Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>Somebody, somewhere must occasionally still be falling for the .cn domain name scam, one from simon@netdomains.net.cn inboxed here today. </p><p>See <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/domain_name_scams_are_alive_and_well_thank_you.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/domain_name</span><span class="invisible">_scams_are_alive_and_well_thank_you.html</span></a> for an overview of the shitheadery. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/domainnamescam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>domainnamescam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cndomains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cndomains</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/netdomains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>netdomains</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybercrime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spam</span></a></p>
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Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>The .cn domain name scams are *stilll* live and well - the article <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/domain_name_scams_are_alive_and_well_thank_you.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/domain_name</span><span class="invisible">_scams_are_alive_and_well_thank_you.html</span></a> updated with the latest scammer email data. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/domainnamescam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>domainnamescam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cndomains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cndomains</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/netprovider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>netprovider</span></a>.com.cn <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybercrime</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>Domain Name Scams Are Alive And Well, Thank You </p><p>Is somebody actually trying to register your company name as a .cn or .asia domain? Not likely. And don't pay them</p><p><a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/domain_name_scams_are_alive_and_well_thank_you.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/domain_name</span><span class="invisible">_scams_are_alive_and_well_thank_you.html</span></a> (or tracked, prettified <a href="https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2016/03/domain-name-scams-are-alive-and-well.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsdly.blogspot.com/2016/03/dom</span><span class="invisible">ain-name-scams-are-alive-and-well.htm</span></a>)</p><p>As if there was ever any doubt. The original article is from 2016, but I updated it yet again today because another of those silly messages inboxed here.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/domainnamescam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>domainnamescam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cndomainname" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cndomainname</span></a>.cn <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cnnetworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cnnetworks</span></a>.net</p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>Just a reminder that the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cn</span></a> domain names scam is still running (as in <a href="https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2016/03/domain-name-scams-are-alive-and-well.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsdly.blogspot.com/2016/03/dom</span><span class="invisible">ain-name-scams-are-alive-and-well.html</span></a>"), here is a fresh one (png: <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/2024-10-23_robert@nameservice.com.cn_bsdly@bsdly.net.png" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/2024-10-23_</span><span class="invisible">robert@nameservice.com.cn_bsdly@bsdly.net.png</span></a> mbox: <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/2024-10-23_robert@nameservice.com.cn_bsdly@bsdly.net.txt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/2024-10-23_</span><span class="invisible">robert@nameservice.com.cn_bsdly@bsdly.net.txt</span></a>) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spammer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spammer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/domainnamescam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>domainnamescam</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>If you are a domain name owner it is likely you are a target of a scam campaign of mail from "Steve Liu <steve@chinanetdns.net>". </p><p>Let's be clear: this is a scam.</p><p>They've been running it for years, see <a href="https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2016/03/domain-name-scams-are-alive-and-well.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsdly.blogspot.com/2016/03/dom</span><span class="invisible">ain-name-scams-are-alive-and-well.html</span></a> (only the sending domain varies) so I guess P T Barnum's famous quote has a measure of truth in it. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/domainnamescam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>domainnamescam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dnsscam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dnsscam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chinanetdns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chinanetdns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cnscam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cnscam</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>Another <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chinese</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/domainnamescam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>domainnamescam</span></a> campaign is in progress, recent evidence at <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/2023-06-12_jeff@cnnetwork.org_domain_scam_peter@bsdly.net.txt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/2023-06-12_</span><span class="invisible">jeff@cnnetwork.org_domain_scam_peter@bsdly.net.txt</span></a> with a previous writeup of mine (note how little changed) at <a href="https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2016/03/domain-name-scams-are-alive-and-well.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsdly.blogspot.com/2016/03/dom</span><span class="invisible">ain-name-scams-are-alive-and-well.html</span></a></p>
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