There are a lot of scams on the internet. A particularly popular one is the Chinese domain name scam. A person will write to you from China, apparently from a domain name registrar, letting you know that someone in China wants to register a domain name that uses your trademark. The email will be very similar to the one below.
It's a scam. Don't fall for it, because no-one is applying for the names, and you probably don't do business in China anyway.
Some of the email simply doesn't make any sense at all, such as "Network Brand". You will also see variants referring to "internet keyword". They're just silly.
Some people enjoy emailing them back and asking them to call - you can have a lengthy international call at their cost about the weather in China, or the food in China, or anything else you might like to talk about...
From: John [mailto:mrjohn@lh-group.org]
Sent: Friday, 3 December 2010 8:01 PM
Subject: URGENT!! Asia Domains Registration Announcement
Importance: High Mrjohn@lh-group.org (Please forward this email to your CEO or the responsible man for your IP. Thanks) Dear CEO,
As one of the leading internet solutions organizations in China, we have something to confirm with you. We formally received an application on Today, a company named "Asia Investment Co.,Ltd." it intends to register '' yourdomainname'' as Network Brand and the following domain names:
yourdomainname.com.cn
yourdomainname.com.hk
yourdomainname.com.tw
yourdomainname.in
yourdomainname.net.cn
yourdomainname.org.cn
yourdomainname.tw
But after checking it, we find this name conflict with your company. so we need to check with you whether your company has authorized that company to register these names or not. If you have authorized this, we will finish the registration at once. If you haven't authorize, please let us know within 7 workdays, so that we will handle this issue better. Exceeding the limited time, we will unconditionally finish the registration for "Asia Investment Co.,Ltd.". Looking forward to your reply.
Best Regards,
John
LH Group
Email:john@lh-group.org
Tel:+86-23-68927971
Fax:+86-23-68923769
Web:
Address:Room 4-19,NO.6, Xinsheng Village One, Yangjiaping,Jiulongpo District, Chongqing, China(the original Rongzhou Garden Block A)2010-12-3 Please consider the environment before you print this e-mailwww.lh-group.org
I received a similar letter… it is a scam. I didn’t fall for it but when I went to google and typed in LH-group URL lh-china.org or LH-Group Asia URL lh-china.org I had a malwarebytes virus blocked by my anti virus program. This is a red flag that is it a “scam” DON’T FALL FOR IT. DON’T DO BUSINESS WITH LH-GROUP OR LH-GROUP ASIA.
ReplyDeleteDear CEO,
As one of the leading internet solutions organizations in China, we have something to confirm with you. We formally received an application on August 17 th, a company named "Advers Trading Co.,Ltd." it intends to register youhaveagreatidea as Net Brand and the following domain names:
youhaveagreatidea.asia
youhaveagreatidea.cn
youhaveagreatidea.hk
youhaveagreatidea.in
youhaveagreatidea.tw
After the initial checking, we found the Net Brand were similar to your company's, so we need to check with you whether your company has authorized that company to register these names or not. If you have authorized this, we will finish the registration at once. If you haven't authorize, please let us know within 5 workdays, so that we will handle this issue better. Exceeding the limited time, we will unconditionally finish the registration for "Advers Trading Co.,Ltd.".
Best Regards,
Anthony
LH GROUP
Room 4-19,NO.6, Xinsheng Village One, Yangjiaping,
Jiulongpo District, Chongqing, China
Tel:+86 23 62870415
Fax:+86 23 68923769
E-Mail：Anthony@lh-group.asia Anthony@No1.cm