Is this, like a Scam/Con?

[blogspotter]

If yes, it looks pretty smart. I have replied to them. Will wait and see what they have to say. I smelled a fish because the mail came from someone@chinesenic.net




Dear CEO,

We are the department of registration service in China. we have something which needs to confirm with you. We formally received an application on Jan. 11th, 2011. One company called "Bain Data Solutions,LLC" is applying to register " mysitename " as Brand name and domain names as below:


mysitename.asia
mysitename.com.cn
mysitename.com.hk
mysitename.com.tw
mysitename.hk
mysitename.in
mysitename.tw

After our initial checking, we found the Brand name and domain names being applied are as same as your company! So we need confirmation with your company. If the aforementioned company is your business partner or your subsidiary, please DO NOT reply us, we will approve the application automatically. If you don't have any relationship with this company, please contact us within 7 workdays. If over the deadline, we will approve the application submitted by "Bain Data Solutions,LLC" unconditionally.

Best Regards

David Ho
Senior Consultant

 

[DrewClement]

Yes,

I get them daily for my own side company, and my network gets spammed with them all the time too.

 

[JoseArmando]

Smart

 

[(O_o)]

SCAM

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[blogspotter]

Any way to screw them?

 

[(O_o)]

yea, delete the email and stop being so silly.

 

[gcad1981]

Yes I have received this once. Did not suspect a scam though. I replied saying that I didn't mind if they registered their domain in China/wherever it was. Thinking back, if I had replied more positively there was an opportunity for them to sell me a domain name.

 

[b_sun]

Old China scam. My clients get these regularly and flip out.