Re: China domain email question

["Yerk-Zwickl, Sherri" <yerk-zwickl () CAMPBELL EDU>]

Margrete,
Thank you for your help!

Sherri

Sherri Yerk-Zwickl
Associate Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer |Campbell University
Be #CampbellReady https://www.campbell.edu/coronavirus/campbell-ready/



-----Original Message-----
From: The EDUCAUSE Security Community Group Listserv <SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU> On Behalf Of Margrete Raaum
Sent: Thursday, April 1, 2021 12:13 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] China domain email question

Not legitimate.

We've seen this scam a number of times, though not for a while. We just ignore them.

https://www.hostaway.net.au/news/chinese-domain-scam/

Best regards,

Margrete

On 01/04/2021 17.41, Yerk-Zwickl, Sherri wrote:
> Security friends,
>
> This is the first time I have seen a message like this and I'm looking 
> for any information anyone can share.
>
> Legit? Advice?
>
>  
>
> Many thanks!
>
> Sherri
>
>  
>
>  
>
> *Sherri Yerk-Zwickl*
>
> Associate Vice President for Information Technology and Chief 
> Information Officer |Campbell University
>
>  
>
> Be #CampbellReady https://www.campbell.edu/coronavirus/campbell-ready/
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
>
> *From:*Steve Liu <steve () cnnetdomain net 
> <mailto:steve () cnnetdomain net>>
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 1, 2021 10:12 AM
> *To:* Wakefield, Andy <wakefield () campbell edu 
> <mailto:wakefield () campbell edu>>
> *Subject:* campbelldivinity
>
>  
>
> (If you are NOT CEO, please kindly forward this to your CEO, because 
> this is urgent. If you believe this has been sent to you in error, 
> please ignore it. Thanks)
>
> Dear CEO,
>
> This email is from China domain name registration center. On April 1, 
> 2021, we received an application from Hongwei Ltd requested 
> "campbelldivinity" as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain 
> names (campbelldivinity.cn, campbelldivinity.com.cn, 
> campbelldivinity.net.cn, campbelldivinity.org.cn). But after checking 
> it, we find this name conflict with your company name or trademark. In 
> order to deal with this matter better, it's necessary to send email to 
> you and confirm whether this company is your business partner in China?
>
>  
>
> Best Regards
>
> *Steve Liu* | Service & Operations Manager
>
> *China Registry (Head Office)*
>
> Tel: +86-02161918696
>
> Fax: +86-02161918697
>
> Mob: +86-13816428671
>
> 6012, Xingdi Building, No. 1698 Yishan Road, Shanghai 201103, China
>
> *****************************************
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