The Domain Scam That Tries to Scare You Into "Protecting" Your Brand
Last week an email showed up for NotRenewing.com . Subject line: "notrenewing." Nothing else. It landed straight in spam, which turned out to be exactly where it belonged. The message claimed to come from a domain registration center in Shanghai. A company called Baoming Ltd, they said, had applied to register "notrenewing" as an internet keyword, plus a stack of Chinese domains: NotRenewing.cn, .com.cn, .net.cn, .org.cn. These registrations "conflicted" with my company name. Was Baoming Ltd an authorized distributor or business partner of mine? Sounds official, right? It's a scam.
