Don't Fall For It. It's a Scam!

Dear Manager,

(If you are not the person who is in charge of this, please forward this to your CEO,Thanks)

We are a organization specializing in network consulting and registration in China. Here we have something to confirm with you. We just received an application sent from "MaDon Importing Co., Ltd" on 12/04/2014, requesting for applying the "lindamooney" as the Internet Brand and the following domain names for their business running in China region:

lindamooney.asia
lindamooney.cn
lindamooney.com.cn
lindamooney.com.tw
lindamooney.hk
lindamooney.net.cn
lindamooney.org.cn
lindamooney.tw

Through our preliminary review and verification, we found that this name is currently being used by your company and is applied as your domain name. In order to avoid any potential risks in terms of domain name dispute and impact on your market businesses in China and Asia in future, we need to confirm with you whether "MaDon Importing Co., Ltd" is your own subsidiary or partner, whether the registration of the listed domains would bring any impact on you. If no impact on you, we will go on with the registration at once. If you have no relationship with "MaDon Importing Co., Ltd" and the registration would bring some impact on you, Please contact us immediately within 10 working days, otherwise, you will be deemed as waived by default. We will unconditionally finish the registration for "MaDon Importing Co., Ltd"

Please contact us in time in order that we can handle this issue better.


Best Regards,

James Tan

Auditing Department.

Registration Department Manager

4/F,No.9 XingHui West Street,

JinNiu ChenDu, China

Office: +86 2887662861

Fax: +86 2887783286

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This is the second email I've received within a year, basically telling me they were going to use my domain name for their business. I am registered with GoDaddy, and my site is secured.

If you get this email, or one like it, ignore it. It's a flat-out spam and scam.

Scam and Identity Theft Alert

Bless my bank.

I got a phone call from my bank yesterday morning.  Someone had tried to use one of my debit bank cards to purchase items over the internet Monday evening to the amount of over $700.  The bank declined it because the purchaser didn't have that magical 3-digit number on the back of the card (I'm the only person in possession of the card.)

Tuesday morning same person tried again with a different company in New York.  Two Apple iTouches to the amount of over $500.  This company did NOT require the 3-digit pin, but because the SHIP TO address was different from my home address, the order was put on hold to verify with the bank.  Thus, the bank called me.

The shipping address was to a location in Newfoundland in Canada.  These people not only had my name, home billing address, and credit card number, they also had my personal cell phone number!  How they got my information, I have no idea since that particular bank card is not used frequently.

Needless to say, I was shocked and fearful.  Thankfully the company cancelled the order, and my bank is re-issuing me a new card.  I have since contacted the authorities.

People, take NOTHING for granted!  Double check every credit card and especially your bank statement every month!  You never know.

As my grandmother always said, "It's better to be safe than sorry."