there are some scammers build a good reputation just to seem legit, than they come and scam you
i am not surprised at all... if you read other forums you will see it is happening every single day and DP is the place where there are more scammers
he tried to scam people there yesterday and his account is active yet... he must be banned
That's sad. If you look through his Itrader you can see that he has had successful mid to high dollar deals, along with a bunch of low dollar avatar and sig line sales. I hope the seller has made a mistake, type or something.. It's just horrible to see someone with such good Itrader go so bad.
Always be careful no matter who you're dealing with (including mods!). Having 50+ iTrader doesn't mean much if the guy's account has been hacked by a scammer.
today in namepros the nickname hostgator , sent me $375 via paypal for a domain I pushed then immediately opened a dispute of unauthorized payment he is the scammer I lost the domain
I am telling you guys, start using more wire transfer payments....I`m not selling anymore via PayPal unless very exceptional circumnstances but will progressively shut down the use of PayPal and other similar cr@p.
I`ll rather not sell that sell at risk.
And scammers are active at TDNAM as well: I have sold 3 domain twice and both times TDNAM had to pull them back to me closing buyers accounts.
Maybe I should start asking an ID as well...lol
I put my face , my name and everything true on here, why a genuine buyer would have a problem doing the same?
It would be great if you provide more information if your seeking for any possible help from forum administration and fellow npers, what was the domain name? I cant even find that user id by search function because there are 100s of hostgator hosting threads .. can you put a link to his profile? contact NP staff if you havent yet.
He made a deal with tristan too, I hope he is gonna resolve this issue and if not then we gotta trace down his ip adress and location with the help of NP staff to get more details about him..
I moved manage.snapnames.com domainslove@gmail.com account then he closed this account he pushed the domain another snapnames account proffesional scammer ,
I sent him pm but havent heard back yet, lets see if he has anything to say.. if domain is with snapnames then it would be better you contact jeremy who is rep there, very helpful person..
Actually - You guys NEED to stop posting in the forum like this and Actually start reporting items to the Mods/Staff etc ... We have a system in place for this.
You can report posts, Contact the Moderators over particular sections, or use the Contact Management sections
Until your post was pointed out to us - There was no way for us to even know of this latest incident. It was not reported ....
BTW - That member has "0" posts here ... Which leads to another problem.
If you insist on doing deals via PM , You need to really screen those people yourselves somewhat. Doing deals with someone via PM with "0" posts here isn't a very wise thing to do.
They seem to have 2 accounts - the older one matches the email posted above.
Fake whois as well ^
I'm sorry this has happened , But there is little we can do besides PM them ourselves and then close the accounts really. As a few have already suggested - You really need to start using more secure payment methods and dealing with only people who have something to lose. People known and with an actual reputation to risk in this Industry -or- Companies and Corporate type entities are your safest bet.
If they have nothing to lose .... They do not care.
He just tried to scam me. I was sent a lot of money through PayPal by this scammer before we had ever finalized a deal of any sort. I guess it's a gift His PayPal email was: lincolnday1@bellsouth.net -- BE CAREFUL.
__________________ Brian Wallenstein
President, VYFX.com t: +1.9086423158 | e: brian@vyfx.com
He is using stolen paypal accounts he sent me from two paypal accounts first olala74@gmx.de this was cancelled , second mikebrogan642@msn.com paypal withhold the money he said to paypal unauthorised payment ,
UPDATE: He just reversed his payment to me. Nothing of mine was lost since I had not yet transfered the domains over, however he falsely claimed the payment was sent without his "knowing or consent". My PayPal account is now on limited access so I am working on resolving that (should only take a few minutes) and I am then going to cancel the claim and issue him a refund.
Just beware, people. I've done this a lot before with scammers.. A good rule of thumb is to simply NOT, under ANY circumstances, sell ANY domain name to ANY user here on NamePros if they do not have 10+ positive feedbacks. It may result in a delay selling your domain(s), but it will help ensure you're not being scammed.
__________________ Brian Wallenstein
President, VYFX.com t: +1.9086423158 | e: brian@vyfx.com
I think that the email address on file with PayPal is usually the correct email address belonging to the real account owner.
I emailed the true account holder of the paypal account that the scammer was trying to use on me.
The owner replied today saying this:
IMO, If you are a trusted seller, someone with a good rep, Itrader, long time on the forum. A new member, buyer shouldn't mind waiting 24hrs - 48hrs for you to transfer the name. That would give you some time to do a little research and email the paypal email address on file. Selling to other long time members with good itrader is another story, I usually send those asap.
How does he get all these stolen PP accounts? Phishing?
I suggest than you not only notifiy the mods and post to the forum but you also email PayPal and let them know so they can freeze that account immedietly.
Rather than send an email to PayPal I prefer to call.. Here is a list of all of
PayPal's phone numbers.
i ever read if we visit sites our cookie could be recorded so be careful ti click/visit site, and also email can send our cookie out (look at mozilla firefox, we are able to edit cookie). I ever watch video of hacking email account , friendster etc. you may find them at youtube.com... etc.
His PayPal email was: 