advice No Real Buyers Will Ask For An “Appraisal Certificate”

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Domain industry attorney Jason Schaeffer reported today that three of his clients received $60,000 offers to buy domain names, and the supposed prospective buyer requested an “appraisal certificate” in order to proceed with a deal...

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[koolishman]

Old scam in the industry. Newbies fall for it.

 

[Victor Reyes]

An old one, and even worst a common one.

 

[Samer]

Say deduct off appraise value Dont fall for it

Samer

 

[MMBBDomains]

We've gotten some of these incoming spam messages lately. Even before they ask for a certificate, a good rule of thumb for newcomers is to check the website affiliated with the email address- often it's a forward to a similar but more legit site, and the whois frequently shows registration only a few days old, and in a different country. It's also a giveaway when they just say 'your domain' but not which one in the offer- or offer 60k on a domain without visiting the sales lander to see it says 7k!!

 

[lock]

I think we all have had the Japanese broker email lately which will of course evolve into this.

 

[koolishman]

Do we have sticky on “Domain scams” on this board?

 

[Shojib]

old one scam