Good Samaritan Email

[bensontwenty]

Hi there,

has anybody received an email such as this. i have never visited the site before (that I can remember) so the only way I can think of that they got my domain is from searching against other extensions of domains on parking sites.

The email went as follows

Hello, I am contacting you to make you aware that the following Domain Names now appear to be available:

xxxxxxxxxxx.com.

I thought this information would be of interest to you as it appears you previously registered one or more of these Domains in an extention other than .Com.

To register one or more of the above domain names simply click: http://www.NameAuditors.com/index.php?xxxxxxx or just go to our website www.nameauditors.com and type in the unique reference code I set up for you which is xxxxxxx.

If you have any questions feel free to email me at [email protected] or call our office toll free at xxxxxxxxxxxx (within North America) or xxxxxxxxxxx(outside North America).I sincerely recommend you act quickly to avoid any risk of losing registration rights for this domain name to others as domains are registered on a first come basis.


Best Regards - xxxxxxx
xxxxxxxx., Tracking Services, NameAuditors.Com

At first I thought it was just the usual pitch to me but then I thought why not, went along to enom and was able to register the .com version of my name.

This is a new approach to me as I would have thought they would have reg'd it and then tried to pitch it to me but it seems that I have just received a 'good samaritan' email.

 

[armstrong]

I got something like that before, for my last name. It appears to be a genuine notice, with the company probably hoping that you will use their service to register the dotcom version. Domainers would know better than to pay full $35 per year for the name reg, but I would think that enough people reg through them tomake it worthwhile.

 

[redhippo]

i received something similar. i bought the .net sometime earlier and they offer me the .com for $75

 

[ZuraX]

Spam pure and simple. I would report any email like that with www.spamcop.net

 

[QBert]

i donno, i wouldent mind an email like that, however it would get anoying if i owned 100+ domains.

QBert

 

[bensontwenty]

Thanks guys - I am of the same mind as you Blake, I quite appreciated it and also the fact that they didn't register it first and then try to sell it to me for a profit

 

[Raf]

Well you don't know for sure if its a scam or not, however I would stay away from e-mail offers like the one you recieved bensontwenty because most of the time worse things happen along on the road.

 

[bensontwenty]

Originally posted by Raf
Well you don't know for sure if its a scam or not, however I would stay away from e-mail offers like the one you recieved bensontwenty because most of the time worse things happen along on the road.

Well if you read the original post, it says that I went along to enom and not nameauditors.

I appreciate what a scam email is however this particular 'spam' email, prompted me to go to my own registrar and register a domain that I had wanted for a while, but had been unable to get - hence the title Good Samaritan Email.

This particular piece of 'spam' did me a favour IMO

 

[armstrong]

I appreciated the email when I got it, as well, as I was finally able to get my last name dotcom for reg fee (via enom), and can now let the dotnet version drop, or maybe donate to another relative.

I think its borderline spam, but in a good way. The difference is that its obviously individually targetted, and more often than not the target has a legitemate interest in the 'product'.

 

[Badger]

i think its cool and a great idea. Its obviously all automated and they must get to send out thousands of spam emails a day. Its courteous and well written and after all, and you must take your mind set away from that as a domainer who knows his stuff, most people who receive such a mail message must think 'hey, why not'.... $35 is not a lot of money when its a one off transaction.

Wonder how they wrote the script?

 

[Raf]

He he, maybe I misunderstood your question a bit I guess.

 

[Badger]

Hey, i tell you what, email name auditors and tell them if they regged with namepros youd give a few name bucks instead. #-)

 

[bensontwenty]

Originally posted by Raf
He he, maybe I misunderstood your question a bit I guess.

No probs Raf

 

[CoolGuy]

I wouldn't mind getting this type of spam. :D

 

[Anthony]

That definitely looks like a spam email that is indeed helpful. I bet they make a bunch of money from people who are excited their ideal name is available, too.