Peter N. M. Hansteen has a blog post about active DNS registration scams. The gist is that some are trying to hustle up unnecessary domain registrations in China. He notes in the blog post their attempts at getting him to buy as well as his responses to brush them off. Basically they're fishing for him to pony up some cash and register those domains himself through their outfit. As crime goes, this is the rough equivalent of some petty, if unpleasant, street crime and seems to have been going for some years. However, for those actually considering or planning on expanding into China or Asia in general, these scams can be a serious issue.
[Do any Soylentil's have experience getting domain names in China and/or Asia? What registrars have you used? -Ed.]
(Score: 2) by Whoever on Friday March 11 2016, @03:54AM
Seriously, this has been going on for years. Different venues (such as alternative root) in years past. Now it's China. I have been getting similar emails for registration in China for several years.
Just delete and move on.
(Score: 1) by itn on Friday March 11 2016, @06:54AM
Exactly. This is spam, and it might be a scam. In any case just delete and move on.
From the article summing up
This makes no sense at all. There's not going to be a Chinese guy waiting for your order to come in, frantically updating the WHOIS info to see if the domain is still available or not, and then crying "Noooooooo!" when he finds out you registered it through someone else... This is simply a waste of time and money.
If you want a domain, order it from your registrar. If you don't, don't. If your registrar does not have the wanted .TLD available, find another reputable registrar which has. Never buy from these unsolicitet spam/scam emails.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by khchung on Friday March 11 2016, @08:06AM
and wanted it scam back.
How about we just remove the word "China" and see if there is anything remotely newsworthy here?
John Doe has a blog post about active DNS registration scams. The gist is that some are trying to hustle up unnecessary domain registrations. He notes in the blog post their attempts at getting him to buy as well as his responses to brush them off. Basically they're fishing for him to pony up some cash and register those domains himself through their outfit. As crime goes, this is the rough equivalent of some petty, if unpleasant, street crime and seems to have been going for some years. However, for those actually considering or planning on expanding into the Internet, these scams can be a serious issue.
[Do any Soylentil's have experience getting domain names? What registrars have you used? -Ed.]
Yep, just like the scams 16 years ago. So instead of adding "on the Internet!" to make something new, now we can just recycle 16 year old news by add "in China!" to it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 11 2016, @10:17AM
I hear there's a Chinese prince who wants help with transferring his wealth …