discuss Fake Offers

[ddesigns]

Since last few months I am receiving offers on my "make offer" names ranging from 20 USD to 100000 USD, to my surprise and shock all are fake offers, when Afternic agent tries to communicate with them they do not reply to mails or calls.

I don't understand why such things are happening?

 

[Eric Lyon]

Since last few months I am receiving offers on my "make offer" names ranging from 20 USD to 100000 USD, to my surprise and shock all are fake offers, when Afternic agent tries to communicate with them they do not reply to mails or calls.

I don't understand why such things are happening?

Be careful with those... Some are from scammers..
They may wait a few weeks or even months before reaching back out again.

For instance:

• Phishing and Credential Harvesting - cloning a registrar or escrow login page and linking to it in a follow-up email to steal your credentials.
• Fake Escrow and Payment Spoofing - sending fake payment receipts to trick you into transferring the domain before the payment can be confirmed on your end.
• Ai Bot Tracking Pixels - Some fake inquiries contain hidden tracking scripts to see if the email address attached to the domain is active and responsive.

Note: The human scammer only reviews the inbox of replies. If you do not reply to the initial bot submission, you never move into the human scammer’s queue, making it appear as though the bot went completely cold.

In rare cases, competitors or malicious domainers use bots to temporarily disrupt the market.
A bot submits a high offer to tie up a domain or distract the seller while the competitor pitches a similar domain to a real client.

• The Result: Because the goal was simply to place a fake bid on a public marketplace platform to distort pricing data or waste your time, there is no technical script written to handle your acceptance or reply.

Those are just a few possibilities when you start to see them happening a lot, in my opinion.

 

[ddesigns]

Thanks for indepth reply and explanation. I have received all offers on Afternic and honestly Afternic brokers try hard to communicate everytime and convert the lead but the

 

[TonnyDomains]

Be careful with those... Some are from scammers..
They may wait a few weeks or even months before reaching back out again.

For instance:

• Phishing and Credential Harvesting - cloning a registrar or escrow login page and linking to it in a follow-up email to steal your credentials.
• Fake Escrow and Payment Spoofing - sending fake payment receipts to trick you into transferring the domain before the payment can be confirmed on your end.
• Ai Bot Tracking Pixels - Some fake inquiries contain hidden tracking scripts to see if the email address attached to the domain is active and responsive.

Note: The human scammer only reviews the inbox of replies. If you do not reply to the initial bot submission, you never move into the human scammer’s queue, making it appear as though the bot went completely cold.

In rare cases, competitors or malicious domainers use bots to temporarily disrupt the market.
A bot submits a high offer to tie up a domain or distract the seller while the competitor pitches a similar domain to a real client.

• The Result: Because the goal was simply to place a fake bid on a public marketplace platform to distort pricing data or waste your time, there is no technical script written to handle your acceptance or reply.

Those are just a few possibilities when you start to see them happening a lot, in my opinion.

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Thank you for the warning. I will be awake!

 

[equity78]

Get 5 a day at Atom.

 

[Cush]

I have a number of domains on Afternic that are the same way. They get either $20 offers or $200,000 offers. lol. I laugh when a $100,000 offer comes in for a domain priced at BIN for $499. Out of all the inquiries/offers that come through on afternic, i think about 0.05% of them actually end up with a sale. It's all bots. I had my own custom setup for a while, sold one domain directly I think, maybe two, but the majority of the emails were all spam, seo promotion, link building promotion, etc.

 

[ddesigns]

This is exactly what is happening with me. The only thing I want to know is why this is happening or what they get by doing so ?

 

[MasterOfMyDomains]

They probably get off coming here and reading about what they are doing.
Its the biz were in. No accountability wether you got daddys trunk up your area or monsters preaching god filling his pockets.
Afternic brokers try hard to communicate each time?
Don’t be so surprised and shocked next time. I’m surprised and shocked that you were surprised and shocked.

 

[Contesthelperr71]

I think some people make fake offers just to test whether the domain owner is active or to get attention. It could also be spam or competitor research. If Afternic is unable to contact the buyer, the offer is probably not genuine. I would avoid spending time on such offers unless the buyer responds and shows serious interest.

 

[Altetra]

I think some people make fake offers just to test whether the domain owner is active or to get attention. It could also be spam or competitor research. If Afternic is unable to contact the buyer, the offer is probably not genuine. I would avoid spending time on such offers unless the buyer responds and shows serious interest.

I even had cases when someone was hunting for the price of my domain, so he can price his version of domain later, one guy even demanded "just tell me the price" after I told my price he vanished, no thanks, no reply.