So, I've got a bot running monitoring my spam box for front runners on domain auctions and I was alerted on an influx of spam email from a certain gmail account.
Although they don't seem to be frontrunning domains involved in auctions (as far as I have been able to verify) they are pulling a nice outbound scam.
When I noticed a domain in the report for one I saw on the droplist I decided to engage and see what's up.
Basically they will spam you from a Gmail account offering a domain for sale. That domain is either pending delete or has already dropped.
When you show interest they will tell you it is owned by a client and needs to be moved to their account. They will put up a page where you can buy it right away as soon as the domain has been transferred to them.
Obviously at this time the domain has dropped and is free for registration.
At this point they will start mailing you from their @regystro.net email address so their domain isn't very likely to get flagged by SB.
When asking more questions, showing more interest and asking about payment options and security they will go ahead and send you an offer agreement, register the domain and put up a buy it now page, all for the grand total of $97 a name.
I have tried in on 3 domains (I've got some honeypots running to catch these scammers) and on each instance they went ahead, regged the name and sent me an email as if I actually made them an offer, which I obviously didn't. I made sure I've never actually agreed upon anything.
Anyone else ever encountered this regystro.net scam? These clown(s) have been at it for some years judging by their domain name age so it must be paying off.
I've seen some mention of them on Reddit, nothing about them here.
Although they don't seem to be frontrunning domains involved in auctions (as far as I have been able to verify) they are pulling a nice outbound scam.
When I noticed a domain in the report for one I saw on the droplist I decided to engage and see what's up.
Basically they will spam you from a Gmail account offering a domain for sale. That domain is either pending delete or has already dropped.
When you show interest they will tell you it is owned by a client and needs to be moved to their account. They will put up a page where you can buy it right away as soon as the domain has been transferred to them.
Obviously at this time the domain has dropped and is free for registration.
At this point they will start mailing you from their @regystro.net email address so their domain isn't very likely to get flagged by SB.
When asking more questions, showing more interest and asking about payment options and security they will go ahead and send you an offer agreement, register the domain and put up a buy it now page, all for the grand total of $97 a name.
I have tried in on 3 domains (I've got some honeypots running to catch these scammers) and on each instance they went ahead, regged the name and sent me an email as if I actually made them an offer, which I obviously didn't. I made sure I've never actually agreed upon anything.
Anyone else ever encountered this regystro.net scam? These clown(s) have been at it for some years judging by their domain name age so it must be paying off.
I've seen some mention of them on Reddit, nothing about them here.