Domain Name Dispute

[jhoppe]

Hey all,

I received an email this morning from some supposed IT company in Asia claiming...well, I'm not sure. I registered milwaukeetechs.com and now I get this. Any ideas? Should I take it to a lawyer to ensure I'm in the right??



...To whom it may concern: 2009-5-22

We are a domain name registration service company in Asia,

Last week we received a formal application submited by Justin Lin who wanted to use the keyword "milwaukeetechs" to register the Internet Brand and with suffix such as .cn /.com.cn /.net.cn/.hk/ .asia/ domain names.

After our initial examination, we found that these domain names to be applied for registration are same as your domain name and trademark. We aren’t sure whether you have any relation with him. Because these domain names would produce possible dispute, now we have hold down his registration, but if we do not get your company’s an reply in the next 5 working days, we will approve his company's application

In order to handle this issue better, Please contact us by Fax ,Telephone or Email as soon as possible.



Yours sincerely



Sunny

Checking Department

Tel: 86 513 8532 xxxx
Fax: 86 513 8532 xxxx
Email:Sunny _at_ ntwifinetwork.com
Website: www.ntwifinetwork.com

Mail No.:1909xxx

 

[rusty.nells]

My first thought is "scam", perhaps they want you to pay to "protect" your name.

 

[soho-integration]

It sounds to me as if they are inquiring if YOU have a trademark / patent on the name - if not, don't respond and they can proceed with his registration.

 

[NYJimbo]

We control several thousand domains and get these all the time. Last week I had to explain what a scam this is to about 20 customers.

NOBODY does "domain name checking" to see if someone else owns the .com/.net/.org and then notifies you. Its just a scam to get you
to register usless TLD's. Been going on for years.

 

[RiCO]

if you're even slightly suspicious of a mail, just take a bit of text and Google it. If you search for 'formal application submited by Justin Lin' (note the spelling mistake - scammers can't spell to save their lives), you'll see that Mr Lin (or John Zhou as he was formally known) is either buying the Internet, or its a scam

 

[Pc Fixed Right]

99.999999% scamdalous (yes I know just made that word up)

 

[Jory]

That's certainly a scam. My BS detector almost broke when reading it.

 

[Reset]

its a scam i get them all the time.

 

[K007]

Hey all,

I received an email this morning from some supposed IT company in Asia claiming...well, I'm not sure. I registered milwaukeetechs.com and now I get this. Any ideas? Should I take it to a lawyer to ensure I'm in the right??

I get this email at least once a month. Is scam. Just add them to your spam filter black list

 

[TimeCode]

We control several thousand domains and get these all the time. Last week I had to explain what a scam this is to about 20 customers.

NOBODY does "domain name checking" to see if someone else owns the .com/.net/.org and then notifies you. Its just a scam to get you
to register usless TLD's. Been going on for years.

I get them all the time. It's a scam. Don't bother.

 

[Nomad]

i vote for legitimate.

 

[TimeCode]

i vote for legitimate.

Are you serious? Do you really think some other company cares that you own a domain name and someone else wants to order the same with a different TLD? It happens all the time and is completely fair. That's why there are different TLDs, so that one phrase can be used by separate entities.

They just want you to buy the others from them so they can make a buck or two.

 

[Doctor Micro]

i vote for legitimate.

You sound like a suc.... er, umm, a discerning customer. Can I have your email address? I'd like to send you some very special offers.
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j/k, please do not post your email here.

 

[Nomad]

no, not serious, sarcasm...

 

[thebeardedone]

no, not serious, sarcasm...

Then you could of added this ->

 

[tymiller]

I get them all the time also. Delete and forget.