Domain offer spam from [email protected]

Got this today also. On a domain that is pending deletion.

south said:

Got this today also. On a domain that is pending deletion.

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Lol they are not the brightest then. Looking at the results on google it appears it only started being sent out today.

And there I was thinking that some one was going to buy one of my three word domains for millions.

Regards...jmcc

Received this a couple days ago, and it sounds like it's automated.

i got one too, on friday
also an expired domain

what do they want?
appraisals?

got the same email. But when replying, the email was rejected: "Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:

[email protected]

Technical details of permanent failure:
Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the recipient domain. We recommend contacting the other email provider for further information about the cause of this error. The error that the other server returned was: 550 550 5.2.1 The email account that you tried to reach is disabled. k4si17386001wea.21 (state 13)."

I guess the account was disabled after too many spam reports.

Watch out for stevesplace48. Not sure what is the fuss about obvious spam emails. Not newsworthy.

Acroplex said:

Watch out for stevesplace48. Not sure what is the fuss about obvious spam emails. Not newsworthy.

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Ubfortunately people fall for such scams.

Got one of these today - different name, different email, exact same message. Mine was from "Mike Howard" - mikesbikes445 @ yahoo.com. Also sent from [email protected]

Got this exact message today with different emails and name. Glad I found this thread, was about to reply.

[email protected]

Hello,
I am interested in purchasing this domain name (not the website content, only the domain).
If you are open to selling please let me know ASAP and I will submit my best offer.
Thanks for your time,
Mike Howard ([email protected])

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-sigh-

This is why I always check namepros after receiving an inquiry.

Sold a name to Steve for $6500

jk

Got the same email a week ago and replied him "it's for sale". He didn't reply back

Got 2 of these, 1 from steve 1 from mike. What worried me a bit is no appraisal scam reply so what are these geniuses up to I wonder?

Don't walk! RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow..I am usually very good at picking these scams out. I received one from mikesbikes today too. Unfortunately, I replied before I researched (I NEVER do that!!!). Damn. Anyway, not sure what harm can come from it? My info was found via whois, so it is obvious my e-mail is valid. Not sure the point here..... any ideas?

I got one from Mike today, on an expiring name. I can't see the angle either, unless the point is to get people to pony up $90 to renew their Godaddy domain.

Except for automated email return address and the "ASAP," I might have taken it seriously.

I got one from Mike today, on an expiring name. I can't see the angle either, unless the point is to get people to pony up $90 to renew their Godaddy domain.

Except for automated email return address and the "ASAP," I might have taken it seriously.

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Interesting - the one I got was for a name that just went into redemption... but not at Godaddy.

Peter said:

Just received the spam below. Appears to be a new 1 going about. Carried out a quick search on google and only 4 or 5 responses for the email address. Anyway be vigilant.

From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: domain.com (modified but this will match your domain)............

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Thank you for this. I got one today as well and almost fell for it if it were for your post here. Mine is a bit different, as others have reported as well - the spammer's email address is [email protected] "Mike Howard".

Ditto for me, using an address I only use in whois records.

Headers:

Received: from njacksondwin8-d ([2601:d:3f00:13:793b:cefe:480d:8441])
by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c5sm6569540igj.6.2012.09.06.21.45.33
(version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER);
Thu, 06 Sep 2012 21:45:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>

I take it nobody has had a human response?

Domainace said:

I got one from Mike today, on an expiring name. I can't see the angle either, unless the point is to get people to pony up $90 to renew their Godaddy domain.

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There actually was such a joker. There was at thread about it at DNF.

enlytend said:

Got one of these today - different name, different email, exact same message. Mine was from "Mike Howard" - mikesbikes445 @ yahoo.com. Also sent from [email protected]

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got this one as well. What is the point of all of these?

Just got one of these this morning from MikesBikes445 on a car-related .com that's renewed through 2013. A quick Google search brought up this thread.

It's interesting that CipherSense.com, the domain of the email address, is a GoDaddy Instantpage with the tagline "Decoding Automation one script at a time."

Yes, clearly this whole process is automated. Shady.

enlytend said:

Got one of these today - different name, different email, exact same message. Mine was from "Mike Howard" - mikesbikes445 @ yahoo.com. Also sent from [email protected]

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Same here.

Received this email about a literary domain (long-dead feminist writer), which was suspicious in itself.

I would avoid answering and otherwise engaging with this numpty.

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