Mailing List ecs-isp@2rosenthals.com Archived Message #876

From: "Peter Moylan" <ecs-isp@2rosenthals.com> Full Headers
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Subject: Re: [eCS-ISP] Chinese domain names
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 16:12:29 +1000
To: eCS ISP Mailing List <ecs-isp@2rosenthals.com>

On 25/09/24 22:22, Ian Manners wrote:
Hi Peter,  > >> I have been having an interesting exchange with a Chinese domain
>> name registrar. Apparently a Chinese company wants to register the >>  domain names pmoylan.cn, pmoylan.org.cn, pmoylan.com.cn. The >> registrar has noted the near-collision with my domain name, and has >>  offered me first chance at grabbing those names. >> >> I don't have good grounds for objection because I don't want those >> Chinese domain names. I'm curious, though, as to why any Chinese >> company would want a pmoylan domain name. Any ideas? > > As others have said, its spam. They just want to make a sale so send > it to similiar domains using information scrapped from whois. > > Do not reply, simply delete it. > > Cheers Ian Thanks to all who replied. Usually I can spot a scam, but this one had a very realistic look.

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Peter Moylan                  peter@pmoylan.org http://www.pmoylan.org

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