I got a similar email from some guys claiming to be from Hong Kong. They were offering to register mydomin.cn , in, jp, hk, sg so that someone who wanted the same doesn't get it. I didn't follow up on it. I didn't doubt their legitimacy, just not interested in sitting on all domains with my company name on it.
I got this email from the Company below and of course dismissed it as to me this is just a company out to sell domain names. Probably one of us may get it in future or has ever got it..
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(If you are NOT CEO, please forward this to your CEO or your legal department, because this is urgent. Thanks.)
Dear CEO,
We are a professional Internet consultant organization in Asia, which mainly deal with the global companies’ domain name registration and internet intellectual property right protection. Currently, we have a pretty important issue needing to confirm with your company. On Apr 10th, 2009, we received an application formally, one person named “Peter Alldis” wanted to applied for the Internet brand “yourcompanyname” and some domain names through our body.
During our preliminary investigation, we found that these domain names’ keyword and internet brand is identical with your trademark. I wonder whether you consigned "Peter Alldis" to register these domain names through us or not? Or is "Peter Alldis" your business partner or distributor in Asia? Currently, we have postponed this application of this company temporarily already. In order to deal with this issue better, please let the principal make a confirmation with me by telephone or email ASAP.
In addition, I must state that we have time limited for one person or one company’s registration. It is just 10 days. If your company files doesn't resent within the time limited. We will unconditionally authorized the application of "Peter Alldis". Thank you for your cooperate.
Best Regards,
Chars
Registration Commissioner
Mail:chars@worldwidedomain.asiaWeb:www.worldwidedomain.asia
Best Regards,James Kagwe
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