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Being a blogger it is becoming more and more common to see C&D notices from companies. For people who have never seen a C&D those letters are quite scary especially when they are just stuffed with legal threats. Most people simply comply to what the demands are without consulting a law professional.

Nevada resident David Scali decided to prey on the fears of small website owners and send out fictitious emails claiming he worked for NetZero using the email address TrademarkInfringement@NetZero.com.

A Nevada man pleaded guilty Thursday to his plotting to steal URLs from their legitimate owners by impersonating a California intellectual property lawyer and send threatening letters to domain name owners in hopes of convincing them to turn over the domains to him.

Las Vegas resident David Scali registered the email address trademarkinfringement@netzero.net in 2006 and then, pretending to be a real Califonia lawyer (whose intials are K.Y.C.), threatened domain name owners with $100,000 trademark infringement suits, unless they transferred the domains within 48 hours.

As a word of caution for anyone who gets any legally threatening email or call (or a call or email requesting any private information), ALWAYS ask for the senders information.

We advise always responding to any legal notice, but before revealing any information or taking ANY ACTION simply reply to the notice asking for the complainants full name, what law firm or company they represent, their position and their contact number. Then do some searching to find the companies or law firms main number, call the switchboard and ask to be connected to the individual who contacted you. This will help validate the identity of the complainant.

In the age of information spoofing it is your job to do your due diligence to protect your information.

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