Another operaen.com appraisal scam

GleenTea · May 2, 2006

Just received the email below and although I didn't respond to him yet, I think we all know what will happen next.
It's coming from a dial-up account in Moscow, Russia. If you get this email from him you can complain to his isp at [email protected]
His domain name is parked with a Norwegian webhost and I guess his emails are forwarded by the host. If you want to complain to the host being used in an ongoing fraud, contact them at [email protected]
The whois for operaen.com lists the same Norwegian webhost as the registrant and admin contact. If you feel this is inaccurate, you can file a complaint regarding invalid whois data at http://wdprs.internic.net or contact the host at [email protected].
His billing provider is emetrix.com. If you want to complain to them being used in an angoing fraud, contact them at [email protected]

Opera Solutions <[email protected]> to me

Hello,

Please send me price for your domain.

We are very interested in this name.

Did you get offers from other people already?

Our company develops client-server systems (Delphi / Interbase), so investing in domain names is not my main business.

Looking forward to do business with you.

Best regards,
Masafumi Herosuki, Ph. D.
President
Opera Solutions Ltd.

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RareIQ · May 2, 2006

just delete it........

14daysinthesun.com · Aug 27, 2006

and they even want to update you !

they have the cheek to send us a udated email they are using now

From: Opera Software [[email protected]] Add Contacts
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Date: 2006/08/26 16:27
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Subject: Email address change

Hello,

I have change my email address to [email protected]

Please send all email to this new address.

Regards,
Hansen
Vice President
Opera Software

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Kate · Aug 29, 2006

They may have to find another E-mail address... (hopefully)
Just wrote to Webhuset

Their reply:

Hi #####,

Your mail has been forwarded to our Abuse department for further
investigation. It is correct that the mail users are not the owners of the
domain. The domain is being used for a free mail service similar to Hotmail
and Gmail.

Mvh
Registry avd.
Webhuset AS

Archangel · Sep 25, 2006

They aren't worth my time. I got this email not long ago:

Hello,

Could you send me price for the name mentioned in the subject line?

By the way, investing in domain names is not the main direction of our
business but a good way to generate additional income.

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,
Johan Terner
Vice President
Opera Software

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viewing, copying or distribution of, or reliance on this message by
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this
message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the
message
and deleting it from your computer.

Had they been legit, wouldn't they have personalized this a little? "Could you send me price for the name mentioned in the subject line?" They were interested enough in my domain although they were too lazy to personalize?

My "humble" reply:

You miserable bastards. I feel sorry for the fools who fall for this scam of yours. Try to scam little kids -- not adults with intelligence. You might get luckier. White-trash scammers like you need to brush up on your tactics and as long as forums like www.namepros.com exist, you'll fail like a weak heart.

Ronald Regging · Oct 5, 2006

I just got one of these yesterday as well. They were using [email protected] and claimed to be the Vice President of Opera Software. So I decided to inform [email protected], because they may be interested to know that someone is using their TM and damaging the reputation of their company. They have the resources to go after him too, so they can worry about it.

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Just recieved a response from Stephan Brodschöll, General Counsel for Opera Software, informing me that they are aware of the issue and are taking action. Good, someone needs to take down these scammers.

Archangel · Oct 6, 2006

slipxaway said:
Just recieved a response from Stephan Brodschöll, General Counsel for Opera Software, informing me that they are aware of the issue and are taking action. Good, someone needs to take down these scammers.

GREAT! Hope to hear updates from them...

Ronald Regging · Oct 6, 2006

I doubt that will happen... most places don't like to publicize this type of thing. We'll know they won if he no longer does this crap

wordplay · Oct 10, 2006

Hey all -

I've been receiving these scam e-mails as well, so sent an e-mail to the web host that was being used by the criminals. Here is the reply I received:

Hello,

The account is now closed.

--

Erlend Hamre

webhuset.no/kundesenter

Of course, the slimeballs will move on to some other server - but at least it's a start.

Hayes · Oct 18, 2006

Received an email from them last night.

From: Opera Technologies [email protected]
Subject: bursaries.us

Hello,

Could you send me price for the name mentioned in the subject line?

By the way, investing in domain names is not the main direction of our business but a good way to generate additional income.

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,
Andrew Oldstrom
Vice President
Opera Technologies

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Coming from, you guessed it:

chen.mtu.ru ([195.34.34.232])
Received: from firstbroker (ppp128-106.dialup.mtu-net.ru [62.118.128.106])
by smtp.MTU.RU (Postfix) with SMTP id D788654D8DE

njrocket8 · Oct 22, 2006

what kind of scam is something like this? Do they get you to give over the domain name and not pay or something? Can someone explain this scam please?

Ronald Regging · Oct 22, 2006

njrocket8 said:
what kind of scam is something like this? Do they get you to give over the domain name and not pay or something? Can someone explain this scam please?

He'll tell you he wants you to get an appraisal on the domain before he is willing to buy it. Then he suggests a specific appraisal service.. Once you get the appraisal (which is extremely expensive as far as appraisals go), you'll never hear from him again...

So basically he tricks people into paying for appraisals.

JimCato.com · Nov 12, 2006

I tink i got the same email scham

I guess he is a Norwegian

here is the email i got

Hello,

Please email me price for the name mentioned in the subject
line.

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

Our company develops software. By the way, investing in domain
names is not the main direction of our investing strategy but a
good way to generate additional income.

Looking forward to do business with you.

Regards,
George Saive
President
Disponent Software Solutions

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privileged
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by
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Hehe have you seen this before???

Archangel · Nov 12, 2006

That's pretty much the same letter he sends to everyone, albeit he changes his name in it a lot.

JimCato.com said:
I guess he is a Norwegian

here is the email i got

Hello,

Please email me price for the name mentioned in the subject
line.

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

Our company develops software. By the way, investing in domain
names is not the main direction of our investing strategy but a
good way to generate additional income.

Looking forward to do business with you.

Regards,
George Saive
President
Disponent Software Solutions

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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.

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Hehe have you seen this before???

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