Email Scam from Buy Domain Hosting LLC?

[XYdomain]

Just received this email and want to quick check with you guys, anyone else received it too? or its just another recycle email..? Thanks.


Hello,

We want to purchase your domain.

Our company is in hosting and domain name business.

Please email us your desired price in USD or euros for the domain name in the subject line.

If you have other names for sale please email us your domains with prices.

Looking forward to doing business with you.

Regards,

Chris Schemansky

CEO

Buy Domain Hosting LLC

 

[HiFiNames.com]

IMO this is another appraisal scam. (Like name-botique.com which is very well discussed in the same forum)

 

[Hiroe]

Today I have recieved the same email with a different name. I thought that it is some kind of scam so i searched it on the google and i found here luckly.

Hello,

We want to purchase your domain.

Our company is in hosting and domain name business.

Please email us your desired price in USD or euros for the domain name in the subject line.

If you have other names for sale please email us your domains with prices.

Looking forward to doing business with you.

Regards,

Josef Perelman

Vice President

Buy Domain Hosting LLC

 

[Salim Chowdhury]

I received the same message (Ps see it below):

Hello,

We want to purchase your domain.

Our company is in hosting and domain name business.

Please email us your desired price in USD or euros for the domain name in the subject line.

If you have other names for sale please email us your domains with prices.

Looking forward to doing business with you.

Regards,

Josef Perelman

Vice President

Buy Domain Hosting LLC
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[RTM]

Same here, offer for my .com just 24 hours after listing it on Sedo... from Mr. Perelman.

Seeing as to how nobody appears to have closed a deal with this "firm" I think we can safely assume it's an appraisal scam phishing attempt...

Sigh.

 

[.NJ]

Just received the same exact email today. It has to be a scam.

 

[Nguyen]

OMG, I've just received this email too, after search Google, I found this thread

 

[Lembayungsky]

I received the same message..He's asking for my domain
Thank you for this thread :tu:

 

[XYdomain]

It does not make sense for a CEO or VP to send us such emails.

 

[mis_chiff]

It does not make sense for a CEO or VP to send us such emails.

They aren't sending them, it's just a scam.
It supposedly looks more impressive.

Regards,

Mis-Chiff

Vice President

BIG company.com

Prove me wrong

 

[kalich]

I also got email from this "Vice President"
After second email i was a little bit suspicious and found this forum.
But it was very funny continue in communication and see what will happen.
After several email which we changed i agree to do a domain apraisal on server which he recomend but i had one condition: i aksed him for telephone contact and wrote him that withou telephone discussion i will not do a bussiness

surprisingly comunication finished from his side .

 

[kokopelli]

Bait and switch scam ... trying to get you to buy their domain "appraisal service".

 

[wiztechie]

Wow, I did received the same email, similar company and domain, they just changed the name. Did a whois and found out domain is register on GoDaddy. Already reported it to [email protected]

I advise others who received the same email report this. Let's take down this scammer.

 

[MoneyClicker]

And there's one more, I hope Google picks this up:


Hello,

We want to purchase your domain.

Our company is in hosting and domain name business.

Please email us your desired price in USD or euros for the domain name in the subject line.

If you have other names for sale please email us your domains with prices.

Looking forward to doing business with you.

Regards,

Andrew Baumann

President

Buy Domain Hosting LLC
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[yankees2012]

Same here:

Initial email:
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Hello,

We want to purchase your domain.

Our company is in hosting and domain name business.

Please email us your desired price in USD or euros for the domain name in the subject line.

If you have other names for sale please email us your domains with prices.

Looking forward to doing business with you.

Regards,

Aaron Baum

President

Buy Domain Hosting Inc.
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---------- Post added at 06:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:16 PM ----------

The follow up was even better and hope that others find this in their search like I did:

What do you think about XX,XXX USD for your domain name?

Have you had your domain names evaluated in the past? I mean domain appraisals. Without valuation we cannot be sure in the sale price. It's very important for me in terms of reselling too. But we must engage a valuation company with REAL manual service. So I will only accept valuations from independent sources I and my partners trust.

To avoid mistakes I asked domain experts about reputable appraisal companies. Please check this blog with suggestions from other sellers and buyers:
http://www.thenamepros.com/Archive/617420369.htm

Do you sell domain with a web site or just the name?

Domain without content is ok with me. Web site is not necessary.

If, for example, the valuation comes higher you can adjust your asking price accordingly. It will be fair. I also hope you can give me 12% - 15% discount.

After you send me the valuation via email (usually it takes 1-2 days to obtain it) we'll continue our negotiations.

What is your preferred payment method: Escrow.com, International wire transfer, PayPal.com or something else?

Hope we can come to an agreement fast.

 

[Dating Port]

I'm aware this thread is old but he's sending out fresh emails so this is mainly for the noobs so they are warned. Plus I'm mounting a counter attack in my own way.

I have a way to fight him back but it's not for everybody.

I had a fight with Google over my adwords ads and was arguing with them for a few hours sending emails back and forth. Well the same day within hours they cancelled my adsense account for suspicious activity. Said I was sending invalid clicks. Strange that it happened the same time I was having a heated argument over running my ads in adwords and I never clicked one ad. Anyway to make a long story short I no longer have an Adsense account.

What does it have to do with this scammer you ask?

The page he sends you to is a fake static html forum page with authentic links to the real forum to make it look legit. Just that one page is fake with hyphenated urls instead of the real url. It's running his Adsense ads on it.

I just clicked his adsense ads about 200 times. If you have a suspended adsense account then you can do the same. They take that very seriously and will suspend his account too.

I don't suggest you do that if you have a good adense account since they track IPs and may disable you too.

But since I no longer have anything to worry about......
I'm going back to click more. Don't worry about running up his cash, google only counts a few clicks from an IP before they stop counting them as valid clicks. But they keep counting the invalid ones looking for frauduant activivity. I don't know how many sites he has but I think hurting his adsense account will hurt his pockets a lot.

Just a suggestion.

 

[advaita]

I just received an email too - I assume it is a scam - the url is the same as a legit company but with added hyphens

Hello,

I noticed that you currently sell this domain. I want to buy your domain name.

Please send me your desired price in USD or euros for the domain name in the subject line.

If you have other names for sale please email me your domains with prices.

I'm looking forward to doing business with you.

Regards,

David Shapiro

CEO

Domain Hosting Shop Inc.

 

[hongzhou]

I've just received this email too, after search Google, I found this thread

 

[silentg]

They don't care if Google picks up their scam. They keep sending the carbon copy e-mail because it's working. It'll stop when people learn that buyers should be paying for the appraisal. Not the other way around.

 

[arend]

Glad this thread is here . Just got an email:
Hello,

I've just found out that you currently offer this domain for sale.

I want to buy your domain name. Please send me your desired price in USD or euros for the domain name in the subject line.

If you have other names for sale please email me your domains with prices.

I'm looking forward to doing business with you.

Regards,

Aaron Schomberg

President

Website Domain Hosting LLC.
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