it's the exact same wording used in 'lolwarriors' request in request domainsShow attachment 121991 Received email from the guy @ the same email [email protected] who posted in the Domains wanted thread looking for new g’s and it turned out to be an appraisal scam. The email I received today is identical to a newly opened domains wanted thread here . Maybe this guy is obsessed with the member here that he has made reference to and seems to be copying. Or maybe he’s a fan....Very creepy !!!
Yes .... i wonder who is the person behind this [email protected] ...it's the exact same wording used in 'lolwarriors' request in request domains
Show attachment 121991 Received email from the guy @ the same email [email protected] who posted in the Domains wanted thread looking for new g’s and it turned out to be an appraisal scam. The email I received today is identical to a newly opened domains wanted thread here . Maybe this guy is obsessed with the member here that he has made reference to and seems to be copying. Or maybe he’s a fan....Very creepy !!!
I’m not saying he does or does not but i would be really creeped out if some guy/ was hanging around here mimicking everything I did... it’s stalkerish ....0 connection to him please..
pathetic
last weeks email-marekhajing<[email protected]>,saturdays email-muralhajing<[email protected]>0 connection to him please..
pathetic
What I observed in lolwarrior's appraisal thread here at namepros is that johnnie goes on disliking all the appraisal requests while liking the appraisals made by lolwarrior and apparently he is the only one liking them!Yes .... i wonder who is the person behind this [email protected] ...
He changed his name in the email to something different from before but the email address is the same.
What I observed in lolwarrior's appraisal thread here at namepros is that johnnie goes on disliking all the appraisal requests while liking the appraisals made by lolwarrior and apparently he is only one liking them!
What I observed in lolwarrior's appraisal thread here at namepros is that johnnie goes on disliking all the appraisal requests while liking the appraisals made by lolwarrior and apparently he is the only one liking them!
Just to prevent the spread of misinformation (I am sure not deliberate) I wanted to clarify that my comment was made considering many things but the thread that most people associated it with was a hot debate but not on topic of appraisal services (and mods quickly removed anything any reasonable person would regard as offensive in that thread).I remember that Bob was trying to leave np for a short while because he got involved in a heated debate about an appraisal service that lolwarrior was offering
https://www.namepros.com/threads/shout-out-to-bob-hawkes.1137920/page-2
Unlikely the same person.
Multiple individuals with the same agenda, most probably.
I wouldn't be surprised if they have training sessions on how to profit from whatever they're trying to pull off here.
imo
@NYJimbo thank you for notifying me about this thread. This is, unfortinatelly, third thread in few days where my name, business and brand appeared in section with name "Scam", in the title, due to actions of someone named "Johnie". Whether their actions are well intentioned (some hardcore fan) or if this is something different, I simply can not conclude from the evidence, so far.I know that lolwarriors says he has nothing to do with this, but the only person who seems to benefit from this nonsense is lolwarrior.
Why is this troll only saying ngTLD/New tld's when he can pull the same scam for any TLD and send the target to a different appraiser ?
This whole thing stinks like a 3-Card Monte game in NYC.
Hey @lolwarrior , if you are not part of this scam, put up a warning about this scam on your website. Otherwise innocent people are going to be paying you for useless appraisals.
I think your reputation here is riding on how you handle this.
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Unfortunatelly, you are asking me to explain a behaviour of someone who I do not know.The appraisal scam works in such a way that only the appraiser gets money from it. You have 2 or 3 parties.
You have the unsuspecting seller of the domain, then you have the fake buyer and the appraiser, who are typically the same person. If they are not the same person, then the fake buyer works for the appraiser.
The fake buyer asks to buy a sh*tty domain from the seller for a ridiculous price, but first he must get the domain appraised at a specific site. If the seller bites and gets the domain appraised, the stops getting a response from the fake buyer. Thus, the appraiser has earned whatever amount he demands for his appraisals.
This scam works ONLY in the appraiser's favor. It makes ZERO sense that a scammer would link to your appraisal service as you would get the money from it, not him. Therefore, it is highly unlikely that you are not the scammer (or that the scammer works for you). How would you explain the situation if this was not the case?
This is all ignoring the fact that johnnie only likes your appraisals and downvotes others, that he made buyer request threads shilling nGTLDs (i.e. offering impossible amounts for two word nGTLDs), something that you specialize in, your similar writing style etc.
To put things into perspective, this is equivalent to the following situation:
person 1 calls person 2 as a microsoft support person. Person 1 says that person 2's PC is infested with data-threatening viruses and must pay a certain amount to person 3 to get his PC cleaned up and to save all his data. Person 2 then sends a payment to person 3 and finds that person 1 has stopped responding and has cut all contact.
You are saying that you are person 3 in this story and you have nothing to do with person 1. I'm sorry but that seems highly unlikely.
Unfortunatelly, you are asking me to explain a behaviour of someone who I do not know.
Imagine you are running appraisal service on your website, and this happened to you (where end-result is, that your business is 3 times in a single month in a thread with "Scam" in it's title, people are sending you emails, messages, questions about what is going on) - what would you personally do?
There is nothing you can do effectively. You can put disclaimer to your site, which I just did, and that is it.
Or do you have some other realistic idea how to prove, that you are actually NOT connected to someone else?
Have you asked the mods yet to take a look? They should be able to provide more info and as it's actually hurting your business I see no reason for them not to remove this Johnny from NP permanently.