Beware!!! Scammer by name Sarah Murray!

[dusanr]

As the title says, beware kids, there are some "new" scams on the march..

If you have just listed your domain for a bid (Sedo, Ebay...) and you recived an email in a less then 1 day from a company called:

NTT Software Consulting
Custom insurance software development using Oracle, Visual Basic, MS
Access and Delphi

and the person, who is writing to you is a woman named Sarah and offers you to buy your domain, but you have to set the price, then just say to her/him, Go and F?uck Yourself... It's a scam, don't be naive, make sure you get to know the person with whom you are making business.

Read some more topics about this:


http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=96630
http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=95903&highlight=Sarah+Murray
http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=94998&highlight=Sarah+Murray

 

[dc1pop]

Thanks for the heads up

 

[Porte]

I received this scam alert too, it seems that he/she stopped replying lol.

 

[GJ]

I must say I havn't heard of this person but thx, On my look out!!

 

[StudioWorks]

Well he/she is now operating under a different name so watch out .

Got this email earlier today :

Hello,

I'm writing regrading your domain listed for sale.

Have you received bids from other buyers?

Could you be so kind to drop me your asking price.

Selling & buying names is not my main business. Just another way to invest free money and make some income.

Kindest regards,

Clinton Woods

Ph. D. President

After I sent him a reply i got the other message :

400. Ok.

Do you sell a developed site or just domain name? If you don't have a site it's not a problem. I'm mostly interested in domain names without content.

Do you have an appraisal of your domain? I need an appraisal certificate for domain priced in your range. Domain name is an investment for me. I'm going to sell your name later and make a profit. If I overpay I won't be able to make a profit in the future. It's very important for you and me to know the current market value of your domain.

Please note that I don't trust free or cheap appraisals. So I cannot accept appraisal from each and every site.

To avoid mistakes I asked domain experts about reputable appraisal companies in an Internet law forum:
http://www.domaintalk.ourplace.com/Archive/21076.htm

Juck check this posting.

After I verify an appraisal from you we'll continue our negotiations.

How do you prefer to get paid: www.PayPal.com, www.escrow.com, check or wire?

Looking forward to your reply.

As you can see .. the text is identical to the emails the other members of NamePros received.

Here is the reply I sent him/her :

Hello Mr Clinton Woods .. or should I say Sarah Muray ?

Nice try. It's only fair to warn you that I am going to report you to the
authorities.

Best of luck.

And.. I am going to report him/her .

- Studio :wave: :wave:

 

[dusanr]

I allready send email to SEDO and explaind them whats going on, they said that they would take some action.

 

[StudioWorks]

I curious to see what kind of "action" Sedo takes.

 

[dusanr]

hahaha, ok guys look at this replay ...

My email:

Dear Sarah,

OK, I did it, I have the appraisal that you wanted, please tell me your name, surname, your current street address, home town, telephone number, year of birth, your homepage and your email.

With best wishes,

Dusan

www.casinoplaza.org
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Her/His replay:

Here is my address for domain transfer if we come to an agreement:

Sarah Murray
29, rue du Simplon, CH 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland
phone: 608 50 42

Do you want to know my sexual orientation as well?
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funny guy :hehe:

 

[Porte]

What action do you expect SEDO to take? No action, because any one can whois your domain and get your e-mail..SEDO won't involve in such thing.

 

[torncity]

i hate scammers we should delete them from the world

 

[briman1970]

I've dealt with this person as well a few weeks back. Of course, he/she was under a different name then. I told him if he wants an appraisal then he'll have to pay for it.

VERY similar text in both the first and second email I got from him, but the third email (the one he sent me after I told him to get his own appraisal) was him basically defending the "fact" that it was standard practice for the domain owner to provide an appraisal if they were serious about selling the name.

What a b*stard!

Brian

 

[barefoottech]

Sarah Cotnoir
Is the name my emails had.

 

[vimkar]

thanks for sharing....

:hearts:

 

[Porte]

It looks like his g/f name is Sarah or he likes this name a lot.. :D

 

[StudioWorks]

Or maybe he things that he will be more succesful if he uses a girl name :hehe:

 

[dewd]

yea il dealt with these ppl, all...BS

 

[_FLIP_]

thanks for the info...

 

[Humerox]

Just got this:

Dear Sirs,

I'm writing regrading your domain listed for sale.

Have you received bids from other buyers?

Could you be so kind to drop me your desired price?

Selling & buying names is not my main business. Just another way to invest free money and make income.

Best regards,

Timothy Belliveau

Ph. D. President

Skalle Bank


Sounds like the same scam. What he doesn't know is that the domain -wvpower.info- is connected to the new area baseball team, West Virginia Power, that is a farm team for the Brewers, and they operate wvpower.com. I'll answer it, but I don't expect to hear from him again, since I'm going to tell him current appraisal is useless.

 

[komp]

Thanks mate.

Man i love getting these types of things from ''nigerian buyers'' i lead them on say things like i got you're cash the item is on it's way, I accidently sent 2 laptops etc. pointless but fun, :o


I just get so stressed when they email me as there so blatent!



Komp

 

[Mystic]

someone should have a little joke and reply

Dear (another name they use here)

The domain i have for sale has been appraised blahdy blahdy blah and carry it on, let us know how you get on :p

 

[DN Tycoon]

Yeah i recieved the same letter about a month ago or so for eimage.biz. This is an old scam and yet somehow they still exist...they can at least fin dnews ways to scam us instead of the same old methods..sheesh j/k

 

[Ixix]

Just got this:

Selling & buying names is not my main business. Just another way to invest free money and make income.

Oh! Oh! OH! No Really, let's have some fun with this guy!

Choice #1)
Email the guy back ASAP and ask him where we can get this free money? Is this Nigerian Currency?



If he's got free money, quote the domain at $2,000,000,000. Tell the guy you've got a sick great aunt on your uncle's father's friend's side dying from air cancer and was wondering if you could give you some free money before she suffocates.

Choice #2)
Or tell him you're selling your all of your .fu , .bs, and .fubr domains, that your open to any price offers :hehe:

This could be fun!

 

[NameRegistration]

I have received the same mail too. I asked her to make the first offer and received the following answer:

“need to know your asking price first. Please send it to me via email.

How do you prefer to get paid: www.PayPal.com, www.escrow.com, check or wire?

Looking forward to your reply.

Here is my address for domain transfer if we come to an agreement:

Sarah Murray
29, rue du Simplon, CH 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland
phone: 608 50 42”

I would have sent her another mail asking for the first offer again but I understood that it was a total waste of time.

 

[dweeb]

So this scammer doesn't pay up? or what. :?

 

[Porte]

NameReg,

It seems that all emails are same..heh, I received this same one too.