question High Offer for Cheap Domain

[Mike Goodman]

Hi Folks,

I've just received this offer, passed on by GD, for a domain I would put at around the $2k mark, tops. I'd possibly even let it go for a lot less. Here's the offer, have any of you ever heard of Cafe24?:

"Hello! We offer $55,000 for your domain. Respond and I will send details. Elisa Tsoy, Cafe24 Host"
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The domain is bedroom edit dot com, which I think you'll agree is OK for a sole trader such as interior designer, textiles designer, etc. or a very small business brand, but little more.

I'm tempted to respond asking if the currency is US$ or some other. HK$ used to be quite a large number to the £ when I served there many years ago! If it is US$ I'll suggest escrow, which should shut them up altogether, or it's a lot of birthdays all at once.

But if you can come up with something more amusing I may well be tempted to use it.

 

[Indy]

Scammers have upgraded their strategy. This time around they are using emails via Godaddy to make it look like a legitimate one. Played with them previously some time back and I said I will give them a better deal. Told them to buy my domain for just $100 and they can sell it back to their client for 50k. For sure, I said you would be happy to keep all those 50k for yourselves while I will be contented with a $100. Deal? Never heard from them again. But there was one scammer who replied and here was his epic response: "Sorry, I don't have enough cash now."

Thank you! going to block them