Application notice of .asia domain name
May 17, 2008
We received an email supposedly from Asia Domain Name Registrar (ADNR), a domain registration company specializing in .asia domains, regarding an application they received for the registration of pinoymoneytalk.asia.
It’s not us who submitted the application so it appears someone wants to own the domain pinoymoneytalk.asia and ADNR wants to discuss this issue with us since we own the .com version of the name.
It would have been nice, though, if the ADNR email was clear and free of grammar errors so we’ll know exactly what to do. For all we know, the email may actually be a phishing or scam email.
Has any of you received something like this before? What does this email mean exactly?
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Dear Manager,
We are an institution specialized in the dispute of .asia domain name and Internet brand, Asia Domain Name Registrar.
On May 14th,2008, one International Investment Corporation submitted the application of .asia domain name and internet brand of “pinoymoneytalk” to us，we are dealing with it now.
Through our investigation, this name is the same with your company’s brand. In order to avoid possible dispute, we need to confirm with your company’s responsible person.
Because .asia domain name and internet brand are very important resources and also sole.
pls ask your company’s responsible person to contact us asap!
Thanks!
Best regards
Tom tang
Asia Domain Name Registrar
Tel: 0086 (0)21 613 604 05
Fax: 0086 (0)21 613 604 06
Email: Tom.tang@adnr.asia
Web:www.adnr.asia
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One weird thing about the email is its last line:
Because .asia domain name and internet brand are very important resources and also sole.
pls ask your company’s responsible person to contact us asap!
Who writes an email like that? Get a proofreader, for God’s sake! Better yet, hire people with good English skills to write emails for you!
Anyway, we’ve replied to the email and we’ll post here what the fuss really is once we get a response.
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May 17th, 2008 at 10:18 am
I just checked out their site and it looks like it’s a Chinese company. The site is written in the same way as your email.
It’s a bit hard for Chinese to catch up with the grammar (for now) because their sentences are constructed differently… remember when you buy stuff in a Chinese hardware: “Ikaw ano bili?”. Filipinos have an advantage, well for starters, we use the same alphabet hehehe…. so we only need to know the clean up the spelling, and learn grammar…
It’s the same way we got used to the Japanese’ “Engrish”… remember the “All your base are belong to us” on a Sega Video game?
I think the email is legit. Don’t be too harsh on the email sender :) The way their economy is rising, it’s either: they’ll get better at English, or the English grammer will learn to accept the Chinese-style english :)
If the email is legit, someone’s trying to get a slice of your traffic ^_^
May 17th, 2008 at 10:48 am
Just noticed, my grammar’s mixed up too!
“so we only need to know the clean up the spelling, and learn grammar…”
My mind was thinking “so we only need to clean up the spelling”
While my fingers were typing “so we only need to know the correct spelling”
Hahah! maybe this is also the reason why the email’s mixed up!
May 17th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Thanks for dropping by, JC. Actually, I normally am not bothered by incorrect English grammar but when it comes to business dealings, I believe the correspondences must at all times be professional and presentable. Otherwise, it sends a message that the sender is not reputable, and that’s my concern with the ADNR email.
Anyway, I too think the email is legit so that means someone wants to own the domain pinoymoneytalk.asia. Whoever you are, stand up and be known!
May 18th, 2008 at 2:30 am
Hi,
I wouldn’t too much about the English used in the e-mail you received. Having lived in both China, The Philippines and The United States and traveling back and forth over the last 30-plus years, it’s a blessing if you can understand any of what is written, unless of course you are fluent in Chinese, Tagalog, Visayan and English.
I’m always grateful when I do receive e-mails from registrars giving notice, which is interesting and insightful, but most registrars don’t even bother. I know for the few .Asia domain names I did register, I didn’t even have any competition for them and certainly wasn’t notified by the ADNR folks. Sounds like a legit e-mail for a competive domain and they are giving you an opportunity to claim it, before they allow another individual or company to register it. The ADNR is unique in that way I guess. Tommy.
May 18th, 2008 at 2:33 am
Hi,
I wouldn’t worry too much about the English used in the e-mail you received. See even I stumble with English…..LOL!
May 18th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
@Tommy, it’s just that I usually associate emails with faulty English grammar to phishing. We’ve had a couple of dozens of phishing emails before and one of their primary characteristics is the wrong grammar.
Anyway, I’ll just wait for ADNR’s response to my email and see what I need to do next.
May 19th, 2008 at 9:02 am
this is a scam. please see the url below for reference:
http://www.searchengineforums.com/apps/searchengine.forums/action::thread/forum::seo-general/thread::1154540945/
For the internet keywords, I still don’t understand why they would want to charge you for that, when most of the internet users use google and yahoo to search not the internet keywords portal. If people will ever find pinoymoneytalk.com site, it will be thru the main search engines not from an unknown chinese firm.
i also received a similar email for one of my clients. i pasted below after replacing their actual domain name with domain.tld
Dear DOMAIN:
We are Shanghai ChuK Network Information Technology Co., Ltd, which is the domain name register center in China.I have something need to confirm with you.
We have received an application formally,one company named “Rongda ( China ) Investment Co.,Ltd” applies for the domain names(www.DOMAIN.cn http://www.DOMAIN.COM.cn etc.) ,and the Internet keyword(DOMAIN) on the internet May 12, 2008. We need to know the opinion of your company because the domain names and keyword may relate to the copyright of brand name on internet.
we would like to get the affirmation of your company,please contact us by telephone or email as soon as possible.
Kind Regards,
Alex.tao
Tel: +86-21-62416070
Fax: +86-21-62597835
Email:alex@chuk.com.cn
Shanghai ChuK Network Information Technology Co., Ltd
website:www.chuk.com.cn
May 23rd, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Hi James,
I agree with the rest of the responses here.
I share same view with you before when dealing with business communications having faulty english. I doubt business dealings having wrong grammar or spelling.
But as I’ve done business over the years with our neighboring asian countries (who are still way behind in english communications), that won’t be basis for doubts anymore.
I’d like to invite you to deal, do business with legitimate mainland chinese companies, taiwan, etc…..to atleast have first hand experience on how bad their english replies are.
A simple inquiry of their products will do. I’ll guarantee you’ll go nuts understanding their english =D
On my part, I try to translate my english to chinese via available translation softwares, most of them honestly tell me that my chinese translation is bad. Same goes to them, whose english translation were done by the best available employee who have learn english in college =D
Associating faulty english with scams/phishing is another thing.