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Hey guys long time no see. How is everybody? I hope all is well with you all.
So right to it.
Received an email from a yandex.ua email address interested in a domain that I allowed to expire because there was no "action" on it.
The domain is now with one of the "big boy" domainers now. It was dropcatched about a month after it deleted.
What bothers me is that this person really believes I am the owner of the domain. Why?
Especially when the whois data for this domain is already showing the current owner.
Plus all this interested person has to do is visit the domain and it will show the landing sales page for this domain and price at $2395.
This inquiry started at $5,000 then upped it to $10,000.
At $10,000 and at current price of $2395 I'd profit $7,000 on a domain I don't even own anymore.
If this is a scam it's pretty slick.
Could it be possible that this person was using an old who's data that still showed me as the owner? And they simply never checked again?
Pretty stupid if this is the case so I doubt anyone who is about to drop $10,000 on a domain would be so laxed.
My question is. Has anyone experienced having inquiries on a domain only to find out you deleted it already and is now owned by a big boy domainer?
My instincts tell me it is actually this big boy domainer who is reaching out to me to buy the domain for $10,000.
To temp me to buy the domain from them at $2395 for the purpose of selling it for $10,000 when it fact that buyer is fake and is actually THEM?
I was about to do it. Lucky Escrow.com told me that the buyer could always cancel payment at any time. Which means if I had bought the domain I'd be stuck with it.
Pretty slick shadiness if this is actually what this big boy domainer is doing.
If you want to know who owns the domain now. PM.
Has anyone ever experienced this before and got stuck with a domain?
Of course something like this is hard to prove since the inquiries come via throw away email addresses.
But has any big boy domainer ever been caught doing this?
So right to it.
Received an email from a yandex.ua email address interested in a domain that I allowed to expire because there was no "action" on it.
The domain is now with one of the "big boy" domainers now. It was dropcatched about a month after it deleted.
What bothers me is that this person really believes I am the owner of the domain. Why?
Especially when the whois data for this domain is already showing the current owner.
Plus all this interested person has to do is visit the domain and it will show the landing sales page for this domain and price at $2395.
This inquiry started at $5,000 then upped it to $10,000.
At $10,000 and at current price of $2395 I'd profit $7,000 on a domain I don't even own anymore.
If this is a scam it's pretty slick.
Could it be possible that this person was using an old who's data that still showed me as the owner? And they simply never checked again?
Pretty stupid if this is the case so I doubt anyone who is about to drop $10,000 on a domain would be so laxed.
My question is. Has anyone experienced having inquiries on a domain only to find out you deleted it already and is now owned by a big boy domainer?
My instincts tell me it is actually this big boy domainer who is reaching out to me to buy the domain for $10,000.
To temp me to buy the domain from them at $2395 for the purpose of selling it for $10,000 when it fact that buyer is fake and is actually THEM?
I was about to do it. Lucky Escrow.com told me that the buyer could always cancel payment at any time. Which means if I had bought the domain I'd be stuck with it.
Pretty slick shadiness if this is actually what this big boy domainer is doing.
If you want to know who owns the domain now. PM.
Has anyone ever experienced this before and got stuck with a domain?
Of course something like this is hard to prove since the inquiries come via throw away email addresses.
But has any big boy domainer ever been caught doing this?