Is this a scam?

[joshny]

xxx

to me

Hello!

I'm a broker of an investor from Toronto (Canada). He wants to buy xxx

My client has $518,000 budget for 40-50 domains. Please specify your asking price in the subject of your message.

Our company is in a web hosting business. We also provide brokerage services for domain buyers.

If you have other domains please email me the list with prices. I may offer your domains for sale to my clients.

How can we transfer money to you (escrow, wire, Paypal or Western Union)?

Best Regards,

xxx
xxxx

xxx




I FOUND THIS EMAIL IN MY SPAM BOX, is this a scam? i have replied ,if he asks for an appraisal ,it's obviously one,but what if that's not the case

 

[gilescoley]

Appraisal scam. .I get these all the time

Just ignore it

@The New Guy.....this is certainly not legit

 

[The New Guy]

You quoted me and you still don't get it. This is an appraisal scam. They are not interested in your domains and it never gets that far into the transaction, as I said in my first post.

Well at least I still have some money coming in from a Nigerian Prince...

 

[TomTom1]

Well at least I still have some money coming in from a Nigerian Prince...

Funny)

 

[JudgeMind]

yup, i also have received similar emails to this in the past. This is an appraisal scam.

 

[HeyNow]

is this a scam?

Ya think?

 

[tomcarl]

I've gotten the same exact type of email a couple of years ago.

He offered to buy it for a guaranteed $15,000, that's what his client wanted to pay, that's the money he had secured for it but wanted an appraisal first which would've costed around $150 - $200. I responded and said that I was willing to sell the domain to him right now for $100 just to see what he'd say from there. He responded and said I should raise my price because his client is willing to spend 15K for it and he works on commission. I offered to give it to him for $75 and said he could buy the appraisal himself and pass it along to his client for less.

He never responded and I never got an offer like that again. Yeah, no scam there, lol...

 

[Horizonconcepts]

Run as fast as you can,and keep running!

 

[DnEbook]

Why would anyone mention the amount of names needed for 'Client' If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it's a ….

 

[alistair80]

it is a scam and a known one in this biz!

 

[DnEbook]

If the website mentioned resolves to a parking page some should notify the parking company

 

[Ten10]

this is the whole convo lol:

On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 4:39 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello!

I'm a broker of an investor from Toronto (Canada). He wants to buy xxxxxx

My client has $518,000 budget for 40-50 domains. Please specify your asking price in the subject of your message.

SCAM! Here's why...

Got a similar email with the broker asking to buy a domain I had listed it at sedo for just $100 with buy now!

If they are willing to spend half a mill on 50 domains, then they could have just bought a domain for $100 without asking, and then contact me through the email id listed in whois for the next 40-50 domains!

I marked the email as spam.

Maybe after reading this, they will skip sending emails to low cost domains listed with 'Buy Now'

 

[Paul]

It's a scam because you asked if it's a scam. If you have to ask, then it's a scam. Bonus shady points for mention of Western Union.

Those Nigerian princes sure are getting smarter.

 

[joshny]

I was pretty sure it was an appraisal scam but it had gone dark for a couple of months so I thought maybe i'd reconfirm over here.
I mailed back saying that I already have estibot and godaddy appraisals,if he want s anything else,he can pay for it and I'd be happy to do it

 

[Nattydomain]

I was pretty sure it was an appraisal scam but it had gone dark for a couple of months so I thought maybe i'd reconfirm over here.
I mailed back saying that I already have estibot and godaddy appraisals,if he want s anything else,he can pay for it and I'd be happy to do it

For you to even "entertain" this email with a reply like that tells me you WANT this to be a legit email and hoping for a huge payoff. This may not be your cup of tea if you handle things like that...just sayin

 

[joshny]

lol nah, I was just replying for fun,I already knew it was a scam, but you can never rule out Dan Belzerian sort of people who might do anything they want to :P

 

[TomTom1]

JUST RECEIVED THE SAME EMAIL TOO...

[email protected]
3:50 AM (10 hours ago)

to me

Hello!

I'm a broker of an investor from New Brunswick (Canada). He wants to buy xxxbone.com.

My client has $525,000 budget for 40-50 domains. Please specify your asking price in the subject of your message.

Our company is in a web hosting business. We also provide brokerage services for domain buyers.

If you have other domains please email me the list with prices. I may offer your domains for sale to my clients.

How can we transfer money to you (escrow, wire, Paypal or Western Union)?

Best Regards,

Alex Gertman

Vice President | VPISpace Hosting Solutions

Switzerland
Basel
Centralbahnstrasse 14
Phone: 061 259 42 609

 

[iko]

1000000000000% scam :p

 

[LaunchUp.com]

When someone shoots out a massive budget like that at the beginning, you know that's a red flag...If someone is smart enough to make it in business and accumulate that kind of spending power, then they didn't get their by mishandling their money or showing all their hand first. Someone might be happy selling a domain for $5000, so what happens when you say your budget is over $500,000?

 

[iowadawg]

I just delete and move on.
Not worth worrying about, answering, or posting on forums.

 

[Hachicha Mokhtar]

YES i received the same email