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frank-germany

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Don't get excited when you get this:


From: Domain Broker <[email protected]>


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2017-07-25 0:22 GMT+02:00 <[email protected]>:
Hello!

I represent a buyer from Korea who wants to buy XXXXX.com for a new web project.

Are you still interested in selling?

The buyer is a professional investor with a good budget.

I help VIP clients of our hosting company to buy names.

If you have more names please email me the list.

Best regards,

Jeong Sun Jun

Vice President

Hostway Korea

Cloud Hosting Solutions

Bungdang-gu Seongnam-si

Gyeonggi-do

Korea
http:// HostWay . KR

Phone: 0215442238





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On 25.07.2017 1:50, Frank wrote:
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Thank you for your inquiry for the domainname XXXXX.com
please let me hear your proposal

best regards
Frank



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Thank you for responding!

He'd also like to buy .net extension if you own it.

Commission of our company is only 5%. It's paid by the buyer.

He will pay you via the Authorize Escrow service. This service is widely used in our country for International transfers. They accept payment from our country and can pay you via wire, BitCoin, Paypal, check , Perfect Money or any other method you prefer.

The buyer offers a price in $15,000 - $20,000 range.

Do you have a certificate? It's required by his bank.

The final sale price will depend on the certificate.

If you don't have the certificate it's not a problem. You can order it online.

Please note he cannot accept it from any agency. He needs a manual service. It also must be a third party independent agency (not your broker our auction site) and must be accepted by his bank.

The certification includes the following:

1. Independent valuation of the market price. It will show your domain name is not overpriced. On the other hand if the valuation comes higher, he will increase the price accordingly. In the domain name industry, there are many appraisal tools that people use to estimate the value of a domain name. My client does not want to risk and doesn't accept services that use scripts. If you are unsure about some service feel free to ask me.

2. TM verification. It proves your domain has no trademark problems. He would like this verification to be included in the appraisal report. It's not a problem because some companies include the TM verification for free.

You can read about certification agencies at Google Answers: http://googleanswers.club/answers/threadview/id/91251638.htm(“Domain Broker” is my nickname).

The process is very easy:

1. Go to the certificate agency site and order a certificate. Just submit your domains and let them know you have a buyer with $XX,XXX offer. It will help you to get a better valuation.

If your domain is worth at least $1000, they will send you the payment instructions. If it's not possible, they won't send you the instructions. This way you will not lose anything. It's very convenient and gives you the full protection. Other services charge you upfront even if your domain is not worth spending the appraisal fee, so I don't recommend them.

2. Send the certificate to me and we will start the sale process. As soon as he receives your certificate he will buy your domain.

If you are new to the certification process, I can help you with the step by step instructions.
 
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I've received similar e-mails from that guy 'DomainBroker' yesterday...
 
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Lol, they always ask for a certificate....
 
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Easy as a newbie to get pulled into it.
Like the shills, they create several aliases. Then in this case he logs in several accounts and writes the entire fake dialog.

Not even a smart scammer. He should have started differently, by not posing as an "expert" domain broker as his handle and the original question, if he "helps vip clients" he becomes an idiot when he goes to a google board for answers, lol. His email says he is with a hosting company. I would never click on his links, but some unsuspecting person might. Who knows where they really go.

Should be reported, except i don't think googleanswers answers the phone.
But, Googleanswers is always right, and has the answer too. Right.
 
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This is a tired old scam...usually the same moron or group of morons using the same links.
 
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It seems that they are still trying this trick hoping someone to be hooked.
 
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Got a virtually identical scam letter today from someone claiming to work for a cloud hosting company in Japan. "If you have more names please email me the list" in the first email is a dead giveaway, even before they tell you to buy the certificate in the second email.
 
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