Norfolk Nerd Ramblings   The mad ramblings of an aging nerd.

I received this email today:

Dear Manager,

We received a formal application from a person who is called John Alldis is applying to register "idaa" as their domain names and Internet brand in Hong Kong and also in Asia on 2009-02-11. During our auditing procedure we find out that the alleged John Alldis has no trade mark,brand nor patent even similar to that word.As authorized anti-cybersquatting organization we hereby suspect the alleged John Alldis to be a domain or trademark grabber.Hence we need you confirmation for two things.First of all,whether this alleged John Alldis is your business partner or distributor in Asia.Secondly,whether you are interested in registering these domains and Internet brand instead of that alleged person.(The alleged John Alldis will be entitled to obtain a domain not needed by original trademark owner.)

If you are not in charge of this please forward this email to appropriate dept.

This is a letter for confirmation.If the mentioned third party is your business partner or distributor in Asia,please DO NOT reply.We will automatically confirm application from your business partner after this audit procedure.

Best Regards,

Judy Lau
Registration Commissioner
Sponsoring Registrar:Asia Network
Tel: +852 3118 1808

      +852 3065 8284
Fax:+852 3065 8189

Email:judy@asianetwork.mobi

Website: www.asianetwork.mobi

Being a cynical so-and-so I smelled a scam and did some research, and it seems my instincts were right, it is a scam.

Basically if you’re foolish enough to respond they will get back to you offering to register the domain names for you for a few hundred dollars.

If you really do want to register some domain names, get in touch with me, and I’ll do it a lot cheaper.  Or I can charge you hundreds of dollars if you really do want to be ripped off!