Nino Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Anyone have any idea what this is about ? Received first mail last month, replied I don't know the company mentioned, no affiliation, then today the second mail arrives .. they are serious about registering the flyingcigar name as a brand. According to Chinese friends the China Registry website is legit. I couldn't care less as I never intended to go commercial ( or I would have registered my blog as .com 16 years ago ). Just curious as to what cigars will come out of this ... Not Cuban ones for sure. Thanks for any clue on this. Nino 26.01.2020 Hello. (It's very urgent, please transfer this email to your CEO. Thanks) We are the domain name registration service company in China. On Oct 7, 2019, we received an application from Kangwei Ltd requested "flyingcigar" as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names (flyingcigar.cn, flyingcigar.com.cn, flyingcigar.net.cn, flyingcigar.org.cn). 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 your company have affiliation with this Chinese company or not? Best Regards *************************************** Thomas XXX | Service & Operations Manager China Registry (Head Office) | 6012, Xingdi Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, Shanghai 201103, China Tel: +86-02164193517 Mob: +86-13816428671 Email: [email protected] Web: www.chinaregistry.net.cn ------------------------- 05.02.2020 To whom it concerns, We will register the China domain names "flyingcigar.cn" "flyingcigar.com.cn" "flyingcigar.net.cn" "flyingcigar.org.cn" and internet keyword "flyingcigar" and have submitted our application. We are waiting for Mr. Thomas XXX's approval and think these CN domains and internet keyword are very important for our business. Even though Mr. Thomas XXX advised us to change another name, we will persist in this name. Kind regards Gareth XXX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrightonCorgi Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Spam marketing. I get similar emails for the domains I own. Nothing to take action on. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalibratecuba Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 That was very nice of them to tell you in advance that they were stealing your domain name. They don't usually do that. I wonder if it is plane or cigar related.Sent from my GM1917 using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nino Posted February 5, 2020 Author Share Posted February 5, 2020 25 minutes ago, BrightonCorgi said: Spam marketing. I get similar emails for the domains I own. Nothing to take action on. OK - thanks. But according to Chinese friends that registry company is legit, so why would they inform me ? How does one "own" a domain name ?? 9 minutes ago, kalibratecuba said: That was very nice of them to tell you in advance that they were stealing your domain name. They don't usually do that. I wonder if it is plane or cigar related. Sent from my GM1917 using Tapatalk Thanks - what "domain name" do I own ?? And how do I own it ?? I remember a few years after I took .de a US guy in NYC registered .com to sell ciggies ... More like cigar/tobacco related I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrightonCorgi Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 When you buy a domain name you have to register it. You can find out who registered the domain. You may want to register flyingcigar.com (currently available) and have it redirect to flyingcigar.de. Last thing you'd want is flyingcigar.com be redirected to a porn site... I'd jump on that right away ? even if you don't redirect the domain. These companies in China comb through all domains that are not Chinese registered and send the same email out. They make money by charging for the name registration for the Chinese domains. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nino Posted February 5, 2020 Author Share Posted February 5, 2020 Thanks @BrightonCorgi. Good to know. Will do . And post this on my blog : 朋友們， 這是一責聲明啟事 - 若你看到 " flyingcigar " 相關字樣的公司或雪茄品牌，這些都不是由我出品，且與我無關。 請遠離這些雪茄，而若你想要抽到好的雪茄，請去買真正的古巴雪茄。 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrightonCorgi Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 It's unlikely from my experience that they intend to buy those chinese domains, but you for sure 100% want the .com name. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nino Posted February 5, 2020 Author Share Posted February 5, 2020 1 hour ago, BrightonCorgi said: It's unlikely from my experience that they intend to buy those chinese domains, but you for sure 100% want the .com name. @BrightonCorgi - Thanks man, you sure and truly helped me a LOT !! I have just registered .com and .eu under my name and have managed also to re-direct anyone clicking on them to my .de domain. Really appreciate your kind assistance and detailed help in this. The funny thing is, I have 3 domains free under my provider contract, but have only ever used the .de domain last 16 years ... Took this to learn about it ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puros Y Vino Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 @ninoFrom what I see. The Chinese domains are not registered (yet). Should they be, I would advise you visit the sites to ensure they're not using your design or content as baseline and then adding other content on top of it. Also, this site is useful in troubleshooting internet related stuff. www.dnsstuff.com 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nino Posted February 5, 2020 Author Share Posted February 5, 2020 8 minutes ago, bundwallah said: @ninoFrom what I see. The Chinese domains are not registered (yet). Should they be, I would advise you visit the sites to ensure they're not using your design or content as baseline and then adding other content on top of it. Also, this site is useful in troubleshooting internet related stuff. www.dnsstuff.com Thanks @bundwallah - Much appreciated. Will do and check as soon as they're up. They could use my cigar band ... NOT !! For now I have posted a Warning in Putonghoa on my blog ... http://flyingcigar.de/startseite/advice-for-my-chinese-asian-friends/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrightonCorgi Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Don't bother buying the Chinese domains, it's all a scam to get you to buy the domains through them with some BS that they were going to buy them if you don't. No one is buying them. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenorPerfecto Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Spam-a-rama. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Presidente Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 We get the same email all the time Nino. Straight Spam. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nino Posted February 5, 2020 Author Share Posted February 5, 2020 3 hours ago, BrightonCorgi said: Don't bother buying the Chinese domains, it's all a scam to get you to buy the domains through them with some BS that they were going to buy them if you don't. No one is buying them. I wouldn't even think of that. Thanks. I didn't even "buy" the .com and .eu domains as I can have 3 free of charge with my provider who did it for me... OK - think I get the modus operandi of these fu##+ers now ... Has been an enlightening day for an old guy with no IT savvy ... Thanks man ! 44 minutes ago, El Presidente said: We get the same email all the time Nino. Straight Spam. Thanks Boss, now I get it ... FOH has been stellar today in helping me on this. Happy to be here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connoisseur Kim Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 It's typical scam mail which tries to steal your money. I also had similar experience of yours, but quite different. I received a strange mail from a guy from Linkedin (anonymous scammer called George Castro) long time ago. When I joined Linkedin, he suddenly sent a countless number of spam mails with phishing website called Zorpia to steal my Gmail account. Lucky that my Chrome extension blocked me to join Zorpia (I immediately contacted Google to block this scammer)! Note. This scammer tried to fool me once again with the exact same method several years after I requested Google to block him. In this time, I quickly blocked him once again by listing him as spam mail. I'm still surprised that there are some scammers (didn't expect to see scammers on Linkedin) who can bypass Google's spam/phishing filter! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokyFontaine Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Corgi nailed it, but just to be part of the group - I also get these types of emails about once a month. Completely bogus, and if they genuinely wanted to rip you off, they would have done it long, long ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JY0 Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 11 hours ago, BrightonCorgi said: Spam marketing. I get similar emails for the domains I own. Nothing to take action on. This. I agree. I received a similar notification regarding my business, website and trademarks. I turned it over to my attorney and he confirmed that it was a scam. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby07 Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 As most have said, it’s spam. It’s always a good idea to drill down into the source email address. Most of the time it will be a Gmail account or something other than you would expect a legitimate company to be using. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nino Posted February 6, 2020 Author Share Posted February 6, 2020 9 hours ago, Shelby07 said: As most have said, it’s spam. It’s always a good idea to drill down into the source email address. Most of the time it will be a Gmail account or something other than you would expect a legitimate company to be using. Thanks to all that have contributed. I am smarter and wiser now. What made me wonder is that the sender's address, mail and website were all legit according to Chinese friends ... Thomas XXX | Service & Operations Manager China Registry (Head Office) | 6012, Xingdi Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, Shanghai 201103, China Tel: +86-02164193517 Mob: +86-13816428671 Email: [email protected] Web: www.chinaregistry.net.cn Anyway - thanks to good advice here I have now secured 2 important domains ( and for free at that ) and feel better now. Thanks All ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATGroom Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 I have nothing to add beyond what has already been said, other than to say that I also get these emails very regularly. There are, of course, several Chinese websites that host flat html copies of CCW that they have spidered, although none of them use a domain that resembles mine as far as I know.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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