Wish I had found this thread yesterday

OptimyzDomains · 07-24-2006, 09:01 AM

Hey gang,

I'd be wary of "Dr. Hegglund". We've been getting emails that look exactly the same for our web properties. We've also posted a warning on our site as well.

THERE IS NO LEGITIMACY TO THIS! DON'T FALL FOR IT!

If there is any question about this scam, please ask someone reputable to give you their honest and unbiased perspective.

Also, face-to-face or by phone is a great way to initiate this type of business, as personal touch can often weed out a lot of these types of issues.

fbcoach · 07-25-2006, 12:53 PM

I too fell for this. I just started in the domain buying/selling game last week and received an offer for $25,000.00 from Robert Hegglund for my coachteed.com site.

I'll admit it, I ran and had a appraisal done on all 5 of my domains.

Good thing I did a search and only paid 29.00 for 5 appraisals.

Now I feel like a dumbass

sin · 07-27-2006, 01:05 AM

Originally Posted by petrosc

You will not believe this. I just got the appraisal from moniker.com

They appraised it for $3,250 and to think that i only asked for $150

LOL he missed out on a great deal

I don't think that what their doing is illegal, I don't agree with it and if they all went to jail I'd be happy but I don't think that what their doing can be proven in court to be different then seeking to buy domain names. So why would the FBI care? just my opinion

**Archangel** · 07-27-2006, 02:38 PM

Same guy, same scam. I made a thread awhile backk: http://www.namepros.com/domain-name-...m-praying.html An excerpt:

Originally Posted by Archangel

All righty: I received an email from topmanager@ToughGuy.net . It was an inquery about a 3-character .net domain I once owned. Apparently, my email address is still in the whois. Anyway, the letter:
Ignore the > >

I told him in a reply to name a price. And the idiot went on:

My reply to that was, to me, obvious:

Ugh... knowing my luck, this might have been a legit offer but $5k for a THREE CHARACTER .NET sounds unrealistic. I won't state the domain for obvious reasons. It was bought for about $10 and sold for about $15. I don't see $5,000 in its future for a long time.

Well, to read it properly, with his/my messages to each other, ya gotta read the original in the link above

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/warnings-and-alerts/165976-fallen-half-way-into-popular-appraisal.html

From the url I mentioned above:

Originally Posted by Phronesis

Always a "PhD" from some engineering or software firm.

sin · 07-27-2006, 02:53 PM

Originally Posted by fbcoach

I too fell for this. I just started in the domain buying/selling game last week and received an offer for $25,000.00 from Robert Hegglund for my coachteed.com site.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=165976

I'll admit it, I ran and had a appraisal done on all 5 of my domains.

Good thing I did a search and only paid 29.00 for 5 appraisals.

Now I feel like a dumbass

well now you know what their worth

40cooperltd · 07-27-2006, 04:42 PM

I'm glad I did research on this first. I've been scammed before, through ebay and paypal. Not by them, but through them. Now I'm extremely paranoid about it. I research everything first. Today I recieved this email:
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=165976

Quote:

Hello,

Our company develops software so domain investing is not our main business. Just additional way to generate income.

Please email me price for your domain name mentioned in the subject line. If it's reasonable we'll do business.

If you have other domain names for sale please send us the complete list with prices for consideration.

I'm a very busy person so it may take several hours before I respond :-)

Looking forward to do business with you.

Regards,
Robert Hegglund, Ph. D.
President
Opera Software

================================================== ==========================
NOTICE - This communication may contain confidential and privileged
information that is for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any
viewing, copying or distribution of, or reliance on this message by
unintended recipients is strictly prohibited. If you have received this
message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message
and deleting it from your computer.

================================================== =========================

I was suspicious because I didn't understand where he found my domain for sale, I only have it listed at sedo and plesmo, but no offer was made through them. So, I checked out the website from his email addy and it was some norwegian(sp) parking site. Nice. That's when I looked some more and found this thread. Man, this guy needs an arse whoopin'. Luckily I'm way too paranoid to be scammed ever again, but it is nice to see people are looking out for eachother.

Snurf · 07-27-2006, 04:45 PM

I got this email too, there were slight variations but the second email you received was WORD for WORD the same as the one I got, they sure do sound tempting.. I knew something was up when they offered 800 USD for a name of mine that was not even worth $30

Be careful out there...

Pilatus · 08-07-2006, 03:04 PM

Haha I just received the exact same email. Actually just told him to go **** himself LOL

NeeJam · 08-08-2006, 05:06 PM

Ye i heard about this scam in chat, guess thats the way they think they can earn a hard-buck, and anyways if he wants you get get an appraisal at a trusted person from him surely he should do this free?

07-24-2006, 09:01 AM	#26 (permalink)
OptimyzDomains New Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 12	Hey gang, I'd be wary of "Dr. Hegglund". We've been getting emails that look exactly the same for our web properties. We've also posted a warning on our site as well. THERE IS NO LEGITIMACY TO THIS! DON'T FALL FOR IT! If there is any question about this scam, please ask someone reputable to give you their honest and unbiased perspective. Also, face-to-face or by phone is a great way to initiate this type of business, as personal touch can often weed out a lot of these types of issues. __________________ OptimizedDomains.com - The Thought-Leader In Domain Name Theory And Search Engine Consulting Domain Names For Sale: MoneyMakingFunds.com, BreakingFinancialNews.com, CarolinaManagedHosting.com, ... and many, many more!

07-25-2006, 12:53 PM	#27 (permalink)
fbcoach New Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2	Wish I had found this thread yesterday I too fell for this. I just started in the domain buying/selling game last week and received an offer for $25,000.00 from Robert Hegglund for my coachteed.com site. I'll admit it, I ran and had a appraisal done on all 5 of my domains. Good thing I did a search and only paid 29.00 for 5 appraisals. Now I feel like a dumbass

08-08-2006, 05:06 PM	#34 (permalink)
NeeJam Adsung.com Join Date: May 2006 Location: England Posts: 1,625 Follow @profitbaron	Ye i heard about this scam in chat, guess thats the way they think they can earn a hard-buck, and anyways if he wants you get get an appraisal at a trusted person from him surely he should do this free? __________________ Adsung

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Snurf Account Suspended Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 1,042	I got this email too, there were slight variations but the second email you received was WORD for WORD the same as the one I got, they sure do sound tempting.. I knew something was up when they offered 800 USD for a name of mine that was not even worth $30 Be careful out there...

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