Scam 1) Do you remember that guy who was emailing everyone and offering whatever we wanted on our domains then telling us we had to pay $50 for an appraisal before he would buy - yes? well here is something else that is linked to him (I know this from the digging I done at the time) - it seems innocent and like a good opportunity, but if you approach one of these ‘wants’ you have just invited Mr. X to tell you to get an appraisal first for 50$ (then once he has the money he will vanish)... here is the email to watch out for (the email came from [email protected] - kind of gave it away as well):
Subject: Domains wanted from $300 to $50,000 USD
Dear Domain Holder,
This is Julie Troitskaya from http://dnsales.profit.com.
Our company is happy to introduce you a new service for domain sellers and buyers: "Domains Wanted Ads".
You can join the domains wanted board at http://www.dnsales.profit.com/wanted.htm
This service is very effective if you are selling domains and web sites.
Here are only several subjects of domains wanted ads:
- Investing / Financial domains wanted.
- Hyphenated .coms, .infos and .nets wanted. Up to $ 1,250 per name.
- Domains Wanted For A Hosting/Free e-Mail Service. Budget: $1,000-$2,000 USD.
- Domains Wanted For A Gaming Web Site.
- Looking for a memorable name for a gaming forum site.
- Looking for 2 - 5 letter .com / .us / .biz .info. $1,300.
- Hosting , Wireless , Webmaster Forums and Domain Auctions related names wanted. > $8,500 USD.
- Domains Wanted (For New Business/Trade Portal). Budget $11,000.
- Domain name for a new search engine wanted. < $8,000.
- We are looking for adult /sex / escort domains. $2,000 USD.
- Domain name wanted for an upcoming domain registration site.
- DVD & CD & MP3 domains wanted. Payment by check/wire/PayPal.
- Domains wanted for a coming single/dating site. Budget: 3,000 USD.
- Buying loan, credit and mortgage names. $10K.
- Web Hosting Names Wanted.
....
You'll find more ads at http://www.dnsales.profit.com/wanted.htm
I wish you GOOD LUCK on the domain market !
Sincerely,
Julie Troitskaya
http://dnsales.profit.com
This is one time email. If you are not interested I won't bother you again.
Scam 2) This one is a nasty little sh*t - basically you get an email from what appears to be eBay saying you have the opportunity to become a power seller all you have to do is follow the link in the email (hmmm? - really) and login - I obviously didn't go that far but I would guess once you log in you will get a 'page error' while Mr Sh*t goes off and does lots of nasty things with your eBay account - The obvious give away for me on this was that they sent the email to an address that I don't use very often - however if it had come to my proper eBay email account it would have been very hard to spot (short of the 'login through this link' giveaway).
Is it just me or does anybody else get scams like these daily?
Subject: Domains wanted from $300 to $50,000 USD
Dear Domain Holder,
This is Julie Troitskaya from http://dnsales.profit.com.
Our company is happy to introduce you a new service for domain sellers and buyers: "Domains Wanted Ads".
You can join the domains wanted board at http://www.dnsales.profit.com/wanted.htm
This service is very effective if you are selling domains and web sites.
Here are only several subjects of domains wanted ads:
- Investing / Financial domains wanted.
- Hyphenated .coms, .infos and .nets wanted. Up to $ 1,250 per name.
- Domains Wanted For A Hosting/Free e-Mail Service. Budget: $1,000-$2,000 USD.
- Domains Wanted For A Gaming Web Site.
- Looking for a memorable name for a gaming forum site.
- Looking for 2 - 5 letter .com / .us / .biz .info. $1,300.
- Hosting , Wireless , Webmaster Forums and Domain Auctions related names wanted. > $8,500 USD.
- Domains Wanted (For New Business/Trade Portal). Budget $11,000.
- Domain name for a new search engine wanted. < $8,000.
- We are looking for adult /sex / escort domains. $2,000 USD.
- Domain name wanted for an upcoming domain registration site.
- DVD & CD & MP3 domains wanted. Payment by check/wire/PayPal.
- Domains wanted for a coming single/dating site. Budget: 3,000 USD.
- Buying loan, credit and mortgage names. $10K.
- Web Hosting Names Wanted.
....
You'll find more ads at http://www.dnsales.profit.com/wanted.htm
I wish you GOOD LUCK on the domain market !
Sincerely,
Julie Troitskaya
http://dnsales.profit.com
This is one time email. If you are not interested I won't bother you again.
Scam 2) This one is a nasty little sh*t - basically you get an email from what appears to be eBay saying you have the opportunity to become a power seller all you have to do is follow the link in the email (hmmm? - really) and login - I obviously didn't go that far but I would guess once you log in you will get a 'page error' while Mr Sh*t goes off and does lots of nasty things with your eBay account - The obvious give away for me on this was that they sent the email to an address that I don't use very often - however if it had come to my proper eBay email account it would have been very hard to spot (short of the 'login through this link' giveaway).
Is it just me or does anybody else get scams like these daily?
