Someone in China is Planning to Use my Blog Name as a Business Name
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I received the below e-mails and do not know how to proceed…please help…my response is included.
Thank you.
(Please forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent. Thanks)
We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration center in Shanghai, China. On April 23, 2015, we received an application from Huason Holdings Ltd requested “beginningbrooke” as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names. But after checking it, we find this name conflict with your company name or trademark. In order to deal with this matter better, it’s necessary to send email to you and confirm whether this company is your distributor or business partner in China?
Kind regards
Sean Liu
General Manager
China Registry (Headquarters)
3002, Nanhai Building, No. 854 Nandan Road,
Xuhui District, Shanghai 200030, China
Tel: +86 21 6191 8696
Mobile: +86 138 1642 8671
Fax: +86 21 6191 8697
Web: http://www.chinaregistry.net.cnMy Response…
Beginningbrooke is the name of my blog webpage and has been since 2011. My business name is Brooke Wilder Atelier LLC. The blog is about starting the company thus Beginning Brooke which is purchased through and maintained by WordPress. I have no distributor or business partner in China.
Received this morning…
To whom it concerns,
We will register the “beginningbrooke” as internet keyword and China domain names .cn, .com.cn, .net.cn, .org.cn and have submitted our application. We are waiting for Mr. Sean Liu’s approval and think these CN domains and internet keyword are very important for our business. Even though Mr. Sean Liu advises us to change another name, we will persist in this name.
Best regards
Gareth QiaoThe blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hi .yesterday I had the same identical 2 emails but just with my domain name instead of yours. After reading yours I’m now guessing it is a scam.other than that I don’t know .matt
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Thank you Matt. Hopefully someone at WP gets involved. Until I hear back from WP, I will ignore. If the e-mails persist, I will re-post here on the forum. For issues like this, there should be better access to real live support from WP.
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Just to let you know I now had a 3rd email from them .basically suggesting I should get my own name from them and offering to send me a price list to buy it .even though I own it anyway! Matt
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Just to let you know I now had a 3rd email from them .basically suggesting I should get my own name from them and offering to send me a price list to buy it .even though I own it anyway! Matt
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According to the domain name registration principle: The domain name and internet keyword which applied based on the international principle are opened to companies as well as individuals. Any companies or individuals have rights to register any domain name and internet keyword which are unregistered. Because your company haven’t registered this name as China domains and internet keyword on the internet, anyone can obtain them by registration. However, in order to avoid this conflict, the trademark or original name owner has priority in the registration of China domain name and internet keyword during our audit period. If your company is the original owner of this name and want to register these China domain names (.cn/.com.cn/.net.cn/.org.cn) and internet keyword to prevent anybody from using them, please inform us. We can send you an application form with price list to help your company register these China domains and internet keyword during our audit period.
Kind regards
Bob Liu
General Manager
China Registry (Headquarters)
3002, Nanhai Building, No. 854 Nandan Road,
Xuhui District, Shanghai 200030, China
Tel: +86 21 6191 8696
Mobile: +86 138 1642 8671
Fax: +86 21 6191 8697
Web: http://www.chinaregistry.org.cn -
I just got the identical e-mail below:
Based on your company having no affiliation with them, we have suggested they should choose another name to avoid this conflict but they insist on this name as China domain names (.cn/.com.cn/.net.cn/.org.cn) and internet keyword. In our opinion, maybe they do the similar business as your company and register it to promote his company.
According to the domain name registration principle: The domain name and internet keyword which applied based on the international principle are opened to companies as well as individuals. Any companies or individuals have rights to register any domain name and internet keyword which are unregistered. Because your company haven’t registered this name as China domains and internet keyword on the internet, anyone can obtain them by registration. However, in order to avoid this conflict, the trademark or original name owner has priority in the registration of China domain name and internet keyword during our audit period. If your company is the original owner of this name and want to register these China domain names (.cn/.com.cn/.net.cn/.org.cn) and internet keyword to prevent anybody from using them, please inform us. We can send you an application form with price list to help your company register these China domains and internet keyword during our audit period.
Kind regards
Sean Liu
General Manager
China Registry (Headquarters)
3002, Nanhai Building, No. 854 Nandan Road,
Xuhui District, Shanghai 200030, China
Tel: +86 21 6191 8696
Mobile: +86 138 1642 8671
Fax: +86 21 6191 8697
Web: http://www.chinaregistry.net.cn -
Not sure if you responded to the first e-mail, but I did not knowing it was a scam…thus the first paragraph being different.
Is there anywhere you know of where scams can be reported?
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Just looked it up…here is the scam…a report is filed with the FBI. I recommend blocking the senders and reporting as scams…
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It looks like you’ve worked this out. Thanks for the heads up to other WordPress.com users.
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