[Wikimedia-l] Fw: Domain dispute and protection - wikimedia

[James Alexander]

I sent it to legal just in case but it appears to be a possible scam (
http://blog.eset.com/2012/07/24/asia-domain-name-scams-still-going-strong /
 http://www.fraudwatchers.org/forums/archive/index.php/t-58331.html a
couple other places).

James

James Alexander
Wikimedia Foundation
(415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur


On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Ted Chien <hsiangtai.chien at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We have received this letter as below. Is there anyone aware of this
> Miller Investment Ltd?
>
> Regards,
> Ted Chien
>
>
>
> Forwarded message:
>
> > From: Paul Wong <paul at dsh-internet.org.cn>
> > Date: 2012年12月21日Friday 下午1:47:54
> > Subject: Domain dispute and protection - wikimedia
> >
> > Mail
> > (Letter to Head of Brand Business or CEO, thanks)
> > Dear Sir or Madam,
> > This is a formal email. We are the department of Asian Domain
> Registration Service in China. Here I have something to confirm with you.
> We formally received an application on December 21, 2012 that a company
> claimed "Miller Investment Ltd" were applying to register "wikimedia" as
> their Brand Name and some "wikimedia" Asian countries top-level domain
> names through our firm.
> > Now we are handling this registration, and after our initial checking,
> we found the name were similar to your company's, so we need to check with
> you whether your company has authorized that company to register these
> names. If you authorized this, we would finish the registration at once. If
> you did not authorize, please let us know within 7 workdays, so that we
> could handle this issue better. After the deadline we will unconditionally
> finish the registration for "Miller Investment Ltd". Looking forward to
> your prompt reply.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Paul Wong
> > Tel:+86.551-65223114    Fax:+86.551-65223113
> > Address:No.660 MeiLing Big Road,Hefei,Anhui,China
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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