SCAMOLA 1 - It must be summer - the domain scammers have appeared!

Like clockwork they appear. More regular and certain than a British summer. More convincing than the green shoots of economic recovery.

Of course, I am talking about the domain scammers. These are the people who trawl websites and use WHOIS registers to try to scam people into buying unnecessary domains at vastly inflated prices.

Today's scam comes from Glen Li at Beijing Anwins Network Service Co. I reproduce it below with identifying information redacted.

I cannot stand things like this. To set out to trick people into paying for unnecessary domains and other services is low. So I'm happy to let people know when these things appear so that they can be forewarned.

James


From: glen.li [mailto:glen.li@anwins.cn]
Sent: *******************
To: enquiries
Subject: ************* Domain name & Internet keyword Registration confirmation



August **, 2008

************

Domain name & Internet keyword

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are Beijing Anwins Network Service Co., Ltd which is the domain name register center in China. We received a formal application from a company who is applying to register “***************” as their domain name and Internet keyword on August **, 2008.Since after our investigation we found that this word has been in use by your company, and this may involve your company name or trade mark, so we inform you in no time. If you consider these domain names and internet keyword are important to you and it is necessary to protect them by registering them first, contact us soon. Thanks for your co-operation and support.

Kind Regards,

Glen li

TEL：+86-10-62961631-8051

FAX：+86-10-62968871

email: Glen.li@anwins.cn

Beijing Anwins Network Service Co., Ltd
website: www.anwins.com