As happens occasionally, I was contacted by some{bot,body} (who knows?) about somebody wanting to register $mydomain.cn.
Again, for those in the back rows:
THIS IS A SCAM!
See https://nxdomain.no/~peter/domain_name_scams_are_alive_and_well_thank_you.html (or with google trackers https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2016/03/domain-name-scams-are-alive-and-well.html) #dns #cnnames #chinanetdomains #domainnamescam #scam #cybercrime
Peter N. M. Hansteen
npub122…mm4u3
2026-08-24 09:18:06 UTC
Author Public Key
npub122zsr0gvp70hz26g9kajm7h6pcfptyxkmzdsjlwqw7qt9wxr3taqumm4u3Seen on
wss://relay.ditto.pubPublished at
2026-08-24 09:18:06 UTCEvent JSON
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