Expired domain scam?

[brendan52190]

I just received a domain I won at auction on TDNAM for an expired domain. I have now received an email from the supposed previous owner stating:

My renewal was mismanaged and you have purchased my domain which has been my brand online since 2005.

I would like it returned to me please.

They were using a hotmail email address that contained the first and last name of the previous registrant.

Is this a common scam, or should I give it genuine consideration? I have bought dozens of domains off of TDNAM, but never received an email like this. However, my spidey senses lead me to believe it's a scam. If this is in fact what happened, I would find a way to return the domain.

P.S. The domain is PR 2 so it does have some value.

Let me know your thoughts

Thanks

 

[Kate]

I don't think it's a scam, it could very well be the previous owner. Sometimes they wake up and realize when it's too late
Note that even after you've won the auction there is a certain timeframe (a few days) during which the previous owner can still redeem the domain.

 

[JB Lions]

He had plenty of time to renew, that's on him that he didn't. It's yours to do with what you want, keep it, or sell it back to him.

 

[brendan52190]

I don't think it's a scam, it could very well be the previous owner. Sometimes they wake up and realize when it's too late
Note that even after you've won the auction there is a certain timeframe (a few days) during which the previous owner can still redeem the domain.

Thanks for your thoughts. I have emailed them back and will feel out the situtation further. Regardless, I wouldn't be sending them the domain back without reinburshment for my costs so it wouldn't be a total loss if I was "scammed," but I'd much rather use the domain to pass on some PR to my money sites :hehe: