status-review Got scammed on purchasing a domain name at auction section

[TheBuyerz]

Hi,

Around 8 hours ago, I sent 90$ to @Buy.name in order to purchase shop.ws domain name... because like he said to me from PM, that the highest bidder didn't paid 100$, and then he purposed to me to get it for 90$.

Full post here:

Hi TheBuyerz

I want the Shop.ws domain name to receive money early - The highest bidder rejected my current BIN of $ 100.
.

If you want to get the Shop.ws domain name immediately and don't need to wait any longer, I will lower the BIN price to $ 90. And you can own Shop.ws now after the transaction is completed.

If you agree to trade immediately. Please pay to your paypal account: [email protected]

Note: Immediately after payment, please submit your account name and ID information at your Namesilo.com here, so that I can push the Shop.ws domain name to your account immediately. Pushing the Shop.ws domain name to a new account takes only 1 minute, very quickly

Currently, I have unlocked the Shop.ws domain name and am ready to push right away.

Auction in question: https://www.namepros.com/threads/shop-ws.1178201/

I just opened a dispute on Paypal in order to receive a refund ! I made a big mistake to not suggest using intermidiare like DAN.COM to complete this transaction...

I insited from him to push the domain name into my account, and received this message from him:

Sorry for making you wait. Shop.ws is a special type of domain name and every time I push Shop.ws through my new account, I get Namesilo's notice that the push for this type of domain will be done manually. Please wait patiently, I know Shop.ws will be pushed to your account within 1 day.

Namesilo notices
The domain name is in the process of transferring to a new account

Because Shop.ws is the domain name ending in .ws
So the transfer process will be handled manually by Namesilo staff.
Verification takes place from 24h to 48h

But it is certainely a lie, I never hear something like this before ... pushing domain names on namesilo is instant between their own user accounts.

Do this forum can help to get a refund from that scammer ?
Or receive enough datas from him in order to take legal proceedings using IP etc... ?

 

[kite26]

Sad to hear..

Hope you guys recover you money.

I will not. PP told me that they can't refund me. I will go on.

 

[TheBuyerz]

He is banned but he can still contact us and watch our private messages.

 

[kite26]

He is banned but he can still contact us and watch our private messages.

Yes, weird.

 

[TheBuyerz]

I just received this message from the scammer, @Mod Team Echo can confirm and will be a good thing since paypal is reviewing this thread.

 

[Samer]

It would prevent quite a bit but not all of it.

Just a week or so ago, I got an urgent pm from an old user. Very old user (member since 2009). They asked to borrow some money to pay for an auction. Said I would be paid back within a day, with interest.

I didn't think much of it and sent the money via paypal.

The person disappeared. I only sent one pm asking if they were okay and letting them know not to stress if they needed more time. I got no reply.

Next thing I know, Mod Alpha or whatever, chimes into the conversation that the member had done it to others and got some violation. The member hasn't come back.

Moral....use extra caution.

Sorry to you guys that got scammed here.

Got same message. dont blame u was about to “loan” him as well, u have a kind heart, @Silentptnr
i was, lucky in college. by the time i came out, he was 85-100% restricted, echo entered dm 2

 

[Name Trader]

Thanks for sharing. I would like mod echo to share how many people this said person pm. For all we know, could have scammed more, hope not massive scheme, DM persuasive.

On this scheme. It's unlikely to be anybody who has not bid on it in the auction. They have all expressed an interest to buy the domain. I don't think anybody who has not expressed an interest to buy this particular domain would make a good target for scamming.

 

[TheBuyerz]

If PayPal can't handle this situation, I don't see benefits to use centralized service to pay online... atleast with bitcoin we know the money can't be revoked and we haven't to spend all this time for a lost cause in advance.

Especially that the scammer's responses on paypal resolution center have neither tail nor head!

 

[Name Trader]

I was not involved in this auction

but i got the same DM, same manner
same circumstances, probably same person.
His DM almost made me tear up. But was in school. sounds like exit plan, since he needed to “pay for auction” “by today”

Mod echo entered dm and surely prevented this would-be scammer from scam me

And how did you respond?

 

[Samer]

And how did you respond?

i didnt. only after i came out of class I said;
“Sorry was in college, just came out; not b4 “was long gone” i’ll invite you to the convo, if you want. You can see how you prob fell for it.

I said “is it too late”? and got no reply, but next echo himself. if echo didnt appear, biggest giveaway was guy already 85-100% restricted

 

[kite26]

He knew well what he was doing. The perfect crime (?)

 

[Randolph]

Hey guys, in the future please use our marketplace for these transactions. Our commissions as you all may know are very low but you wont have to deal with these scenarios. The seller can set a private password so that only the winner can buy the domain

We have locked the domain in question so this user cannot transfer it anywhere until this is resolved. Please let us know if you need anything from us regarding your paypal disputes. Also, we are trying to confirm that the domain in question even belonged to the user in question. Reading through the thread, he made up text that we didnt send so it wouldnt be surprising to see him photoshopping pages

The offender is tied via email/name to the domain INFLUENCE.onl at Name.com. You may be able to correlate some of the information on the backend to see if the locked domain is indeed the offender's.

 

[Ostrados]

It is strange that Paypal is refusing to refund, whats the use of buyer protection then?!
I opened a dispute at Paypal before and got fully refunded, it was easy and trouble free dispute.

Why this time Paypal is refusing to refund you guys? what's the excuse?

 

[killuahxh]

Update: I received an email from PayPal this morning stating I will receive a credit for the full purchase price back.

Congrats!

 

[TheBuyerz]

Update: I received an email from PayPal this morning stating I will receive a credit for the full purchase price back.

Congrats ! Still no answer on my end.

 

[martbele]

Also waiting for an answer from Paypal.

 

[boxing components]

meaning spam is there