“ADNR” .asia scams continue

Today, one of our partners received an email from a party claiming to be "an institution specialized in the dispute of .asia domain name and Internet
brand, Asia Domain Name Registrar". The email originates from a domain "adnr" and is your classic blackmail scam.

We are an institution specialized in the dispute of .asia domain name and Internet brand, Asia Domain Name Registrar.

On May 16th,2008, one International Investment Corporation submitted the application of .asia domain name and internet brand of "snip" to us，we are dealing with it now.
Through our investigation, this name is the same with your company’s brand. In order to avoid possible dispute, we need to confirm with your company’s responsible person.
Because .asia domain name and internet brand are very important resources and also sole.
pls ask your company’s responsible person to contact us asap!
Thanks!

Best regards

Tom tang

Asia Domain Name Registrar
Tel: 0086 (0)21 <snip>
Fax: 0086 (0)21 <snip>
Email: <snip>@.adnr.asia

First of all, it is amusing, given how many trademarks have been registered by various domainers on the .asia registry. If anyone knew that, they would not take this seriously.

Secondly .adnr site is registered to a company in Shanghai "HiChina Web Solutions Limited R48-ASIA (420)" and neither are they mentioned anywhere on the .Asia site. Lets ignore the grammar and the typos, since we all know us Asians no speekidee Engleesh.

Finally, they seem to be targeting European domains, assuming that these are the folks who are most likely to be persuaded to part with their dollars. After all, would you give anyone, and I mean ANYONE the permission to take a country (or continent) specific version of your domain?