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Emeralda Works in China, too?

Someone, Steven Liu, from China Registry, called, and then emailed me with a question. He said:

"We are the domain registration and solution center in China. On August 13, 2022, we received an application from Hongfeng Ltd requested "emeraldaworks" as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names (emeraldaworks.cn, emeraldaworks.com.cn, emeraldaworks.net.cn, emeraldaworks.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 distributor in China?"

Initially I thought it was a scam and I deleted the telephone call. Then the email came, to which I could only respond, "No, I do not use this name to distribute in China."

Still, I wish I could! As I am a sole worker in our company, Emeralda Works, LLC, what can I do?

Today I learned the following:

"The unsolicited email you receive is from a Chinese domain registrar (could be a certified registrar, agent, affiliate or private person). In the email they explain that a supposed company (try to Google the name) is interested in some available domain names (typically .hk, .cn, .tw), which correspond with your brand name. In only a few days the other party will register these domains, unless you secure them first. The domain registrar can even send you an email from the interested third party (it comes from a hotmail address) claiming that they want to register your domain names, and they are only waiting for approval from Mr. Jim or whatever his name is.
"There is a similar domain name: www  . chinaregistry.org.cn. In trying to connect to this my anti virus protection gave the following message so beware:
“When we visited this site, we found it may be designed to trick you into submitting your financial or personal information to online scammers. This is a serious security threat which could lead to identity theft, financial losses or unauthorized use of your personal information”.
"It can be very expensive if you fall for it.  Just ignore it."