[NCSG-EC] npoc domain registration request in China?

[Johan Helsingius]

Well, the whole domain business is a scam anyway... .)

	Julf


On 25/02/2024 15:47, farzaneh badii via NCSG-EC wrote:
> I would have ignored this email Julf. It’s obviously a scam and a well 
> known one, people been complaining about it. And techies here know 
> better than others that a scam should not be answered for many reasons.
> 
> Farzaneh
> 
> 
> On Sun, Feb 25, 2024 at 9:10 AM Caleb Olumuyiwa Ogundele via NCSG-EC 
> <ncsg-ec at lists.ncsg.is <mailto:ncsg-ec at lists.ncsg.is>> wrote:
> 
>     I will agree with Tapani on this.
>     By the way we use a dot ORG gtld. Why bother with a cctld option.
>     By the way I'm sure they will be reading our strategy via our
>     mailing list right now.
> 
>     On Sun, Feb 25, 2024, 6:56 AM Tapani Tarvainen via NCSG-EC
>     <ncsg-ec at lists.ncsg.is <mailto:ncsg-ec at lists.ncsg.is>> wrote:
> 
>         It may be legit, or maybe not. Most likely an attempt to
>         sell us those domains.
> 
>         In any case it doesn't cost much to reply briefly saying
>         that npoc is indeed the name of one of ncsg's constituencies
>         and that Hongyan is not our partner or associate.
> 
>         If they then ask for money one way or another, politely
>         decline.
> 
>         Tapani
> 
>         On Feb 25 10:33, Johan Helsingius via NCSG-EC
>         (ncsg-ec at lists.ncsg.is <mailto:ncsg-ec at lists.ncsg.is>) wrote:
>          >
>          > Is this legit?
>          >
>          >       Julf
>          >
>          >
>          >
>          > -------- Forwarded Message --------
>          > Subject:      npoc
>          > Date:         Sun, 25 Feb 2024 07:34:23 +0800
>          > From:         Steve Liu <steve at cnnameregistry.net
>         <mailto:steve at cnnameregistry.net>>
>          > To:   admin <admin at ncsg.is <mailto:admin at ncsg.is>>
>          >
>          >
>          >
>          > (Please kindly forward this to your CEO, because this is
>         urgent. If you
>          > believe this has been sent to you in error, please ignore it.
>         Thanks)
>          > Dear CEO,
>          > We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name
>         registration
>          > center in Shanghai, China. We received an application from
>         Hongyuan Ltd on
>          > February 25, 2024. They want to register "npoc" as their
>         internet keyword
>          > and China (CN) domain names (npoc.cn <http://npoc.cn>,
>         npoc.com.cn <http://npoc.com.cn>, npoc.net.cn <http://npoc.net.cn>,
>          > npoc.org.cn <http://npoc.org.cn>). But after checking it, we
>         find this name conflict with your
>          > company name or trademark. In order to deal with this matter
>         better, it's
>          > necessary to send email to you and confirm whether this
>         company is your
>          > distributor or business partner in China?
>          > Best Regards
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