warning Naveed Yusuf is a scammer. Beware of him.

[AbdulBasit.com]

Hello everyone,

It’s with a heavy heart that I’m sharing this incident where the person goes by the name of Naveed Yusuf, using https://x.com/BreakingDomain as X (formerly Twitter) handle and [email protected] for email communication.

Almost all of the communication we had was over X platform and in total I paid him $17,500 via Wise in total 10 separate transactions. His Wise email ID is [email protected]. His PayPal ID is [email protected] and contact number is +1-416-457-3411.

Some of the below domains he still owns or may have sold/dropped during the time we exchanged messages were as follows:

areapost.com
findmyzipcode.com
flfk.com
publicmessageboard.com
forex411.com
hippages.com
oakvillehouseforsale.com
athingofbeauty.org
streetzoom.com
civicall.com
cdnweb.com
commongoodplan.com
placeorderhere.com
newswirein.com
googoal.com
lunchbook.com
masonryrenovations.com
youlistit.com
1947.org
pak.tv
opxi.com
deiq.com
swisscreations.com
choiceofplayers.com
idefamation.com/idefamation.org
indianmedic.com
bizgulf.com
verifind.com

Initially I was contacted by Naveed Yusuf around a year ago via X platform. He approached me to sell his domains. So every time we did any deal, he transferred the domains to me first before I transferred money via Wise. The last transaction which included two 4L .com domains which he unlocked and provided the auth codes. I initiated the transfer process on 7th February 2025. He was as always in hurry to receive the money so this time I didn’t wait for the domain to be released from his end and sent him $2,000 via Wise. I waited for him to release the domain which he didn’t and went completely silent until now. I sent him several messages and after some hours of no response, I had a thought that possibly I am being scammed by this guy.

2-3 days later, he quietly locked the domains so the transfer got automatically cancelled. I messaged him about the situation and warned him of making things public if he will not honor the deal or return my money back. Still no response. I could’ve waited a little longer and see if he gets back to me or not because sometimes there is internet connection problem or any issues at registrar for releasing the domain or anything else but when he locked the domain in around 3 days of providing me the authorization code, that’s the time I came to believe I was been scammed.

So after doing 9 separate transactions for a $15,500 amount, Naveed Yusuf scammed me for $2,000 and ruined his reputation forever. It’s really mind boggling to understand such a type of people’s mindset.

I know my money is gone but the purpose of sharing this post is to make fellow domain investors beware of Naveed Yusuf. I strongly suggest being cautious and not to deal with this person.

 

[alcy]

that sucks
well always buy from np members only with 10 plus feedbaxk.. or markets.. or just make sure u never pay first

u will catch up on the 2k in no time cause u so probro

 

[Constantin S]

@AbdulBasit.com I'm very familiar with Wise, contact support ASAP, they offer chargebacks (I got one from them last year).
Best of luck!

 

[Armageddon]

Sad for this but 17k for this name
Only 1 to 3 worth some money
Hope you can resolve this problem

 

[AbdulBasit.com]

Sad for this but 17k for this name
Only 1 to 3 worth some money
Hope you can resolve this problem

Those are the domains I never bought and are possibly still under his ownership. I shared so no one buy them as they were once shared by him in case I was interested in buying.

 

[DN_Hunter]

Thank you for the heads up. After so many successful transactions, is it possible there might be a good reason for the seller's silence? I hope he does the right thing and refunds your money (or sends you the domain names if you still want them).

 

[private123]

How do you keep becoming an idiot/scammed.

I read many times your same fault

 

[AbdulBasit.com]

Thank you for the heads up. After so many successful transactions, is it possible there might be a good reason for the seller's silence? I hope he does the right thing and refunds your money (or sends you the domain names if you still want them).

That's what I thought too but when he locked the domains after 2-3 days of providing the auth codes showed that he went silent purposely and stopped the domain transfer to happen.

Normally he always released the domains in minutes after the transfer process was started.

 

[BritFlippa]

To be honest I'm breathing a sigh of relief for you.
When I read 'in total I paid him $17,500 via Wise' my heart sank.

Seems strange though - usually scammers lead you along giving you small sales like the 2K,
then building it up to where the 15,500 is rushed through.

Have you spoken to Wise or Paypal yet?

 

[AbdulBasit.com]

Oh

To be honest I'm breathing a sigh of relief for you.
When I read 'in total I paid him $17,500 via Wise' my heart sank.

Seems strange though - usually scammers lead you along giving you small sales like the 2K,
then building it up to where the 15,500 is rushed through.

Have you spoken to Wise or Paypal yet?

Oh yeah, the total amount of altogether deals was $17,500 but the amount he took and vanished was $2,000.

I'll contact the Wise support.

Thanks!

 

[The Durfer]

no matter how your friends or how you want to believe the world is good, use an escrow service like escrowdomains.com for your safety and theirs. Its the only fool proof way to get your domain and for the seller to get their money. You need to include the middle man in this. ty.

 

[MKA]

Thank you for the heads up. After so many successful transactions, is it possible there might be a good reason for the seller's silence?

The "good reason" is that the seller realized that he didn't have to complete the transfer of the domains, and even if all turns to shit he can claim that he forgot.

Another point of note is that in the West we don't engage in moral relativism to the same extent as some Eastern cultures. If you scam someone out of money in the West, you will be considered a piece of shit by everyone. But in some Eastern countries it's considered shrewd as long if you can get away with it.

Not say that you should trust Westerns. Because with domains you don't have to trust anyone as long as you're paying for a reputable escrow service, which should be praxis anyhow.

 

[johnn]

My wife said only your friend can scam you because you trust them.
Your only friend is escrow.

 

[biggie]

Hi

maybe he/she is trying to sell them for more than $2K.
post the names. so we can know what they are.

imo....

 

[pb]

no matter how your friends or how you want to believe the world is good, use an escrow service like escrowdomains.com for your safety and theirs. Its the only fool proof way to get your domain and for the seller to get their money. You need to include the middle man in this. ty.

People always try to get wiser to save the 2% escrow fee and it's all good until it isn't. I'm guilty of this, too.

 

[VadimK]

My wife said only your friend can scam you because you trust them.
Your only friend is escrow.

Your only friend is your wife!!!

 

[VadimK]

@AbdulBasit.com Well, you live - you learn. Hope you can recover your money with Wise, but if not - just move on! And thanks for warning people.

 

[DomainNature]

They are not stupid, maybe they found out what jewels they have, but hope your money will be recovered.
If you want that you buy domains it is better to not expose yourself in the future, but ask somebody trusted which no body knows in the public, else they will stick to your name and question why you buy them at the price.

 

[Gabriel360]

Those are the domains I never bought and are possibly still under his ownership. I shared so no one buy them as they were once shared by him in case I was interested in buying.

If you share the names to create awareness and prevent people from buying them, then you should also share the 2 names you were trying to buy for $2k so people can be aware of those too.

After all if he used them to scam you, he could use them to scam other people too.

By the way, your original post is misleading. He did not scam you of $17,500 but $2000.

The $15,500 of successful transactions should not have been included. In fact, it's proof that you've both done deals in the past with no issue.

Are you sure the whole thing is not a misunderstanding?

You've been a return customer for $15,500 worth of domains without a major issue. It doesn't make sense that he'd choose to destroy that relationship because of $2k when there is possibility of more money to be made.

Are you 100% certain?

 

[draco]

You've been a return customer for $15,500 worth of domains without a major issue. It doesn't make sense that he'd choose to destroy that relationship because of $2k when there is possibility of more money to be made.

Are you 100% certain?

I had a similar situation on eBay decades ago with a sports cards dealer. He had an excellent reputation, selling millions of dollars worth of cards per year. Then one day he just decided to keep the money. He defrauded dozens of people for well into 6 figures total. That was enough for the FBI to get involved. He went to prison and the court ordered restitution. It took years, but I did get my money back. So people do it..

 

[Gabriel360]

I had a similar situation on eBay decades ago with a sports cards dealer. He had an excellent reputation, selling millions of dollars worth of cards per year. Then one day he just decided to keep the money. He defrauded dozens of people for well into 6 figures total. That was enough for the FBI to get involved. He went to prison and the court ordered restitution. It took years, but I did get my money back. So people do it..

People definitely do it.
Most recent example is Rob Monster and Epik.

But this particular case is just strange.
The guy already supplied the authcodes for the domain names.

 

[AbdulBasit.com]

If you share the names to create awareness and prevent people from buying them, then you should also share the 2 names you were trying to buy for $2k so people can be aware of those too.

After all if he used them to scam you, he could use them to scam other people too.

By the way, your original post is misleading. He did not scam you of $17,500 but $2000.

The $15,500 of successful transactions should not have been included. In fact, it's proof that you've both done deals in the past with no issue.

Are you sure the whole thing is not a misunderstanding?

You've been a return customer for $15,500 worth of domains without a major issue. It doesn't make sense that he'd choose to destroy that relationship because of $2k when there is possibility of more money to be made.

Are you 100% certain?

The 9 transactions were concluded successfully and the common thing in all those deals were that the domains were transferred to me first before I transferred the money into his Wise account.
In the 10th transaction, I did the fund transfer first while at the same time initiated the transfer process as well. But after that he went completely silent and locked those 2 domains in the next 2-3 days. Since 7th February he has been completely unresponsive.

On the other hand, it's clearly mentioned in my initial post "So after doing 9 separate transactions for a $15,500 amount, Naveed Yusuf scammed me for $2,000"

I don't see it misleading if you read the entire post.

Thanks!

 

[AbdulBasit.com]

People definitely do it.
Most recent example is Rob Monster and Epik.

But this particular case is just strange.
The guy already supplied the authcodes for the domain names.

And he locked the domains due to which transfer got cancelled. Who would lock the domains after around 3 days of transfer in process.

 

[DomainNameFlow]

Sorry to hear about your bad experience. Always try to use some trusted platform that would only release money after the domain transfer is 100% complete. Thanks for sharing and hope you can recover your $2k.

 

[simran.net]

Dear Abdul

Thanks for the heads up and make us aware of the scammer.