It is fake...NO registrar works in this manner. For fun I have followed up with the senders asking for proof that the "other company" is really asking to do what they say....only had one guy actually reply...and it didn't go well for him ;-)
In the end, anyone can register any domain they want...regardless of it conflicting with your registered domain or brands Cheers On Wed, 2011-04-20 at 17:27 -0500, Wil Genovese wrote: > Has anyone received emails like this for any of their domains? I'm trying to > decide if this is some far fetched phishing expedition or a serious inquiry. > I do own the domain in question and it's also registered as business in the > state of Minnesota under my name. > > I may reply to this anyways, but with extreme caution. > > ---------------- > Dear President&CEO, > This is a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration > center in HongKong,China. > On April.19, 2011, we received an application from Meihua Holdings Group > requested"christianmp3" > as their internet trademark keyword and China (CN) domain names. But after > checking ,we find this name is conflict > with your company's name or trademark. In order to deal with this issue > better, it's necessary to send this email > to you and confirm with your company whether this company is your distributor > or business partner in China? > If you did not authorize, please let us know within 7 workdays, so that we > will handle this issue better. > > Looking forward to your reply > > Best regards, > > Linda > > Linda Zhou > Checking Department > ------------------------------------ > HongKong Office(Head Office) > HongKong China Technology Ltd > -------------------------------------------- > > > Thanks, > > > > > Wil Genovese > Sr. Web Application Developer/ > Systems Administrator > CF Webtools > www.cfwebtools.com > > wilg...@trunkful.com > www.trunkful.com > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:343885 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
