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by skone

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Our company has received two e-mails that we believe to be spam. The first one is from Shanghai NET Network Service Co.,Ltd with the following contact details:

Gavin Chou
China Overseas Registration Gateway
Shanghai NET Network Service Co.,Ltd
Tel:0086.21-5175 0343
Fax:0086.21-5175 0301
Email: gavin@shanghai-net.org.cn
Website: www.shanghai-net.org.cn

and the second is from Shanghai Ou Pu Information Technology Co., Ltd with these details:

Ken.Guan
Registration DeptManager
Shang Hai Ou Pu Information Technology Co.Ltd
Adress: XinWang Building NanDanRoad Suit 1008 Shanghai,China
Tel:086-021-54253330
Mobile Phone:086-15900649457
E-mail:Ken@chinaregistry.cn

I'm just wanting to check if anyone else has received similar e-mails or if there is any information about these "companies" Cheers

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by computercookie

The DNS lookup has only given you the details of the server where the email emanated from, and that it has not originated from elsewhere.

Could be from anyone and it would be impossible to trace further unles you had the tools and perhaps more appropriately belonged to the "Feds".

Some interesting reading, only means that one of the attempts for the "RBN" to setup in China has failed!!

http://www.smh.com.au/news/security/the-hunt-for-russias-web-crims/2007/12/12/1197135470386.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2

by computercookie

If you email them and they reply you might at least be able to stop them from sending more, just because it's China, doen't mean that the server owners are criminal!

by skone

Against my advice but we got a reply back that didn't seem to be automated. I then searched as hard as a could to prove that this was a scam and found this information:

http://www.sketchucation.com/scf/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2536&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&sid=0f73b53b3465bf337d9c43f9ac7ecb35
http://www.e-consultancy.com/news-blog/363197/internet-brand-hijacking-on-the-rise--report.html

Have a look and judge for yourself but I have a few reasons why I would delete this without giving a second thought:

1. Their website has no PR or traffic
2. No domain age and couldn't find whois info
3. There is little to no information available on the company. You would think that a company which offers domain name branding and claims to be the central administration for such a service would have a reference to them from a few reputable sources, but no.

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by computercookie

You didn't indicate anything about the content of the emails. If the content is similar to those in the links you posted, well!!!

The domain names would only be of use to anybody if they could provide content relevant to that indicated by the domain name.

Possible scenarios are;

1. They have a product.
2. They have pirated your product.

However, the most likely is that they are trying to sell the domains to you.That way they can extort revenue from you until you decide to dump them and as far as the Chinese public is concerned, unless your brand name has a high profile your domain name means nothing and those domains are worthless.

You also have to realise that if your company decided to setup in China, unless your company name was one that translated well into Chinese and or you had a global presence and the brand had a broad awareness within China you would probably be better using a different name, hence different domain name!!

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