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Is this a scam? Domain notice..

  • 07-03-2015 9:48am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,838 ✭✭✭✭


    I'm usually able to spot spam emails and companies trying to get you to believe you need to sign up with them to keep your domain, but this is a strange one:
    FROM: txu@nus.asia

    (This is a very important case, so please transfer this email to your CEO or appropriate person. Thanks a lot.)

    Dear CEO/Principal,

    We are the department of Asian Domain Registration Service in China. Here I have something to confirm with you. We formally received an application on March 6, 2015 that a company claimed "TaoLan Tran Company" were applying to register "vantasks" as their Net Brand and some "vantasks" Asian countries top-level domain names through our firm.

    Now we are handling this registration, and after our initial checking, we found the name were similar to your company's, so we need to check with you whether your company has authorized that company to register these names. If you authorized this, we would finish the registration at once. If you did not authorize, please let us know within 7 workdays, so that we could handle this issue better. After the deadline we will unconditionally finish the registration for "TaoLan Tran Company" Looking forward to your prompt reply.

    Best Regards,

    Is there a scam here or is it a genuine email and if so, any suggestions on what to do with the other company?


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,886 ✭✭✭cgarvey


    Very much a scam (expect a few more like it).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,838 ✭✭✭✭cormie


    What's the scam though? What are they trying to trick me into doing do you know?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    cormie wrote: »
    What's the scam though? What are they trying to trick me into doing do you know?

    I presume accepting will sign you up for years and years of fees.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,838 ✭✭✭✭cormie


    They aren't asking me to sign up to anything though, only asking me if I gave another company permission to use the name :confused: All I have to do is reply that I didn't give anyone permission?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,807 ✭✭✭✭28064212


    cormie wrote: »
    What's the scam though? What are they trying to trick me into doing do you know?
    Purchase vantasks.cn, vantasks.vn, vantasks.la etc. etc. Probably at exorbitant prices

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,060 ✭✭✭Kenny Logins


    Yeah, they're hoping you'll try to block the registration by buying the (worthless) domains yourself.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,810 ✭✭✭✭jimmii


    We've had a good few of these nothing to worry about give it a google nothing but scam alerts!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,838 ✭✭✭✭cormie


    Ah jaysus, of course, didn't even think of the whole buying the ****ty domains trick, of course of course now it makes sense :D lack of sleep does that to you :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,413 ✭✭✭✭Trojan


    This is the Asian take on the old "domain re-registration form by post" scam (where you're signing up to transfer registrars and renew your .com at €895/year when you read the small print).

    Caveat emptor.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    mikom wrote: »
    I presume accepting will sign you up for years and years of fees.
    cormie wrote: »
    They aren't asking me to sign up to anything though, only asking me if I gave another company permission to use the name :confused: All I have to do is reply that I didn't give anyone permission?

    As I said........
    Trojan wrote: »
    This is the Asian take on the old "domain re-registration form by post" scam (where you're signing up to transfer registrars and renew your .com at €895/year when you read the small print).

    Caveat emptor.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,740 ✭✭✭mneylon


    It's been going on for years.

    There's a variation where they actually ring you up and spin you a similar story.


  • Registered Users Posts: 55 ✭✭kaloshma


    Was actually thinking they are some kind of larger van company trying to use the same name with your permission.
    Looks totally armless from outside.
    Interesting....


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