dear ME, Thanks for your prompt reply. According to our investigation,We knew you have registered the domain name MYCOMPANY.com" and own the intellectual property / own the trademark "MYCOMPANY ", this is why we informed you. But now Karl Fischer wanted to apply for other domain names and internet brand you have not registered yet. Karl Fischer wants to apply the following domain names and internet brand: 1. Domain Name MYCOMPANY .hk MYCOMPANY .sg MYCOMPANY .asia MYCOMPANY .tw MYCOMPANY .ph 2. Internet Brand MYCOMPANY You must know Domain name takes open registration, this is international domain name registration rule. So Karl Fischer has right to register them. As a domain name registrar, we have no right to dispute their application. So inform your company to protect your interest. But as the company whose trademarks relate to the applied domains, you will get the priority to register these domain names. If you don't think their application will affect your company, you can give up, we will finish their registration. But if you think these domain names are useful for your company, we can send an application form to you and help you register these within dispute period. This is the only way to prevent domain name grab. Pls let us know your decision soon, so that we can handle the next step. 2008-04-01 Alex ???: ME ????: 2008-04-01 01:53:27 ???: 'Alex' ??: ??: RE: MYCOMPANY dispute of domain name Alex, You are not authorized to issue these domains. MYCOMPANY is trademarked. New -- Eat sushi frequently. - Avi [email protected] is the human contact address. [email protected] is the list posting address. See below URL for subscribe/unsubscribe and list options: http://inet-access.net/mailman/listinfo/list