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Domain name registrar scams have increased from China

9 points by dashwin ↗ HN
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/

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joelrunyon
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).

tobltobs
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.
joelrunyon
> 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.

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