Domain name registrar scams have increased from China

#1

Post by dashwin » Fri, Jun 16, 2017, 6:54 PM UTC

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/

Re: Domain name registrar scams have increased from China

#2

Post by joelrunyon » Fri, Jun 16, 2017, 8:18 PM UTC

These 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).

Re: Domain name registrar scams have increased from China

#3

Post by tobltobs » Fri, Jun 16, 2017, 8:31 PM UTC

joelrunyon wrote: post #2

These 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).

You 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.

Re: Domain name registrar scams have increased from China

#4

Post by tobltobs » Fri, Jun 16, 2017, 8:33 PM UTC

This 'scam' is really old and I am not sure if this is scammy enough to bother the FBI with that.

Re: Domain name registrar scams have increased from China

#5

Post by joelrunyon » Fri, Jun 16, 2017, 9:51 PM UTC

tobltobs wrote: post #3

joelrunyon wrote: post #2

These 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).

You 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.

> 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.