Is This A Scam?
Came in via email this morning
Dear President & CEO,We are an organization specified at dealing with domain name dispute and registration in Asia. We have something important on intellectual property right need to confirm with your company.On April 13, 2013, we received an application formally, one company named "Phgbuhfcj Holding Ltd" applied for the Brand Name "coyoteblog" and some domain names with our organization.After checking, we found your company is the original trademark owner. If the company's action haven't been authorized by your company, so their behavior will conflict with your interests. In order to deal with the matter better, please contact us ASAP. (If you are NOT President, please forward this to your President & CEO, because this is urgent. Thanks.)
Best Regards,Andy
Auditing Director
Update, from the comments: Yes, it is! I figured as such. This blog gets pretty good Google ranking so I like to post this stuff for others to find in the future.
Kurt:
most likely, and who cares if they call something coyote blog in Asia?
April 15, 2013, 7:58 amMike Baird:
It's a scam
April 15, 2013, 8:03 amBig John:
Love your blog. To answer your question type in the words "with your interests. In order to deal with the matter better, please contact us ASAP" in Google or Bing and see all the comments from others who have received the same email.
April 15, 2013, 8:04 amKeep up the great work. I am a daily reader and love your writing and topics.
Johnathan:
Of course it is. I've gotten spam like this numerous times for different domains I own. I've just ignored them.
April 15, 2013, 8:05 amjohn mcginnis:
Yep it is. Site names and registration are not trademarks unless you specfically have filed an application.
April 15, 2013, 8:19 amDick Gillette:
Been getting those for years. SCAM.
April 15, 2013, 8:20 amMNHawk:
Anything that whois's back to China is a scam.
Registrant Contact Information:
Name: KennyLau
Organization: EasyFa Technology Limited
Address 1: xianggang
City: XiangGang
State: HK
Zip: 519000
Country: HK
Phone: +852.30775980
Fax: +852.30771254
Email: @gmail.com
April 15, 2013, 8:57 amAllen G:
Trend Micro doesn't say if it's a scam but they don't trust their web site
http://screencast.com/t/NPiHowDVxc
April 15, 2013, 9:49 amIncunabulum:
Its a scam - noone in a legitimate business in asia that has dealings with the english speaking world would send a letter with that poor writing.
April 15, 2013, 10:50 amsmilerz:
Yes. They are trying to convince people to pay them for services to get back your domain name.
April 15, 2013, 11:50 amAngusS-F:
AFAICT it's a scam. First hit on this privatized Google search is Ripoff Report
easyfa scam - Startpage Web Search
April 16, 2013, 12:16 amhttps://startpage.com/do/search?language=english&cat=web&query=easyfa+scam
Fictionatrix:
Thanks for this! I just got this email and was tipped off by the "in Asia" part -- seemed strange that a company would refer to themselves as "in Asia," rather than a specific country. But I did almost fall for it, so thanks for sharing your experience!
November 10, 2013, 7:28 pm