# Got a trademark email from IG today **URL:** \ **Category:** Instagram Marketing\ **Created:** [October 16, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/got-a-trademark-email-from-ig-today/117843 "2020-10-16T21:13:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![florin22xxl](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/florin22xxl/32/3100_2.png) [@florin22xxl](https://mpsocial.com/u/florin22xxl)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/got-a-trademark-email-from-ig-today/117843/1 "2020-10-16T21:13:41Z")
Hi guys, I own [askinstagram.com](http://askinstagram.com) domain and got this mail today. Does this look legit to you? ![Capture](https://mpsocial.com/uploads/default/original/3X/c/5/c5d75acff325d67f63eee176f6d541b454e48336.jpeg) I got this email on my personal email that i used on the server provider. and the link to their bulshit. [http://ad-facebook.com/instagram.html](http://ad-facebook.com/instagram.html) ---
**Author:** ![Parliament](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/parliament/32/36851_2.png) [@Parliament](https://mpsocial.com/u/Parliament)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/got-a-trademark-email-from-ig-today/117843/2 "2020-10-16T21:23:12Z")
No, phishing 100%. Good strategy though, it’s been around for a while. ---
**Author:** ![iki](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/iki/32/57617_2.png) [@iki](https://mpsocial.com/u/iki)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/got-a-trademark-email-from-ig-today/117843/3 "2020-10-16T21:28:59Z")
I got the same email about month ago, I checked everything and its legitimate. My hosting confirmed too. I shutdown my host and domain immediately. Asked domain provider to close the name. It had also instagram word in my domain, same case as yours… ---
**Author:** ![iki](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/iki/32/57617_2.png) [@iki](https://mpsocial.com/u/iki)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/got-a-trademark-email-from-ig-today/117843/4 "2020-10-16T21:29:16Z")
I thought the same, but its not phishing ---
**Author:** ![florin22xxl](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/florin22xxl/32/3100_2.png) [@florin22xxl](https://mpsocial.com/u/florin22xxl)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/got-a-trademark-email-from-ig-today/117843/5 "2020-10-16T21:29:34Z")
There is no link to click or smth like that. There is a page to the “trademark” page,which i clicked and it was just a normal page with text. @iki did your domain provider get the same email? ---
**Author:** ![schoko](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/schoko/32/17764_2.png) [@schoko](https://mpsocial.com/u/schoko)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/got-a-trademark-email-from-ig-today/117843/6 "2020-10-16T21:31:23Z")
[ad-facebook.com](http://ad-facebook.com) is owned by Facebook - if they did not use fake info for the WHOIS Weird that they don’t use an HTTPS link, but then again it’s FB… https://embed.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/hgmg6v/trademark_infringement_email_from_facebook/?embed=true&ref_source=embed&ref=share > [Ray\_Von](https://www.reddit.com/user/Ray_Von/) > 1 point·[20 hours ago] > > Hey I received a domain copyright infringement notice from [ad-facebook.com](http://ad-facebook.com) recently. > > I found this reddit thread and thought maybe it’s a scam, but I did further digging (long version here: [ad-facebook.com digging - Pastebin.com](https://pastebin.com/MZEfnnZL)) and have concluded that: > > It seems the Domain [ad-facebook.com](http://ad-facebook.com) is actually owned by Facebook’s Registrar themselves (which does not offer Retail Domains), and may be a specific organisational unit dedicated to pursuing Domain Infringement issues for Facebook, Inc, so I have replied to the email I received from [ad-facebook.com](http://ad-facebook.com) about a domain I manage, and I will post back here with updates. > > PS. My digging assumes ICANN/DNS/Facebook has not been hacked. > > Thanks for your input! ---
**Author:** ![iki](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/iki/32/57617_2.png) [@iki](https://mpsocial.com/u/iki)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/got-a-trademark-email-from-ig-today/117843/7 "2020-10-16T21:31:29Z")
Yes… if you investigate their registar you will find out its from Facebook and its legitimate ---
**Author:** ![iki](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/iki/32/57617_2.png) [@iki](https://mpsocial.com/u/iki)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/got-a-trademark-email-from-ig-today/117843/8 "2020-10-16T21:32:52Z")
Here is a reply from my hosting as I was suspicious at first too but it is legitimate… Hello, Thank you for your prompt response and for your cooperation. The notification is legitimate. RegistrarSEC is Facebook’s subsidiary domain registrar. The email came directly from Facebook or its agents. The posters on Reddit are mistaken. Evidence is below: # WHOIS results and HTTP redirect of [facebook.com](http://facebook.com)’s registrar’s website establish that Facebook owns the [ad-facebook.com](http://ad-facebook.com) domain: \> whois [facebook.com](http://facebook.com) | grep Registrar\ URL Registrar URL: [http://www.registrarsafe.com](http://www.registrarsafe.com/) \> wget [http://www.registrarsafe.com](http://www.registrarsafe.com/) –2020-09-06 20:52:01-- [http://www.registrarsafe.com/](http://www.registrarsafe.com/) Resolving [www.registrarsafe.com](http://www.registrarsafe.com/) ([www.registrarsafe.com](http://www.registrarsafe.com/))… 2a03:2880:f134:183:face:b00c:0:25de, 157.240.19.35 Connecting to [www.registrarsafe.com](http://www.registrarsafe.com/) ([www.registrarsafe.com](http://www.registrarsafe.com/))|2a03:2880:f134:183:face:b00c:0:25de|:80… connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 302 Found Location: [https://registrarsec.com/](https://registrarsec.com/) [following] –2020-09-06 20:52:01-- [https://registrarsec.com/](https://registrarsec.com/) Loaded CA certificate ‘/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt’ Resolving [registrarsec.com](http://registrarsec.com) ([registrarsec.com](http://registrarsec.com))… 192.0.79.33 Connecting to [registrarsec.com](http://registrarsec.com) ([registrarsec.com](http://registrarsec.com))|192.0.79.33|:443… connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK Length: unspecified [text/html] Saving to: ‘index.html.1’ index.html.1 [\<=\>] 22.28K --.-KB/s in 0.003s # 2020-09-06 20:52:01 (6.99 MB/s) - ‘index.html.1’ saved [22819] # Received header from notice email indicate that the email was relayed by [ad-facebook.com](http://ad-facebook.com)’s authorized relaying infrastructure: # Received: from [e229-193.smtp-out.amazonses.com](http://e229-193.smtp-out.amazonses.com) ([23.251.229.193]:33282) # \> dig +short TXT [ad-facebook.com](http://ad-facebook.com) “v=spf1 include:\_spf.google.com include:amazonses.com -all” \> dig +short TXT [amazonses.com](http://amazonses.com) “google-site-verification=aOJq8aXEtCO23r176f6iOTGt-RVuPv81XPtBuIzRTx0” “mailru-verification: 71ab435de908d6ed” “v=spf1 ip4:199.255.192.0/22 ip4:199.127.232.0/22 ip4:54.240.0.0/18 ip4:69.169.224.0/20 ip4:23.249.208.0/20 ip4:23.251.224.0/19 ip4:76.223.176.0/20 -all” Thank you for your cooperation in removing the domain. This abuse ticket is now closed. We will be in touch if anything further arises. Best regards, ---
**Author:** ![florin22xxl](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/florin22xxl/32/3100_2.png) [@florin22xxl](https://mpsocial.com/u/florin22xxl)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/got-a-trademark-email-from-ig-today/117843/9 "2020-10-16T21:33:15Z")
I did investigate both domains. ad-facebook is owned by fb [tiredacces.com](http://tiredacces.com)… ![Capture2](https://mpsocial.com/uploads/default/original/3X/0/f/0f794479ffccf32d335097e1588cd32adb545f6f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![iki](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/iki/32/57617_2.png) [@iki](https://mpsocial.com/u/iki)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 9:35pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/got-a-trademark-email-from-ig-today/117843/10 "2020-10-16T21:35:07Z")
You are not allowed to use instagram word in any domain… but you can do whatever you think, check it out with your hosting ---
**Author:** ![florin22xxl](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/florin22xxl/32/3100_2.png) [@florin22xxl](https://mpsocial.com/u/florin22xxl)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 9:35pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/got-a-trademark-email-from-ig-today/117843/11 "2020-10-16T21:35:35Z")
What a scammy business these cunts at FB are doing,emailing people using scammy emails for Gods sake. A big company like FB and they use 3rd parties dodgy emails and notices to confused people. Corporation Evil at its best. @iki did you reply or email them saying that you took action? They demand i email them saying i will take action. ---
**Author:** ![schoko](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/schoko/32/17764_2.png) [@schoko](https://mpsocial.com/u/schoko)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/got-a-trademark-email-from-ig-today/117843/12 "2020-10-16T21:36:40Z")
Reddit user [Ray\_Von](https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/hgmg6v/trademark_infringement_email_from_facebook/g8yf41h?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) had not heard back yet ---
**Author:** ![iki](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/iki/32/57617_2.png) [@iki](https://mpsocial.com/u/iki)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 9:37pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/got-a-trademark-email-from-ig-today/117843/13 "2020-10-16T21:37:14Z")
Well I asked my domain registrar to close the domain immediately and my hosting was happy with that… I deleted content from it too. I had site setup for selling followers, likes etc. I could risk moving to another host servers but I didnt want to do it ---
**Author:** ![aman1809](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/aman1809/32/56238_2.png) [@aman1809](https://mpsocial.com/u/aman1809)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/got-a-trademark-email-from-ig-today/117843/14 "2020-10-16T22:28:19Z")
This is crazy,anyways even I think you should not use Instagram’s name in your domain,instead use ig/insta and I have seen domains with that name who are still in the air. ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Mark](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/bob_mark/32/52356_2.png) [@Bob\_Mark](https://mpsocial.com/u/Bob_Mark)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 9:47am UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/got-a-trademark-email-from-ig-today/117843/15 "2020-11-13T09:47:37Z")
What do you think about these websites instagramtags com instagramg com deleteinstagram com instagramhelpertools com instagramers com primeforinstagram com buyinstagramfollowers org instagramdeposu com ---
**Author:** ![Jaha](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/jaha/32/44917_2.png) [@Jaha](https://mpsocial.com/u/Jaha)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/got-a-trademark-email-from-ig-today/117843/16 "2020-11-13T14:50:38Z")
Those websites should be flagged as well if that is their policy. ---
**Author:** ![tripleyourtribe](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/tripleyourtribe/32/7208_2.png) [@tripleyourtribe](https://mpsocial.com/u/tripleyourtribe)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 3:31pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/got-a-trademark-email-from-ig-today/117843/17 "2020-11-13T15:31:17Z")
When I owned a domain with the term Instagram in it, I received a similar email and changed it. I didn’t want to fight them and focused back on my clients.