{"id":3131,"date":"2013-02-12T13:09:41","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T18:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.domainandtrademark.com\/?p=3131"},"modified":"2019-08-09T08:54:57","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T12:54:57","slug":"domains-used-in-scottish-counterfeiting-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/domains-used-in-scottish-counterfeiting-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Domains used in Scottish counterfeiting scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Scottish firm has been caught up in a counterfeiting operation involving its online presence.<\/p>\n<p>People have been duped after receiving emails from a company pretending to be Young Plant and Equipment Sales, the Stirling Observer reports.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals then paid significant sums of money by bank transfer for equipment, but it never arrived as they had been viewing a bogus website.<\/p>\n<p>Trading standards team leader Linda Hill said steps are being taken to close down the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cscglobal.com\/global\/web\/csc\/domain-name-management.html\">domain names<\/a> being used for their illegal activities, but other web address are sprouting up.<\/p>\n<p>However, this issue has been complicated by the fact that &#8220;as soon as we get one taken down another one springs up with yet another variation in the spelling of the domain name&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>This highlights <a title=\"Towards A Better Brand Protection\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cscglobal.com\/global\/web\/csc\/tbi-article.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how important it is for companies to purchase all relevant domains<\/a>, as by doing so it minimizes the possibility of suffering reputational damage in the long term.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on brand protection &#8211; please download CSC&#8217;s complimentary article: <a title=\"Towards Better Brand Protection\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cscglobal.com\/global\/web\/csc\/tbi-article.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Towards Better Brand Protection<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Scottish firm has been caught up in a counterfeiting operation involving its online presence. People have been duped after receiving emails from a company pretending to be Young Plant and Equipment Sales, the Stirling Observer reports. 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