Expired domain scam?

brendan52190 · 10-11-2011, 10:02 PM

I just received a domain I won at auction on TDNAM for an expired domain. I have now received an email from the supposed previous owner stating:

Quote:

My renewal was mismanaged and you have purchased my domain which has been my brand online since 2005.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/warnings-and-alerts/733839-expired-domain-scam.html

I would like it returned to me please.

They were using a hotmail email address that contained the first and last name of the previous registrant.

Is this a common scam, or should I give it genuine consideration? I have bought dozens of domains off of TDNAM, but never received an email like this. However, my spidey senses lead me to believe it's a scam. If this is in fact what happened, I would find a way to return the domain.

P.S. The domain is PR 2 so it does have some value.

Let me know your thoughts

Thanks

sdsinc · 10-11-2011, 10:32 PM

I don't think it's a scam, it could very well be the previous owner. Sometimes they wake up and realize when it's too late

Note that even after you've won the auction there is a certain timeframe (a few days) during which the previous owner can still redeem the domain.

JB Lions · 10-11-2011, 10:47 PM

He had plenty of time to renew, that's on him that he didn't. It's yours to do with what you want, keep it, or sell it back to him.

brendan52190 · 10-11-2011, 10:50 PM

Originally Posted by sdsinc

I don't think it's a scam, it could very well be the previous owner. Sometimes they wake up and realize when it's too late

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=733839
Note that even after you've won the auction there is a certain timeframe (a few days) during which the previous owner can still redeem the domain.

Thanks for your thoughts. I have emailed them back and will feel out the situtation further. Regardless, I wouldn't be sending them the domain back without reinburshment for my costs so it wouldn't be a total loss if I was "scammed," but I'd much rather use the domain to pass on some PR to my money sites

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JB Lions Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Orlando Posts: 1,014 Follow @JBLions	He had plenty of time to renew, that's on him that he didn't. It's yours to do with what you want, keep it, or sell it back to him.

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