Siddick one of the authors of ByteChip received an Email today, informing him that some Organization in China is going to start a new Investment Company by the name “ByteChip” and they sent a kind of legal (fake) letter asking us to hand over the domain to them. Unfortunately I don’t have a category in ByteChip called “Humour” so I’m posting this on “Web” 
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Have a look at the crap Email sent by the person.
“ Dear Manager:We are a Domain Name registration service company, which is a professional Internet Domain Name Registration and dispute resolution organization in China.
On March.24th,2010, We received HAITONG Investment company’s application that they are registering the name ” bytechip ” as their Internet Keyword and ” bytechip .cn “、” bytechip .com.cn ” 、” bytechip .asia ” 、” bytechip .hk “domain names etc..,It is China and ASIA and HongKong domain names.But after auditing we found the brand name been used by your company. As the domain name registrar in China, it is our duty to notice you, so I am sending you this Email to check.According to the principle in China,your company is the owner of the trademark,In our auditing time we can keep the domain names safe for you firstly, but our audit period is limited, if you object the third party application these domain names and need to protect the brand in china and Asia by yourself, please let the responsible officer contact us as soon as possible. Thank you!
Best regards,
John
Oversea marketing manager
Tel:+86(0)21 6296 2950
Fax:+86(0)21 6296 1557
On March.24th,2010, We received HAITONG Investment company’s application that they are registering the name ” bytechip ” as their Internet Keyword and ” bytechip .cn “、” bytechip .com.cn ” 、” bytechip .asia ” 、” bytechip .hk “domain names etc..,It is China and ASIA and HongKong domain names.But after auditing we found the brand name been used by your company. As the domain name registrar in China, it is our duty to notice you, so I am sending you this Email to check.According to the principle in China,your company is the owner of the trademark,In our auditing time we can keep the domain names safe for you firstly, but our audit period is limited, if you object the third party application these domain names and need to protect the brand in china and Asia by yourself, please let the responsible officer contact us as soon as possible. Thank you!
Oversea marketing manager
Tel:+86(0)21 6296 2950
Fax:+86(0)21 6296 1557
web:www.ygnetwork.cn “
So Guys please be beware of such spammers claiming copyrights over your website. Do share your experience on this issue.
We got the same email except our company’s name “Scopemed”, I googled Haitong Investment’s to see who this so called company is, Google took me here. Thank you for posting.
Thanks for posting this issue fellas, got the same letter today.
Thank you for posting and getting in the top google results for this scam company’s name. I received the exact same email (different domain).
we got the same email. Thanks for posting.
we got this mail today… thanks for the posting
Got the same message today 6/15/2010
What a scam. I am tempted to respond ans string them along with a bunch of legalese and cease and desist orders
I got same email for my company today…thanks for sharing
HAd the same mail, replied to them and received a price list.
thanks for keeping us off from them
JENS
i received mail today, tks for posting.
just received the SAME eMail.
Thanks for posting and sharing, so we could keep safe from them!
Got the same email as well. Thanks for setting up this site. But it does underscore the need for us to consider registering a china domain though… if china is on your radar sometime…
FYI …
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From: John [mailto:john.gong@webregistry.asia]
Sent: 29 July 2010 09:42 AM
To: peter@therefore.co.za
Subject: notice protect– internet trademark intellectual property safeguard
Dear Manager:
We are a Domain Name registration service company, which is a professional Internet Domain
Names Registry and Internet Service Provider in China.
On July.29th,2010, our company received HAITONG Investment company’s application that they
are registering the name “therefore ” as their Internet Keyword and ” therefore .cn “、
” therefore.com.cn ” 、”therefore.asia ” 、” therefore.hk “domain names etc..,.
It is China and ASIA and HongKong domain names.But after our confirmation,
we found this name will conflict with your company’s name, so we send you email
and want to confirm with you, whether your company has relation with the case ? Now this matter
we just in the middle of handling, so we need to get your company’s opinion within the following 5 days.
If you have any question, please let your company’s charger contact us directly & quickly. Thank you!
Best regards,
John
Oversea marketing manager
168, Xingwang Building,
653.Nandan Road
Xuhui District, Shanghai
Office:+86(0)21 6191 8696
Mobile: +86 1366152 9704
Fax:+86(0)21 6191 8697
web:www.webregistry.asia
Yes I received the same email, thanks for the posting
Got the same e-mail yesterday. Thanks for posting.
Yes I received the same email, thank you for the posting.