It finally happened...

[Jeanco]

Someone finally tried to scam me. The email was sent from: [email protected] and was under the name of InTech Consulting. I knew right away it was a scam... the inquiry came about a domain I had registered the day before. He asked for my asking price and I gave him a price about 100x higher then anyone would put my domain at. Nonetheless, he wrote back saying that it was fine and that he would need an appraisal. His preferred company, of course, was alldomains.com.

Is there anything else I can do besides report him here? Maybe sign his email up for ridiculous amounts daily newsletters?

Anyway, beware any of the new domainers out there.

Update: I got a response from him. Check it out here: http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?p=577244#post577244

 

[William9]

… get around 3-4 nigerian letters / day.. sucks!

What do you mean that letters from Nigeria about the $40 million in overappropriated oil funds is a scam???? I don’t believe that or harm in sending them blank signed checks. I am sure my funds are coming any day. Also, it’s not a scam because the E-mails from Dr. Ego of Nigeria are typed in all caps.

OK, back the to domain appraisal scam.

 

[StudioWorks]

Ok. Go ahead and send them blank checks :wave:

 

[WuLabsWuTecH]

I got one from him, but used the opposite strategy

I put it at a price so low that it would have looked silly for him to ask me for an apprasial... what's more, had he actually accepted the offer, i would have stilled made a almost 800% profit...

 

[tk]

I have already lost $120 with this chams consulting guy. I appraised domains on allfordomains.com

Any idea if we can ever get the money back

 

[Grrilla]

I've posted this link before, I believe: http://www.scamorama.com/
Long-running email threads where the "victim" leads the scammer on for as long as possible, makes for some humorous reading. ie http://www.scamorama.com/brucebanner_batmancole.html :D

 

[Jeanco]

I wrote back telling him I knew what was up... and got an unbelievable response. Check it out:

I'm not a scammer.

You can read about me at
http://www.DNF/showthread.php?t=88864

I'm just playing with such suckers like AllDomains.com and Sedo.com. WHY?

In my opinion appraisal service on domain names is a scam. Appraisers like
AllDomains.com, Sedo.com and Aftrenic.com are showing bogus figures and
charge money for nothing. This is a big trap for all the domainers.

How can we stop them? There is only one way! When you order a service and
then make charge back the company will have to pay the charge back fee. If
they get too many charge backs they will have to close the business.

I've decided to stop the domain appraisal scam this way.

It works very simple. Earlier I made several charge backs but it was not
enough to stop them. Now I've contacted several domain sellers and asked
them to order appraisals at Sedo.com and AllDomains.com. Then I asked domain
sellers to cancel these orders because it was a joke.

As a result AllDomains.com and Sedo.com will lose big money on charge backs.
My goal is to destroy AllDomains and Sedo.

Thank you for helping me to crash these appraisers.

Now my traget is Afternic.com. I will ask people to order appraisals at
Aftrenic.com and then I will tell them about my jokes.

Afternic.com (like AllDomains.com) will have to stop their appraisal
business due to high amount of charge backs and charge back fees.

Yahooo!! We'll destroy them!!!

 

[JoshHendo]

What is the point in scamming :P

 

[StudioWorks]

unbelivable.. huh?

 

[mindblend]

Ridiculous. I've had one of his emails too. Makes a change from the 419s.

 

[-db-]

...got an unbelievable response. Check it out:

He's full of... you know what. :o

Even if that's really what he's doing, it's wrong to try and drag us into his rotten little scheme.

If he's got a legitimate beef with those companies he should come forward asking the domain community for it's feedback and support. NOT trying to trick people and string them along, involving innocent parties in his plans. At what point was he going to tell the rest of his plan to the sellers he contacted?

The whole thing stinks.

:td:

 

[StudioWorks]

Since we're talking about this kind of stuff here's what i've just received :

Good Day,
Good Day,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with
you. I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business
. I am Helen Jamiu William the only Daughter of late Mr.and Mrs.Jamiu William.My
father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan the economic capital of
Ivory coast, my father was poisoned to death by his business associateson one
of their outings on a business trip.

My mother died when I was a baby and since then my father took me so
special.Before the sudden death of my father on November 2002 in a private
hospital here in Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that
he has the sum of twenty million United States Dollars.US($20,000,000) left in
one of the security companies Abroad,thathe used my name as his only Daughter
for the next of Kin in depositing of the fund. He also explained to me that it
was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his busines associates.That
I hould seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where i will
transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such as real estate
management or hotel management. Sir, I am honourably seeking your assistance in
the following ways:

(1)To help in retrieving the consignment/fund and provide a bank account into
which this money would be transferred to.

(2To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am only 18 years old.

(3)To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my
education and to secure a resident permit in your country. Moreover, sir i am
willing to offer you 30 % of the total sum as compensation for your
effort/input after the successful transfer of this fund into your nominated
account overseas. Furthermore, you indicate your options towards assisting me
as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within fourteen (14)days
you signify interest to assist me. Anticipating to hear from you soon. Thanks
and God bless.

Best regards,
Miss Helen J.William

What do you think ?

:wave:

 

[Jeanco]

Those types of scams are even older then the domain ones. They just get your bank info and drain the account.

 

[StudioWorks]

People are warned every day about scams like these. there are hundreads of web sites dedicated to fight these kind of scams but there are still people who lose their money ...

" if it sounds too good to be true.. it probably is!"

 

[THCGroup]

I also received a couple emails like this. What I like to do is tell them you don't like to discuss business of this matter in the email and tell them you want them to contact you in person. Only thing is the number I give out is either my local sherrifs dept or the FBI Internet Fraud Division. It' seems to work because they usually stop hasseling me. I think they call and get the surprise of their life when the person on the other end says " Hello, Federal Bureau of Investigation Internet Fraud Division, How may I direct your call. lol. I think It's a recorded message now, but still I'd like to see the look on their face.

 

[Grrilla]

Mon dieu!

Hi Fellow Domainer!

Hmm... So you saw through my scheme. (*Not* a scam, mind you. Heaven forbid! As you are about to see through the candor that follows, you can trust me.) Well, not being one to take "no" for an answer, (and being a big fan of PT Barnum quotes), let me run my new, innovative backup ploy by you.

You see, I was not really trying to screw you. This is really about you and me against the big boys- the "Evil Empire"-Sedo, AllDomains, Afternic- you know, the companies that are really trying to screw you w/ their appraisal scams. I am an honest, hard working legitimate businessman and am only doing this to help out other special people, such as yourself. Domain names, for me, are merely a sideline I do for the public good. To verify my legitimacy, I have provided you w/ links. (Please disregard the doubters and naysayers in the threads. You know the game- they are in cahoots w/ the big operators conspiring to keep the truth from getting out.)

Well, now that we are on the same side, I look forward to your donation to our mutual cause. Remember, you are not only about to receive a legitimate customized appraisal from a top-notch appraisal firm, but, more importantly, you are about to join a noble crusade. Help me in my efforts to give the little guy a voice and to strike out against the bad guys. You can make a difference!

For your convenience, I am providing you w/ this easy payment link**
Use this link, and you will be rewarded w/ one of our unbelievable monthly prizes, worth $1,000's!:
[email protected]/LMAO/tellerwindow

**Important: disregard the click only once warning. That is a scam. Click as many times as you like. The more clicks you can get in, the bigger your gift will be at the end of the month!

Your Brother in Arms

Tough Guy

PS for my bio, please go to: UofLagos .edu/globalfinancing/autoenroll.php

 

[mole]

Damn, the links don't work

 

[StudioWorks]

GOD! Looks like the same guy

 

[Grrilla]

Damn, the links don't work

LagosLads.net/autowithdrawal/[your bank acct #] Don't forget to include your tracking number!! (set of #'s before the acct #on your checks)
-or- try this one: http://www.scamorama.com

Don't have a credit card or bank account? NO Problem!
Dial 1-BIL-MYP-HONE. Using your keypad, enter TRUSTME.

 

[suppau]

:lala: just hope I doesn't receive any emails from him.

 

[pplayerz]

THanks man....i got scam too then.......i found no other place to appraise it so i decided to go with wat he says....what names did he wanted? I made an offer $25k and he said ok.....but he need appraisal.....i do too lost $159 on alldomains.....i posted my names on those wanted domain......but no reply.......i posted like on all of them wanted domain adds!!!! I'm gonna repot it..