I got an offer | Does this look like a scam to you?

[ruzeen]

Quoting directly from my email:


Hello!

My client is an investor from Saudi Arabia. He is going to buy xxxxxx.com.

Please respond and specify a desired price in the subject line.

My client has $247,000 budget for 35-40 domain names. He is very interested in financial, shopping, adult, gambling, mobile phones and weight loss related domains.

Please let us know your preferred payment method (PayPal, Western Union, escrow etc.). If this is your first time domain sale I may help you with the sale/transfer process.

Are you a member of domain seller communities/forums? Probably, we know each other under some nicknames?

Regards,

(Signed with Name)

Switzerland
X
X
Phone: xxx xxx xxx xxx

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[TC27]

Yes spam, I have received that one before.

 

[Abdul Aziz R]

I got this one today. What you think about it:

 

[timestamp]

Looks phoney to me. You don't have domain name with 6 characters. Classic scam!

 

[Rado_Ch]

I never thought of that strategy. lol

That's a clever one. Counteroffer it dead low.

The other post was a good one too. Ask him to pay for the appraisal himself, then you will just deduct the cost of the appraisal from the domain price. lol

Have you heard about the one, where this guy received this exact appraisal scam and asked the scammers for $3.5 million in silver dollars? Hilarious email conversation, at the end the guy calculated that such an amount in silver dollars would weigh a little over 100 tons and suggested a suitable cargo airplane for the purpose :D

 

[Abdul Aziz R]

Looks phoney to me. You don't have domain name with 6 characters. Classic scam!

He wrote a domain name that I have it (6 characters), but he said he have question, but he didn't mention it.

 

[n3m0]

thanks God i read this thread.
I got the same email lol.

 

[namakudol]

just got scam email like this, at first I was happy someone offer my domain..:lol:
great to see this forum!

This is email from him ([email protected])

Hello!

I'm an official broker of a rich investor from Manchester (UK). He is
going to buy your xxxx.com.

My client has $459,000 budget for 15-25 domains. Please specify your
asking price in the subject of your message.

Our company is in hosting business. We also provide brokerage services
for
investors.

I'm working with many domain investors. If you have other domains for
sale
please email m ethe list. I may offer your domains to my clients.

How can we send money to you? I think an escrow service is the most
secure
way for both parties.

If it's your first time sale I can help you with the escrow/transfer
process.

Best regards,

David Ackerman

Vice President

Virtual Space Computing

Switzerland
Bern
Bernstrasse 83
Phone: 32 994 15 79

 

[wolfis.com]

yes - it some kind of a scam - i usually do not reply to any of those .